Features How many real 32 roadsters present?

You are right again Steve, Be sure to tell Lanny HI from Don & Bev, Arlene too if she is around!!---------Don

 

I run 15X 6 wide on front, & 15X8 on rear Toyo radials all around---When using a stock Ford 9" diff. you have good clearance at rear fender top lip, especially when loaded down with 2 people, full tank, & all of Grandma's baggage!!!---HA!--------------Don

 

HEY!!------All good points,-----Thats why I asked the obvious question!!
Sure, just about all guys use some type of patch panels here & there, but I'm talking REAL STEEL FROM FOMOCO MFG.IN 1932, & not whole quarter panels---Half rear body sections--ETC.-----I know both Scritch's roadster & Neals roadster too, far as I remember, Scritch never had any panels replaced, & Neal didn't do anything to the Spencer roadster while he owned it.---Except just drive it to meetings once a week, weather permitting!!----Can't say what Meyer had done to both roadsters when he purchased them, but they are sure show pieces now, plus lots of history!!!
Anyhow,-----Back to the "original question"-----------Don

 

Thanks for the wheel info DDD.

Central California car, owned since 1955.
Was channeled, then full fendered and now a highboy.


A couple of well known Australian gentlemen.


I'm pretty sure everything body-wise on the car is original and it hasn't had any rust problems that I know of.

The car is in Central California still and the two guys went back to Oz.

 

HEY!!----Glad you asked about these "Precious" items Tom!! ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED EQUIPT. is safely stored up in my garage attic with other "Gennie" stuff. I am keeping it there for whoever buys my roadster, eventually,all this "stuff" will go with the sale!! I'm now 76 years young, & not planning on upgrading anymore, I made it a practice to tear down my roadster every 10 years all the way to bare frame to check everything out, & make upgrades at the same time. Since completion in 1969, to present, 2 odometers total 300,000 happy traveled miles of line chasing, hence the replaced items you speak of. I certainly didn't start this thread to be "strict" or snobbish, or holier than thou, I just wondered how many of 1932 roadsters were still among us, of course there had to be some ground rules, so I limited it to originals!----Now back to those items!----After making 3 trips across the USA to Street Rod Nats, my roadster was all black, upon returning from Tulsa in 1973, I pulled off the outside stuff & ran as a hiboy to Memphis,Tn. in 1975, Tore down to frame again, repainted bright blue body/black fenders, etc. went to Tulsa again 1976, came home ordered a new Rootlieb hood (didn't want to alter original), painted hood to match, removed light bar, (stainless strip,no V8 emblem) took a bent up bar,cut off the flange ends, bent a piece of 3/4 round rod same radius as original & welded bar to both flange ends, making a 6" dropped bar,I wanted to be different, had it chromed, replaced original grill insert with repop, removed original shell with stainless trim,emblem,etc.& MAGOO had a used shell allready filled in that he sold me, I filled in the stock wire holes & punched in 2 more only 6" lower to match the dropped bar, & match painted it. Went to NSRA's 40th anniv. in 1994 at Louisville, Ky. & upon returning home, tore everything down again to bare frame & started my last upgrades, front discs, posies rear spring conversion,rear suspension my design, rumble seat conversion to elect lift, new radiator, new paint (met. grape) on body, black fenders again, new threads, new top, all new FORD gauges on Stainless wing shaped design, Le Carra steering wheel, all 4 new Steelies with TOYO radials!!!----Thats it!!-----
Hope this answers all your questions Tom!!!----------Don

 

I've got a Deluxe B; I think it is about 98% the pile of parts that left the factory. It became a collector's car in 1951...I think only upholstery, paint and some windshield stuff are repro bits. No patch panels or body repairs, original key fits lock and rumble...
I have a Brookville body and otherwise all the real Ford pieces to make another roadster, and a rotted out cowl...so if I screw the cowl top onto the Brookville, it becomes a restored original body with a lot of patch panels, right?
I say original means Henry body AND rails, so it has a legit 1932 serial number stamped on frame by Ford.
Ford stamped and built its own bodies in all the high-volume styles; only a few, like pickups and 3-windows, were fully outsourced. Most of the common bodies were also stamped to interchangeable Ford specs by more than one outside source, I think both for shipping reasons (30-odd assembly plants, worldwide production) and for safety in case of strikes of fires. I think many were produced as flat assemblies, like floor--quarters...cowl, and stitched together at the bigger assembly plants, and I think some regional plants also did stamping.
Also, I think roadsters, if you could find a way to count original bodies, would show an extraordinary survival rate. They were sought after before the war even, and I think prices passed origianl cost right after WWII and hve gone up continually since. The earliest hotrod want ads show people desperately searching for an already hard to get car, and paying far more than any other early big 3 anything was worth. Probably most surviving roadsters have had several incarnations as several period rods and have occupied multiple chassis...

 

My friend Joe owns this one. It's a gennie Model B, he is the 3rd owner. No 4 banger under the hood now. He's running a 468 BBC with a Doug Nash 5 speed.

 

here are my dad's roadsters.

-danny

 

good ol Henry

 

GREAT COMEBACK!!!!----------Now, guys this is what I was seeking out, to see just how many 1932 "HENRYS" are still among us!!-------Don

 

BITE YER' TONGUE!!!!----NO SBC-----This 1932 FORD roadster is ALL FORD!!!! 260cid COBRA small snake!!--------------Don

 

HA!----Are you kidding me??--- You are REAL STEEL my man!!!!-----Don

 

Yeah, I know some guys from there, Gary Kessler, "Crazy", Bob Rothenberg(I think Bob moved to Ca.), Haven't seen them since Tulsa '76 tho! Neat guys!!!-----------Don

 

Looking good!!!!!!! I love those old planes too, Steve did a great job on your deuce!!!-----------

 

Hey, Z.Diddy, you hit the nail on the head as to why I came up with this thread!!!!----Years ago, my job at the LAR fathers day show was to register all open cars for public exhibition, as each roadster stopped to sign in, I would casually look them over & wonder to myself, "Wonder if its REAL STEEL or GLASS"?? After the show moved to Pomona (1980), More & more of these "ZOOMIE" looking roadsters showed up for their mugs & I really started checking them out, & upon realizing the ratio of steel to glass, steel was way far behind!
That was 25 years ago!!---You do the math!!!----This was my intent of posting a question such as this one, its been VERY intresting to say the least!! And I relish each guys comments!------------Don

 

VERY NICE!!!---& the hits just keep on comin'-----Don

 

Thats too bad!---You have missed the whole point of most of us old timers conversation. I would suggest that you go back & read my first statement---Then MAYBE you will understand my thinking. --------------Don

 

1) original body
2) original frame
3) original dash
4) original gas tank
5) original 25 vent hood
6) original grill shell
7) reproduction running boards
8) original headlight bar ( dropped ) and original headlights.
9) BOTH ... a original rumble seat lid and a truck lid ... to change it over if I ever want to.
No patch panels ... Roadster came from California to Arizona in the 40's. From Arizona to Georgia in the 60's. Had a short stay in Ohio in the early 70's and then to South Carolina ever since.

Mine also has original fenders, frame horn covers and splash apron.
Too bad my running boards keep me off the list

 

Suggest you go back & read my original thread, for sure I"m not a collector, just a driver,(after 300,000 happy line chasin' miles)!!

 

It was a gennie and I have pics of it before it was restored by the previous owner from Peoria, IL. He did put repop rear fenders on it because I can tell the leading edge of them is kind of square and not like an original. It also has a repop LeBaron Bonney interior but otherwise it looks all original. It's a very early B with the Model A hood hold downs and unbalanced crank. I wish it had the later balanced crank cuz it shakes like a dog shittin' razor blades.

 

One of the cool threads on here and yet someone rates it 1-2 stars. Why !?!?!?!?

 

At least one in the Nashville,Tenn. area. Bill Akin's orange channelled Stroker McGurk staff car. Put back on the road in about '78.

 

That's a nice collection Jerry.

 

HA!---Randy, your great looking roadster is a classic example of my whole thread idea!!!(Even with repop running boards)---Aren't they a bitch to recover?-----Don

 

Well, before my thread gets whacked too far outa' shape, I want to thank each one of you for all your great comments & pix! Although I'm a newbie to HAMB, I have to admire the generosity of the HAMB staff to let me & others bring forth whatever our ideas may be. I was born in 1932,(the good year), guess thats why I like all 1932 FORD cars!!---Yep, we survived the depression & all that old history of yesteryear, & more important, our '32 cars really survived, being a one year production & all!!---I used to watch the jalopy races at Culver City Ca. stadium in the late 40's & looking back at all the '32 FORDs that they crashed every weekend---WOW,--And we still are turning up "old finds"----Here's to Edsel FORD for winning Henry over, to produce America's bitchenest automobile, the hot rodder's favorite, the invincible DEUCE!---------Thanks guys, for your participation!!!-------------------Don

 

Who knows, but you can vote for 5 and the level will rise.

 

Don't get me wrong. I was very thankful for what the car pulled in. My only problem is with myself - the fact that I sold it. Here is a picture of my car at the show.

I respect that the LARs have kept the show true to its roots. It is cool that cut-off years and build qualities have been maintained. Way to go.

 

Thanks, I need to get my butt out of this chair and off the Hamb and back into the shop to get more of them done!

 

Some of you guys could fuck up a wet dream...

Sam

 

Nice looking roadster!!!----Bet you wish you had it back--huh?----I see you have "THE" sticker on the left headlight!!-----Years ago,(1972) it was my job at the LAR fathers day show, to register all participants open cars for the free mug at the days end of show,---This is when we were at the "Great Western Exhibition" bldg. next to I-5, City of Commerce,---I came up with an idea to make the "Mug line" move faster, remember back then, this was a 1 DAY SHOW!!---So, upon registering I would put a small colored round sticker on each guys left headlight, with a corresponding number that he signed in with,---In order to recieve his mug, he had to peel off, & return his sticker to me for verification!!---This worked great & I used a different color each Fathers day!!---Then when we outgrew Great Western facilities & moved the LAR show to Pomona, in 1980, it was just too much work to accomplish in one day,(Fathers day), so it was determined to make the LAR show a 2 day event, our commercial vendors LOVED that decision!!---BUT, back to stickers, then after a couple years, I went from the small dime size round color ones to a small replica of the LAR logo with a red roadster, & each following year the logo roadster would change colors. When I moved to Oregon in 1984, my successor at registration made the larger oval sticker that you see displayed at the present LAR Fathers day event!!!----SO, I guess you could say, I started a small fad!!!---WOW, didn't mean to write a book!!!!
But now all of you know the "STICKER STORY"------------Don