$ 195 bucks for the orange 5w free for the 3w figure that if I keep on messing around with them, I'll eventually get my moneys worth. Skot
If it weren't for racing (in all forms) and the scrap drives of the war years, there would not be a need for reproduction bodies for the most popular cars we hold dear. There were more Fords out there, thus more Fords were melted and crashed while racing. With that said '32's have NEVER been cheap. In relation to everything else they have always commanded a premium price. Frank
my grandpa raced dirt cars in the forties and his car of choice was the 33 and 34 5 window coupes. i have to find the photos of his cars and i have the receipts of his winnings in the day. he gave up the ghost when he flipped his car out of the track and into the parking lot at the fair grounds here in memphis. after he got out of the hospital he said the fun finally wore off!!
What blows me away is that so many survived 75 years and are still on the road today! And then the fact they were made only one year (half a year actually) during the height of the great depression. Look around and see how many of the other makes survived. That is one of the things that makes them so special to us Deuce addicts.
I believe Tommy had originally posted the above photo and IF I remember right ... the 3W was repaired and back on the highway
Oh yeah,..... and by the way, I have been into hot rods for 40 years, and don't remember Deuces being cheap,....
Afriend of mine bought a rust free, complete '32 5 window for $1500.00 here in town 5 years ago. He thought he paid too much. It now has a '29 Chevy firewall, a Chevy dually roof, and a sunroof from a Mazda 626. He threw the original firewall and fenders away because they had dents in them. He also tossed the original gas tank, and replaced it with a fuel cell.
A.J. hisself exiting his Ardun powered Duce. Think he might be on his way over to "discuss" proper driving techniques with ol 53?
I can remember someone here saying 'you can't pay too much, just buy too soon' I asked my old man about this oneday and he said that 32's were always worth money in comparison, and I guess always will be. such a tragic loss all those coupes. with all these my dream of owning a 5 window fades...
There is still a 5 window around here that races in vintage events. Remember about 50-51 Madera was a dirt track--all old Fords--Blackie raced a 46 I think--my cousins took a mint 36 3 window and made a "hardtop" out of and totally destroyed it on the track.
My family owned junk yards during the war and my dad and granfather had them stacked 30 high hot rods and stock cars ,model t , model a , 32 ,33 34 ,35 fords . people use to bring them in two at a time(scrap drives) . He tells me they where junk to most people at that time there where so many And even people building rods where after other cars not model t and a fords . In town guys tell me stories about hanging with my dad at the junk yard getting drunk and having crash up durbys in the yard .I have some cool pics around from the junk yard days but have to bring them somplace to have them scanned . Alsow the cars they junked i have the books from the junk yard it lists all the cars junked its really crazy to look at the books and all the cars they junked.
In 1992 I came across the remains of a white Deuce three-window Modified stock car body. Cole could have saved it, but back then I didn't know any sheet metal metal magicians. It belonged to someone who worked at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, where it sat in the infield, east of the grandstand around the small dirt track. The sign said it was for sale for $800, but it was so far-gone that I walked away and forgot about it. I'm not afraid of work, but I avoid things that would involve my paying others for hundreds of hours of labor. As many of you know, 1972 represented a turning point for '32 Ford parts. That was the first year that a pair of fenders brought over a grand at the L.A. Roadsters show. Dave http://www.roadsters.com/
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