Why the fuck did this get the nickname "shoebox"? It doesn't look anything like a shoebox, even vintage ones of the time. Post other stupid names I guess, like how red onions are fucking purple.

Well, it was boxy compared to the earlier models.

>>28467367 (OP)
Red onion was made by crossing beetroot with onions and the man who did that was color blind. Funny that, innit?

>>28467367 (OP)
49 shoebox with a flathead v8 is probably the oldest car you can realistically expect to daily drive on modern roads.

>>28467367 (OP)
your mother is called roast beef even though she smells like rotting fish

>>28467367 (OP)
>how red onions are fucking purple
Most white people aren't white, but cream/pinkish. Except maybe Irish and Scandinavians.
Most black people are brown too, instead of black, except ooga booga central Africans.

>>28467390
>49 shoebox with a flathead v8 is probably the oldest car you can realistically expect to daily drive on modern roads.
What makes you say that?

>>28467397
>Most black people are brown too, instead of black, except ooga booga central Africans
That's why I call them niggers.

>>28467486
nta but probably makes the minimum hp to keep up with traffic.

>>28467486
Will stop somewhat safely, will accelerate and keep up with modern traffic, tire size is appropriate for the road speeds of today.

>>28467490
but nigger is just black in spanish with an accent

>>28467367 (OP)
In Oz they were called the "Single Spinner", and the 51 was the "Twin Spinner"

>>28468346
shit how many cars were in australia in 1951, two of them?

>>28467490
Based

>>28468346
>"wide-openness" of a convertible
>obviously fixed roof
>not that open either
>made to look like it's composed from a different material
>like in a soft-top convertible
I don't get the Ameritards' obsession with cars pretending to be convertibles while being less practical with no real benefits as a result. Normal people make convertibles more like normal cars instead with retractable hardtops made of painted metal and plastic.

>>28468442
>"wide-openness" of a convertible
1951 was pre-airconditioning, but many people needed a hardtop roof.
>made to look like it's composed from a different material
Two tone paint was the latest trend.

>>28469899
>It's smart as a convertible
Still don't get it. Is it all about the missing B-pillar?

>>28470373
Yes, 1951 was the first year of the Ford hardtop.

>>28470394
That's really strange then. A number of convertibles had B-pillars (some even had structural parts of the roof attached to them), it's not their defining feature, because the removable top is and these cars lack it. You can't get "wide-openness" with the entirety of the roof in place, you can't be "smart as a convertible" if you don't have the means to fold or at least to detach the top.
I myself usually drive with top down and windows up, I do have windows in the back, so there's a black weatherstrip where the B-pillar should be. It doesn't detract from the convertible experience, so I don't get this obsession.

>>28468346
Because of the jet engine "dagmar bumper" designs on the front?
Making things look like jets or planes in general was the style at the time.