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**Jive-Bomber** · 03-25-2010, 09:08 AM

I recently found a few pictures of my Dad's cars, including the sales lot '52 Olds image I posted last week. The oldest photo in the batch is the little black & white honey attached below: My dad's 1951 Ford Convertible. The shot was taken at the ...

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tierod · 03-25-2010, 09:31 AM

That is so Kool..
Perfect 60's car...Tuck and roll, I love it.

turdytoo · 03-25-2010, 09:43 AM

If only.............

**Bigcheese327** · 03-25-2010, 10:05 AM

Isn't that shipyard where the climax of the chase scene occurs in the remake of Gone in 60 Seconds?

That is a tight little ragtop, I'd say it was messed with just enough. That's a shame that the Rocket never worked out.

-Dave

BEAR · 03-25-2010, 11:35 AM

thats so rad

Johnnyzoom · 03-25-2010, 11:55 AM

Great story, the ones about self-reliance and some luck when things go wrong are my favorite. Different time indeed.

BadgeZ28 · 03-25-2010, 11:58 AM

Reminds me of cruising around in my buddy's 1950 convertible. He did most the work as a project in Voc school. We figured he doubled the weight of the car with all the bondo he used

He painted it bright yellow with a white top

55chevy · 03-25-2010, 05:45 PM

Cool Ford! Reminds me, 10th grade, 1974, I went from Indiana to Las Vegas with a buddy's uncle to help him move/drive a 66 Lincoln back. He got a hitcher to drive a little jap truck. He had a box truck full of furniture/house stuff, dropped a valve outside Laramie Wyoming, got to spend a few days at the campground up in the mountains waiting on the truck to be fixed, another road trip memory.

T. Scott · 03-25-2010, 05:47 PM

good find love the pic

**zipoleon** · 03-25-2010, 08:00 PM

That is one of the nicest 51's I have ever seen. Looks great.

Mr. Clean · 03-26-2010, 09:15 AM

Beautiful shoebox. It's cool how the body was left stock with the exception of the hubcaps and the lake pipes. It's lowered just enough to look custom. The stance is perfect. The icing on the cake is the tuck and roll interior and the Olds engine under the hood. What more could anyone ask for?

flamingokid · 03-26-2010, 09:48 AM

My Dad told me his '49 shoebox blew up between Fulton and Columbia.He grabbed a few parts loff the car,left the title in the glovebox,and hitched it back to Kansas City.That's another thing they did back in the day.

**phartman** · 03-30-2010, 05:50 AM

My Pop got out of the Navy after WWII, discharged at Norfolk after two years at sea. He moved back to Philadelphia, got a job downtown at the Franklin Insititute, got married, bought a 950 square foot house, built a garage, and bought a '50 Ford. Red.

He was just glad to be alive, happy that nobody was focused 24/7 on trying to kill him.

Circa 1950.

Russco · 03-30-2010, 01:14 PM

Cool story,

03-25-2010, 09:08 AM	#1
Jive-Bomber Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Moraga, Ca Posts: 2,428	Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 I recently found a few pictures of my Dad's cars, including the sales lot '52 Olds image I posted last week. The oldest photo in the batch is the little black & white honey attached below: My dad's 1951 Ford Convertible. The shot was taken at the ... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

03-25-2010, 09:31 AM	#2
tierod Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,199	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 That is so Kool.. Perfect 60's car...Tuck and roll, I love it. __________________ *I hang out at the NEW .....* "Bubbas IGNITION SERVICE *Hot Rod Shop"*

03-25-2010, 09:43 AM	#3
turdytoo Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Benton Arkansas Posts: 1,480	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 If only............. __________________ If they put a timeline on this thing, some of you don't exist. There's a difference between building a car and decorating one!

03-25-2010, 10:05 AM	#4
Bigcheese327 Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bay City, MI Posts: 6,013	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 Isn't that shipyard where the climax of the chase scene occurs in the remake of Gone in 60 Seconds? That is a tight little ragtop, I'd say it was messed with just enough. That's a shame that the Rocket never worked out. -Dave __________________ "Black-wall tires, they blend into the pavement, but these white-wall tires, they say look at me, here I am, love me."

03-25-2010, 11:35 AM	#5
BEAR Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Highland SO-CAL Posts: 1,373	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 thats so rad __________________ PINSTRIPING-BY-BEAR! HAMB O'DEX ADD http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=615593

03-25-2010, 11:55 AM	#6
Johnnyzoom Grenade Inspector Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 322	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 Great story, the ones about self-reliance and some luck when things go wrong are my favorite. Different time indeed.

03-25-2010, 11:58 AM	#7
BadgeZ28 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 557	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 Reminds me of cruising around in my buddy's 1950 convertible. He did most the work as a project in Voc school. We figured he doubled the weight of the car with all the bondo he used He painted it bright yellow with a white top

03-25-2010, 05:45 PM	#8
55chevy Grenade Inspector Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Milton, FL (Pensacola) Posts: 285	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 Cool Ford! Reminds me, 10th grade, 1974, I went from Indiana to Las Vegas with a buddy's uncle to help him move/drive a 66 Lincoln back. He got a hitcher to drive a little jap truck. He had a box truck full of furniture/house stuff, dropped a valve outside Laramie Wyoming, got to spend a few days at the campground up in the mountains waiting on the truck to be fixed, another road trip memory. __________________ You can't have happiness without piness! 56 Bel Air 4dr ht, 68 shortfleet 61 Catalina ragtop

03-25-2010, 05:47 PM	#9
T. Scott Grenade Inspector Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Highland, Ca. Posts: 202	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 good find love the pic __________________ I dont know, but getting eatin by a SHARK seems like a pretty noble way to go...

03-25-2010, 08:00 PM	#10
zipoleon Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Batavia, Ohio Posts: 199	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 That is one of the nicest 51's I have ever seen. Looks great.

03-26-2010, 09:15 AM	#11
Mr. Clean Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bethel Park PA Posts: 89	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 Beautiful shoebox. It's cool how the body was left stock with the exception of the hubcaps and the lake pipes. It's lowered just enough to look custom. The stance is perfect. The icing on the cake is the tuck and roll interior and the Olds engine under the hood. What more could anyone ask for?

03-26-2010, 09:48 AM	#12
flamingokid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Olathe,Kansas Posts: 1,079	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 My Dad told me his '49 shoebox blew up between Fulton and Columbia.He grabbed a few parts loff the car,left the title in the glovebox,and hitched it back to Kansas City.That's another thing they did back in the day.

03-30-2010, 05:50 AM	#13
phartman Alliance Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Richmond, VA and Morehead City, NC Posts: 949	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 My Pop got out of the Navy after WWII, discharged at Norfolk after two years at sea. He moved back to Philadelphia, got a job downtown at the Franklin Insititute, got married, bought a 950 square foot house, built a garage, and bought a '50 Ford. Red. He was just glad to be alive, happy that nobody was focused 24/7 on trying to kill him. Circa 1950. __________________ If it ain't so, it oughtta be....

03-30-2010, 01:14 PM	#14
Russco Old School HAMBer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Central IL Posts: 2,752	Re: Dad's Shoebox Custom in 1960 Cool story, __________________ Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

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