West Coast Classics are proud to present an absolutely stunning 1932 'Deuce' Ford Model 'B' Highboy Roadster Hot Rod which is titled as a 1932 Ford and which represents an outstanding example of a traditional Hot Rod conversion!
This Gibbons body fiberglass 1932 Ford Roadster is powered by a small block 350ci Chevrolet and is backed by an automatic transmission. Features include chopped windshield, canvas top with side curtains, 3-piece hood with louvered hood sides, detailed chassis, tilt column, manual dual circuit brakes with front disc, and rear 4-link suspension.
The fiberglass Gibbon's body is refinished in Custom Red and is built Highboy style without front and rear fenders or running boards. A steel 3-piece hood with louvered sides has been installed with a color matched '32 Ford grill and insert. Chrome round sealed beam headlights are mounted low, to the upper front shock mounts just behind the chrome front spreader bar. The chrome windshield has been chopped and the door and trunk handles have been shaved. The trunk lid is power actuated. Rectangle billet aluminum taillights, as well as a color matched gas tank with chrome spreader bar have been added to the rear. The oval dual exhaust exits underneath the gas tank.
A set of American Racing Torque Thrust II wheels with Grey spokes and polished lips are wrapped with BF Goodrich staggered sized tires. The interior is furnished with gray tweed covering a pleated bench seat and door panels with pockets, black carpeting covers the floor panel. A billet aluminum automatic transmission shifter is mounted on the floor just ahead of the seat. A black canvas soft top is included with vinyl side curtains. The trunk, with a power actuated lid, is upholstered with black carpeting throughout.
The 1932 Ford style fiberglass dashboard houses 6 round gauges with an aftermarket CD player stereo mounted in an aluminum panel underneath. A black tilt steering column is topped by a 4-spoke Lecarra steering wheel with leather grip. The 350ci V8 Chevrolet engine is backed by an automatic transmission. A 4-barrel carburetor with electric choke, HEI distributor, finned aluminum valve covers, block hugger headers, chrome alternator and oval open-element billet aluminum air cleaner complete the engine. The radiator is cooled by an electric fan.
The chassis is composed of 1932 Ford style outer frame rails with round tube center gussets, and removable transmission cross member. The chrome front dropped tube axle is mated to a chrome 4-bar and a single spring. The driveshaft, rear axle, drums, and backing plates, are colored matched Custom Red to the body. A chrome 4-link and panhard bar with coil-over shocks locates the rear axle. Full-length dual exhaust can be seen exiting at the rear. A rear axle pinion mounted emergency brake has been added. The body floor has been smoothed and painted Custom Red to match the exterior. While retaining the basic external looks and characteristics of this 90 year + old classic car, this highly desirable deuce '32 Roadster looks just as if it were fabricated way back in the fifties or early sixties.
Obviously always garaged, covered and with no accidents since the build, owned and driven since then by only obviously very careful and meticulous owners - never ever abused - babied all the way! The 'Custom Red' color paint is in absolutely beautiful and virtually flawless condition and the car still looks like it was just finished. The seats and interior are also in absolutely beautiful condition throughout with no signs of wear and this Hot Rod drives exactly like a newly built low mileage rod should, the rebuilt small block V8 engine is extremely strong with no oil leaks and the temperature always remains cool.
You will look long and hard to find a finer example of this genuine 1932 Ford and as we all know, only a deuce is a deuce! The 1932 Ford is regarded as being the definitive hot rod and has been since the birth of hot rodding as we know it back in the thirties. The Deuces popularity is easy to understand as in 1932 the Ford engineers developed a worthy successor to the obsolete Model A, a masterful new design with more power and more elegant lines and the timeless grille of the Deuce meant that no other car was as sought after for hot rodding into the forties and they remain as popular today as they were then! Stock '32 frames provide substantially greater torsional rigidity than the previous 1928-31 models and since 1932 was the first year of production for Ford's V8, installing a later V8 was easier than before. Also the Deuce was the only car Ford ever made that had the sides of the frame rails exposed.
This particular 1932 Ford Highboy Roadster has a steel hood, grille and louvers and is as nicely done a custom Deuce as you can hope to find and a pure statement of individuality! It will undoubtedly continue to prove to be a very worthwhile investment for the Hot Rod or Deuce enthusiast or simply easily prove to be the most fun you ever had in a car!
