Well I've been collecting parts for "my rod" for over ten years now. Started on it several times but always ended up breaking it again for spares or to sell off parts etc. I've built quite a few rods for other people but always neglected myself. Well my luck has just changed. A friend of mine let drop that he'd found a '32 Victoria and made me an offer on it I just couldn't refuse. One of those - "It only happens once in your lifetime opportunities" so I sold my truck and bought it. It's a project and not complete but comes with original left hand drive frame with axles, the body and a grill. Now I reckon it'll take a few years to build up because I can only work on it when I've no work to do on customers cars, which isn't very often. But this is the plan. Original frame with a model-A front crossmember and the rear end set back 3/4". Unchopped with a Webasto sunroof maybe from a Renault Twingo. Black paint. Fenderless. Two piece hood top with open sides. Frame will have all 4 horns removed. Unsplit bones. '36 rear axle. '40 Juice all round. Rims will be burgundy as will the leather interior and dash. These are the parts I've alread saved up. German military G29 Flathead V8 with Mercury heads and a Fenton 2x2 intake. (or maybe a 1952 Merc 4-barrel intake. 1939 transmission. 1941 Ford dash with restored instruments. Lots of NOS stuff in it. Gray seatbelts with chrome flip over buckles Lincoln Continental door poppers. 1932 Duesenberg J conrods as headlight stands. Pair of NOS German headlights with "Y" pattern glass. 1940 Hydraulic brakes front and rear. Set of four NOS 1940 Ford rims. Dropped forged heavy beam front axle. F1 or F100 'box. Probably F100 for a better steering wheel angle. Or maybe even a '46 side steering box. I fitted one of those in the '32 pickup I'm doing now and it works nicely. Rover 100 P4 steering wheel. And loads of other rare parts. Here's some pictures of it before the body was cut in half for shipping (ouch!) It'll need work restoring the body for sure but it's not that bad.
Here are some of the parts I've been collecting. Those are a pair of conrods from a Duesey J which I want to use as headlight stands. The '41 instrument cluster before I restored it. The dynamo I just seen I restored over 10 years ago! Next up it the British Rover P4 steering wheel - A favourite of mine as I had one when at college many moons ago. Same thing with the Lincoln door poppers. A tribute to the '42 Continental I once owned. Those headlights were made by Sharlack in Nuremberg, Germany in the 1940s and are NOS. This dizzy is a German military waterproof one which looks the dogs bollocks I think. Oh and I've also saved an NOS '58 Edsel Glasspack and another one from a '58 Merc, both still boxed and painted in copper paint. I've looked around for pictures of rodded Vickys but most are streetrods. Not many at all actually. How many '32 Vickys survived?
Where are you in Germany? When in the US Army I was stationed in Kiaserslautern (sp?), Bremerhaven, Bamberg and Nuremburg.
That's a great find anywhere in Europe. I don't know if there is even one 32 Vicky here in Holland. Sure going to follow this one. Hennie
The '32 Vicky is the one that's eluded me forever. I've owned every other body style but a Vicky and a Pheaton. Some weren't savable but I always thought if I could score a Vicky I'd end the search and concentrate on just one car and be satisfied. Hmmmm, that's an interesting thought..................is there such a thing as a satisfied hot rodder? At my age I should content myself with doing my long term '32 5w and call it a day.
I think it's a US car. Its LHD, and I don't think Vickys were built anwhere else, but it came out of Argentina.
Yes I was thinking of installing a full length cloth sunroof from a Renault Twingo but have decided to stay with the filled steel roof.
Well it's about making the cloth insert roll back so you've a fair weather car too. Most 30's British sedans had full length opening roofs. Ford didn't do it but I'm sure some of the more expensive cars did. Ed
GASSER!!!!!!!!! Dont build a boring flathead bla bla bla car out of it The Vicky deserves better!!!! Get a Roadster body for your parts selection Sunroof? Sorry Ed i think you will fuck it up.... Will i see you at the Kraut BBQ ? Michael
Here's some pictures of it before the body was cut in half for shipping (ouch!) It'll need work restoring the body for sure but it's not that bad.[/QUOTE] Don't know why people still do that to save container space and a few bucks, I would prefer to get the body in one piece.
Actually I intend not to fuck it up. It'll be almost a resto. Also I intend to use it every day so want an economical engine. Vickys are so rare I don't want to ruin it. Twitter @edsrodshop
To properly center the rear wheels in the arches. Ford set the rear axle a bit too far forward Twitter @edsrodshop
Here's the license plate I've been keeping for the Vicky. I waited ten years for this number, checking online every week for ten years til it became available. This number only exists once in the whole of Germany and you have to live in the small town of Forchheim in order to be entitled to the first two letters "FO". My trailer is looking after the number until I'm ready to transfer it. Twitter @edsrodshop
Yes I'll be building it to comply with the historical vehicle regulations, although it'd be a shame to add the "H" suffix to my number. Ed Twitter @edsrodshop
Hi, welcome by the Vicky owners. This 1932 Vicky looks very good, congrats. Yours is possibly earlier on the street than mine. Viele Grüsse aus der Schweiz Nöru
I've just ordered a pair of Industrial Chassis Inc's 32 chassis strengthening legs for the Vicky's stock chassis. I want to stiffen up the chassis a bit without boxing it. http://www.industrialchassisinc.com/?p=564
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