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Using that logic, Doane Spencer's (a teenager and a high school dropout) roadster would have been another good choice for Milner's ride. Ron

 

Sometimes you have to look at the impression it makes, not the car itself.

While Doane Spencer's roadster is well known in the Hot Rod world it is not well known to many other parts of the automotive lifestyle and completely unknown to the general public.

However, muscle car guys, oval trackers, drag racers know Milner's coupe as does the general public, and because of American Graffiti many people became interested in hot rods and immersed themselves in the history and learned about people like Doane Spencer

You also have to remember Doane Spencer's car was already a hot rod when he bought it, with a filled the grille shaved deck lid and a Dvall windshield and it evolved over time as he picked up skills to the car as we know it today.

Although I appreciate them for what they are I find nothing appealing about the Doane Spencer or Bob McGee roadsters, I am not a fan of the West coast Hi Boy style.

When you look at old photos of the average guy built cars there were a lot of cars that were awkward grills and cowls that don't line up, door gaps that aren't perfect etc....

 

Some cars, like other forms of art, are only famous because of their faults and damage. I walked all over the louvre to take a picture of the Venus De Milo, a statue that "may" represent Aphrodite (but no one knows for sure), from somewhere around 150 BC, all busted up and buried on the island of Melos until a farmer digs it up 200 years ago and now it's art. Go figure. I buried a cracked SBC behind my shop years ago, someday it may be dug up and placed in a museum, but I wouldn't bet and arm (or two ) on it.

 

This is a bit odd. I have always liked this car and pose. Issue one, volume one of Speed Mechanics,Jan 1953. 25 cents.

 

I like this one a lot! A lot of people don't like when the tires don't follow the wheel well line, but I do. It looks more aggressive to me.

 

I admit to liking the bobbed rear fenders on Milner's coupe

 

I'm easy, any 3 or 5 window that's chopped and channeled and fender less, that's powered by anything but a sbc or flathead! extra points if it has a caddy in it

 

The first step is admitting you have a problem. You have taken great strides here.

 

There HE said it!!! That DAMN SHOW CAR CIRCUIT!!!! LOL..... I know my 32 had a MORE than 3 versions while on the show trail 56ish to 1968 and it has me STILL trying to figure out where to go back to.......

 

Of course! Now it all makes sense... it was that lucrative career path that let you afford all those cool cars!

 

This is my vote. Note the grille work in the shell, the custom apron, firewall treatment, engine, etc.

For me, you can't beat a '32 roadster WITH fenders. I think Henry put the curves in the right places on these old girls.

 

@1929rats , very cool car but front apron looks more like a scoop. Maybe it’s the low light playing tricks?

 

Nor-Cal

 

I love the low headlight bar and the big lights! Halibrand's and knock offs? Get the*****outofhere! Nice vanity plate!

 

I think that was the idea when it was built. I wish I could put my hands on the info on this....I remember first reading about it in a magazine (I think hot rod deluxe) and if I remember right, the late Gene Winfield was involved with the car. >>>>>> replying to the posted theme of "customs", I loved how they "frenched" the grille within the shell. simple, Suttle, and very tasty. Chromed, dropped big axle to boot....everything about this one speaks to me.

 

Hello,

I had posted a couple of my old photos with what I think are the two best 32 full fender roadsters around, then and now. They were daily drivers that were show quality and that to me is the sign of a great build. Not afraid to go on the road daily and still have the style and build to go to public presentations.

But, as much as I we do not like to follow roadsters without fenders on any street, there just is something that calls out an open roadster without fenders for a cruise down the coast. If we had this particular roadster in our small two car garage, it would fit easily. For those days that are extremely hot and sunny, there is the A/C built in. Yes, even along the coastline, it gets hot and the cool A/C comes in handy. Plus, a lot of our family and friends live inland and it gets really hot in the summer and early fall seasons.

Jnaki

It is the style of the open wheel roadster, but this one has the look from the old spoke wheel days with a great stance and power to move it along in traffic or just cruise along the big blue shoreline on a great sunny day. My wife likes roadsters, but prefers to be inside of a station wagon style vehicle. But, when we had the old 327 powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery, it was hard to get her to not take it everyday for her driving needs. Ha!

So, this 32 roadster would have a place in our small two car garage, next to her small station wagon. Afterall, where would we put the large plants/trees/planter pots we buy at the nursery for our yards? YRMV

 

The black Ardun roadster with the aluminum scoop has Gene Winfield roots and Rob Ida restoration.

 

Ken’s Deuce changed a lot of Street Rod builders trajectory.

 

Nice car. The color though, just me or is it too new? Magnificent car, but the shiny penny look says Lexus to me.

Not me but cool none the less. But that car is not going to change @Moriarity 's mind about the most beautiful 32 on the planet.

I don't know Mark, never met him personally and only chatted briefly on his flip phone a time or two. After seeing his interest in the Golden Sahara and the eclectic collection in his living room, I am beginning to see why the Lil Coffin has his attention and respect. I'm not throwing in the towel, just beginning to understand his ideology.

I found this on line, other than the headlights pointed all over the shop, it has potential.

 

And we never said it couldn't be a PU

 

IMHO..... That thing is friken ugly

 

I can't say I like the "left hand low" chopper license plate mount, and I think it needs a hood n(to cover that radiator hose), but this checks a few boxes for me.

 

From the book of feces

 

WTF, could the guy paying the bills for that have thrown any more bizarro styling cues at that thing?

 

Perhaps a barrrel nose p/u rad shell.

 

One must not be so selective in color names as this candy apple red paint job looks a like the most popular paint color on a modern Mazda as writer's have said on recent various articles on automotives. YRMV


Hello,

The****le of the thread is “BEST 32 FORD OF ALL TIME, LET's SEE EM…” so, it was picked as to the style of open wheel roadster versus a full fendered versions. It was the stance, the overall look and parts used in the photo. The color is not the normally used “colorful” category as yellows or reds. Even dark browns were frowned upon as the bright colors depicted “hot rods.” I had many a photo story rejected due to lack of color and so, it all depends on who is looking and how it fits the category.

To me, I do not want a flashy open wheel roadster for my wife and my weekly cruise along the So Cal coastal areas. But, something that gives us smiles and feel of the air circulating inside, (up to a point) on a sunny day is what open roadster cruises are emphasizing for us. if, only…

So, the choice is one we would like to see in our small garage, as it would fit the width requirements. Ha!

A RED 32 roadster in the rear view mirror reflection using a 20 year old camera.

Jnaki

Color photographs of a tan or brown roadster or any hot rod is hard to take and blend in to the requirements of magazine photo spreads. This one was the most difficult to present, but it did get accepted.

The color background, the attraction of the building during the same era of the 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery… (40s war farmhouse) and a contrast of dirt to the green grass, etc. It was not a red/yellow hot rod in the background, but it did not meet the editors pickiness in photos… That is until I presented this other photo that took some time to shoot at night, at a popular huge Newport Beach movie theater background location.

35mm Ektachrome color slide film... The last shot of the roll, then gently rolled back one frame and reshot at a different angle and distance. The result was a most unusual night shot using no flash, but the bright ceiling display lights of the movie theater entrance.

 

Simply Accomplished...

 

Yeah, I wasn't sure if that was even HAMB friendly enough to remain on the page. If it needs to go away, understood.