Customs BEST 32 FORD OF ALL TIME, LET's SEE EM

It's pinstriping. I knew Phil (RIP), but the car had been redone and sold to Jeff Beck and went to England by the time I met Phil. The car was redone in pearl yellow and called the Super Prune because of a large purple prune painted on the rear panel. The prune was made up of purple naked women. It was voted one of the best 75 32 fords when it was orange. It's still around, but was being redone back to the orange version. Jeff Beck had the car duplicated in the orange version, and it was finished a short time before he p***ed away. Phil had a chrome sponsorship with Continental Plating in Oakland CA, so everything was chromed.

 

Beck may know the guitar but daaaammmmmnnnn Gina!

 

Well played sir. Well played indeed!

 

RIP Jeff Beck

 

I wanted you to be wrong man! We have had some worthy compe***ors, cars I would choose over the LC, but I haven't swayed you...yet.

 

Phil, the original builder, is the one that redid the car in pearl yellow with the prune on the back. Jeff Beck bought it when it was yellow. At the time Phill was real big into the indoor car shows, and the car had to have significant changes to be compe***ive each year. A lot of really nice cars were changed because of that rule, and a lot of time it wasn't for the better. I did like the yellow version.

 

Your knowledge is beyond my question. It seemed to me the beauty of the car as originally posted was impossible to improve upon. It appears I am once again mistaken. Thank you for your posts, dear sir.

A car alludes us. The quest continues.

 

The Walker Morrison Roadster

Credit to photographer….

 

Here's another photo I have of the Prune...

 

In my eyes, the Jeff Beck version (Super Prune) was definitely NOT an improvement over the original Phil Kendrick version.

Mick

 

Another reason for fenders on hot rods, no one ever leaves their drink on your fender. That would be rude.

 

ain't no such thing as the best 32 Ford. here are some fine examples.

 

you know, i just, i mean, i don't understand how all you guys can be so wrong on this.
isn't it obvious, gentlemen, the Khougaz roadster

 

Hi Mick. Jeff Beck didn't paint the car yellow, He bought it from Phil after Phil had the car repainted in yellow. I don't remember what year the car was redone in yellow, and I don't remember if I ever saw the orange version. My Dad first showed his own car at Oakland in 69. We met phil after the car had been sold to Jeff Beck, maybe early 70's. I only remember the yellow Super Prune version of Phil's car, and as a young kid I really liked it, and I still do. Of course I like the orange version too.

 

While I respect your view and your uploads, Mr. @Moriarity is of a different mindset. He thinks there is one, he has called it out...several times! I would love to prove him wrong. We have not succeeded.

Yet.

 

I prefer the orange version by far based only on the photos provided. The yellow version, with the flame job, doesn't do it for me.

 

This thread reminds me of “Do you like blondes, brunettes or red heads?”
The correct answer is YES!
Dan

 

Your right, I guess I should have left Jeff's name out and just mentioned I really liked the orange version best.

Mick

 

Lately I have seen a lot of hate thrown at the Milner coupe, on its awkwardness.

I think many people are missing the point of this car, its awkwardness is its appeal!

It is supposed to represent what a young small town guy who was still learning would build, don't forget the character of John Milner was only 20 years old!

 

Wow. That is beautiful.

 

I always liked this 32 Tulsa OK nsra event

 

Using that logic, Doane Spencer's (a teenager and a high school dropout) roadster would have been another good choice for Milner's ride. Ron

 

Sometimes you have to look at the impression it makes, not the car itself.

While Doane Spencer's roadster is well known in the Hot Rod world it is not well known to many other parts of the automotive lifestyle and completely unknown to the general public.

However, muscle car guys, oval trackers, drag racers know Milner's coupe as does the general public, and because of American Graffiti many people became interested in hot rods and immersed themselves in the history and learned about people like Doane Spencer

You also have to remember Doane Spencer's car was already a hot rod when he bought it, with a filled the grille shaved deck lid and a Dvall windshield and it evolved over time as he picked up skills to the car as we know it today.

Although I appreciate them for what they are I find nothing appealing about the Doane Spencer or Bob McGee roadsters, I am not a fan of the West coast Hi Boy style.

When you look at old photos of the average guy built cars there were a lot of cars that were awkward grills and cowls that don't line up, door gaps that aren't perfect etc....

 

Some cars, like other forms of art, are only famous because of their faults and damage. I walked all over the louvre to take a picture of the Venus De Milo, a statue that "may" represent Aphrodite (but no one knows for sure), from somewhere around 150 BC, all busted up and buried on the island of Melos until a farmer digs it up 200 years ago and now it's art. Go figure. I buried a cracked SBC behind my shop years ago, someday it may be dug up and placed in a museum, but I wouldn't bet and arm (or two ) on it.

 

This is a bit odd. I have always liked this car and pose. Issue one, volume one of Speed Mechanics,Jan 1953. 25 cents.

 

I like this one a lot! A lot of people don't like when the tires don't follow the wheel well line, but I do. It looks more aggressive to me.

 

I admit to liking the bobbed rear fenders on Milner's coupe