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Does anyone know how to remove the glove box lock/latch? Do you need to remove the dash panel? I can’t seem to find anything about it in the manual

Do the convertibles need a specific mount for spot lights? Mine has holes left over from a spot light and I got a 49-50 spot light and it doesn’t line up quite right (I’m not sure if mine had an aftermarket or ford spotlight before it went missing) I’ve seen some different listings for mounts...

Has anyone else had issues with getting the stromberg e-fire in the later 8ba aluminum timing covers with the bottom support? To get it in my engine I had to clearance the lower half of the upper bore in the cover

What was used for the shoebox convertibles? was it leather or vinyl for the seats? what were the colour options? the car im getting is the dark metallic maroon on the outside, upholstery is long rotted away Since macs has been bought out and cartouche is long gone is there anyone else making...

Does anyone have any examples of 51 wagon/woodie signal lights? most pictures i find online guys have put a passenger side tail light on, the lower signal lights my wagon has are mismatched and im not sure if either are original

Is there anyone on here that’s put a hitch on a shoebox Woodie? I can’t find any examples and I’m just looking for ideas It’ll just be to pull a small wood boat so about 700lbs max I think

Has anyone had any issues with speedometer cables with the 49-51 wagons? it was missing in the woodie so i ordered one from shoebox central -A9A-17260 they only list the one and they didn't specify it not fitting the wagons, it seems its almost a foot too short

I'm on the hunt now for an overdrive for the woodie, the original overdrive is long gone and at some point was replaced with a non overdrive trans, i thought i had an overdrive that would fit but then remembered 51 still has frame mounted pedals so the transmission needs the pivot point for the...

Another flathead power post… Hey guys, I’m probably beating a dead horse here but I’ve been trying to figure out what to do for an engine for my Woodie, it’s obviously heavier than my fordor and I’m going to want to drive and use it (it’s not going to be a trailer queen) and I have a wood boat...

I just converted my 50 shoebox to 12 volt(I've had it on 6 volt for the last three years so yes I know 6 volt works just fine), what group series battery fits best in the tray? I searched 12 volt battery on here and I couldn't find anything

Hey guys, i was working on a 53 convertible tonight and noticed that the overdrive transmission mount is in front of the cross member so that got me thinking of the issue that i ran into with my 51 woodie when i put an overdrive trans back into it When i got the wagon it had a non od trans that...

Hey guys, I’ve got two Canadian built shoeboxes now(my 50 fordor and I just picked up a 51 meteor country squire) the production codes do appear to be different on the Canadian cars vs American built cars, I know for a fact that the colour codes are different and based on the colour samples I’ve...

Has anyone had any luck rebuilding the heater control valve(magic air heater) I know shoebox central lists a rebuild service for them but I’m up in Canada so it complicates that a bit

Has any one tried fitting the mercury wiper arm bezels that have the built in washer nozzles on a 49-51 ford? they look fairly similar and it would make adding a washer system easy

Hey guys, is there a way to tell which window seals I need for my windshield and rear window without removing them? my 50 was built with front and rear badges with the 3 clip style vs the 2 stud style, does anyone have production information for canadian cars?

Hey guys, I recently picked up a rebuilt a rebuilt 8ba, the guy I got it from didn't know much about (he had it listed as a 239) from what I’ve found it was done in the 80’s and it’s been sitting since, I found it has the 4” crank, bored .030 over, came with the offenhauser tri power intake and...

Hey guys, im working on my friend's 63 galaxie 500 with him, we're onto the gauges now and can't get them to work, we've got new temp and fuel sending units, new regulator for the cluster that seems to be working(pulses voltage), wiring seems to be good, if we ground the temp sending unit wire...

I started researching the colour for my 50 again and came across a 51 that was “alpine blue” that looks pretty similar to what’s left on my car, the code on the firewall plate says the paint code is 40, cross referenced on glasurit it says paint code 40 is alpine blue, the paint chip charts I’ve...

I’m getting a valve job done on the 8ba for my 50 fordor, I figured now is a good time to look into a better intake manifold and I’m most likely going to be putting on a set of offenhauser heads(the guy doing the work on it has them), anyway what are you guys running for intakes? I was...

The bottoms of my doors are pushed out on my car, in the manual they show a big vice that’s supposed to bend them back, has anyone recreated this tool or have a trick for fixing them?