32 @ THROTTLERS car show

does anyone have any info on this 32'...i'm really diggin' the wheel profile from the front...they look bigger than 16".
For you that have ran motorcycle type tires up front...do they **** or run like any other bis ply?

 

It's my car. The wheels are Ford Accessory 18" wheels to raise your car on deeply rutted roads or driveways. Originally, all roads were dirt. Horses pulled wagons which made ruts from the wheels, while the horses trod down the center with their hoofs. Cars came in and made the ruts deeper, but did not trod down the center between the ruts.
By 1935, as cars got lower, some people started having oil pan problems hitting the center crown. So, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler all offered 18" and/or 20" wheels to raise your car. I have owned all three types. By 1937-38-39 with the Roosevelt's NRA (National Recovery Act) most roads got paved and people threw away these type wheels and put their original wheels back on. The wheels are incredibly rare and hard to find. (Sometimes mistakenly called DIVCO Milk truck wheels), I have original photos
off cars with these wheels in the 30's.

 

How do the motorcycle tires ride though?

 

Do you have a better shot of the wheels? Thanks

 

AWESOME car Paul, like all of your rides this is another fine build!

 

Yea my father in law has a set of the 18's on his 33 3 window and a set in storage...how do those tires ride? he's running a set of excelsiors on it now. How about a side view of your car? or is there a build link for it?

 

Here is a side shot from yesterday. Paul always has the best when it comes to originality. I think this is the best phaeton to date and I am 70 years old. I have loved phaetons for many years.

 

What are the heads that you're running? Stock with some sort of coating or....

 

I've seen this car at several venues and every time I see it I just marvel at the details and the workmanship. One of the finest '32s ever, imho. Ya done good, Paul.

 

Man, Paul has awesome stuff

 

Thanks for posting the Pictures..

I'm not a Phaeton fan until I saw pictures of this bad boy. It is one
of the most Sinnister looking Hot Rods around. It has converted me.

I'd like to see more pictures.

Happy Trails, Mick

 

Same here More pics............

 

I ran cycle tires on my last car and prob will again on the newest one. Work fine handled well.

 

That car is awesome!

 

what a hot rod. beautiful

 

That car is way cool. And a cool story about the wheel height back in the day.

 

More pics of the car here:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=518090

 

I'd guess they're simply bead blasted aluminum. The intake and blower appear to be the same.

What's up with the Pines grille on an open car in California?

 

I have seen this car at a few shows...it gets better and better each time.

 

Phuckin' awesome Phaeton!

 

wild simply wild

 

this was one of my favorites of the day. sounded wicked too.

here are a couple of my shots of it as it was leaving...

p.s. i have larger shots as well if they are needed

 

Isnt that one of those winters grills too, that is the radest car with the best accessories. Usually acc. start making the cars look gaudy but this one pulls it off with out a doubt!

 

a couple more pics, courtesy of someone on her, i forget who. cool tub.
Al.

 

From the side, with all it's side curtain windows in place, it has a very Military/Hummer like appearance

 

Thanks for all the comments. The same motorcycle tires are on my roadster and I've probably put 20,000 miles on them. They ride fine just like
other biased ply tires. I always use original 1932 through 1934 spring loaded rod ends on my cars. 32-34 Fords do NOT bump steer. The Greatest problem Hot Rodders did was put solid rod ends on these cars. SOLID ROD ENDS WERE NOT INVENTED TILL CARS HAD CROSS STEERING. The they wonder why their cars bump steer and transfer every bump in the road through their steering wheel.
My engine is a 1937 21 stud engine. 1932-1936 21 stud engines had the water pumps in the heads. It's about impossible to put a supercharger on one of these and still find a place to put a generator and have enough area on the pulley to drive a blower. In 1937 (still a 21 stud engine)Ford moved the water pumps to the block. (making it possible to put a blower on) I still had to make all the pulleys, drive, modify the manifold, etc. In 1938, Ford went to a 24 stud engine which remained basically the same through 48.
The heads on my engine are original Ford 1937 aluminum heads. I had to surface them and dome the combustion chambers for domed pistons and plunge the valve pockets much deeper for the special high lift cam I designed and Bill Jenks ground for me before his death. Finding high compression aftermarket 21 STUD heads with water outlets in the middle is next to impossible since manufacturers didn't want to make heads for a ONE YEAR ONLY ENGINE. I polished my heads, then gl*** beaded them and then anodized them to prevent corrosion. Thanks for the interest.

 

Nice!! Great info there and I appreciate it.

 

Quite a lesson here, boys. Pay attention.

 

Thanks for the info on the rod ends. I used the 28-34 spring loaded ends on my 32 because I thought they looked cool. Didn't realize I had done a good thing as far as bump steer...but it does drive well. Good to to know for the next one...

Neal

 

It's the cover car/feature article for the July 2011 issue of Street Rodder. I bet I've read the article six times!