History Guess what? another survivor hot rod is unearthed!

I have this '32, has old merc flatty. I drove it once and parked it in the barn. I like my vision of these trucks but mine has some bad funky mojo and I think I'll let it sit fo many years...

 

Great find, and great save. I like the whited out windows for show.

 

Might be an improvement to put the bed on backwards and adjust the wheelbase.

 

Getting the stance worked out!

 

That's way cool !
I love Hot Rods with history.

 

Looks cool, nice job

 

nice find!

 

Nice project. Nice find. Gary

 

That truck is not a 32. It's a 33.

 

That is real cool!
I am building a 1930 a fordor and also putting a olds 324 but was going to use the hydramatic that came stock behind it. I saw that someone said the hydro was a problem. What issues can I expect?


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is that the stock 1934 ford truck frame changed over to parallel front leaf springs?

 

nope, still has the transverse springs front and rear in it

 

what is the year and make of this frame?

 

Cool Find!Subscribed.I have a 33 I've been hanging on to.

 

stock 34 ford, 33 is basically the same too, and car and truck are the same too.

 

when and why was it converted to parallel leafs?

 

it hasnt been converted to parallel leaf, dunno what your see in the pics.

 

i have never seen a 1930s ford with front parallel leafs

 

It doesnt have parallel leaf springs on it, what pic are you looking at?

 

i was looking at the photos with out expanding them. i think the floor jack made it look so.

 

heres a few more vintage pics of the truck, and some paperwork the builder had got when he entered it into the GSTA rod and Custom car show that it its going to back at 51 years later!

 

Gonna be so cool to see this one on the road!

 

Nice truck,

Shakopee Dam I can almost spit to your place. I hope to see it out this summer!!!

 

Super cool history. I think you guys are doing the truck justice by correcting some of the wonky workmanship while still keeping the truck intact as a whole.

Any plans for a tailgate?

 

nope, body and sheet metal will be untouched, other than adding a hollywood licsence plate light to the back.

made some more progress on it, ill let the pics do the speaking as im tired!

 

You are doing right by the old girl. She deserves to see many miles pass under her front axle. Keep posting the progress.

Frank

 

The Hydro isn't the problem in it's self. the problem is that the shear bulk of the hydro requires serious mods on older chassis to get it to fit. In this case the X member was pretty well butchered to get it in place. That was common in the 60's but not what the majority of us want to do now. If you were building a custom frame you would build it around the hydro and it wouldn't be an issue.

It's good to see that truck getting put back together right but not getting wholesale changes done to it. Mostly doing it the way a builder with a bit more vision, knowledge and skill might have done it in the 60's with a bit or lot more patience to see it through.

 

The new floors look real nice.

 

Thats really cool. My 2 cents, Rocket gold on the engine, that chebby like orange doesn't do it justice, nice job no matter what though

 

Actually the motor is going to be black, the motor that came with the truck had gotten water in it somehweres along the lines and was junk, so the orange motor thats in it is the replacement but still needs to be painted.

jeff