V18377 - 1949 Ford Custom Deluxe

Body was off the frame and on a rotisserie during a total restoration. This is an excellent car in all regards. Restored in Nevada by a man that only restored shoeboxes. I sold it 16 years ago to a collector. He has been a very good customer typically having about 5 high quality cars at a time. He gets bored and sells them within a year or two. Not this Ford, it was far to good to let go! It was the crown jewel of the many cars he's owned. Not only is it cosmetically excellent, but the car functions like new too. He put 7,000 careful, troublefree miles on the car. He drove it over an hour to Volo and almost did a U-turn back home. It includes great photos of the restoration and reproduction sales literature.
Beautiful Sheridan blue. It's decked out with accessories including a metal windshield visor, correct skirts with 3 ribs, Ford fog lamps, very rare rear window wiper and in addition it also has reverse lights, bumper guards, windshield squirters, dual mirrors and hood ornament. Completely restored to factory new condition. Has the proper two toned gray upholstery. The headliner, visors, armrests, door panels were reupholstered just like it was when it was new. Has the proper rubber mat in front, carpet in back. Everything under the hood was rebuilt, restored and detailed to original specs. Correct wiring, hoses, clamps etc. Has optional windshield washers and oil filter. The flathead V-8 purrs. Drive this car anywhere.
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[@carpediem8979]

I was born in 1949 and was brought home from the hospital in a 1949 Ford. Just looking at this video I can imagine my mother, now 99 years old, holding me tight with my father at the wheel.

[@robc8468]

I was born in 1951 and brought home from the hospital in a 1950 Ford. My dad had a 1949 but he said the build quality was terrible so he turned around and bought the nearly identical 1950 version which he said was a great car. My dad told me to never ever buy the 1st year production of any brand new car design. I follow his advice to this day, But I admit a collector would want the '49 version. The car was a very "modern" body design compared to other mainstream cars at the time.

[@scooterbob4432]

While still living in the Philippines, my grandma and I used to tag along in my granddad's brand new 1949 black Ford sedan. Actually, it was his official car assigned to him by the Philippine government as he was a branch manager of a government owned commercial bank. This was right after the Americans liberated the country from the Japanese and the start of the rehabilitation of the country but since the anti-government communist party was then becoming a real threat, my granddad was assigned an official driver/bodyguard armed with a Colt 45 pistol.

[@Batman-wv5ng]

No you was strapped in baby seat .

[@yelyab1]

I was born in 47. Grandpa had a 49 2 door with a flathead V8. Good memory. This was truly the first post war body and most of the chassis. It was called the Torpedo Body. I went to work at Ford Body Engineering as an intern in 68 and full time as a design analyst in body in 69. Some of the guys that worked on this car were still workin. Many design guidelines were still using the old Torpedo body as a reference for the new models. At the time I thought “what this old tank doing in here”. It was built like a tank. Every thickness of the body parts was at least double what it was in 69 and the steel strength had not significantly changed. It makes me feel old but there are worse ways. Thanks for the memories Fordza. That’s how you said Ford if you worked in Deeetroit. Everybody worked at “da Rouge”. You would be asked what street car you took home. My grandpa worked at da Rouge for 42 years in the tool room. Never drove his car to work. Took the street car or bus north out of the plant on Schaffer to Warren, transferred to the Warren Ave. west car to Penrod. I’m 3rd generation Fordza. This is like a mining town or mill town. You and all your relatives worked in the mine, the mill or the plant. My mom made wiring looms (Wiring harnesses) for DeSoto’s. I am a car guy.

[@tomnekuda3818]

This was my first car. I "inherited" it when Dad bought a new '57 Ford. What an absolutely great car! I used to sit in the middle front seat as a child and fell asleep to the beautiful blue dash lights on a night trip. They don't make them like this any more!

[@davidwerkmuller5762]

20010 hyundai santsa fe highlander opening diesel flap

[@godfreydaniel6278]

My parents had that car - I remember it well. Reminds me of a sign I saw in an antique store once - "No one cares what your grandma had except your grandpa"...

[@gatorwing6231]

I had a 49 Ford used car when I was 15 years old (circa 1958). The best car. Easy to maintain and fun to drive. It was always traveling full of kids. Gasoline was maybe $.16 a gallon and oil came in a glass bottle with a spout. Oil was mostly reclaimed and re-refined used oil 😲.

[@bferguson9277]

When I was young there were Hudson Oil gas stations that sold oil in glass bottles.

[@gatorwing6231]

Most of the oil at stations were used oil refined@@bferguson9277

[@maximilienrobespierre7927]

I just absolutely love how even in top quality showroom classic cars, there's a mason jar in the engine bay

[@bryan17293]

I was born in 49 and this Ford has always been my favorite, it shares the new and old features of auto transition of that period. Fifties went crazy.

[@hansstrik4704]

My first car was a Ford Customline from 1950, very comfortable and safe car !

[@sscbkr48]

My first was a 1950 Ford convertible bought in 1965.. 280 bucks! Light green with a white top.

[@agatharichardson8254]

Had a 1949 Ford Club Coupe in my teens. I paid $49 for it. He wanted $50, but took the $49. Wish I had it today, beautiful car!

[@davidpark761]

49 dollars?? when did you buy it?

[@joethompson3418]

‘49s originally came with NO carpet. Front and rear was the old ever durable rubber mats. My Dad brought home an identical car new in ‘49. Kept it until early ‘60s. I’ve owned 5 of them during my early years. That is a fabulous looking resto. Love it.

[@asteverino8569]

You’re the best salesman whoever sailed. Thanks for dressing up! (Sorry, I got katty.)

[@lenisbennett3062]

This car probably saved Ford.

[@jonnyem.8859]

I have a maroon one of these. It is parked on the top of my China cabinet. It was the first toy my dad gave my big brother, who was born in 1949. It is about 10 inches long, a wind-up that still works

[@jimregan2006]

This was the car I learned to drive on. Pretty lucky guy eh!❗️👍😀😀😀

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

Very nice 👍

[@bcfairlie1]

If I could own any Ford, from anywhere in the world, it would be this one. It's perfect

[@muffs55mercury61]

Magnificent for an older restoration (I'd rather have that than a fresh off to save $$$$) So glad there isn't a bunch of chrome or aftermarket garbage (none that makes the car run any better) on it or an unnecessary 12 volt conversion. This is just beautiful.

[@jackieharpold1664]

My father had one new 1949 and I like it so well I got a 1950 for my first car as a boy

[@bobbybenn8275]

When I was a kid we owned a black 49 sedan. My brother had a green one. He took the flathead engine out of the car and put it in a 1950 f100 which had an inline 6. It was 4 speed. Remember the granny gear? We used it as a farm truck.

[@funsweed]

My first car as a teen was a black 49 Ford 4 dr , it could tell many stories

[@dariozanettefilho7837]

O MAIS BONITO E CLÁSSICO ERA O 1951 MEU PAI TEVE UM ADORAVA ESTE BELO CARRO

[@caribman10]

The Shoebox is one of Ford's greatest designs, right up there with the '61 Starliner and the '63 1/2 500XL.

[@mikedrown2721]

My grandparents bought a new one and NEVER did they call it a shoebox.... NEVER EVER!

[@darltennant6005]

I had a 1949 business mans coupe, nice car flathead ran real great, also had the spotlight that I used to get home in a snowstorm!

[@dennisdebow4766]

Jay sounds like you love it! Gorgeous car! Nice review!!

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

I would say that this car is a lot better than when it was originally built.

[@ninja63639]

Just bought a '49 Club Coupe alllllmost this same color. Can't wait to get started on it.

[@erin19030]

In 1958 my gang and I bought one like this for $49. We split the cost 5 ways. Our dads chipped in too and took turns teaching us auto mechanics. Then our high school shop teachers gave us time and space to make parts, restore and paint the car. In 1961 when graduated we sold chances and raffled off the car. Get this, we made 10 grand, donated it to the school. My kid sister won the car raffle. She was 12 and wouldn’t be able to use it fir a few more years. So i leased it to her at $50 a month and gave her the car when I went in the Army. When I got home I took back the car, paying her forward for it by helping her with her college tuition. In 1970 I traded the old Ford in on a leftover 69 Ford Galaxie.

[@pherdeenand2855]

Красота. Скучаю по тем временам.

[@tombankwel4822]

God i love this car 🤟 beautyfull color and the v8 flathead sounds awsome and powerfull thanks Jay again you have outdone yourself again

[@richmcintyre1178]

Same age as me but looking a heck of a lot better LOL

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

😆

[@neilgromov6473]

Отличная машина, великолепное состояние

[@michaelwebb8771]

I am 68, memories of it being the first family car.

[@richardwood262]

My father remembers when these cars were new. He hated them.

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

So what cars did he like?

[@richardwood262]

@@VoloMuseumAutoSales Buick

[@mac26x98]

I had one in 1952-3 before I went into the army.

[@MichaelW1988.]

We actually have a fully restored 49 sedan black with visor and visor on the headlights and has everything that has except for the spotlight and over drive has a full interior radio works. Bought it in Pennsylvania. Not as clean as that but if you cleaned it it would be as well.

[@ronaldoscomazzon8345]

It's a Dreams. I like Shoebox and Studebaker. From Garibaldi RS Brazil. Congratulation.

[@johngranato2673]

Rear window wiper. And, wow, no chevy engine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank goodness

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

A Ford with a Ford in it?? 😮

[@miguelamaya6246]

BEAUTIFUL...

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

😎

[@Glicksman1]

We had a white one of these when I was a kid. We had a black 1946 Chevy before that with wood interior trim.

[@craigjorgensen4637]

Love it! First class in every way.

[@moacyrcestari8600]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

👍

[@mariobmf2381]

Stunning car! Really it's a art job... I want to me drive day by day... i'd be very happy!

[@RD2564]

Beautiful machine indeed.

[@dorothygale5896]

The first thing most new owners did was to install seat covers.

[@godfreydaniel6278]

Yup - I remember losing plenty of skin in sweltering summer heat trying to unstick myself from the plastic when we arrived wherever we were going...

[@jimholmes2555]

I had a '49 Ford Tudor Custom and a '49 Ford F1. Both had the flat head inline six.

[@jimregan2006]

Not this very one of course...ours was green, and beautiful.😀

[@ernanifernandes4402]

Os carros de hoje, não batem a beleza dos carros antigos, a barata Ford Vitória de 54 é a mais linda.

[@mysterydoghouse7402]

As someone who appreciates 60,s 70,s muscle cars this machine looks mice. Looks like a 1954 Ford Coupe. You can really turn it into a hot rod. I would paint it metallic glossy pink or glossy yellow. Even though that shade of blue is beautiful.

[@charlieirvin5423]

Awesome looking Car shines like a pretty Penny

[@stevenhuckaby2902]

Artificial indoor light allways makes a car LOOK better than it really is, out door natural light allows the car to seen as is

[@simon.houseaccount4807]

This would. Be a nice one to own. For sure. /. Yea. And. Use to. ,, Got to drive and enjoy these cars. .,

[@carlosraide4823]

EL MÁS CLÁSICO Y ELEGANTE DE TODOS...OKEY.🌏🌎🌐🌍

[@anthonyrader3466]

I think the hood ornament is for real, not an add-on.

[@nathandodge665]

We used to take those out and smash them up just for fun

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

YOU WHATAAAAAATTT??????? 😨🤕🤕🤕

[@gilbertovenancio8599]

Motor 8 cilindros em V,a gasolina fabricado no Canadá,na época,motor original.

[@garytowne1548]

No, that hood ornament IS original. A '49 was my first car.

[@RomanAlexander1]

Yes I checked out a video of these cars coming off the line. A standard feature.

[@robertsmith5744]

The overdrive could be either a mechanical actuation or an electrical syllanoid.

[@moultra4622]

A FORD deveria se inspirar na própria FORD. Hoje visam lucro e não produtos...

[@yank-tc8bz]

Wish I could afford it.

[@pietrocalcioli8169]

Famosa ' 49....

[@warrenwilson4818]

Flathead V-8? No "V" anywhere. Great sound. Thanks.

[@mu99ins]

My cheapskate dad, who always bought used cars until he was 53yo, bought a 1950 Ford 4-door that had much the same lines as this beautiful 1949 Ford. He drove it for maybe 3 years, somewhere around 1956 to 1959, and then he bought a used Pontiac...1956 if I remember correctly. He drove that for a few years, then bought a grey Plymouth Valiant with "brown coloration", possibly the ugliest car on the road. The 1950 Ford sticks in my mind as a tasteful classic body style, and if I were filthy rich, that's the car I'd have rebuilt for me. The car my dad chose to buy new, at the age of 53, was a 1965 Chevy II, 4-door, with a six-cylinder engine ( 240? ) which had plenty of passing speed for Los Angeles freeways. I loved that car, but he sold it because it had cracked head. It had a cracked head for about 7 or 8 years.

[@hubertmantz1516]

Very nice indeed 👍🏽

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

👍

[@neronine7320]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

😍

[@danielventura8073]

Beautiful car. I guess air conditioning wasn't available in '49... I couldn't drive it in Florida until after Halloween.

[@robertbutler3053]

I HAD A 50 MODEL FORD JUST LIKE THIS, EVERY TIME I FILLED UP WITH GAS I HAD TO FILL UP WITH OIL LOL

[@grantp4022]

My dad had one, and had to rebuild the engine several times, as the rings would not hold up, and it burned a lot of oil.

[@charlieirvin5423]

I Have a Diecast Replica of a 1949 Ford custom sitting on my Shelf

[@leviridge3307]

great deal for 2500$

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

Already sold & we sell our cars at their listed price.

[@enziflex]

Prachtig!!

[@richardea4223]

I inherited my parents' 1976 Dodge Charger Special Edition with a V6 engine. They don't make them like they used to. 😎

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

So what did you do with it? 😶

[@thomasjordan5578]

It was put together with more care than the factory. I’m guessing the shortcomings of the first model year cars were reversed out of this rebuild.

[@Emslander]

49 Ford is a great car. Can they use the design on a new SUV?

[@johannesgouka2035]

In één woord *Schitterend..

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

A lot of money to put into a sedan. Will be tough to recoup that...

[@tedlahm5740]

last year for exterior gas tank filler.

[@markbarcello9133]

I bet you that's going for big bucks

[@simon.houseaccount4807]

Hi Good to see you again. Yea. Love this shoebox. Always have. / I will. Buy one Oneday. Love to go to few car shows with a girlfriend and on a few date nights. Yea. These old school cars. Are. Great.

[@joshuagasse]

I have is car!

[@TheKimmer1969]

If possible, a link to the restorer, please..!

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

The restoration was done over 15 years ago by a guy in Nevada who only does these shoebox Fords. We don't have a link or shop page or anything, it was just something he did. What story and information we have is all available on our website. www.volocars.com/auto-sales/vehicles/15155/1949-ford-custom-deluxe

[@TheKimmer1969]

Thanks for writing back and for the reply… Amazing work…!

[@oaktadopbok665]

How much?

[@bobhoward6676]

Nice car. I'd be happy to give you full value price of $10K

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

It is okay, thanks for the offer but this car has been sold awhile ago. 👍

[@sheilasansing7986]

Any idea what a 51 ford would be worth?

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

You can submit your car on our website to get an idea of what we would consign or buy it for. www.volocars.com/auto-sales/sell-us-your-car

[@thomasnorman951]

One of your better customers are some of your customers not so better?

[@harley8471]

what's the price?

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

This vehicle has been sold.

[@Terry-yf4dw]

No such thing as a custom deluxe! Either or not both! Ken. V8 ford's 50 + years!

[@arebolar]

You should’ve been wearing a necktie, a suit and a hat, and you would’ve looked like somebody from 1949 yourself

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

😎

[@franciscogranada2149]

Whent american cars were the best...

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

true!

[@RomanAlexander1]

Utterly ruined by the music drowning out your narratiion. Straightforward question, what exactly do you think is appropriate to have a noise, a dirge, this dreck actually intruding and blocking your commentary? Genuine question, please answer. Thank you.

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

We stopped putting background tracks to our videos awhile ago. Look at any video from 1 - 1.5 years ago and you probably won't hear it anymore, not sure exactly when we stopped that. A big reason why we originally did it was because the turntable made some undesirable noises and it helped cover those up. We've since made major improvements to our studio and this isn't a issue any longer.

[@RomanAlexander1]

@@VoloMuseumAutoSales Thanks for your prompt and courteous reply. Yes I know that you stopped doing it some time ago, that is why I was surprised to hear it on a video listed as one year ago... I really enjoy your videos, that is why I subscribe. Beautiful car. Best wishes. Roman Alexander.

[@thomasnorman7151]

I want to be a better customer better than the best I want to be the best of the better

[@stevenhuckaby2902]

Show it outside, not under artifisicial light, it looks like a toy

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

This is a much older video, check out one of our newer ones. The bulk of the video is still done on the turntable but we now back the vehicle out the garage door and you get 20-30secs of seeing out outside.

[@dimidomo7946]

No offense but that son-of-a-bitch is assembly line beautiful. Did we mention how many miles are on this beauty? Thanks for one of your many videos Volo Auto Museum.

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

From what I can see in the pictures the odometer is showing just over 7,000.

[@JOHNSAG1]

What's with the stupid music playing during the video Jay? Hard to hear your story about the car.

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

We stopped doing that nearly 2 years ago.

[@mattrowan2680]

Beautiful car with terrific styling....BUT....why do we have to listen to background music while you're showing the car???Who started that nonsense.....it's VERY ANNOYING and takes away from the concentration that this and many other classic cars deserve. Please stop with the music....but keep up with the great walkarounds. BTW...when I lived in Elk Grove I purchased a great car from Volo....I now live in the Southern U.S. but I heartily recommend VOLO!

[@VoloMuseumAutoSales]

Hey Matt. Ya, you stumbled across one of our older videos where we played background music. A big reason was to cover up some bad noise that was coming from the turntable. We've since gotten it fixed up and heard the feedback loud & clear, NO BACKGROUND MUSIC!! We haven't added any music to our videos for probably close to 2 years now.

[@jerzys9763]

formerly, beautiful cars were produced, today they are stylistically boring (vw, skoda) or hopelessly ugly (hyundai tuscon. kia sportage, new toyota corollla and yaris cross and rav-4). Only Volvo makes nice cars.

[@simon.houseaccount4807]

If I took a girl out in this for a date. I sure t see some action. That night. 😂😎. Old school cars. Are cool for a date night.