Projects 32 Hiboy- "My 32 Spitfire"

Frenchy,
It was selected at the Good Guy's Show in Columbus, Ohio, in July and was filmed off premise. Tim Bernsau from Street Rodder did a superb job on the article, and I did submit several of the photos also.

Thanks for the compliments and Merry Christmas to everyone.

32 Spitfire

 

You have a nice roadster there... you should be proud.

 

This past winter (and it was a long one!) we made a couple adjustments to the hood panels, installed restored vintage Guide lights and added a riveted trim edge to the rubber flooring. (Thanks to my good friend Frank Wallic for making them up for me).

Happy Spring to Everyone!

32 Spitfire

 

The spring sun warms up the "32 Spitfire" cockpit!

 

the ole Flathead warms my ears....

32 Spitfire

 

hi 32,

i wanted to thank you for the thought behind this car, i am an englishmen who lived in America for fifteen years and i can not tell you how many times some idiot would turn around and shout 'we saved your ass in the war'.

little do they know that we had been at war for 3 years before America joined and had already defeated hitler in the air, thanks to that little airplane we all love the 'spitfire' and of course the 'Few'. To me the bravest men of WWII are the men that left their countries (many were not at war at that time) and came to the aid of England in our 'Finest hour'.

i thank those American's but also all men from all the other countries too - polish, new zealands, canadians, czechs, Aussies, belgians, south africans, french, irish, jamaicans, Rhodesians and palestine.

you are a man that knows his history, thank you.

 

jamesville,

Thank you for the very nice comments.

My goal in building this car was to honor the Spitfire and all the men who flew them. The "Few" who volunterred like you said from all over the world were very special indeed.

Here is a photo with it in front of a B-17 and my goal some day is to have it photographed in front of a Spitfire.

Thanks again!

32 Spitfire

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=533994&highlight=32+spitfire

 

32 & b-17

 

Really nice 32,32 Spitfire! & props to to you for dedicating it to those that served in the Spitfire.I live near RAF Northolt,west London,& every summer there is a Spitfire & a Hurricane chasing each other over our skies,its quite a site & the sound is breathtaking!!
I don't know if you imbibe ,but shirley you should have some of this on your shelf,NOT in the fridge!! even if you don't, you could just have them on display! Its one of my favourites!! It was brewed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain!!
There's more stuff here,enjoy!!
http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/

 

Hey nolly,

Thanks! That Spitfire Ale sounds very good indeed...cold right out of fridge of course. I'll try to round some up. Their website is way too cool with some very neat history on the Spitfire and the Battle of Britain. I'd love to get a photo of my "32 Spitfire" on it. Here it is on a recent Classic Instrument ad.

Hopefully I can tip a "Spitfire Ale" soon!

32 Spitfire

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=505653&highlight=32+spitfire

 

This weekend we had a special guest stay with us. David is an intern from Lithuania working in the Marketing Department with my wife. I asked him if he would like to take a ride in my 32. He said yes and we were soon off on a mission!

We drove through Amish Country and then on the way home he drove my wifes BMW Z3. (I think he kinda liked it better.....it takes a few years for "Old School" to set in...ha!!)

32 Spitfire

 

Ready to fly!!

As always it was fun to drive through Amish Country and see them stop what they were doing and give us a "thumbs up" or motion for us to blow the horn. They really love cool cars and I think the word is out about the crazy Englishman!

32 Spitfire

 

the photo:

 

COOL Man, cool as Heck!

Nick.

 

Back in the hangar.....

thanks 60'shotrod

32 Spitfire

 

Some damn hanger, you could get a Super Marine Spitfire in there!

Nick.

 

60'shotrod,

There is one in there....if you look very closely at the rear wall you can see a framed Spitfire by the flathead fan!!

32 Spitfire

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=533994&highlight=32+spitfire

 

Just found this with a link in a link - very nice hot rod.
The concept has been done, but this one's a winner.
Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks dad-bud,

It was all possible with the help of many on this HAMB site and old school rodders like Gary at Cornhusker Rod & Custom, Frank Wallic, Doug Frautschy and Steve Fender. I learned a lot during the build and enjoy the car every time I take it on a mission!

32 Spitfire

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502413&highlight=32+spitfire

 

off topic but a spitfire needs one of these....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm8siIewj5U The you tube link to it, in the background was my 38 Plymouth that burned to the ground on the Mass Pike, There are a lot of pics in the HAMB about that....