Event Coverage NEW Steel 5-Window coupe @ LARS - Let's Get Feedback

here are a couple more shots. getting ready for the show!

 

It certainly looks really nice.

 

Yeah I asked Vic when I saw him at a trade show about that "Made in the USA" thing and then pointed out that his give-a-way hats were made in China!

 

I havent seen the bodies, but i have use some parts. Subrails, floor, panel below the deck lid, etc. They are very nice. Will use again on my other 32.

 

I am sure no one would object if you want to step up to the plate and build bodies here in the good ol' U.S.A. All it takes is money, resources, initiative, tooling and a set of balls the size of Texas.

 

That speech is all well and good if you never bought ANYTHING made on foreign soil,you can't go to the supermarket and not get something that wasn't grown or canned on foreign soil.Now back to the body, nobody here makes one,but if you bought one and sent it to a shop in America you would be creating American jobs that didn't exist before. Ideally we would still make everything here but we don't, and I see these bodies as an opportunity for shops to be able to generate more work.The problem I see is it may be to late
as we start to see the shift to the muscle car era.

 

Yep its made in china or tiwann

 

let's keep this post on track. i don't want to make it about US vs. foreign made. if you only want an american made body, then don't buy one! this thread is not meant to be political and i don't want it getting shut down for going in that direction.
thanks.

 

I like everything about it. When I decide on another project, that could be it. I know it's not cheap but there's very few good things that are. For those of us that want a steel 32, there aren't a lot of options.

 

WOW!!! That is stunning!

Let's see........sell off half my projects.....build my ASC rails.......

 

I want one. Too bad they don't, as yet, come chopped. Original steel is way overpriced and getting one paint ready is an expensive proposition. I will say that if it is good enough for Roy Brizio and Vic Jr. it is good enough for me.

 

Glad to see you guys have a couple bodies in stock. A pal of mine has had one paid in full since Feb. with another dealer and is getting varied stories from UP on why the bodies are not ready to ship yet. Welding issues is what he was told and that they would address it AFTER the LA Roadster show.

 

I'm not trying to stir the sh*t, but I'm honestly curious about the specific country of origin. Where "overseas" are they made? Is it China or somewhere else?

Thanks...

 

Great looking bodies, as long as the quality is there I'm in , this is a global economy after all.From what I've seen they look good.My favorite coupe is the 5 Window variety too.

 

I think it is Taiwan, much better quality than China.

 

Great to see my favorite Ford body, coming back like this!!

 

I'd like to see one in person but it seems like a rather good deal to me considering that these are almost assuredly hand made and lets be realistic, it's not like there's a market for thousands of them. I bet you could find a Henry 5W body for around $20k, but then you'd have to fix 81 years of wear and tear.


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The dies for this body was made here in the USA. And UP done a shit ton of work and spent a bunch of money to make this project happen. For all you ass clowns who want to talk down on them, Put up some of your own money and a few years of your life and produce one made 100% right here in the USA. It looks like a damn fine body to me!, And I know the parts fit original bodies well. The price is very fair for this body if you ask me,.... 21K for a body Add another 20K for a running chassis and that is only 41K. Hell that's cheaper than most new pickups these days. And a 32 ford coupe is a hell of alot better than a new pickup, In my opinion anyhow....LOL

 

Okay. I was going to bite my tongue.
And would never say a negative thing or give a negative look if saw it in public. Do whatever you like... I am also happy to own and have cars that are not real American Hot Rods etc.... It is all good...

But this is The Hamb. If it was a Honda Tuner board, or an engineering board... but it is okay to draw the line somewhere. When you are starting with a complete China 32 body.. I think we are safely there.
While I believe the statements below, I think there is plenty of grey area. I am just not always that hardcore on everything, don't have to be a purist. Room for all... but come on.. isn't a China body too far? If it is not.. then everything is in... might as well put a fiero hood on a 32 body with a 2010 Chevy suburban gauge cluster, a 1982 Ford Escort Badges and wheels.... those things are more on point than a China body.

American Traditional Hot Rods are built with real parts that were made in the time period. If newer parts are to be used, they should be Made in the USA.

Once you put aftermarket parts on a traditional hot rod it is less of one.. enough on it.. it is not a traditional hot rod.

Once you use an aftermarket body, it can not be a traditional hot rod.

Once you use an aftermarket body not made in the USA.... might as well be a Honda Kit car. Same thing.

It is not about "the style or look", it is about the history.
It is about when you right in an old classic whether a traditional hot rod or otherwise.. about thinking about who rode in it when it was new.. the stories that could be told... this history of where it has been... what it has been through.. what the people who owned it or worked on it have been through in their life and the time they had it etc.. what the original owners would think if they saw it turned into a hot rod now... I bet they would be stoked it was cruising around and people were creating more great memories in it... on top of the old ones.... it is a time line, an evolution.... a story of life an the human experience...

A new foreign made out of this country body has none of that.
Totally misses it.

I would rather drive my old primered rusty Buick another couple hundred thousand miles... I don't understand why people feel they need to own a 32 so much that they would buy something that is closer to a modern Honda than real 32.
I am lucky enough to also get to drive some really nice finished cars etc.. but it is the soul of it that is what it is all about.. and and aftermarket foreign kit car just misses it.

Not hating on it, but just my opinion. And if this was a different forum I would not say anything. If you make it in USA, I would be behind you.
Better to make it here and charge more if you have to. A lot of people would probably pay the difference happily. It is a good deal for money spent.

No reason to go quietly into the night.
Everything about it just rubs me the wrong way.
Not being the traditional police, but come one. How far is far enough? This is the whole deal, as far as you could go. If this is okay on this board.... what's the point of it?

Rather have a real old American traditional hot rod that misses gears...a beat old worn to hell body that I might get straight one day.. barely runs.. smokes.. leaks... twisted... and if / when I have time and money to fix it I will.
but has soul.

Not trying to argue here, but just because someone puts up a lot of money and time into an off topic vehicle, does not mean that people who didn't put / don't have the money or time should not speak up and state the obvious. Money does not make right.

 

did you quote yourself?

 

Wow guys , well done and congratulations to all involved in this project. -H.R.D-

 

Not trying to give you personally a hard time.

But what is wrong with original aged beat to death originals?
Isn't that history what makes them great?

And what is wrong with the build flaws that originals have, it gives character.

What forum is this?
I do like Street Rods also. But just don't love them like an aged beat to death original hot rod with build flaws.

 

Yes, I have a couple of original cars, but I'm also building a 32 brookville , it's allowed me to have a somewhat unobtainable car at a reasonable price, call it a tuner 32 whatever, it's my car, I'm putting my heart and creating its own sole in the process.
Deuce coupes, like a lot of early desirable fords are drying up, there's only a finite source, good on upac for providing for the next generation of hot rodder.
Thommo



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This would be one very small group of hobbiests if all could find a car with "history" to be traditional. I'd be proud to own one if it was my dream car. Christmas has always been traditional but I sure ain't gonna go looking for an 80 year old turkey to roast.I'll grab one from the grocer and stay at home and continue to make "history" with my family. Please don't shut this down Ryan because of us political fatheads! Somebody please build one of these babys and give us a play by play.

 

x100!!! Pete

 

I heard that Walden's Speed Shop in Pomona has one of these and is chopping it right now? Anyone know if that's true?

 

If I were in the market (and could afford) to build a '32 5-window, I'd seriously consider buying one of these bodies.
After learning first-hand what it takes to repair an old rusted and beat up Ford body (my Model A Roadster), I'd rather save my pennies and buy one that only needs final body work and possible gap/fitment fine tuning... Regardless of where it's made. (go ahead and hate me for that)


Malcolm

 

I'd take one in a New York second! Wondering who is UP and who put the project together? Real steel from Taiwan is fine with me.