Hot Rods Seattle Apple Orchard Survivor '32 5W

Couple of years back we did one bad M/F of a 3W for B1gDaddy and it got the attention of Mr Bob in Seattle. A few of his friends here convinced him to bring me his car for the same treatment.

Bob bought the car in June of 1963 as what I believe to be a bit of a racer. White Tuck-N-Roll, Roll bar and an early HEMI!

At some point Bob and his friends pulled the HEMI out and got the drive train from a '64 Fairlane and started the installation but never finished it. The car was left in his barn ever since. Well, until he yanked it out from its slumber and brought it to the sunny South West for us to work it over and put it back into commission.

Here is a photo journal of what has gone down so far:

Just as we received it,





Then the work started by Dr Marvelus doing his thing.

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United Pacific panels showed up and went in, damn they are nice quality!

 

Sweet!

 

The firewall got some attention next. It had been sheeted over and had some odd master cylinders hanging on it. Decision was made to put the pedal back under the floor, so the large gaping hole got fixed.



Trunk lid got adjusted and fitting tits!



Body came off the frame and the chassis tear down began.









Henry Ford black hiding under there?





Our ears hurt a lot...



Then this is what went to the sand blaster yesterday....

 

that`s cool; nice save!!!

 

Love it! I was going to be pissed if I missed another 32 barn find here in town.

 

Nice, what a great find.

 

Ooh! A new project to follow!

Go Steve!

 

Cool, this is gonna be bad ass

 

Incredible!!! Really is a great source of inspiration seeing stuff untouched for that long. I love that steering arm, it's neat.

It's in good hands and the work so far is top notch as usual bud!

 

...and so it starts...

 

Cant wait to see more!

 

looking good will follow this one 5window are the best.

 

Pure awesome. I will be watching.

 

Cool car. Look forward to seeing the progress.

 

And a new adventure begins.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

All you s-10 rat rod fans please close this thread and move along. Only bad ass hot rod stuff is going to happen in this thread. Bob is super cool to talk too and the stories he has with this car are epic. Let the building of another bad ass hot rod start. Can't wait to see what Bob says now that this thead has finally statred.

 

Wrong title. Should read "I'm going to fix it up some day, sometimes really happens."

Great car. Good work.

 

Oh Yeah,,I am subscribed.

Gotta love anything that comes out of Industrial Chassis! HRP

 

This is too cool! Nice to see an old hot rod come out of its slumber


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Hooooo, Weeeeeee.....................bet they used up more than one ugly stick whippin' on that chassis!!! Lookin' forward to your beautification of it.

 

That's awesome, not only do I love to see another 5W project in the works, but to have a gray beard get his old car back on the road is priceless !!!


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That looks like the coupe from the basement of the hardware store on Nickerson near Ballard
I saw it years age while working at the film studio near there
Super cool car
Looks its in the right hands
B

 

Nice build!

 

Any Vin #s on the top of the left rail? Found the only remaining one of the three on my last one at the rear kick up.

 

love watching anything you guys do can't wait to see this one come together

 

From appearances, when it was last together...it was full fendered, nose up, white undercarraige, ladder bars, and tow bar mounts. awesome for an old fool like me







what will it end up like

 

Could very well be. I know he moved it around a little bit.

Going to try and preserve a bit of that look. But I have to make it slightly more streetable.

 

Can't believe how many 5 windows have been found up here in the last few years. Looking forward to more photos.

 

It's great that he kept it all these years and is going to get it going. Looking forward to progress. Keep those pics coming El P, love your work!

 

finally....getting worked on. Good job.