Never thought I’d own a 32 3W! I mentioned to a friend that I was in the hunt for a 3w body in any condition, he laughed and said there was one listed on FB market place but taken down a few days later. He did however take a screen grab with the owners name cropped 1/2 way off. After a little digging I found the seller but the car wasn’t for sale, he listed a photo of the car but was actually looking for a drivers door, he was quickly inundated with folks asking if the frame was for sale, if he’d sell the p***enger door etc., so he took the ad down. We spoke for a while, felt each other out and I asked if just the body was for sale….you know the rest. Id love to find the builders name, track its history and possibly find more photos. attached are some current photos and one photo that kind of resembles the car with NY plates. I tracked down its history from 1999-2000 Nick the bandit bought the body off of Connecticut Bargain news roughly 1999-2000 Brought it to Stafford Springs CT swap meet where it was sold to Dave Simard. Dave removed the doors, sold the body to Brian McClure in 2001. Brian purchased a p***enger side door from California in 2006 He owned the body until 2020-21 Brian sold the body and parts he collected to a fella in Maine. He dropped the body on a frame, collected a few more parts and now I own it. Notable unique features: Channeled body..roughly 6” Molded Panel below the deck lid. Rectangular taillights. Raised quarter panels with deleted reveal. Filled cowl vent. The last photo shows a Channeled ‘32 with NY plates…..hard to see if the rear quarters have be modified.
Awesome ! Thanks for putting up the photos and some history. Is this the beginning of a build thread…………?
Pete and I spoke today, and I gave him all of the information that I had. Hopefully someone else will help him fill in the blanks. Since I bought the body from southern Connecticut, perhaps some of the guys from the Connecticut Street Rod ***ociation may be of help in identifying the car / owner.
Even if the one in the pic isn't the one, is that the route you are tak ing with this car. nice score. looks like a 58 impala steering wheel.
That's cool, looks like it's in great shape yet, at least compared to what I seem to find. I wonder, how far off would a LH door from a 33/34 Tudor sedan be? Someone recently built a hybrid 3w coupe using 33/34 Tudor sedan doors and it looked damn good to me, but I really don't know how much effort it took to do that.
Pretty cool. Pete, do you and Nick know each other away from the HAMB? Just trying to figure out how you knew he owned it at one time.
Budget 36, I have known Pete for many years, since I lived in Connecticut for more than 50 years, and I was involved with hot rods all of that time. My 2 youngest sons were members of the "Road Agents" way back then.
So have plans shifted from the '34 roadster to this 3 window? Two killer projects in the right hands.
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