Based on the dates printed on some of the pictures (remember when pictures came back from the camera store with white borders and a date printed on the bottom?), the car was built sometime before the end of 1958.
Shoemaker built a mold, then fitted it to the frame, supported by a plywood framework. (The plywood frame is still in the car.)
I could tell this was a flathead, but it took some hotrod guys to identify it as a Mercury Flathead. The frame -- based on this photo and of current pictures of the car has been identified as a Ford (1949-1953). And this is consistent with a magazine article from 1967 that states that Shoemaker's car was built using the chassis and running gear of a '51 Ford. (Unfortunately the article didn't include any photos -- but the author described the car as, bearing a "resemblance to todays Cobra constructed by Shelby-American".)
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