Cool car, Larry. I owned several of those Ford shoe boxes. I owned a 49 Chev powered coupe, 50 tudor, 51 four door, and an Olds powered 51 coupe. My good friend owned a Buick powered 51 convertible backed with a 4 speed. They were a popular car in the 60's.
Jon, the VW's were great little cars back then. Super cheap on gas and made great dune buggies.