Hot Rods bought a 32 5 window old hot rod

never thought I would own a steel 32 . but got my chance & I am thrilled. car has been painted since 71. does any one know any history of car . it has a distinct interior. very surprised it has survived without being updated much

 

Great catch. Congratulations!

 

You are a lucky guy.

 

Nice 32 find, every boys dream...and us old guys too.

 

Good for you.

 

Nice! What is the future new color?

Bob

 

Excellent find and congratulations. It has the unfilled roof and cowl vent and it hasn't been chopped. It has also dodged the pastel, graphics and suede interior phase. Also note a very early style dropped axle. Had a mate local to me who built a similar one- yellow with brown fenders- back in the early 70's and he's just done a full re-build on it.

 

That thing is rad. Don’t change a thing.

 

NICE!!! What does that "plate" above the axle say? Is that the turn signal lens?

 

Congrats ! Enjoy !

 

Pretty neat, you will have fun with that.

 

so far have changed the front tires they were from the 70's poly fibergl*** steel radials . took off the greyhound. pulled off the spare . but not the bracket yet.set the toe in working on the speaker covers .probably going to put on 40 brakes the disk have just been installed. over the winter I would like to put some dropped steer arms pull out a leaf and reverse the spring eyes. car is real stiff and the tie rod hits the balancer. not planning on a repaint may even leave the orange pinstripe tape. planning to put in a set of old stewart warner gauges except the speedo. not having much time to mess with it right now doing grownup stuff

 

Wow, that’s a score!

 

Nice car love it

 

Nothing there that I couldn’t live with, nice going. If the frame is black, I would be tempted to paint the fenders black, and change out the wheels, but leaving it as is would also serve a purpose.

 

Instead of cuttting off the Ford steering arms, can't you heat and drop them to get the tie rod lower? You can also taper the arm hole halfway from the bottom, then install the tie rod below. This will require less bending of the arm.

 

Nice score. The ends of the front axle look pretty stretched. I agree with alchemy; the steering arms can be heated and bent and the tie rod flipped back like it was originally. Also, I'll bet there's not much clearance between the bottom of the frame and the spring, unless the frame is notched. Make it your own.

 

One of the great things about a well cared for old build is they often have excellent bodies since they had way more nice cars to start from back then. As a fellow yellow deuce owner, congrats on the purchase!

 

thanks Corn Fed Great job on your coupe like what you have done .The car I bought has definitely been well cared for . been driving it some .plan on going to the deuces of the blue gr*** today. I was planning on going out to the attic of my garage to look for an old 8 track to replace the digital stereo in it today.

 

Congratulations.

 

Congratulations on your find. Looks like you’re going about it in the right way by just tweaking it here and there and making it your own.

 

An 8 track would round things out pretty well!

 

Great score! Wish I could find one.

 

I have a couple 8 - track to c***ette converters.

 

Great score !

 

Nice, looks like it came straight out of a mid 70’s Rod Action or Street Rodder magazine.

 

Appliance wires! Those are neat. I like that you're backdating the speaker covers and possibly also the stereo. Those are the little "update" details that ruin a really period car. Maybe some round lights to replace the boxy amber turn signals. Seems like a real time capsule overall though.

 

what a great add love the clothes. the wheels on the car are in great shape but may get changed to some old ET five spokes or halibrand clones. pulled the 3rd brake light off it wasn't wired right any way. the car came from the Knoxville area I seen it about 12 years ago at the nats south and really looked it over good because I liked it so well. I thought some one on the hamb might know some history on the car from the 70's or before. I agree about the signals

 

went to the deuces of the bluegr*** . there was a good turn out with a lot of cool cars mostly roadsters