MY OT 32 5W CHOPPED & BLOWN BLAST FROM THE PAST project..

STILL WAITING ON MIRRORS and tail lights..

 

Seats look great, ‘40 wheel is a great improvement also.
Car looks better with every step you make !

If you want to get keen, a chrome original style windshield frame just finishes off any deuce………..just my opinion !
Recessed number plate could be covered with a chrome surround and have number plate flush with panel.
Original style fuel tank will look better to the purists.
You asked for opinions about paint, I would stick with that paint over the satin anything or flat anything type paint jobs, but again - just my opinion …….

note chrome windshield frame and
the hinge mounted peep mirrors I mentioned on the other thread.

 

thanks for posting... I have an og style tank on my 31 that I was gonna swap to the 32..
Recessed number plate could be covered with a chrome surround and have number plate flush with panel.???? not getting this

 

This style of number plate surround may cover the hole with a backing plate and number plate, or just fix it properly and paint it.

 

@ALLDONE
Tag , license plate frame I am sure
That what @clem is referring to,
& clem whats the Silver / white
Ribbon for in pic from grill shell to mirrors ?

 

yes, sorry, different terms for different countries !

wedding car for our son’s bride, - drove her into the venue earlier that day.
Photo was taking my daughter around the paddock before putting it back on the trailer.
Son wanted my car for the day, wasn’t legal at the time, so he towed it almost 700km (return trip) just to do that…….

 

I was thinking a cute pack and a 7:58 dial in shoe polished on the back window....that'll get um going...

 

so on this car.... didn't really have time to notice all the stuff before I bought it... but would have still bought it any way.. my disappointments so far...I don't really mind the mustang steering box... but...It screws the pooch for trying to get rid of the 4 bar... nothing wrong with 4 bar... I just hate it... almost as bad as IFS... the four bar ends up so short you can't do a hair pin( my favorite)...

was even thinking split bone... but so far everything looks like it'll run into the plate for the steering.. sooooo.. I say good job for the next owner,,,, they could start from the steering column and re do every thing to the axel....the truth is... if I was younger..and had time to spend,,,, this car would already have the body off and gettin media blasted... @ 72..I have bags of money, but need to spend my time wisely.... My grandpa would come out of his grave and give me an ass whomp'n if I ever spent 100k to buy a 32 ford coupe... so had to settle for this one...some of the stuff is suttle... and most don't know any how.... and some screams at you....screamers are first...

 

SO THIS IS A "SEE SOMETHING,SAY SOMETHING THREAD...
" all comments welcome... some stuff I see... some I don't..seen most of the stuff before it went in the trailer... then there's the ,"what catagory is it.. for me, I just call these kinda cars hot rods.... but thats probley too old school for today...some one could blow it apart and make it traditonal...put the stuff I took off back on and make it a Streetrod,,.. but like said... it's a hot rod to me..

 

Keep at it. There is still a whole bunch of "street rod" to get off it yet...... Those wheels probably need to go.

 

so here's my temp lic plate fix... gonna do till I re paint the car....

got rid of the billet 3rd brake light frame and used this black one that has the light in the frame...

 

also try'n to figure out if the chop is 3''

 

also,..got the street tires on... and moved the catch tank off the firewall...

 

pics...

 

got the front and rear spreader bars in... and nex to go will be the meg tips on the exhaust

 

Needs fenders.

 

Chop looks more like 4” to me.

from an old thread :

‘Mine is bone stock. The center of the door opening is right at 13". The small side windows, measure 12 7/8 right in the middle of the opening and 13" at the tallest point. The tops of the small side windows are a bit angled.’

 

I thought hi boys didn't have fenders???? my bad...probley needs a back seat also...

 

THANKS A ZILLION!!!! You would be correct... mine is 9'' and stock is 13''
so 4'' I chopped a 5 w 32 55 years ago.. but couldn't remember how big the door window ended up... but remember through the years repeating I chopped it 3''

 

also, I have knock off spinners or american caps... just have to have some one torque the lug nuts...

 

so here's where i'm at... working on so many cars at the same time I play squeaky wheel gets the grease....so unless something is screaming fix me it kinda gets put on the back burner,,,my tail lights showed up, so thats today... then I can drive it around... got the knock offs on... and like said... if you see something that needs to go besides me ,... say some thing... this doesn't seem to be the kind of car that the honey bees like.... but I like it...

 

@ALLDONE
For Me , what I like , looking more & more from 90s S-R to H-R ,
I would drive , I do not think To much I would Not Drive , But some I would Not even if others do not Know me !
Again Not Busting on , Me personally
I am not a fan of those Newer T-Q's spokes ,, I wonder what it would look
Frosted / Satin with Polished knock off?
Even on my Black 32 5w, I feel I should of Not went with Black Weld V's
I should of did the Polished V's ..
Yours I think the Ott TQ's or E/T's
Or maybe old Original Crager

 

kinda tough on the wheels being 5-4.5 bolt circle .... i've got a lot of cool stuff... 5 on 5.5

 

Still sum ting wong....the wheels just aren't working...tried differant combos... but can't get there from here....

 

maybe it's the red???

 

@ALLDONE
I would not drive Just because of wheels.
Just my opinion , the rounded & out ward spokes just do not I feel go with
to many Vehicles ,
On my Green Egg I believe sent you pic's of where 10 hole I think 4-3/4
& 5on 5 ,,, I think.

I think 4 or 4-1/2 on front & 5,6,7 on rear ..
Sorry can not be exact , to many changes

16' front & Rear .

The 32 is I believe then & Know same car with the Americans on the front that the spokes were mill flat , I forget what model /style same rim's different tire's
The A Raiders