Vehicle Description
1932 Ford Custom Coupe ? Titled as a 1932 Ford Model B ?350 CID
small-block Chevrolet V-8 engine ?Quick Fuel 650 carburetor
?447/447 camshafts ?Turbo Hydra-Matic 700R4 four-speed automatic
transmission ?Ford nine-inch rear end, four-wheel disc brakes,
independent front suspension ?Dual electric engine fans and B&M
floor-mounted shift lever ?Maroon exterior and tan interior You?ll
be forgiven if you hear the words from the Beach Boys? song,
?Little Deuce Coupe? as you look at this car, a 1932 Ford Custom.
If you want a custom Ford from the early 1930s with modern power
and classic looks, you?ve found the right car. Its maroon paint and
trim are in overall very good condition, it has a straight body and
an extremely tidy and open engine bay. In that bay is a 350 CID
small-block Chevrolet V-8 engine with a Quick Fuel 650 carburetor,
447/447 camshafts and the engine breathes via dual side exit
exhausts. This engine has two electric cooling fans stacked behind
the grille. Backing this motor is a Turbo Hydra-Matic 700R4
four-speed automatic transmission and a Ford nine-inch rear end.
Driver convenience features include four-wheel disc brakes and
independent front suspension. This Ford rolls on Michelin XZX
radials, size 145SR15 in front and on TurboTech G/T radials in
back, size 255/70R15. Each tire is mounted on multi-spoke alloy
wheels, American Racing ones in the rear. The tires and wheels
present well, with good tread and no obvious road rash. Inside, the
tan buckets seats are in very good order while the complimenting
brown carpet is in good, original shape. The aftermarket steering
wheel, B&M floor-mounted shift lever and updated gauge faces in
the maroon metal dashboard combine to present a classy interior but
the horn is inoperable. The tan inner door panels echo the rest of
the interior?s theme. Fords of 1932?1934 are extremely popular with
hot rodders. During the years after WWII, Model Bs and 18s were
frequently rodded. This continued into the 1960s on a large scale.
Today, the roadster, sedans and coupes are the most sought-after
body styles, as these were popular for street rods and hotrods;
unmodified examples have become rare. Since the 1970s, 1932 bodies
and frames have been reproduced either in fiberglass or lately in
steel, which has helped resolve sheetmetal shortages and increased
the number of rods being created or restored. These are often very
expensive; a typical show-quality car may sell for $60,000 or more.
This is also ironic in that hot-rodding had its origins in young
men buying cheap and plentiful 20+ year-old cars for their low cost
and modifying them for higher performance at low cost. A deuce
coupe (deuce indicating the year ?2? in 1932) is a 1932 Ford coupe.
The Model 18 coupe with its more powerful V-8 engine was more
popular than the four-cylinder Model B coupe. In the 1940s, the ?32
Ford became an ideal hot rod, being plentiful and cheap enough for
young men to buy and available with a stylish V-8 engine. Rodders
would strip weight off this readily available car and ?hop up? or
customize the engine. They came in two body styles, the more common
five-window and the rarer suicide door three-window. The iconic
stature of the 1932-vintage Ford in hot rodding inspired The Beach
Boys to write their hit 1963 song ?Little Deuce Coupe? and also
named one of their three 1963 albums after the car. The deuce coupe
was also featured as the pivotal street racing car in the 1973 hit
film, ?American Graffiti.? ?Typical of builds from before World War
II were ?35 Ford wire-spoke wheels. Immediately postwar, most rods
changed from mechanical to hydraulic (?juice?) brakes and from bulb
to sealed-beam headlights. The ?gow job? morphed into the ?hot rod?
in the early to middle 1950s. The mid-1950s and early 1960s custom
deuce was typically fenderless and steeply chopped, and almost all
Ford (or Mercury, with the 239 CID flathead V-8 introduced in
1939). A Halibrand quick-change rearend was also typical and an
Edelbrock intake manifold or Harman and Collins ignition magneto
would not be uncommon. Reproduction spindles, brake drums and
backing based on the 1937s remain available today. Aftermarket
?flatty? (flathead) cylinder heads were available from Barney
Navarro, Vic Edelbrock and Offenhauser. The first intake manifold
Edelbrock sold was a ?slingshot? design for the flathead V-8. Front
suspension hairpins were adapted from sprint cars, such as the
Kurtis Krafts. This is the iconic, quintessential American Classic
Hot Rod, Ford?s 1932 Coupe. If you want to relive your younger
days, swing by MotoeXotica Classic Cars today to see it for
yourself. VIN: UTP05845 This car is currently located at our
facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer
shows xx,xxx miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and
clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!? Note: Please see
full terms and conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase
of any said vehicle, thank you.
