1932 Ford "Winter" Grille

Dang--all of Scandinavia is a giant, evil vacuum cleaner, ****ing all the goodies into their arctic sanctuary and leaving us with Saabs and Volvos!
Can't the UN do something??

Well, I'm striking back...I have a windowscreen type winter front from a 3-cylinder Saab smoker that fits right inside a deuce shell...so there.

 

Hey, it`s up to you...

 

There's a Pines Automatic on eGay now for an older car. Bid price now at $10.00

Check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WINT...34201QQitemZ4597889756QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

Here's one on eBay

Item number: 4598978801

 

IMHO :1 UGLY Piece!!! ..Still : Worth a lot to guys who restores `32 fords ... Fine & final. The more common "winter-curtain" does the same job , but it does not ruin the good looks of the Deuce grille we all have learned to love
Klaz

 

Do you fellas want this wintergrille because it is rare or good looking?
I can understand the rare....but.......



BRUCE
I've turbo charged my vacuum cleaner while waiting for the box of patina I've heared rumours about.
I'll empty it out as soon as I hear the big "CLUNK" in the container.



Some of us have been known to send **** to the west. Around the arctic sanctuary that sometimes give you the popularity of a horse thief in the wild west around 1880.
See if I care...........
The world is my playground.



Hey OHV DeLuxe, fellow Sanctuarian
You are about to be - tied to a bumper and dragged - if you don't do a proper intro.

Paul

 

AV8 and Klaz...sorry but I think the winterfront is an improvement on the 32 grill. I really like the chrome strip down the center.
Clark

 

I agree. It is the only insert that I like in a Deuce shell other than original. You can have all the spider webs and horizontal slats. For me it has to be an original or a Pines. It doesn't hurt that in a sea of look a like hot rods a Pines stands out.

It is the only winterfront that I like. The 36 while very practical is ugly.IMHO

 

Yeh I p***ed on the 34 winterfront cause I didn't think it looks as good as the 32. The 34 is even harder to find than the 32.
Clark

 

I agree with you, i feel it looks great, otherwice i wouldn`t go through the hazzle of unpacking it from it`s original box...

 

I sure would like an inside picture of an NOS one. and any instructions that might have come with it. I know mine is not complete but I don't know what it came with. I know I'll never find any original linkage but I might be able to fab some if I had an idea what it looked like. It's not like you have to pull it off a car.

pretty please

 

From what i can remember it`s got a lever and a tiny "cup" to stop the sleeve of the wire like a carburetor chokewire bracket would have, and a long wire with a stainless convex knob on it, aprox. 3/4 inch in daimeter. I think thats all.
And i`m pretty sure the stopper and lever has the same dull unpolished chrome finish to it like it was all made and rivetet together, then the front trimpieces polished before it was dipped..
It`s hard to remember, since it`s been a while since i last time i played with it.., eeh.. the grill that is..
From where i`m right now i can`t see how your grill can miss these parts, thought it was all riveted and hard to dis***emble.
I believe ther were both automatic versions and manual versions, maybe yours is an automatic version?

Did that sound like something you could use for an idea?

i`ll take a look one of these days.

 

The inside of mine looks like the one above. Each side of the louvers is connected but separate from the other side. Mine came with a spring stretched between them that keeps the louvers open(probably the failsafe position) I removed the spring so that I can close them with a screw driver when parked.

 

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I like the look of them and I want one. . I really wish I could find one..

I might have to make something similar. .

I agree its the only thing that looks good besides and original insert

Aaron

 

So fellow norwegians, do you really think this is an ugly 32?

If so i feel sorry for you...

 

!?!

 

Man this is nice : a pair of norwegians having a stupid ******* contest .... in public
Klaz

 

Then i guess you`ve misunderstood my replies..

 

both booze and an 32 wintergrille, darn, i'm gay for you dude
please do not get that grille anywhere near me i couldn't controll myself i would grab it and run

 

only got one pair of e&j? mine are hardly nos but i got 2 pairs of nice ones

 

I've possibly got the model you are looking for. Getting my camera out now. I've got an attic full of different kinds of winterfronts, some still in the original box. If you are interested let me know.

 

Oh gosh, how interested I would be, but I'm sure I couldn't afford one - not unless you're more of a charity than a parts dealer!

Thank you very much for the offer, though. If you stick around I'll bet you can find more than one person here who's interested.

 

i found one for a 39 buick oem

 

I'm interested ..How can I contact you

 

Sold my 32 Ford PU with a Pines grille to a fella in England. That grille made the truck.

 

On gasoline motors, shutters weren't even that necessary, except for comfort, that is getting the water warm enough so the heater would work, and a blanket was used more often.

Before the use of antifreeze was practical, alcohol was used more than glycol, but it boiled out if you got the water too warm, so shutters were a no-no. On the '30 chivvie temp gauge there was a warning line, "alcohol boils", you were to keep the temp below if using alcolol, but us poor people, we never bought alcohol or glycol; The water was always drained when putting the car to bed. My dad quit farming in 1960 and the only vehicle out of about 10 that we had, only one had anti-freeze, HIS pickup. His reply to our complaining; when you get some money, buy some antifreeze.....The rest of us, we did it the old-skool way. Shutters were used to prevent the water from freezing up in the radiator. As far as that goes, we never bought shutters to add-on, only used those that were already installed. For the rest, the majority, we used a blanket.

I suppose you could say (goldchainers) had shutters. Which makes me ask the question; Why would a traditional hot-rodder want a (Goldchain) accessory? Oh, I know, because they look *****in'! So anybody can automatically re-write history to fit his own definitions. We didn't call them ('chainers) in the day, since everybody knew them personally, it was a personal thing; [sneer when you say their last name, like (the Catchpole's & the Whittlakes & the Morgans)] Just to set the record straight, I detest, think it's *****ic, to put-down others with different hobby venues. It's inherent, the need to demean those we are jealous of. I have my own terms I use to describe those that demean others, have even used them (unfortunately) sometimes in the heat of the post, but will refrain here. Simply said, I don't appreciate people that follow the town bully around, parroting his displeasure for those he can't drag down to his level.

OT, But for the poor people, that didn't waste money on frills like shutters, the drill was to start the motor, pour the water in, with the radiator covered with a blanket. I remember my dad stopping the car, 'adjusting' the blanket to keep the water from getting too hot, or too cold. It worked good on motors without thermostats, but on a motor with a thermostat the water would (still) freeze up the radiator. On our '49 chevy pickup, we took the thermostat out in the winter. You could tell if the radiator was freezing up because the temp would peg. Get out and move the blanket to cover the radiator completely, it would thaw and start circulating in a minute or two. The 1946 John Deere tractor had manual turn-knob to adjust the shutters, on that, we let it almost peg the heat gauge, then open shutters a crack, with steady running, it was an easy task to keep the temp in the green, the water from freezing in the radiator. Almost all tractors with or withoug Diesel motors had shutters, (a NECESSITY with Diesel), some manual, some automatic, like the Twin Cities(Minniapolis-Moline), had thermostat regulated shutters. The Autocar Diesel of my uncle's had shutters, a necessity, not a frill.

My mom was a country schoolteacher for many years into the '40s, drove model As and Chivvies, never spend a dime on anti-freeze. Cover with the blanket, fill it in the morning, drive to school, go out and warm it up every couple of hours or so. When it was cold as a-well-diggers-***, it was either plan on draining it out and go through the filling drill when time to go home, or ride the pony instead of taking the car.

We had a community hall, had holiday festivities, and Saturday night dances. A lot of people didn't use anti-freeze. Most used blankets, (the Catchpoles and the Whittlakes bought antifreeze........Every hour or so, I would go out and start the motor to keep the water warm, good excuse to get a gal to go along and s****, feel-her-up through her coat. Of course there are those that can't understand the times, but put it in perspective. It's just as easy to put a blanket on a radiator as to put one on a horse.

 

I like 'em because they are different without being ugly. (My opinnion) Part of the allure is their rareity. These were long out of production by the time hot rods of my interest were emerging in the late 40's. If I were there in the 40's and found one in a junk yard, I'd have bolted it on my hot rod just to make it look different from the other guys. I'm guessing there were some people like me around in the 40's. It's about looks, good looks.

 

i know where a winterfront for a 32 is, i may have to see if he wants to sell it!

***us

 

i am looking for a NICE ONE for a 32 project i'm working on.

yes,i know what they are going for,and yes i'm willing to pay it for a nice one.

-danny

 

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