Features How many real 32 roadsters present?

I owned 2 of Henry's roadsters before buying my Brookville body so I acknowledge it's not gennie but it's mine. I owned two 3 windows before I bought the one I have now. Were it not for Brookville I would not have built the roadster I now have or attempted to save the 3 window I'm working on now.

 

Heres my real roadster needing some attention for sure. I traded a 32 3window for this roadster way before you could buy a brookville. Back then the roadsters were harder to find and buy than the 3 windows were. Steve

 

Sorry........trying again on the picture

 

not to hijack the thread,but i like ti know the differrences in the cars,so how or is the briggs body diff. than henrys.and where there any more manufactures of bodies for ford in 32.

 

I was hanging out at the Street Rod Nats in kalamazoo last year and a guy was looking at my truck so we talked for awhile and he said he had a old hotrod in his barn ......5 minutes from my house how crazy is that.. it took a bit to get it but I did

 

There were 24,972 Canadian built 32 Fords, and I have one of the original Roadsters.
HemiDeuce.

 

I know of a guy down the road from me with an original roadster. Brought it from the guy that hot rodded it back in the late 50's early 60's

 

This was in Hot Rod April 51.Changed a lot since then.

 

There are a number of gennie, Aussie produced deuce roadsters in Australia too, I have no idea how many, but I'd guess a pretty fair percentage of those originally built are still around, just like they would be in the US, simply bercause they were the 'only' hotrod to have in the very early days of rodding, and have remained so ever since.

I'd suggest it would be fair to say the deuce roadster would have a far higher survival rate over the last 75 years than something like the deuce mordor.

Cheers, Glen.

 

I sold my original roadster built from pieces of cars a year ago. Sold as a project just was not interested in it like I was my other cars.

 

What counts here? Is it a 32 Ford body if you have an "original FORD cowl" or is it an original if it has been made up since the availability of aftermarket "replacement" sheet metal with some "original 1/4's, cowl tops/sides,doors,decklids"?
I'm in the "replacement speed equipment business" and I have both original and "replacement" sheet metal in my garage, but if one's talk to Horseless Carriage or Pebble Beach Types it's the chassis is what makes it an original, as sheet metal was getting thrashed all of the time. How many of these cars mentioned are running gennie rails?
Several cars listed here I know personally were built utilizing these "replacement" parts.

There are several not mentioned above,but reside in the San Gabriel Valley area.
1.John Byron's Original Full Fendered Purple Roadster
2.Pat Ganahl's Primer & Purple Cad pwrd Highboy
3.Marion Bledsoe's' Patina'd Flatty pwrd Highboy
4.Mike Hodis'-Canadian Purchased 32 Roadster Project
Even one of those has some "replacement panels", one would never be able to tell though,the parts fit just perfect.

 

I had one about a year and a half ago. Drove it to the LA Roadster show and sold it to someone that just had to have it. Funny thing is, I had to park it outside the roadster parking due to its primer top coat.

 

A friend of mine has an original roadster, bought as a basket case, see it here....
http://deuce-diaries.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html

I also know of three other gennie roadsters in the UK, possibly four....

 

That's cool ... no drama here

But even for the state of California ... 12 thousand 32 roadsters is a very high number.

The LA Roadsters ( which Deuce Daddy Don is a member of ) ... has their LA Roadster show every Father's Day and they have about one " open " thousand vehicles in it ... on a good weekend.



Photo of my roadster @ the LA Roadster event ... taken by Don Dillard

The one thousand vehicles also include Cabriolets, A 400's/ B 400's and Phaetons. Not all are Deuces. Vehicles come from all over the USA and Canada to be in that California show. I came from South Carolina ( 2500 miles 1 way ). So 12 thousand 32 roadsters is a lot ... even for California.

I would say that California most likely has the most 32 roadsters of any state and very likey the most original Henry Ford built 32 roadsters of anywhere.

 

Cool post so far and I'm glad to see it didn't deteriorate into a steel/not so steel and Brookvilles don't count hoopla

Sometimes it's about choices.
I turned my back on a gennie 32 for $7000., complete, flat tires and all.
An old hot rod etc.
My choice was a Wescott and I'm happy with it.

Helluva good choice for the sodium-chloride flatlands of Bonneville.

Some nice touches on a few cars that are a little bit out of the norm.
Stole some pics cuz I plan to do those mods on my 31 on 32 rails project.

 

Yep!!-------Thats my utmost question to all of you!!!--------Don

 

AAHHAAA Randy!!!---I knew you would jump on this one!!!!-------Don

 

Remember what I said----"No Brookvilles, etc. need apply----especially GLASS!!!!--------------Don

 

YES SIR!!!!---Like COKE-------Its the REAL thing!!!--& REAL FORD MFG. Roadsters ARE the REAL thing, Last one produced was 1937!!!!

 

Exactly my sentiments!! WEAV. In my communications, I have heard that ALL these after market STEEL roadsters (other bodys too), You have to do a whole lot of "massaging" to get the right fit!!---Now, back to my original question.--------Don

 

YEP!! Steve, as you know, I personally know all 3-------Great guys & ALL STEEL TOO!!!------------Don

 

MAYBE!!!-----------Don

 

In the US, yes, I believe they went to 40 or 41 in OZ.

Anyway, got a better pic of your Deuce?
Somethin' a little bigger than the Avatar?

 

Tom McMullen's original car is alive and well and living here in El Paso.

 

Because I helped Don upload up his avatar ... I have it in my files ... so here it is. But I have no other ones

 

i don't own one but know of at least 20 real ones within about 15 miles of me, if we do all of north san diego county there's at least 100 real ones probably more. oh and around here there's probably 5 fakes to every origional.

i know a couple of the big collectors in this area have at least 5 each, plus there's another guy inland aways that has 6 or 7 project cars (they aren't for sale, i've tried) plus a couple nice drivers.

i wouldn't be surprised if there were 1,000 origional bodied cars in california alone

 

Don , Lanny is getting my car next week , he's making the patterns from his orig roadster I can't wait Lanny is the best

 

Thanks Deuce.

Good lookin' little car.

I especially like the line of the top.

Color combo and the steelies look good as well.

How wide would you say the rear wheels are?

I held up a rear fender on mine a couple days back and the 10" wheel is a touch wide.
Might be a go with an 8" wheel, but . . . . . . I only have one 8" Ansen slot mag.

Got a bunch of 7's though....