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Ford had resumed production of civilian automobiles after World War II’s interruption by tweaking its 1942 model and then calling the result the 1946 Ford, according to the Standard Catalog. That sounds worse than it was, as the 1941 Ford had been heavily restyled and the 1942 model was again updated, but making a 1942 car into a 1946 car was universal among American manufacturers then attempting to address the shortage of private vehicles and in every case, the prewar roots were obvious.
Over the next several years, the automakers gradually replaced those prewar-based models and when the 1949 Ford arrived, it wrapped a completely fresh body around an equally fresh chassis. Its primary competitors were the 1949 Chevrolet and the 1949 Plymouth and like the Ford, they succeeded cars barely changed from 1942. Unlike the Ford, they were evolutionary steps for their makers.
Enter the Shoebox Ford
The 1949 Ford might not have been revolutionary, but it was in most ways a big leap. Slab sides and less-bulging horizontal surfaces created a smartly modern look – one that’s nicknamed the shoebox Ford – and while the Standard Catalog correctly cites it as the first new Ford since the war’s end, Motor’s Manual reveals that its engines were the 226-cubic-inch six and the 239 V-8. Both were flatheads with the six dating to 1941 and the eight unchanged since 1946, when its bore was enlarged to raise displacement by 18 cubic inches.
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