History Need help with history, bay area 32 roadster???

Bay area roadster been in garage since 70's is all l know. Was channeled.... That's about all l know, other than it's mine now!!!!

Chassis is rubbish other than front axle assy. Minus the disk brakes.

Thanks for any help!

FLiP


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what part of the Bay Area? that is a lot of ground to cover.

 

a channeled car with a rumble lid?? interesting choice

 

Looks more like a East Coast car to me. HRP

 

So very cool! Please, please don't raise the body back up.

 

49ratfink l got it from fairfield...where it lived before that l'm not sure??


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This body (being channeled and the dash insert and the color, if this is the same color it was) looks like the famous Bill Moore '32 roadster from San Jose, CA., finished in '57, driven and shown around that area. Engine was Cad or Olds, car had matching motorcycle fenders all around, much chrome. (front spring & axle look like the orig.)
Car was a San Jose Autorama show winner, every time it entered.

Bill sold the car in '74, to a young kid that had some 'new money', Richard Lorenzo of Santa Clara. Richard laid rubber in his driveway one day, wrapping up the rear fender on the right side. (did a little body damage to the reveal at top of well on right 1/4 panel)
Look for an old repair there.
That was the last I saw of that car...the yellow beltline would be 'recent'.

 

Atwater mike, thank you for the leed. Any chance you have any pictures or know anyone who might???

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Very interesting, hope you find the info you need. Let us know. Tim

 

Googled up a pic of a bill moore 32 roadster....


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Revkev6 your google machine did better than mine?!?!? I tried doing a search and came up with nothing....l'm gona study that picture and do some comparing. Seems like the guy liked to paint things two tone??

Thank you, and keep em' coming.

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That frame sure looks salvageable to me. Cut the added on junk off and restore what is left. JMO

 

Tommy, l promise it is really bad!! I'll post some more pics in a couple days.

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So amazing to have leeds already!!!! Looking forward to more info.....

Thank you,

FLiP

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You should have seen the first 34 frame I restored as a hotrod. If it has the correct Vin# I'd sure repair it. Check out some of the restorations done by a few HAMBers before you are so eager to shit can it. If you buy a streetrod frame, all it takes is a big check book. Restoring an old hotrod takes more than that if you have the courage. There was a time when you had to fix it instead of shit can it. We've gotten lazy. IMHO

 

Keep the frame they are better than Apple/Google stock.

 

Tommy, l agree we have gotten a bit lazy. The frame for my 33 was a hay wagon that had all sorts of shit welded to it and l've saved quite a number of stock frames...we'll see about this one.

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My buddy was trying to buy that car too, he seen the add on craigslist, if you got close to what the asking price was ya stole it! have fun with it and i want that chrome font axle!

 

Titus, yeah that add was up for an hour and l was lucky enough to be the first call!!!! the axle is bitchin!

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nice score, what plans do you have for it ?.
Al.

 

good timing! hope some of the history unfolds.

jeff

 

Big Al, depending on what l can find out about the car l might restore it. If l can't find enough info l'll build it to my liking with a lot of the elements of the origional.

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Here's the Bill Moore '32 on the cover of CC in Jan 1959.

 

Thank you Groovie, that is the 3rd version l've now seen of the car....l need to do some comparing and hopefully a more recent pic will show up looking more like it currently does??

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I saw that add on Craigslist but it had already been 10 hours so I assumed it was gone, great score!

 

If you decide to cut loose of that frame, I would be interested. Also be careful about trying to dig up history on an old hot rod like this, As if you find the answer to your question, You are stuck with restoring it. trust me I know what I am talking about. Having to rebuild someones elses Dream car is not all it is cracked up to be. Bottomline is if that is the Bill Moore 32 Then it will never be yours, It will always Be Bill Moores car, And All you can do is put it back to the way it was. And the fun in that wears off quickly. Anyhow goodluck And weather you find any history on it or not, It is Cool As hell, You are very lucky to have been able to buy something like that these days.

Also Something that might help is Take the serial number off the frame to a title service and see how far back they can trace ownership.....I did this a few years ago on one of my 32's and found out how many owners it had since 1954....maybe worth a try....

 

I don't think that's the Bill Moore roadster.

His had shaved door handles, a trunk instead of a rumble seat & different dash.

All those could have been changed over the years but rarely do you see someone convert from a trunk to a rumble.

 

I'm not sure of the cars history and either way l'm stoked.
I looked today at the rear panel and there are no signs of pontiac tail lights that l could see???
I looked at the frame more today and One thing l really know is that it's shit!! Great for patches but no good for a driver, and since there is no definitive history l'm o.k. With slavaging what l can.

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Stripped the rear panel because it was all cracked up on my Deuce roadster. I found patch panels brazed in...I ran upstairs to get some 50 Pontiac lights that fit perfectly. it made my day. They were installed 1/4" off ;-) side to side.

 

And a few more that got lost in cyber space somewhere?????

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