Vehicle Description
1932 Ford Roadster
If you grew up in post-war America daydreaming about hot rods,
jalopies and everything that goes along with them, you saw these
deuces everywhere: on the covers of magazines, albums, in ads and
on TV. There's probably been at least one at every car show you've
ever attended. Extremely popular and a favorite of hot rodders to
tear apart, and even replicated by numerous companies in fiberglass
form...The deuce.
The 1932 all steel Brookville Roadster reproduction body is highly
sought after for its outstanding reproduction qualities. First
introduced in 1997, the 32 Roadster body won the NSRA Street Rod
product of the year and went on to revolutionize the street rodding
industry. Panels are constructed from the same gauge steel as the
original car, and each is interchangeable with the original
Roadster body. For consignment, and better than the original, a
Brookville body and frame, running boarded deuce with miles deep
paint, a 2-inch chopped windshield and some snappy chrome put on
for exterior bling. This color combo kind of reminds me of a ruby
slipper, stepping out on the town and turning heads with its
metallic highlights and baby there's no place like home.
Exterior
The curvy fenders and running boards and body are covered in a base
coat of Honda Redondo Red then a clear coat. These red colored
parts also show a light metal flake and are smooth and shiny. This
Redondo Red carries over to the hood and body tub and has been
applied and massaged to perfection. No runs, drips, or errors to be
found in this deep end of the pool application. Chrome adornments
pepper this car and show shiny and mirror-like. Among areas of
interest to the chrome are the front vertical ribbed grille,
headlights and fender mounting bar, shocks, windshield and rear
taillight bezels which are very reminiscent of the Duolamp bezels
and lenses that were found on the originals. Ford V8 dog dish caps
are secured to chrome wire spoke wheels in 15" format and are
wrapped in staggered width blackwall rubber with pristine treaded
rubber. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore Toto...
Interior
Doeskin leather makes up the door panels with a camel tan carpeted
strip below. Within each panel is a simple door pull, shiny
actuator, and an envelope style flap which lifts to expose a small
storage compartment. More Doeskin leather in overstuffed form
covers the bench seat with smooth bolsters and deeply pleated tuck
and roll inserts. A pristine custom Redondo Red dash has centrally
located Stewart Warner gauges all within a machine turned bezel.
These have chrome bezel surrounds and black faces and look fab in
that shiny silver metal background. A tilt steering column with a
modern wood rimmed banjo style rally steering wheel are seen in
front of this dash. Very clean camel tan carpet covers the floors
and is well protected by light brown carpeted mats. A long armed
shifter grows from the center of this carpet and is well within the
driver's reach.
Drivetrain
A consignor-stated 351ci Windsor V8 crate engine sits within the
open sided engine bay. This mill is topped with a 4-barrel
Edelbrock carb, an aluminum intake manifold, and Ford Racing valve
covers. A C4 which is a 3-speed automatic is the transmission and a
Ford 9-inch TracLoc axle with 3.50 gears is affixed at the tail
end.
Undercarriage
Not to be outdone by the topside, we see an undercarriage that has
been bathed in more Redondo Red for the Brookville frame and
flooring. Chrome and black perform a waltz to create the coloring
of the suspension. All is rust free and appears as if it was
assembled last week. A chrome 4 bar with transverse leaf spring
suspension is on the front and in the rear we are greeted by a
chromed 4 link suspension with coilovers. Disc brakes are upfront,
and drums are on the rear to give the proper whoah factory and for
your auditory pleasure headers feed down into a stainless dual
exhaust system with polished Magnaflow mufflers.
Drive-Ability
Surprisingly comfortable, it started right up, and we were off to
the test track. This car handles like it's on rails and accelerates
very nicely. It is a fairly smooth ride, and all simple accessories
were functioning as they should save for the volt gauge showing no
reading. On our return it came to an abrupt halt safely with the
disc/drum brake combination.
A beautiful color combination, a "Deuce" with fenders, (a rare
thing here at Classic Auto Mall), and all buttoned up engine and
interior wise. This Brookville body is in fine shape and the
consigner states that during the build all new parts were utilized,
and photos of the build are included. Hop in turn the key and have
some fun!
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.
