Vehicle Description
1932 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster
Concours-quality cars have to be trailered in order to protect
their finely painted surfaces while they're on the show circuit;
otherwise, all that laborious restoration work and expense would
have been wasted. "Trailer queens" are what these cars are
callously called, but I, for one, have great respect and admiration
for these magnificently crafted rolling works of art. Whether or
not these cars are driven should have absolutely no bearing on our
appreciation of them. I know firsthand what it involves to achieve
a high level of quality when restoring an old car and, when its
restoration is completed, how desperately you want to protect and
preserve that quality as long as you can. While some collector cars
are rare, and others more valuable, it's the car's restoration
quality that the majority of car owners are really trying to
protect by transporting the cars in enclosed trailers. Achieving an
extremely high level of quality takes an incredible amount of hard
labor, working every single detail to ensure that every square inch
of the car, be it the body, interior, frame or engine compartment,
is absolutely perfect.
For consignment, a 32 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster trailer queen, but that
term is used in a good way, as it is truly a top notch build from
head to toe and even underneath. As a new owner you can drive this
car and clock many miles on all its expertly crafted aspects. Or
you can continue to trailer it. This vehicle has 10 best of show
awards to go along with its restoration efforts. The body is
fiberglass and is from a company by the name Wood Bodies Inc, and
shows very well. The term hi-boy/highboy rose to define unmodified
hot-rod bodies that sat still on top of the frame rails.
Specifically, one that no longer has its fenders and running
boards, and has not been channeled.
Exterior
Simplicity abounds with the original "Deuce" being shaved of any
bumpers, fenders, running boards, ornamentation and badging. It is
bathed in dark green on the top of the bodywork, and has a
removable dark green canvas convertible top. Its round rear is also
covered in green. Delineating the green from the lower beige is a
painted on red stripe which forms a point just past the doors and
acts as a secondary graphic. The back end of this High-Boy has been
shaved of its bumpers and has custom frenched tail lighting. Note,
the top has been chopped and the car looks fab in true hot rod
styling with the side view in particular. In front 18-inch Foose
wheels are wrapped in like new 205/40ZR18's and on back are larger
20-inch Foose wheels with 255/45R20's. These wheels are highly
polished and look like a series of "surfer crosses" if you will,
and are simply beautiful. Chromed suspension sticking out the front
and back is also a real plus on the overall look of this car.
Interior
An opening of the doors and I'm just in awe! Mainly with the custom
design of the panel inserts which take a curvaceous line and make
it an armrest. This is all in a field of tan ultra leather and it's
as smooth as a baby's ass. Inside, a curvaceous and bodacious tuck
and roll undulating full bench seat takes over and is ready for me
to enter, so I did. Here I rest comfortably on ultra leather in a
tan colorway, with tuck and roll inserts amongst a smooth center
panel and bolsters. I fit like an OJ glove in here and reach for
the steering wheel which is also covered in this ultra leather and
has a chromed satin 4 spoked X pattern to the center hub in the
round. It sits atop a tilt column so I can adjust to get it just
right baby bear. As I peer out the slightly tinted glass, I can
look forward to a custom molded dash front with a centrally located
instrument cluster. These instruments are all black faced and have
a neat red pointer. They are within an oval aluminum horizontal
ribbed panel and are deep inset. This panel also has a satin feel
just like the center of the steering wheel. A custom molded hump
covered console runs rearward from the under dash, and thins out as
it gets to the shift lever. This continues to the bench seat and
dies there. Wonderfully clean tan carpeting covers the floors and
all side panels are also ultra leather. Green accenting seat belts
are now installed for driver and passenger. Dark green sills for
the doors and dash top also add some contrast to this tan
field.
Drivetrain
Under the passenger side hinged cowled hood is a beauty of
engineering in the form of an all chromed and polished engine. It
weighs in at 305 cubes and is a V8. It sports tuned port EFI and a
700R4 4-speed automatic transmission with a quick change chromed
rear axle. Headers are on and Imco Mufflers as well as all pipes
and bolt ons being chromed and shining like a crazy diamond.
Everything is perfectly detailed and all fitting within a cream
engine bay. Wear your shades!
Undercarriage
I've commented on the more fantastic undercarriages that you'll
need a mirror and this car displays as such underneath. No road
dirt, no splatters, no runs, drips, or errors under here. Just a
cream painted undercarriage with molded surfaces as well as
structural steel frame. And if it's not painted it's chromed. Yes,
for all suspension and drivetrain undercarriage parts I see chrome.
This includes the mill's bottom end, steering linkage, and front 4
bar suspension with coil overs and rear 4 link with coil overs.
Power disc brakes have all stainless tubing and actual the brake
parts are chromed. Ribbed stainless hoses abound for all other
fluids. If it's not chromed it's painted in the cream. Where's my
mirror?!
Drive-Ability
I carefully pulled on to the test track where it handled all my
tests with one hand tied behind its back. I noticed no matter how
long I drove it it never seemed to get out of the running rough
phase, so I assumed it needed a tune up as it was definitely warmed
up.
A show stopper, a best in show winner 10x and the High-Boy to beat
all High-Boys. A totally custom trailered machine showing as the
ultimate hot rod, in modern simplified form. If you are a
minimalist you will be in hanky drop heaven.
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 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.
