Hot Rods The 90 Most Significant '32 Ford Hot Rods

It has been 15 years since the list of “The 75 Most Significant ’32 Ford Hot Rods” was chosen and published here, in books and magazines. I do not have a problem with any of the Deuces chosen at that time but there were a few I thought could have been included. For the 90th anniversary of the ’32 Ford now in 2022 there is a possibility of adding another 15 to that list. I would personally like to nominate three Deuces I feel are very worthy. There are of course many others.
- Don Tognotti’s Avenger which I thought was the toughest looking Deuce Coupe when I first saw it in the July 1962 Car Craft

- Mike O’Neill’s Dave Simard built chopped full fendered 3-W which was in the first issue of Rodder’s Journal and was also on the first Rodder’s Journal poster

- Vic Edelbrock’s chopped and flamed 5-W Hi-Boy in recognition of his contributions to the hobby. This photo was taken at Deuce Days in Victoria BC of which Vic was a big supporter. Deuce Days is scheduled to take place again in Victoria July 2022

 

Some of my favorites.
Jim Busby


Larry Roller



Bob McGee


Boyce Asquith


Edit
I obviously did not thoroughly read the OP's post but my statement as to (some of) my favorites still stands.

 

I remember asking my dad what "deuce coupe" meant when I was a wee lad, so I guess this is my "aha" moment when it comes to 32's

 

That one is already in the list of 75

 

Asquith and McGee already in the list.

 

This is the list of 75 that already exists as selected by a panel of hobby and industry 'experts' at the time (2007, for the 75th anniversary). The GNRS that year also featured as many as available of them in a special exhibition. Some unfortunately have been lost or modified beyond recognition over the years. Many have been restored.

• American Graffiti - 5-window
• Jeff Beck - 3-window
• Bruce Meyer - 3-window
• Boyce Asquith - Roadster
• Berardini Bros. - Roadster
• Ak Miller - Roadster
• Lloyd Bakan - 3-window
• Bill Breece - 3-window
• Bob Morris - Roadster
• Balchowsky /Vogel - Roadster
• Andy Brizio - Roadster
• Lil’ John Buttera - 3-window
• Banker Bros. - 3-window
• Roy Brizio - Roadster
• C&T Automotive /Siroonian – Roadster
• Gray Baskerville - Roadster
• Ray Brown - Roadster
• Clarence "Chili" Catallo - "Little Deuce Coupe"
• Boyd Coddington - Boydster I
• Brian Burnett - Roadster
• Pete Chapouris - "Limefire" Roadster
• Li'l Coffin - Sedan
• Herbert /Gaskin - 4-door
• Joe Nitti - Roadster
• Phil Cool - Roadster
• Ermie Immerso - Roadster
• Orange Crate - Sedan
• Currie Enterprises - Roadster
• Jackman Bros. - Sport Coupe
• Veda Orr - Roadster
• Bill Desatoff - Tudor
• Andy Kassa - 3-window
• Chuck Price - Roadster
• Roy Desbrow - Pick-up
• Kendrick /Beck - Tudor
• Tom Prufer - 3-window
• Neal East - Roadster
• Gary Kessler - Roadster
• Roger Ritzow - Roadster
• Neal East - 5-window
• Jim Khougaz - Roadster
• Bob Rothenberg - Roadster
• Eastwood & Barakat - Tudor
• Bob Kolmos - Phaeton
• Dick Scritchfield - Phaeton
• Vic Edelbrock, Sr. - Roadster
• Jerry Kugel - Roadster
• George Sein - 5-window
• Ells/Hansen - Roadster
• Jerry Kugel - Roadster - Bonneville
• John Siroonian - Phaeton
• Dan Fink - "Speedwagon"
• Dennis Kyle - Roadster
• Doane Spencer - Roadster
• Fjastad/Von Hofgaarden - Tudor
• Tony La Masa - Roadster
• Fred Steele - Roadster
• Tommy Foster - Roadster
• Lobeck /Bauder /Coonan /Meyer - Roadster
• Ed "Axle" Stewart - Roadster
• Doyle Gammell - 3-window
• Harry Luzader - 5-window
• Don Thelen - Vicky
• Richard Graves – Phaeton
• Dave Marquez - Roadster
• Don Van Hoff - 5 window
• Ken Gross - Roadster
• Mike Martin - 3-window
• Walsh /Walsh /Cusack - Roadster
• Guldahl /Henderson - Roadster
• McGee/Scritchfield - Roadster
• Tony Waters - Roadster
• Wayne Henderson Vicky
• Tom McMullen - Roadster
• Lynn Yakel - 5-window

 

I hadn't seen that list before, that is a pretty comprehensive list of hot 32's

 

I can't imagine how the Vulcans Vicky didn't make the first 75 list. It's probably in my top 25.

 

Shit, was that 15 years ago at GNRS. We were living in the States at the time and spent a great day at the show. A couple of days later they had a Deuce day at the Peterson which was just as good.

 

Also from memory not all of the list made it to the GNRS. American graffiti coupe never got there because of weather on East coast (I think that is correct?).

 

I lead a sheltered life I guess, I don’t know if I’ve even seen 90 ‘32 Fords.
I gotta get out more.

 

Which list, there must be a hunnert of em!
It never gets old though.

 

The list referred to by the OP. Which I then posted a copy of.

 

Somehow it doesn't seem right to include plastic replica '32 Fords on the list. Opinion, Ron

 

Ron, even though I own a Wescott replica roadster I (sort of) agree but as the list(s) keep growing it may be a fact of life, I guess it depends on the calibre/provenance of the car.

 

11 of the 75 significant 32's that X38 listed were not Henry Ford bodied.

Mick

 

Not fair, they only asked for 20 favorite MERC'S !

 

The list is also a coffee table book that I own called “Deuce”
it didn’t say 75 of the most original deuces, it has to do with history, notoriety and effect on the hobby.

Deuce: Seventy-Five of the Finest 1932 Ford Hot Rods of All Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KQWVCPY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_Q8PQTBZMH2NQAB5C8JAT

 

Just like musicians, there are probably some unknowns that would surpass the significant ones.

 

The realm of custom cars goes beyond the scope here. The plastic ones still influenced just like the steel ones.
I know one of the guys that participated in the voting. If I remember correctly, this subject was part of the discussion. I guess the pro builders, magazine guys ..... that voted felt the need to include em. I’d be willing to bet some agreed with ya though

 

Lobecks first roadster was Henry steel and his second one many years later was a Wescott.
I'm happy with those statistics.

 

Edit - I swear I looked over that original list of 75 half a dozen times and didn’t see the Lil Coffin! I think I was looking for Dave Stuckey. Oh well.

 

This one has always been one of my personal favorites.

 

Al and Dave Tarkanyi's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Alfred A. Berton's 1932 Ford Roadster
Allan Fielding's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Allen R. Mathews' 1932 Ford Roadster
Art Lehner's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe - The Blue Indigo
Bernie Stein's 1932 Ford Victoria Phaeton
Bert Mouron's 1932 Ford Roadster
Bill Davis' 1932 Ford Roadster
Bill DeVore's 1932 Ford
Bill Faris' 1932 Ford Roadster
Bill Jenks' 1932 Ford Roadster
Bill Kelly's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Bill Like's 1932 Ford Roadster
Bill Peterson's 1932 Ford Roadster
Bill Waddill and Ken Draper's 1932 Ford
Bill Wieser's 1932 Ford Roadster
Bob Hart's 1932 Ford Roadster
Bob Holcomb's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Bob McGee's 1932 Ford Roadster
Bosse Ericsson's 1932 Ford Roadster
Boudakian Bros' 1932 Ford Four-Door Sedan
Brian Frederick's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Bruce Olson's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Carl Bailey's 1932 Ford Tudor
Carroll Sleeper's 1932 Ford Sedan
Charles Crowther's 1932 Ford Roadster
Chas and Everett McFarland's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Chet Herbert's 1932 Ford 4-door Sedan
Chuck Price's 1932 Ford Roadster
Clarence Catallo's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe - Silver Sapphire/Little Deuce Coupe
Clifford Ambrose's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Conrad W. Jacobs' 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe - "The Klondyke Koupe"
Council Harrell's 1932 Ford Roadster
Danny Schwartz' 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Dave Stuckey's Lil' Coffin
Dick Blaine and Ron Fredlund's 1932 Ford Roadster
Dick Dean's 1932 Ford Sedan
Dick Noble's 1932 Ford Roadster
Dick Page's 1932 Ford Roadster
Doane Spencer's 1932 Ford Roadster
Don Broyles' 1932 Ford Roadster
Don C. Breithaupt's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Don McBride's 1932 Ford Sedan
Don Williams' 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe - The Collegiate
Doug Hartelt's 1932 Ford Roadster
Doyle Gammell's 1932 Ford
Ed Cousins' 1932 Ford Pickup
Ed Roth's 1932 Ford Three-Window
Eugene Wentworth's 1932 Ford Roadster
Fran Bannister's 1932 Ford Roadster
Frank Coon's 1932 Ford Roadster
Fred Hunzinger's 1932 Ford Five-Window Coupe
G. C. Woodard, Jr's 1932 Ford Roadster
Gary Guthrie's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Gary Priebe's 1932 Ford Roadster
Gary Wright's 1932 Ford Roadster
Gene Lade's 1932 Ford Coupe
Geno Ames' 1932 Ford Roadster
George Barris' 1932 Ford
George Cerny's 1932 Ford Tudor
George Collins' 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
George Sein's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe - The Flamer
Glenn Tronc's 1932 Ford Tourer
Gordy Kordowsky's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Gunnar Johansson's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Göran Silfors' 1932 Ford Roadster - Early Bird
Hank Negley's 1932 Ford Roadster
Harold "Flathead" Dzierinski's 1932 Ford Roadster
Howard Hansel's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Howard Leever & Fred Esser's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Ian Cusey's 1932 Ford Roadster
Jack Bonholtzer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Jack Calori's 1932 Ford
Jack Carroll's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Jack Schleich's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Jacques Bechard's 1932 Ford Roadster
Jerry Sprague's 1932 Ford Roadster
Jim Broadhead's 1932 Ford Coupe
Jim Khougaz' 1932 Ford Roadster
Jim Papworth's 1932 Ford Roadster
Jimmy Summers' 1932 Ford Roadster
Joanna Quesnel's 1932 Ford Roadster
Joe Carlomagno's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Joe & Gus Gasper's 1932 Ford Roadster
Joe Colley's 1932 Ford Roadster
Joe Nitti's 1932 Ford Roadster
Joe Smith's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
John A. Good's 1932 Ford Woody Wagon
John Anderson's 1932 Ford Roadster
John Caldwell's 1932 Ford Four-Door Sedan
John Kingston's 1932 Ford Pickup
John Patrick's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Johnny Bierfeldt's 1932 Ford Roadster
Johnny Otis' 1932 Ford Sedan
Jorge Zaragoza's 1932 Ford Roadster
Keith Cornells' 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Keith Landrigan's 1932 Ford Roadster
Keith Treece's 1932 Ford Roadster
Klas and Fredrik Wallin's 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan
Lars Erik Ljungkvist's 1932 Ford Roadster
Larry Shinoda's 1932 Ford 3 Window Coupe - The Chopstick Special
Laverne A. Stetzer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe - The York Coupe
Leon Kendrick's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe - Wild Deuce
Les Johnson's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Lew Thompson's 1932 Ford Roadster
Lew Wolff's 1932 Ford Roadster
Lew Wolff's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Lonnie Gaskin's 1932 Ford 4-door Sedan
Lou Schafer's 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe
Lynn Wineland's 1932 Ford Roadster
Lynn Yakel's 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe
Mac Schutt's 1932 Ford Roadster
Marv Shetler's 1932 Ford Tudor Sedan
McFarland's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Mervyn Toynton's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Mike Alexander's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Mike Brown's 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe
Nelson Morris' 1932 Ford Roadster
Max Magness' 1932 Ford Cabriolet
Mikael Blomberg's 1932 Ford Roadster
Orin Meyer's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Pat Leighton's 1932 FordRoadster
Paul C. Bourgue Jr's 1932 Ford Pickup
Paul F. Johnson's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Per Røed's 1932 Ford Cabriolet
Pete Hischer's 1932 Ford Roadster
Peter Billing's 1932 Ford Cabriolet
Phil Cool's 1932 Ford Roadster
Phil Kaelin's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Ralph Neal's 1932 Ford Roadster
Ram-Rods' 1932 Ford Roadster
Ray Farhner's 1932 Ford Pickup - The Eclipse
Richard Lazo's 1932 Ford Roadster
Robert Lane's 1932 Ford Roadster
Rod Foote's 1932 Ford Roadster
Roger Nettle's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe
Roland Larsson's 1932 Ford Roadster
Ron Schmit's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Scott Buhler's 1932 Ford Tudor
Sid Kayman's 1932 Ford Roadster
Stan Dietz' 1932 Ford Pickup
Steve Memishian’s 1932 Ford 5 Window Coupe
Steve Memishian’s 1932 Ford Roadster
Stuart Hilborn's 1932 Ford Roadster
Sven Sandberg's 1932 Ford 5-Window Coupe - The Glowing Coupe
Ted Sitterley's 1932 Ford 3-Window Coupe
Thomas E. Foster's 1932 Ford
Tommy Johns' 1932 Ford Roadster
Tony LaMasa's 1932 Ford Roadster
Veda Orr's 1932 Ford Roadster
Vic Edelbrock's 1932 Ford
Wally O'Brien's 1932 Ford Roadster
Willie Kendig's 1932 Ford Roadster

 

Jack Stewart 1932 Ford Roadster So Cal

Hello,

How could any list not have the nicest 1932 Ford Roadster built by Jack Stewart? It is an iconic red 32 roadster and many have seen it all over So Cal when it was active. Photographs did make it look great, but the actual roadster itself, as noted by my invitation to ride along with Jack Stewart, solidified my knowledge of a well built roadster.

If the experience of riding along in a 32 roadster is noted, then the list obviously left off one fabulous roadster. How many of those on the list were experienced by those involved in the hot rod world?

Jnaki

This Red 1932 roadster belongs on that list to make it 76 of “The 75 Most Significant ’32 Ford Hot Rods.”

Or for this post, within the top 90 list. YRMV


Jim Lattin

Another 1932 Ford hot rod would be Jim Lattin’s two toned Phaeton. At the time, this phaeton was one of a kind and well-built to boot. It looked like a museum piece/show car and was a daily driver back then.
#77...


I have a penchant for Buick Skylark Wire Wheels since we saw them in 1954-55 and I put a set of them on my 58 Impala in 1963. Thanks to @themoose for showcasing another Impala that could have looked like my own 58 black Impala.


So, Not only are the two 1932 Fords rolling with pristine sets of Skylark Wire Wheels, but it just makes any hot rod classy and cool. Add in Number 91 and 92 to the list. (Jack Stewart and Jim Lattin)

 

@moparboy440 I see several Australian cars in that list, including ones owned by people I know and one I was looking at pictures of only yesterday. (Glenn Tronc phaeton)

Glad to see Hank Negley's roadster there too. 127 on gas in 1947

 

I’m kinda biased, but Mark Morton’s Hop Up Jive Five coupe should be on any list

 

Can’t see how Jim Lytle’s five window, and Bob Rothenberg’s three window were not listed in the original 75.

 

Impressive list, but, didn't Doane Spenser & Neal Easts overlap ? At one time they both owned the same roadster .