Vehicle Description
Like rods the way they used to be? This 1932 Ford roadster is
textbook tradition in every way. Great colors, impressive build
quality, and plenty of performance mean this rod delivers an old
school look with no compromises.
A stripped-down roadster is the essence of speed, and this white
'32 delivers that classic look from nose to tail. The body itself
is real-deal Henry Ford steel, which makes a big difference in the
way the car looks, acts, and feels. It was built back in the 1990s,
but tradition never goes out of style and it has a long string of
impressive awards behind it to back up its old-school cool. The
lines are exact and the ultra-smooth bodywork is worthy of the
unusual white paint, which really makes this rod stand out. Things
like the hinges, door handles, and top snaps are still in place,
evidence of a factory steel body, but the windshield was raked back
a bit, all in the quest for style and speed. The smooth hood gives
it a sleek look and there's a single red pinstripe to highlight the
belt molding, a little detail that a lot of traditional hot-rodders
embraced. The traditional '32 Ford grille is flanked by vintage
bucket-style headlights and a nicely pinstriped spreader bar, while
the rear end is decorated with familiar teardrop-shaped '39 Ford
taillights and more ornate pinstripe work. It's a look that's
worked for decades and it'll never go out of fashion.
It's pretty likely that few roadsters in the early days of hot
rodding had interiors this beautifully finished. A contoured bench
seat is wrapped in black tuck-and-roll naugahyde, a classic look
that dates to the earliest days of hot rodding. Simple door panels
with map pockets and leather check straps are pure roadster cool
and seat belts were added for safety. Full carpets are a luxurious
feature in any roadster and the instrument panel is a neat wooden
piece full of traditional Stewart Warner gauges. The 3-spoke
banjo-style steering wheel has a vintage vibe but a smaller
diameter and fatter rim to feel a bit more contemporary to today's
drivers and it feels natural to rest your hand on the Lokar
shifter. Even the radio is cool: a vintage Becker Mexico head unit
borrowed from a Mercedes-Benz. The trunk has still got a lot of
space for road trips, despite being home to the battery, and it's
neatly upholstered to match the interior. And for weather
protection, there's a black canvas top and side curtains, making
this a rod you can take on long hauls.
Traditional horsepower comes in the form of a 327 cubic inch
Chevrolet V8 crate motor with a bunch of smart upgrades. Built like
it might have been in the 1960s, it offers a Rochester 4-barrel
carburetor on a factory intake and ram's horn exhaust manifolds, as
if it was just yanked from a Corvette. The block is painted red and
carries vintage finned Edelbrock valve covers and a Corvette-style
louvered air cleaner. The '32 frame itself is as well-finished as
the bodywork, with white paint and lots of prep work on the welds
so it all looks like it's forged from one piece. The transmission
is a quick-shifting TH350 3-speed automatic and it powers a
beautifully finished Ford 9-inch rear. The suspension is
traditional, with a dropped I-beam up front with a transverse
spring, while out back it has a 4-link setup. Even the brakes are
old school, with 1940 Ford drums up front to really nail the retro
look. Red steelies wear trim rings and plain hubcaps and a set of
6.0-15 Firestone wide whitewalls.
A multiple magazine feature car and voted as one of the top 100
roadsters ever built by "Hot Rodder" magazine, this is a fantastic
old-school rod that gets everything right. Call today!