It’s a myth that Ford produced a sedan delivery in 1932. Look carefully and you will noticed the delivery body was actually made from a Tudor not a sedan. Had Ford produced a sedan delivery it would have looked similar to this Chevrolet.
A Tudor is a sedan. It is pronounced two-door. As oppposed to what Ford called the Fordor, which was also a sedan, with four doors.
Admit it - you just wanted to post a picture of a Chevy on the Ford thread............ But I must also admit, that I am one of the few that think Ford should have made their delivery’s from the Fordor, even though the fordor was rarer than the Tudor. ( and 5 window ).
Quoted text... "The high-power weight ratio and even torque of the new eight-cylinder Ford has already brought it to the notice of the sporting public, and the announcement of a four-seater open body on this chassis make a strong appeal to the many motorists who remain faithful to this type of car. Produced by Arthur Gould & Co of 290, Regent Street, W.1., and named the Greyhound, the two-door aluminium panelled body has good looking lines, which are not allowed to detract from the comfort of the seating accommodation. The swaged cycle-type wings, which do not move with the wheels, should afford ample protection from mud-slinging. The low build makes it possible to dispense with running-boards. The front adjustable bucket seats have pneumatic upholstery, leather covered, and the seating position is such that the controls are easily reached. The single-pane windscreen is fitted with safety-glass and folds forward when required. Access to the rear seat is gained by tipping either of the front seats. The rear seat and squab are well padded and are just as comfortable as the front ones. The car is fitted with a neat tonneau cover and hood-bag and the detail work, carpets and interior fittings, are substantial and well-finished. A 2-4-seater, called the Terrier, is available on the 8 h.p. Ford chassis and is similar in design to the larger model. The prices are :-Greyhound £325 and Terrier £185." https://classiccarcatalogue.com/FORD_GB_1932.html
This 1932 Ford Town car was built by Richie Willet from Malden, Mass. He used to rent it out for weddings. Back in the 1970's we had a Ford parts store in Manchester, Connecticut. We bought a B400 from Tom Penney from Maine. We sold it to a guy from Arizona, Frank Pettingill ?. He already had one, but he wanted ours to make one good one from the 2. I saw a 1932 Ford school bus in John Monroe's junk yard in Rockland, Maine. I also saw a long wheel based 1932 Ford panel truck on a car lot in West Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1960's.
...'It Positively Stimulates' for 1933... I love the sales pitch and yes, it's across the pond...I will say its interestesting how the Ole Doggie gets tossed around in the Advertising for Ford and alas he ends up on the Radiator Cap...
Both years apparently @alchemy...I went back to the Website and tried to verify your question and the 32 ad seems to be dated November 32 so perhaps it was a 33 only...so I remain unsure due to that...I found some more info at the link below...perhaps this will clear up any discrepancies... https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/january-1933/21/the-greyhound-v8-ford
So I am going to go out on a limb and say I have due to a seemingly misinformed input at that website the 'CCCatalog' saying in 32 this was offered and though it may have been up for grabs in late 32 it may have been offered as a 33 Greyhound albiet the visual and the parts are unquestionably 32...Further to that the Ads don't specify the Year... It was not my intention to mislead... I wonder if any exist any more? Obviously there was 1...
The first photo shows a ‘31 Model A Deluxe Pickup, Ford built 293 first when General Electric asked for an upscale delivery vehicle and then some were sold to others. The 68 remaining Deluxe pickup boxes were used to build B-66 Deluxe Pickups in 1932.
https://www.gettyimages.ca/photos/1934-ford?assettype=image&phrase=1934 ford&sort=mostpopular&license=rf,rm ...I found a couple more real deal pics...listed as Jan 33...It kind of reminds me of the Model A situation in 27...were there A's sold in late 27 as 27 Model A's? ...Again do any exist and were any sold as 32's or 33's Were there any other 33 Fords in GB that shared the distinction of having 32 Ford Parts so visibly obvious?
I think there were plenty of unsold’32 Fords , sold as ‘33 and later ‘34 . Some had chrome grilles added to try to sell them. (See the European deuce thread or chrome grille shell threads). I find it intriguing that the “Greyhound” above was up and running in November when the actual’32 was only released 31st March in the USA, so did they get aluminium body cars up on a cowl and chassis so quickly in the UK ? Maybe it was later ? Maybe they were taking orders to use up the unsold chassis’s………
Clem I went back to that site and the November was Typed in and when I saved the pic the text didn't follow...I suspect they misinterpreted what actually may have been...I screen grabbed the ad...note the top right hand corner... https://classiccarcatalogue.com/FORD_GB_1932.html My initial Info came from this site...I have found no other sources that mention 1932...my apologies...So this shall remain the Car that looks like a 32 is rare as heck and probably sold as a 33 even though there is no record of either other than it was showcased in a Jan 1933 Publication as a Yearless Greyhound
Total production numbers I’ve seen are 593, all of which were 4 cylinder trucks. There were fewer Sedan Deliveries built in 1932, only 395, but as I noted above only 68 B-66’s were assembled. RPU production was low, but certainly not the lowest by a long shot.
Interesting reading about the Greyhound. I'm not too familiar with the early flathead, but the Greyhound review said it had an oil filter and sported open drive. Is this typical of the early chassis? Also I wonder what significance there is to the statement that the cars would soon be switching to front hinged doors. How much of the body was custom? Was the Ford firewall and cowl used? It does mention aluminium bodywork, which implies it was all aluminium.
I know of one on Maui (saw it in 1998)that was made into a Hot Rod back in the 70's and I'm sure still there. Here is a pic of one in India a RHD country.
I should think that the techniques used by an outfit like Goulds would have been quite flexible. They had doubtless been making tourer coachwork along similar lines for various other chassis for some time, adjusting incrementally to changing fashions as they went. Adapting what they were doing to the Ford chassis would have been routine for them, and setting up for a small production run no big deal. What would the turnaround time have been for bespoke coachwork in 1932? Published back-stories suggest something in the order of 2-4 months even for radical one-off designs — perhaps not counting a longer design/approval phase before the chassis is acquired. To set up for a short run of something very similar to their stock in trade: weeks, perhaps?
About 6 years ago, some friends and I went to Gene Scott's old place in Rosemead, California. Jim Gordon let us look around. There was a 1932ford roadster pickup in the back room. It was only the second time that I had seen one. When I lived in San Francisco ,1956-1958 there was one that was parked occasionally on Union Street, a block away from where I was living.
A friend of mine, Bob Knapp(RIP), had a genuine 1932 Ford roadster pickup among his toys that was relatively unmolested. The story, as I remember, is that Bob bought the car when he lived in CA but didn't do much with it as he was very involved in developing real estate in several states and building hot rods and land speed record cars... they held the record for single engined streamliner for something like 25 years... set with a Ford cammer engine. Anyway, it sat and sat at Bob's while he was still in CA until a friend talked Bob into selling it to him. The friend lived in either Northern CA or Washington state; I forget. Friend took it home and I don't know what he did with it, if anything, but had it for some time. Bob later decides he wanted it back and called his friend about repurchasing it. Friend said he was not using it so come get it. By this time, I believe Bob had moved to NC... long ways away! Bob, in typical hands on fashion, went to get the rpu and loaded it up in the back of a Penske or U-Haul box truck along with whatever else went with it. Now follow closely... After the truck was loaded, Bob pulls out his checkbook and asked his friend how much he owed him? How's that for a new way to negotiate price?! Bob's thinking it is going to be expensive but it is what he wanted and he could pay whatever friend wanted for it and appreciated the friend letting him get it back. Friend told Bob to just take it with you... I don't want anything for it from you. You let me have it when no one else would have parted with one of them. Bob tried and tried but the guy absolutely refused any money. Bob takes it back to NC and it sat and sat for a long time. That is where I saw it and talked with him about it. Bob very seldom sold anything so I didn't want to tarnish the then new friendship we were forming by trying to persuade him to let me take over custody. In hindsight, I wish I had. Anyway, later, after I had moved back to VA; Bob decided he wouldn't get around to the rpu so he packed it up and sent it back to his friend that had given it to him. Bob wouldn't take any money from the friend but did get the rpu back to him. I sure wish I had thought to at least get the names and locations straight as I'm sure Bob told me at the time. I'm thinking it was a four banger but I just don't remember... dang shame we didn't have camera phones then!! That's the story. Not sure just how accurate but I did see the rpu and was certain it was a 32... I MIGHT have even got in it but maybe not as my dimensions were a bit larger at the time!
More of the 32 roadster are around then you would except as I know of a guy that has 8 or 9 plus parts to put more together. Plus know of others with parts like cowls doors and bits as well.
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