found this on detroit craigslist, first to call and bought it on the spot. car was purchased by the last owner in '68 with 28k original miles (see pic in blue) he spent most of the early seventies restoring it frame up. finished it in "75 and put 300 miles on it before putting it in garage storage for many years. I trailered it home, rebuilt carb, fuel pump, new battery etc. had it on the road the same day. hand rubbed the laquer paint and she looks awsome. runs and drives better than my new car. price was good too, I didnt steal it, but got it for late 80's price. I guess I did steal it. problem is, I cant cut it up, so I will be in the slow lane for awhile.
Beautiful car! Now, don't be scared, cut that car up! Remember, anyone can keep it stock, it takes courage to cut one up
Congrats! What a beautiful car. There are a lot of reversible changes you can make short of cutting metal to turn this into the coolest hot rod.
wow. We are in a new age right now, people are getting late in life, more stuff is coming out every day. Pricing does follow that trend. down, not up. Nice car.
every day I look at this thing and want 4 inches out of the lid and six deuces. but I fight the urge. It does have a '38 flattie in it so I guess its a start. anybody got a stock '32 flattie for sale??
heres my "other car" it too needs a chevy, and a serious chop. pre-war mercedes parts are way too expensive, I would be the only guy on cruise night with a chopped german staff car.
i dont know about anyone else but i get sick of all the '32's looking the same and following the exact same trends. It's a beautiful car; drive it an enjoy it. sometimes they exhibit just as much, if not more "class" when un-chopped. congrats and enjoy!!!
The number of stock unmodified 1932 Ford 5 Window coupes has got to be far less than the number of Hot Rodded ones,.... Someday very soon a totally stock 32 Ford's value will far surpass the value of a Hot Rodded one. Find an original 32' V-8 engine to keep in the Garage for it and enjoy it as is. Kept adjusted, the mechanical brakes work just fine. If you must. Finned aluminum 21 stud heads. Dropped axle, and solids.... But I wouldn't change anything else. Mark my words. You remember how it use to be cheaper to find a good restored car to make a Hot Rod out of years ago.... Well, good restored cars became less and less and a lot of them were rodded.... so good examples of stock originals are more scarce. As soon as the economy picks back up,.. it won't take collectors long to figure this out, And as these car edge closer to 100 years old,....the price of cars like yours will take off, like a rocket! IMHO
I was the second caller on that car. That old guy was a hoot to talk to! Missed it by a few minutes. You did steal that car. By the way, that was the second deuce 5 window to pop up on the Detroit craigslist recently. I dialed a little quicker on the first one! .
Agree with Harms Way. You see tons of stock model A's. See at least a few at every car show. You see very very few stock '32's. Can't remember the last time I actually saw one. Leave this one alone. Just drive it and maintain it.
Wow...she's a honey. I'm all for chopped tops, but not for this one. And look at the beautiful curve of that undropped headlight bar. Maybe beef up the drivetrain...an extra set of blackwalls and steelies...even lower it a bit...but that's all.
What a find, I missed seeing that on Craigslist. There are so many easy bolt-ons that can easily be reversed without cutting it up.
I wish I knew the sale price so I could eat my heart out. I have a chopped 34 project car but this 32 is sweet and I am not sure I could bring myself to chop it.
We are hot rodders on here, but sometimes we have to respect a car for surviving so long unmolested and just have to leave it stay that way for a while longer. That Deuce is way too nice to cut up IMO. If you want to chop and modify one there are a lot of candidates for doing that. Great find, you are now it's new caretaker. Don
I agree. Leave it alone, there are plenty of unfinished projects and bodies out there to build into hot rods without taking this one apart. Deuces are special, there is a reason they have survived this long. I leave the originals alone and build the projects into hot rods. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fgLv3-fE8D0uKGtPKB2yidMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c0E716DOmNc/SiBuFAIEELI/AAAAAAAACIs/GhOiwVAx8Mk/s800/DSCN1643.JPG" height="600" width="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From Our Old Car Collection</td></tr></table> <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gO6luIaIb0Njkb-GKtjeSdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OGSDSGBrmGI/SiBuFgMycbI/AAAAAAAACIw/SI3SH1L4Vko/s800/DSCN1644.JPG" height="600" width="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From Our Old Car Collection</td></tr></table>
Is your '38 flattie a 21 or 24 stud? It was a transition year from 21 to 24. If it is a 21 stud the '32 stuff will bolt on and it is difficult to tell the difference unless you know what to look for (the water pumps bolt on the front of the '37-'38 21 studs but there was a block off plate available from Ford to use the earlier heads/pumps, the water pet cocks on the '32 point straight down plus a few other small things). Charlie Stephens
Wow, that thing is nice! If it were mine, I wouldnt even THINK about chopping it up, but it's not. Soo... Great score nonetheless! Sent from my iPhone using TJJ