1932 Ford Roadster

1932 Ford Roadster

50’s Style East Coast Channeled Hotrod

Body: fiberglass with functional cowl vent, roll pan, belt rail wood tack strip, full steel reinforcing, sectioned reproduction steel grill shell with SS insert, modified ’49-50 license plate guard, Chevy cinnamon color base/clear paint.

Frame: boxed reproduction ’32 rails from firewall forward, 2x3 tubing from firewall back, 1” dropped crossmember, under floor mounted master cylinder, owner-built headlight stands, 7” Dietz style headlights, early HD style front signal lights.

Front suspension: 4” dropped Superbell axle, reversed eye dropped Posies Super Slide spring, SS hairpins, original ’37-41 spindles, original ’40 Ford brakes, modified F1 shock mounts, Vega cross steer box, modified ’49 Ford steering column.

Rear suspension: ’65 Bronco 9” Ford w/ new posi unit and 2.73:1 gears, Chassis Engineering ladder bars, QA1 coil overs, panhard bar.

Wheels: Gennie chrome reverse 15x5”

Tires: Firestone www; Front - 5.60-15, Rear – 7.10-15

Engine: 1956 354 Chrysler Hemi, Hot Heads BBC water pump adapters and finned timing cover, mechanical fan with shroud, Weind 7263 dual quad, Edelbrock 1804 carbs with progressive throttle linkage, O’Brien Truckers finned valley pan, vintage Stelling & Helling air cleaner covers, vintage Mallory dual point distributor converted to PerTronix, remote oil filter, Powermaster Promax starter, Powermaster early Chrysler alternator, Edelbrock electric fuel pump, aluminum radiator, trunk mounted 12 gal SS fuel tank, SS 2” block hugger headers with 2-1/2” SS tubing and 18” Cherry Bomb mufflers.

Transmission: rebuilt Chevy TH400, new torque converter, shift kit, Wilcap transmission adapter, remote cooler.

Interior: reproduction 18” ’49 Ford steering wheel, ’55 Chevy parking brake, EZ Wiring fuse panel and wiring, Auto Meter programable gauges, vinyl bone upholstery, black short loop carpet, heater.

Misc:

· Clear NC “1932 Ford Streetrod” Title.

· Cool engine backstory: I had purchased a ’65 Stevens flat bottom boat that this engine was in, and had originally been built in ’65. After doing research on the boat, I was told by the original owner’s brother, that the 354 Hemi engine had been personally built by Joe Reath of the Dunn and Reath performance engine shop out of Riverside, California in ’65.

· The roadster was recently featured in Modern Rodding magazine, Issue 46/July ’24.