The 1949 Ford, affectionally tagged as the ‘Shoebox,’ stands as a timeless piece of the American automotive mosaic. This classic car didn’t merely add a new model to Ford’s lineup; it revolutionized ...

The 1949 Ford may not be as iconic as the Mustang or Fairlane, but it's an important piece of the automaker's history. It was Ford's first post-WW2 automobile. It was also the first major postwar ...

When World War II ended on September 2, 1945, the U.S. automobile industry hadn't built a single new civilian vehicle for almost three years. Why? In January 1942, the Office of Production Management ...

LIMA — Roger Griffith of Lima owns this beautiful 1949 Ford, and he brought it to the Westgate Charity Car Show in June. Griffith has owned the car since 1994. The 1949 Ford was the first all-new ...

When Dean and Adrienne Hurley went looking for a shoebox Ford, they were after a convertible. What they ended up with was this nifty low mileage 1949 wood-trimmed 8-passenger station wagon, found in ...