History Detectives Show 32 Ford

THIS IS THE PREVIEW NOT MUCH IN THE PREVIEW HAVE NOT SEEN THE CAR MENTIONTED IN OTHER INTERENT SEARCHES,

BE FUN TO WATCH IF IT IS A FIND OR NOT

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/video/nextweek.html

<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="mainContent" -->'32 ford roadster

AIRING: Season 5, Episode 9
THE DETECTIVE: Tukufu Zuberi
THE PLACE: California

THE CASE:

A man in Benicia, CA owns a 1932 Ford roadster that, upon purchase, had an engine too powerful for normal driving. Our contributor suspects his car was used for dry-lake racing, a sport that had its heyday in Southern California in the 1930’s, and 1940s.
In 1932, although America was in the midst of the Depression, Henry Ford forged ahead, designing a new model ’32 car with the first powerful V8 engine affordable to the m***es. Was our contributor’s car a**** the popular hot rods raced out at the dry lakes?
History Detectives high-tails it to California to investigate one of the most iconic hot rods of all time.


GONNA AIR MONDAY AUGUST 20TH CHECK YOUR PBS STAIONS

WANNA BE DETECTIVE AHEAD OF THE SHOW? ANY KNOW THE MAN? YOU CAN SEE HIM FOR A SECOND OR SO IN THE PREVIEW CLIP ,AND THE CAR MENTIONED, SEE IF HE REALLY HAS SOMETHING. I LIKE THIS SHOW AND THE DIFERENT THINGS THEY FIND OUT THIS ONE FITS RIGHT IN AT HAMB

 

i love watching the History Detectives , they can have some real interesting stuff without the BS and the drama

saw the promo on the `32 ford and wasn't sure when it would air.....thanks

 

Holy **** I'll have to tape it to see what steps they take. I'd give anything if I could track down the previous owner/s of my roadster. I love the show too. FWIW Maybe thats why we like these old hotrods.

 

someone has to know the guy in the preview, i am figuring it is just a hotrod, just because they claim some big engine, it hadd ot run at the salt? , all kinds of engines and car combinations are proving that this week, so it will be interesting to see what is or isn't,

 

expect a report after the show tonight, see what kind of story this is

 

I didnt even know this show existed. Very rarely watch TV and mostly watch PBS or history channel.
Cool story. Ought to be fun to watch.

 

I'll be watching!

 

I saw that commercial last week. That guy has a couple nice looking cars!

 

yeah i figured some one would know the guy in the preview, guess we will after the show,

 

very cool, mr winfield and mr tardel!

 

that was cool , but my dog knows more about cars then that dumb ***.
he new it had more then 7 cylinder`s? and slots in the hood?

 

yeah, but i bet he knows more about quaker furniture from the turn of the century than your dumb***

 

It was 100&#37; positive. No reference to "outlaw" hot rodders or the like. Not very deep. But intresting to the wide range of people who watch the show and do not have a hot rodding background. And the car was a primo example.

 

I don't mind someone that knows nothing, as long as they admit it.... he did.

 

Good show, interesting old film clips, and he found the right people to talk to. It even looked like Vern cleaned his shop!!

 

shoot i missed it!

 

Short, but sweet. It's always a treat to see how non hot rodders react when they begin to learn about hot rods. Even though he was only featured in a short bit, Winfield is a cl*** act!

I'll keep an eye out for the repeat. Good to see a few PBS fans out there. Did anyone make a donation?

 

The followup to the story had one glitch in it - they didn't research their modern history very well. The guy said that Thrust SSC was driven by Richard Noble when it went supersonic. Of course - he merely owned the racer - Andy Green drove it through the barrier.

Wonder if the "researcher" had an inkling he was in the presence of hotrodding gods?

 

nate there`s no need for that!
I hope he dose know someting about quaker furniture.
They should have had a car guy on that one.
like ryan would have been a great choice, or some one that new what a V8 was.

 

I heard somewhere that Chevrolet originally developed the V8 engine and sold it to Mr. Ford.

 

Uh, I think they did have a car guy on that, actually 2: Winfield and Tardel, they don't get much more "car guy" than that.

 

I was talking about the guy doing the research ? that new nothing about car`s never mind.
yes tardel and winfield are car guy`s to the bone. if they got rid of the narrator it would have been better.

 

YAWN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I liked it........................

 

As far as it went, the show was pretty accurate and the researcher was obviously having a great time in the foreign-to-him old car world.
If anybody on there was a goof I'd have to go with the car owner, he's got one but he don't know one.
The best thing is it was a good information piece that didn't get crazy with the "value" end of the old car hobby.
I give them a solid "A" for effort and coolness factor without hype.

 

Just found a link to the transcript if you're interested. Still looking to see when it's going to be aired again...

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/pdf/507_roadster.pdf


-Troy

 

Our PBS in N.C. has been leaning towards the right ever since Bush was elected, so this show was a welcome change over the usual stuff they got. I love it when Gene Winfield is on TV. I liked the show.

 

I was just having fun. I like the show because they cover a lot of really interesting and diverse topics without any drama. We were going to have one of them come to the museum where I work to investigate a playbill that is supposed to have Lincoln's blood on it, but it never panned out. I like that he didn't know anything about cars and he had to go and find out, that's what makes it fun. It could have been longer, they crammed a lot of info into a short segment.

I did think the owner of the car was funny, he had to take that merc motor out because it was "too fast"

 

If they air it again I'll record it at work (tv station) and try to get it up on YouTube. I watched it last night, but wasn't able to record it

 

I just stumbled upon it while flipping channels. Really enjoyed it.

 

I think the guy that did the research did a great job not knowing anything about hot rods,,,, past or present.

The program showed a lotta cl*** and a couple of icons in the form of Winfield and Tardel.

NO drama at all,,just pure intertainment,,,and maybe the normal PBS viewers may have a different prespective on the history and the love affair with the old cars,,,, HRP