Deuces wild

DEUCES WILD

--These may be stupid questions and at my age I should really know the answers. But, as much as I hate to admit, I don’t know everything. I am going to ask some questions and give my opinions on some of the possible answers. I could be way off or on the mark. I’ve been right nearly as often as I’ve been wrong. Please follow up with your opinions and the real facts as to why the 32 Ford is called a Deuce.
--Mr. Ford began producing automobiles hot and heavy in 1902. By 1912 the famous Model T had been in production for three years. It was fondly called a Flivver or Tin Lizzy, a**** other names. Then came the 1922, 1932, and 1942, which production was short lived and not available to the public. Somewhere during this time, cut down and modified Model T’s were called T-buckets and Gow jobs.
Of course, during WWII, production was halted until the retooled 41 and 42 models were sold as 1946-48 Fords. Which leads us up to today and the 2012 models. 2012? If the 32 Ford was called a Deuce, then why then is the 2012 model Ford not the double deuce?
No other brand, and there were many, no other year, was called the Deuce. Altho Chevrolet, Dodge, etc. made 1932 vehicles. I owned a 32 Chevy. My friends had 32 Dodges, Buicks, Packard’s, and others. None of these were ever called a Deuce. There was even a very fine automobile called a Duisenberg produced in 1932. Lovingly called a Dusie by many. Of all cars, it made more sense to call those Duisenberg’s Deuces.
--As I grew up in the Midwest I can never remember any car being called a Deuce. Most car trends began on the West coast then over on the East coast. We were the last to hear anything about the evolution of rodding or customizing until those little car magazines hit the news stands. Even then, we were slow learners.
--We do know that servicemen called two and three ton trucks Deuces and Deuce and a half’s. Also, as the boys came home from war they bought mostly older used cars such as Model T’s, Model A’s, and those first 32 and 33 V-8’s if they could afford them. As is today, the newer cars were to expensive. Also, those well worn V-8’s were what young men wanted since many were hungry for speed at that age. They’d already learned by removing unnecessary junk from motorcycles they’d go faster. And it was being done with older cars . So buying a beat up used car made since when they were gonna take off the fenders and other dead weight anyway.
--Was this 1944-45 time period the beginning of the Deuce moniker? Were there a couple of young boys just home from the battlefields sitting under a shade tree in southern California talking cars and mentioning owning a little deuce coupe? As for why the little Ford became the favorite hotrod of all times, beginning shortly after it went into production, I do know it was because of that modern cheap V-8 engine. Yes, other cars were V-8 and straight eight powered before this time. But now there was a light bodied peppy little car with lines similar to the Model A, also known as an A-Bone.
--Or was the Deuce name something picked up in some old Beach Boy movie or other hotrod film? Perhaps one of those writers of the brand new little pages car magazines called a nice looking hotrod a Deuce. Guys like Tom McCahill of Popular Mechanics fame or someone like the always colorful writer Grey Baskerville may have coined that phrase?
--When and where was the term Deuce first used? And why weren’t other makes and models called Deuces?

 

let me guess...you're an insomniac...

 

No I'm a 10 year old in a 73 year old body and I still have a lot unanswered questions. Really, what are the answers?
Everyday there are hundreds of Deuce threads and comments. Yet I've never seen these questions answered. Today they discussed which way trunk and door handles should aim, which way windshield hinges should go, and which way the hood ornament should be placed. But yet no one ever says why a 32 Ford was called the Deuce, or when !

 

I've hunted around some to find an answer about what "deuce" means but haven't found anything conclusive yet. Maybe it's just that it's the thirty "two".

I hope I don't have to wait until I'm 73 to hear the "official" answer, if there is one. I got ten years so let's get on with it.

 

you lost me 3-4 sentences in.

 

I can answer your question. Its easy. My dad was the first to call it a Deuce when he was a kid. It was just some slang he came up with .He never did copyright the name so you are all still welcome to use it.

 

Chevy II's were also referred to as "Deuces"

 

Deuces wild is my screen name at: www.scalemotorcars.com
It's a damn shame I can't use it here...

 

2 = deuce. simple. and its the frist year of the new body after the model A. but its diffrent then a 33 so the deuce is one of a kind. plus its the first year for the V8 so thats why its so iconic.

 

Thanks guys. At least I have you thinking and thinking keeps us young. Someone will have the correct answer and I really doubt it will come from Huntsville, Ala. I've been there!
About the user name, same with me Deuces. I have not been able to use MODEL T on any site. Not even my e-mail name. But, like you, came close.

 

2=deuce. Simple as that. Thirty-two. Exactly when or who coined the phrase, I don't know.

 

This could get interesting.....

 

Being a deuce man what are your ideas on how this all began?


<HR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e5e5e5; COLOR: #e5e5e5" SIZE=1> 2=deuce. Simple as that. Thirty-two. Exactly when or who coined the phrase, I don't know.

It isn't this simple. there were 2's out before and after 32. Today we have the 2012. That's two 2's as was 1922. It's true I layed awake pondering these things. But there are real honest answers and the HAMB will get to the bottom of this.

 

How many were first year V8s & first & only year of that body?
You stated:
No other brand, and there were many, no other year, was called the Deuce. Altho Chevrolet, Dodge, etc. made 1932 vehicles. I owned a 32 Chevy. My friends had 32 Dodges, Buicks, Packard’s, and others. None of these were ever called a Deuce

 

No, it is just that simple. None of those other makes were called a deuce, 'cause nobody gave enough of a **** about them.

 

But was being the first Ford V-8 or the first of that new body style the real reason for calling it a Deuce? Chevy had a V-8 in 1919.
The main questions were why was the Ford the only car called a deuce---Not counting the Chevy II which was just someone's way to copy a cool name.
And when did they first become well known as a Deuce?

 

Chevy had a V-8 in 1919
But it wasn't 1932.

 

uno deuce tres.

 

Deuce bag.

 

I really do not have the answer or year but will offer up some thoughts

Websters - "Something notable of its kind" <a deuce of a mess>

WIKi - Deuce coupe is a slang term used to refer to the 1932 Ford coupe, derived from the year of manufacture.

 

I was told when I was a child that the nickname derived from the car having two engine choices. That has stuck with me all these years, but I don't claim to know the answer. Anyone who does is probably at least seventy years old.

 

Boy, you need a hobby!

 

Itsa '32 thing.

 

I only read the first and last sentence. The last one is the only one he needed

 

im going to drop a deuce on this post

 

Just as I thought, no real answers yet. Really, there must be a logical answer. Mainly when and where did this deuce thing begin? Since there are hundreds of real Deuce owners and lovers out there in HAMB ville some must know the answer.
Metallatic you alone can not drop a deuce on this post. It takes two to become a duet.
I'll still bet because of the slang term deuce truck used in the service and some "little pages rod magazine" writer Deuce became popular. I'm guessing 1942 on the west coast.

 

I drove a deuce and a half, when I was in the Army

 

Then you may be the first guy who got out and said "look at that ole 32 Ford. It's a deuce." Now we're gettin somewhere.

 

dropping a deuce is a slang term for "taking a ****"