History 1932 Ford "survivors"....how about a regsistry of sorts?

View attachment 3004455 I always wonder about how many 32 Fords are still in existence...

It's hard to put a clear cut definition to "survivor"... but you know the cars...real old hot rods (or even stock!)...Ones still wearing 40+ year old paint and somehow managed to escape the various "fads" over the years.

 

Well not a survivor hot rod, but was a complete original bone stock car when I got it, still has the original 1932 paint and mohair interior, was a 4 banger, under the drivers side sun visor was the last rego papers from 1959. Some pics as I got it and now, still has the same original paint and mohair interior.

 

my 30,000 mile gennie

 

My 5w body and paint been on it since 1958 From the history.

 

One year later minus (3) 5 gal. buckets of bondo. My 5w Henry!!!

 

Was untouched until about 2005, and then we hot-rodded it.

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still sittin same place since 1970s

 

Ric,you should go get that one.

 

My 32 is my avaitor.. Rodded late 60's early 70's.. Same untouched ,paint , interior , chassis
since 1972. Paint is 45 yrs old laqure..

 

Just when you think there has been about every 32 thread title possible, a "survivor" one comes up. I can't get enough of this stuff.
Good think'n Standard32.

 

Just brought this one home from Ohio about a month ago. Was parked in 1962...

 

I'd say any original 83 year old '32 Ford body is a survivor. My 3W was once a jalopy in So Cal, still had the holes in the a-pillors where the doors were bolted to the body. It sat in a back yard in Culver City for 30 plus years before the friend that I bought it from made it into a resto-rod. I bought the body in 1982 and finished it in 1986 driving my Dad to the LARS. In 1999 returning from the March Meet in Bakersfield a guy in a van ran into me and that inspired the current incarnation. We repaired all the rust, chopped the top and I painted it black lacquer. My original '32 Roadster was a California hot rod in the '40s and made its way to Michigan in the '60s where the owner attempted a restoration. Never completed and I bought the body and frame in 2006. It now is powered by a '57 283, '39 trans, Columbia 2-speed. Some are not easy or inexpensive to repair, but I think they're all worth putting back on the road.

 

As was in 1962 when I started.

 

Not quite as old of a survivor, but my 5W has 40+ year old paint and has pretty much been untouched since it was built in the early 70's.

 

I did; here is another shot.

 

Also got the doors & the frame does it count as a survivor?

 

I have survived a couple of '32 fords they weren't mine but I survived them none the less does that count?

Annnndddd you're back at the top.

 

32 5w Coupe was hot rodded in 1955 . The 32 sedan original black patina paint sitting since the 50s still working on getting it driving

 

My old beater,last painted in 1962. HRP

 

My Old Five window still owned by the guy I sold it to back in the 70's. Has not been on the road in years but, says he is working on it

 

First saw this howling down Main Street in 1968 and it blew me away,

as an 11 year old safety patrol...talked my dad into us buying her in 1972, been beatn' around in her and on her ever since.

 

My '32 Fordor Sedan...

 

Not really a survivor but an old hot rod with history, my coupe raced El Mirage in '41 in black lacquer, there was not much paint left after 75 years but definitely an old lead chop.

 

My beater 5w...I bought the body from a man in his 80's that bought it in 1946 when he got out of the army. I know the paint is no newer than '46...

 

Here's my survivor "B". Owned since 1972. 33 K miles. Looking to upgrade to late model flathead as the original 4-cyl has cracked valve seat and won't hold coolant.

 

The old girl in my avatar has been a hot rod for a while but I rebuilt like they should have it was a mess when I took her home !

 

"and somehow managed to escape the various "fads" over the years."

uh...yea.

 

I bought this car body from Dick Spadaro about 15 years ago. I don't know anything about its history, but would love to find out something. Can anyone from the NY area provide any details? Other than the paint, an identifying feature is the '49 or '50 Ford license plate surround that was narrowed and grafted onto the taillight panel. It took me, and many friends, a few years to turn it into a running, driving car (see photos). It has been on the road for about 12 years. I did my best to maintain and enhance the look of the body as I received it. Survivor? It probably could be considered one. The parts certainly are. They are all old Ford. Nothing later than the F-100 steering box, plus a few odd bits like bolt on lower front shock mounts. The car is now in Seattle, WA.