We are used to talking about cars made from the late 1950s and the early 1960s. By that time, the industry had stabilized enough, in terms of both sales and design, so the world now had machines and ...

In June 1948, Ford introduced a brand-new full-size car. It was the company's first automobile designed after World War 2 and the first introduced after the deaths of Edsel and Henry Ford. It was ...

Ronnie Staples, of Sarasota, Florida, had been digging to learn this '50 Ford's history since he bought it in 1996. In December 2005, he finally located its original builder, Gerald Cooper, and, in ...

It was many years ago that Wayne Sullivan owned his first “shoebox” Ford, the name given to the company’s 1949-1951 sedans because of their new squared-off design. It was 1963. Sullivan was 17 and had ...

The popularity of the shoebox Ford is undeniable. As a "poor man's Merc" of sorts, it's been chopped, sectioned, nosed, decked, and shaved probably more times that its prestigious sibling. It's ...