Thanks very much !. Its going to need paint sometime , but it seems solid so hopefully not to much work. I love the look.of the French car that started this thread so I may go for a worn used shade of blue perhaps.
Does anyone have any info on body dimensions compared to the US version. My hood is missing its rear fixing so we are fabricating something, but there is a big gap at the rear between the cowl and the hood. Unfortunately it isnt the original Euro hood so Im looking for measurements between the grille shell and the cowl.
Nice car . Looks like you have the replica 25 louvre U.S. hood. Also the compulsory door sag that just about every Euro Tudor has.
The firewall and From the firewall forward to the radiator and grille shell it is the same as the USA cars.The Euro hood will interchange with the USA hoods.
Yea the hoodi snt original, and yea the doors are rather wonky !. The hinge pins s are worn but also where the hinges screw i to the body are loose. Wood has been there for a long time so im thinking of drilling right through the wood and fixing a metal plae om the back and using nuts and bolts ( ill look for some bolts with a with slot like the original screws ) and hopefully that will get things back in line
Both these Euro Deuce pics posted elsewhere earlier this week by @40ragtopdown. Just noticed this thread is going on for 11 years, quite amazing really.
A few more 4-door stockers... On the post-1932 British Deuce seen in the second picture, notice the "skirts" on the front fenders and the rounded windshield frame (top). ...
Maybe you could correct the inaccuracies for us so they don’t circulate around the internet and become fact.
Braking system.USA and Europe used brake rods,Not cables. On the Euro rear brakes they used 4 rods instead of 2 .One set was for the dedicated parking brake. Cable brakes were introduced in 1937 in USA. I won't go any further as IMO most info labeled "Europe" is incorrect. When I lived n France which is until May 21 2026 all the French unmolested ch***is and components I am aware of and seen were identical to the USA. Much of what people see currently have been altered or modified.
Perhaps the UK Fords would have more differences, since they had to be modified for right hand drive anyhow.
What comes to mind are Steering gear,pitman arm,spindle,gas pedal linkage,shift tower base,steering column drop,pedal ***y and linkage,engine dust pans were unique for RHD. There might be a something I missed. The 32 Book by David Rehor might have more detailed info. Harold,I just learned that you can delete you post.That would help . Some what you said are not a fact like softer brakes, steering because of the roads,tracking ,spring packs etc are not true. I am not the Guru expert but I have learned from Mr Rehor(when he was alive) and my observations of a original unmolested examples I have physically seen. There is virtually no do***entation in Europe that survived as opposed to USA. I could go on and on but don't have the time and energy . Again the 32 Book by David Rehor is all we have from compiled research. The V8 Ford Club of America has the 2 volume book available.I suggest those seriously interested ,purchase it.
I’m not sure that I follow your reasoning, as the right hand drive Canadian ones we got didn’t differ much from the American left hand drive versions , except for steering column, box and pedals, - just the needed differences.
My thinking is that when those parts you mentioned had to be "mirrored", Ford might have taken the opportunity to do some minor changes in other ch***is parts. Then again maybe nothing else was changed after all. That's why I prefaced my comment with "perhaps".
Harold What do***entation do you have to support what you state. With all do respect, NONE of what have posted is true. I have first hand experience (note all the posted pictures) with our 1932 Deutsch built 4/5 Sport fenstrige cabriolet. We have known this car, prior to ownership starting in 2003, since 1968. Also posted is a picture of it when it arrived here in the United States in 1964. As you can see, more recently, it went through a frame off restoration. NOT one part was over looked at the time....and again......NOT one word of what you have posted it true about the "Euro" 32 Ford. Just for reference sake and truth sake......... knowing this cars history, since its discovery in 1947, this car was not altered to any significant degree what-so-ever. I have do***ented, researched and followed any and all pre-war European V8 Fords that I can find since 2003. I have even posted an "original" German 32 brochure page of a 32 Ch***is that clearly shows that the German 32 used brake rods, NOT cables as stated and as installed on my German 32. ALSO, just for the record AND also posted, I have first hand knowledge and experience with 1935 German Ford's as we own one of those as well.........and AGAIN, NONE of what you have printed is true for 1935 either!!!!! For posterity sake.....please amend what you print.
I’ve delete my post. A friend sent me those information. Here are the sources. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Modell_B_(1932) https://alt-ford-freunde.de/ford-in-deutschland-historie/ https://vorkriegs-kl***iker-rundschau.blog/bildergalerie-nach-marken-3/ford-europa/ https://www.fordfan.de/pkw/ford-modell-b-1932
just find a lot of french advert for 32 , a young car enthousiast collected this in the 30's . and near 100 years later it's christmas for me ! and more modèle A adverts in the box !
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