Maybe the Editor googled Duece and nothing came up...It's kind of sad that these little books have gone away...still very cool car.
Hard to tell in the photos but it looks like it has a '32 frame, it may have been titled per year and VIN number of frame and editor used data as spec'd by owner and track record.. ?
Car guys aren't always businessmen and businessmen aren't always car guys,but if you get enough of both camps,you'll stand a better chance of surviving.
I had a copy of that picture in my photo-bank. Never ever read the text, just looked at the car. It's like looking at a hot chick, and run your bicycle in to a pot hole, it really wakes you up. What does the written part of the coverage says? Deuce frame and older roadster body, is a good combo, and the only way for a kid to get past a fordor crisis!!
Thanks for another history lesson, I enjoy learning new stuff about old hot rods. Deuce or not it`s still a cool old rod. I love the Paxton on the nailhead.
Hey, these guys were from Ohio, give 'em a break! Have several issues of Custom Rodder among my little books. Great stuff back then and still great to look at! Thanks Joey
I'd go along with the "it had a Deuce grill it must be a Deuce". I've been around guys who would have been in their 20's or 30's in that time frame (my dad's buds) who thought any fenderless hot rod was a "32 Deuce" though.
How true,I've seen many cars,including Chevrolet's,Pontiac's,etc. called deuce coupes,even if they were roadsters or 4 door sedans. Gotta remember in the early days of hot rod journalism many articles were submitted from around the country by young men that were looking to promote hot rods and customs and sometimes they dreamed up the editorial content,not always accurate but I still love these old magazines. HRP
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