The 1948 Fords were the last year of a body style and chassis that dated back to 1941, before civilian production had ceased for the duration of the war.
When civilian auto sales resumed after VJ Day with the '46 model year, Ford basically replaced the grille on the '42 models with one featuring heavy horizontal chrome bars and launched them as the new 1946 Fords.
While design work was happening behind the scenes for an all-new 1949 Ford, the 1947 and 1948 model years saw only minor cosmetic changes to the old prewar design.
Under the hood of the Tudor two-door (get it?) sedan you could get either a 226 cubic inch flathead inline six rated at 95 ponies or Ford's famed 239 cube flathead V-8 putting out a claimed 100 SAE gross horsepower. Both were backed by a column-shifted three-speed manual transmission.
The one in the picture, wearing a year-of-manufacture 1948 Indiana license plate, has obviously had the traditional hot rod treatment and is almost certainly sporting something beefier under the hood.
It was photographed in June of 2025 using a Pentax K20D and an SMC DA 16-45mm f/4 ED zoom lens.
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