Hot Rods 1932 5W Parked in 1952

AWESOME! Congrats, I love when the right kind of guy ends up with these type of finds.

 

Wow!


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Wicked neat Tim, maybe you can get it to TROG 2017 Jersey. See you there, again

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Great story and I think she made the right choice for the cars' new owner.
I think I'd have to call the car 'Cookie' and remember her everytime you heard its name.

 

Great score and great write up.Ive seen a couple of similar stories on here over the years and then seen them for sale on eBay a short while later....I hope you stick with the plan and do the car justice.
Please update us regularily, I love these kind of posts.

 

Great car and great story too.

Looking forward to updates, especially after the first wash!

 

I think I'm going to cry, you lucky Son of a Gun!
(Too bad "3wLarry" didn't get to see this one.)

 

Great story. I'll be watching this one.


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Man that's a find of a Life Time! Congrats to you.

 

Many have asked about my plans for the coupe. Since I didn't expect to ever get another 32 it wasn't in my plans to build another. So this car will probably have 2 phases. I'd like to clean it up and get it running, nothing much more than that for the moment.
Phase 2 will look more like this with a plain looking but healthy built flathead V8, 3.54 gear in the rear and a 39 box.

Kinda like this coupe and Dan Webbs sedan.

 

48 Dodge steering wheel. Sweet car, great story! Hope to see it back on the road soon.

 

Great story. Be cool to see it driving.

--louis

 

Awesome story! Congrats!

 

So true.
For those patiently watching for it on eBay, you'll never find it there.

 

You know, I was thinking about how 3wLarry would like to have seen it while I was looking at it and dragging it out of the barn. I have a feeling he got a pretty good view from where he is at.

 

Your coupe is early production 32. The single finger hood hooks, the innie dash, the flat firewall. When you are cleaning it out check the front cross sill in front of the seat for the production plant and the number body it was down the line. I bet the serial number is early too.

My Tudor has the same features and was the 180th Tudor built in Des Moines.

 

The serial number (VIN) should be stamped into the top of the left frame rail and visible without removing anything but rust and dirt. If the flywheel housing is original its will also be on a pad on the flywheel housing. The DMV will want to use the one on the frame. It will take the form of star AB 5000000 star and up. Check to be sure it matches the title before you do anything else.

Charlie Stephens

 

Here is what you are going to need to know when changing the engine to a V8. You can probably ignore a lot of these since the write up is oriented towards a restoration.


The following changes need to be made when replacing a Model B with a V8 (21 stud, others will require a few more things):

Of course engine, motor mounts

Muffler and exhaust system before muffler (same after)

Radiator

Radiator support rods

Engine steady rods

Hubcaps

Starter switch (if it is early B with pull starter)

Transmission (gears interchange but cases are different)

Choke (B is a cable, V8 is a rod)

Accelerator linkage

Engine splash pans

Gas line needs to be routed from right on Model B to left on V8

The B will have a few extra holes in the firewall pad from mounting the 4 cyl engine snubber

Need to add emblem to headlight bar

Need to accept the fact that the serial number (VIN) is for a 4 cylinder

Charlie Stephens

 

Speechless.............

 

Congrats.... Some time when I am up your way, would love to see it.

 

This makes me happy.
Congrats man!!! You got "The One"
Thanks for sharing the story.
HotRods are awesome, but when there is a great
story attached, that's a whole other level.

 

Congratulations! It's so cool to see they are still being found and rescued by someone like you that will preserve it and its history. Back in the 80's and 90's there were so many beautiful old Deuces that were found and then were blown apart, original parts sold off and built into smoothie billet street rods. And before that stock car racers destroyed hundreds of them. It just makes me sick to think about it. I'm so glad that doesn't happen very often anymore and "traditional" has become the norm.

And there's nothing wrong with hoarding Deuces, you just can't help it because its called the Deuce Disease and there is no known cure!

 

So, so cool. Thanks for posting. Keep us updated as it comes back to life.

 

Congratulations to you. you treated the widow fairly, and she appreciated it. You were a gentleman, and it paid off.

 

Congrats Tim. Great car and story. You are both lucky and the right caretaker for that 32. Looking forward to following your update posts. I hope alls going well in Laverne and Shirley land.

cheers
ricki

 

Wow, Great 5w, dream find. Hope you get it running soon, keep updating photos please.

 

This weekend I plan on starting the process of cleaning it up.

Now that it is in my shop i can work on it a little bit at a time. I have a 48 Ford ragtop that needs to get started and finished first.

Here is a couple of pics of it in the garage.

 

Too cool! Looks like it is in good hands!