I went to Knoxville the other day with a buddy, and on the way home we stopped at one of his friends so I could meet the guy and look at his cars. He had a belly button, black, steel 3W, almost finished, BUT stashed in his dark, back shop was this little jewel. Not for sale, though. Why would a guy need two? Sorry, no more pics. Too much stuff piled around it.
I am reminded of a conversation with Deuce Roadster and his wife over dinner one night and she was relating a story as how Randy had told her early in their marriage that the 1932 Ford was a one year style that unlike other years didn't carry over so they are not too common. She spoke up and said," if they are not common why does everybody we know have one or more?" Randy looked at her and said,"you know your right!" BTW,I have 2 Deuces.HRP
I knew that I would get some great answers to my query. OuidaSue had ol' Randy boxed in. It's a disease, I tell you! John has ALL the pieces to build this car, as soon as the black one is done (this spring), including a very nice 25 louver hood and perfect dash. Unfortunately not for sale, as he has turned down several offers for it in the 30K range.
Might have been, but he found it right here in little ol' Rogersville years ago, as he tells it. If you have some pics that I could get, I will forward to him. Thanks!
Our friend "skirtless33" did find this one picture! He said it was from the '70's in Peoria, IL at a Slow Pokes car club run. He has a photographic memory when it comes to '32 Fords (or old cars in general) and a lot of pictures to back it up.
I thought everybody had a steel 32 three window. That picture from Peoria is cool, it sat pretty nice for that era!
That's the one I remembered. It would take a months of digging through what's left of may magazine collection to find it though.
My Dad took this photo in the early 70s. He thinks at Tulsa Street Rod Nationals. Later his good friend acquired the car, here in Clarksville Tn. It was disassembled when he got it, probably in the mid 70s. The friend sold the car at some point after this still in the 70s. Yesterday he called the friend and they talked about the car. His friend stated he sold the car minus frame. The person that bought it from his friend said that the decklid flew off on the interstate on the way to his place. He can't remember who the buyer was or where they were from.
The license plate on the last picture is Ill 1974. In my picture the plate is Ill 1973; just more info.
Unbelievable. Show someone an ankle.....and the whole centerfold comes out of the works. This place is nuts. You guys are great !
Nice 3Window, always fun to read the history on these cars. If we ever run out of barn finds we'll always have finished cars to redo. Bob
The picture posted the other day by us was a photograph of the picture. We scanned the picture today and the result is a lot clearer. Looks like the current owner is going to have a couple of nice historical pictures of his car.
Uncle Buck, we must refer back to Deuce Roadster. "You can't pay too much for a '32, you just buy it too soon."
But it is never to late to buy one......or two...hell even three...you can never have to many of them.
I had thought that John said he bought that body in Memphis? The decklid story is indeed true, I remember him telling me that.... Sam
Actually, Randy picked that statement up from me...and I got it from Dave Simard when I asked him if he thought I paid too much for my 3w body back in 2004... I wonder where Dave got it from?
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