Just scored this Rare RHD '49 Shoebox

I've known about this car locally for 20 years and during that time its been owned by older guys who have basically just owned it but not driven it much. Finally on the third time of trying over that period I've now got it and picked it up yesterday.



It's probably a Canadian built car (as they built the Right Hand Drive models for export), that was originally exported to Ireland. These were never available through British dealers as they were still selling the pre-war styled Ford Pilot with the V8 60. In Ireland they were mainly used as far as I can tell as Dublin area Taxi cabs. The 'ZE' on the plate is a Dublin area registration code. This would have been a pretty expensive car for the UK back then, and fast!

With the car came the original registration document showing it being first registerd on 17th January 1949 and the imported to the UK through Liverpool docks in December 1950. It remained with the same owner until at least 1966. It has ben re-painted but has always been grey.

Here's the Right hand dash.



After I washed off 20 years of garage dust.




Under the hood.



Both front tyres were flat when we dragged it out of the garage and had to remove the brakes as the were seized on to get it to roll onto the trailer.


L.P.

 

It is truly amazing that you can find stuff like the across the pond. You must be lucky!

 

Nice, looks like it has found a good home.

 

Too Sweet !!!

I lived in England for 4 years ... I loved it, especially the car culture.

Mind how you go !!!

 

WOW...what a find !!!
Good for you...man that cleaned up nice.
Cheers...

 

She cleaned up real nice, looks like it is very good shape.

 

That's really cool. Congrats on the new toy.

 

Nice shoebox

If you want see were your car is build the VIN number gives the info

if you have a x in the VIN it's probaly made in europa

STX in stands for that the car is made in Stockholm Sweden
ABX is probaly made iin Anwerpen Belgium

I belve there is more assembly place in europa

/Stefan

 

thats rad!!!!

 

Great-looking survivor . Good score . I wish mine was a right-hooker .

 

Pretty cool, congrats!

 

Nice!

 

very cool find there Keith.

 

Cool and different.

 

Thanks for the positive comments, I've checked the frame number out and it has a letter 'F' which makes it a Dearborn car, not a Canadian one. I didn't know they made the RHD models at Dearborn. Cool.

L.P.

 

Wow cool car. Nice find, you must be chuffed... At least you'll be able to overtake

 

Great find Keith.Got it running yet?!!

 

Cool looking shoebox

 

Cool, is that a leather interior I see?

 

Nice find Keith, Plans????

P.

 

I like it can I borrow it?

 

is ireland in the uk then??

 

I believe UK stands for United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland?

 

well thats a nice one good luck whit it

cheers

 

thats pretty awesome score , looks in really nice shape , enjoy it

 

Just Want to say NO Ireland is not in the UK it's the Fair Green Land to the left on the Globe,
best of luck with the find , can I ask where in IRELAND you found it???????

 

Why are people asking about Ireland??????

If you read my first post , it says it was ORIGINALLY registered in Ireland and then imported to the UK a year later via Liverpool. That was in 1950, its been in the UK ever since. I've known about it locally for the last 20 years and third time lucky, this time I managed to get it. First job is to get it running again and do all the other stuff like brakes etc to get it through our annual safety inspection (known as an M.O.T.) maybe a slight lowering job but nothing radical for now.

L.P.

 

Nice one Keith

 

You have 3 months to top the Sumo Wrestlers.

Keys, V5, cry like a girl.

Love you.
Russ.

 

Nice!!