Gotta get this off my chest...32's are Nucking Futz

If traditional is the new gold chain should I junk all of our cars....I would hate to be embarassed by having not only period correct cars but period built cars. Besides I would say that 95% of the "Gold Chain" built traditional cars are not properly built anyway they throw tons of new make me drive all comfy bullshit in them and call them old.....I don't think so. as far as a 32 Ford being called a belly button car that is just stupid to collectivley put all 32's in one category.

 

when you dont own a 32, or model a, but a car of the same period , you see it through different eyes. want to build a traditional car with period correct parts? you wont do it on the money i make.

as far as one category, they are. a 32 is a 32, i dont care who made it.

with the intro of new steel bodies, people are going to get on a high horse for owning a ford built 32, which for some reason, is the holy grail of 'traditional hot rods.'

everyone wants to be different, with the same car.

trey

 

Told you this lucky SOB was in it cheap. There is hope!

JH

 

Heck , with the price of 32's I'm goona sell mine.. I have to thin out so here's a 32 tudor almost done with a body you dream of no rust with a real chassie K-member,350ci ,38 trans.40 rear etc 18k or fly in drive home for 30K. I also will say the blue 32 is just stunning!!!! So come and get them .. Really ..

I think the price has gone up and up but some of them are just nuts!

 

What a stupid thread. Cars are only worth what someone else is willing to pay. If someone was selling his 32 for 1 million, people would just walk away laughing at him. If a guy can sell it for 100k, more power to him, just wish it was me signing the BACK of that check. If the car is bringing that much, the work will be top notch, if it isn't then it usually wont sell that high. Have you ever though about the time cost on building a top quality car? The details have to be a tad sharper then a 10k car not to mention more "upscale" parts. If you can't justify the cost of a particular car, then just walk away laughing like you would at a million dollar car. Posting this just shows you want one and are pissy because it's out of YOUR reach. Otherwise, why care what deal is struck between others?

 

I really,really like Iowa. Went to school there 6 years. Got family and kids living there.Great folks who by and large will look you in the eye,shake your hand and keep their word. The quote above was meant to be facetious-obviously Corncobcoupe was saying what he meant.

 

how many of you can honestly say your grandfather would pay 40k for a 32 without paint (yeah, that stuff that shines). think about what that means.

am i jealous? honestly, no. i cant afford one, dont want one. i feel once you spend that much on a car, you have to be scared to have fun in it. i used to think the average hamber made around 30k a year, now im thinking its probably twice that, then some...

 

Uh huh

 

Aren't you the same guy that was asking a couple months ago what kind of coin people around here were making? Man you need a hobby, envy is a deadly sin and it appears to be eating you alive.

 

As far back as I can remember 32's have always been just a little bit more than I had ,so when I found my tudor it was about 1000 more than I had and David let me pay it out !!! Now I have one of those over priced beautys !!!

 

Tommy I can personally guarantee that your roadster will remain as-is if you will it to me

Just kidding, you have a beautiful car though

 

You and your cute lil midget are goldchainers!! btw...are you guys comin' to Mo-Kan this Sunday? I want a ride in yer car! Free beer!

 

I would buy 2 of those if I could get a matching pair,if I get one she will want one also.

 

Sorry not this time I promised her I would take her to the fair !!!! Dude I will let U drive it !!!

 

DEAL!! You and the midget can drive mine. I promise sometime in '06 we'll get together.

 

Man,

You guys are ruthless! I own 2 & 1/2 32's. Are they my favorite style of cars -No! My roadster has been eBay before, no real takers, just a bunch of lookers. Tom Fritz has oil painted 2 different versions of this car, I think that they kick ass!
I have a small fortune in this car, I begged, borrowed & stole the money (from the girlfriend) do this car for our company as a way to showcase our products!
Well this car now does not contain the products that we produce (but wiil soon). I started building this mentally like 20 yrs ago-Why Because they are readilly identified by " most everybody" as being a Hot Rod!
the 1st part that I bought for this build was a firewall, I paid $40.00 for it, like 15yrs ago, Firewall is worth over $750.00 now. 2nd part that I bought was a grille shell & insert together for $50.00 that was hanging in this guys garage in 98. This part is worth $600.00-$1k now.
I put the word out that I was looking for a chassis 3-4yrs ago. ElmoRodge calls me on my way to work one day, I had less than a 1/2 hour to make it mine, (only thing I ever bought off eBay) It was all of $1240.00 but needed a lot of work & was 4 states away,
Did I have it shlipped No, Drove my 11 mi to the gal 454ci Suburban to pick it up in a short weekend -there & back in time for work. I had a totally bitchen stock roadster cowl that had been metal finished & I felt that I could find all of the pieces to build it from scratch, Brookville to the rescue-they agreed to builld me a body within a certain time frame based on my cowl & whatever other body parts I could gather. Was it expensive Yes, but by far I feel it was money well spent. I had my body within my time frame with all kinds of time for myself to concentrate on it's chassis. I got it together for the Antique Nats here by working till 4am that morning in order to get it there.
The next year I was cruising a small swap in Claremont & Jake Jacobs & Sheldon Bardin was selling a totally complete stocker 32 chassis. This was actually previously owned by John Mumford & sold to a Brizio customer who had thought he bought a really bitchen 32 roadster body(here comes the real henry steel deal again) It like most all of the others I've seen has been sliced dice repaired, halved . It looked like Frankenstein.(Glad brookville built 1/2 of mine )
I put the stocker chassis under the roadster body and have been enjoying it ever since. Does it satisfy my needs yes & no, My 1st chassis with all of our speed equip is waiting for it's body back & I am out of room to work on it here. Would I sell it, yes, but for the kinda money that the other primer roadster shown here is.
I ,just like most of you have the desease! It consumes vast amounts of capital, almost as much as real estate, but I can't drive my fixed property.
When someone wants something bad enough, they figure out ways to obtain it. If it costs a bit, so be it. pay up or shut up
The deuce deals are still out there. I bought a complete 32 BB 131-1/2"wb
for a whopping $200 bucks It was originally $675.00 and has a new set of Denmans all the way around they're worth & $1k bucks now. The truck is worth about $6k. Sounds good to me!!!!!!!!

 

Am I the only one a little offended by this??? There are people who have to fight for every penny they spend on thier cars, and there are some who are doing a little better...

My point? Dont Think that just because this is the HAMB that there arent people with some dough to spend based on the fact that you may not.

SO WHAT about prices? Yeah maybe your average 32 ford is a little steep, but so are 49-51 mercurys. To some people 53-54 chevys are too expensive... And somepeople cant even hardly afford a mid 60's 4 door beater...

SPEND WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD AND MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
I am not afraid to work a little harder to get what I want.

 

Hey wait a minute!! I got a steel deuce 2 dr complete running hot rod in 1988 for 2,000.still got it and I don't care what the prices are up to Im not selling it.I also bought a steel deuce victoria complete, chopped and full fendered, all Henry for 6,500 in 1992. keeping that too.

CANT AFFORD ANY PARTS FOR THEM NOW THATS FOR SURE.Good thing I got most of what I need.

 

I've alway like 32's, but it took me a while to get it. In fact buying my first duece (my 3-window) went against every grain in my body. Even though I was making decent money, I had never paid over $3K for a rod in my life. Plus my favorite cars were 33-36 fords. After getting over the sticker price, I almost walked away because the seller wanted my rusty floored '40 coupe project (paid $2K for it) as part of the deal. It was fair, but a lot of loot plus a rusty floor coupe? That's Nucking Futz! After a good friend slapped me across the head a few times, I closed my eyes and did it. One time behind the wheel and I totally understood. Folks in the central texas area know that I drive the wheels off of them. In fact the 3w was a daily driver last year.

So I hear what you're saying cause I was there once. All I can say is that there are lots of things that we don't understand until we are there. I think this is the one you won't understand until you're there.

 

Saying every 32 is boring is like saying every custom is boring.....oh wait


'32's are so boring

Thay just have no character

 

i wouldnt usaly post on a topic like this but... why dont you pick on the guys who pay stupid money for a nolen ryan rookie card, or the guy who has to have that one rare comic book because super woman had and affair with batman. you know why i dont say anything, because thats what there into. call me gold chainer, call me a follower, call me what ever the hell you want because i am gonna be one of those assholes, who pays that big money for a deuce 3 window, because thats what im into. In 1953 my grandpa was 19 years old and had built his first 3 window coupe, by 21 had his second. I have all the black and white pics from the build up to the local drag strip. I dont want one because everyone else has one, i want one because thats what i grew up thinking a hotrod is, A RED DEUCE 3-WINDOW. Hammer Hank

 

I know what you mean hank, thats the same reason I also want a 57 Corvette, it was the first car I remember riding in, sitting next to my dad with my feet barely reaching the floor.

Probably have just as much a chance owning one of them as I do a 32 3window!

 

It doesn't matter if you are talking '32s or anything else.........all the same. 1200 square foot house on ocean front property........$2m. Same house 15 minutes inland $180,000.

You buy what you can afford. I had a chance to buy a running '37 tudor AND a running '36 Chevy coupe from a fellow that was going through a divorce back around 1977 for $2500.00 FOR THE PAIR. Did I? Hell no! Just as well have been $100K when you've got two kids and making $150 a week.

BTW I like Ts and As better also. Or is it, I like T and A better........Hmmmm