black frame-colored body

qmdv

qmdv

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On a 32 highboy build I think a black frame with Washington Blue would be good. The look I want is as if a high school kid in 1960 bought a complete roadster of that color for about 250 bucks and was so foolish to pull off the fenders and running boards and toss them next to the garage. I know that the fire wall was originally black and how about the gas tank.

Oh and you know this kids dad would eventually haul the stuff he pulled off to the dump :(

I wonder how many times that happened


Tim
 
No front fenders means the headlight bar is gone as well. Would that kid have bought headlight stands or fabbed a set? Or would he have thought "Oh the H with it who needs headlights!" and run without them until the man pulled him over.
 
i`ve been collecting parts for the last 10 years to build that car. if i can find a correct paint formula for Lyon blue, that`s what i going to use.
tom
 
As I remember, back in the day all the '32 and Model A street rods were black. Your choice of blue would look very nice but, black was what we did back then as most of the cars were that color.
 
Had a friend back in the day (1962) that had a green five window coupe. He pulled the fenders and running boards. He took them to Obsolete Ford Parts in Long Beach and traded them for cast headlight stanchions. He probably had to kick in a few bucks though.

Tim
 
Joe Immler said:
As I remember, back in the day all the '32 and Model A street rods were black. Your choice of blue would look very nice but, black was what we did back then as most of the cars were that color.
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Curious as to what years and geographic area you are referencing? My recollection of Socal in the fifties and sixties is quite different as to the colors. Only black one I have ever owned is my current roadster.
 
the kid would have taken a hack saw to a model a headlight bar, cut off the ends, and bolted them on top the frame rails for head light stands
 
Graduated from Burbank High in 1963. So Cal. Unfortunately this alter ego of mine did not have an uncle that owned a plating plant. there were over 20 plating plants in Burbank then. truth is, I have been going from black to color over and over. It does not cost anything to change color at this time. In the early 60's everything was dark grey prime cus we were broke.

I was doing a color with black on a Model A in 1976


Sold it before it was completely done

tim
 
Most of the cars I remember were in primer, light gray, dark gray, rusty red & black, but primer.
 
JSeery said:
Most of the cars I remember were in primer, light gray, dark gray, rusty red & black, but primer.
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Yep light grey lacquer primer done in your old mans driveway. No need to mask it, just have a friend with lacquer thinner and a rag wiping off the windows and chrome. No sanding, no body work, just shoot it. Done in about 45 minutes.
 
Before I got out into the world, I would scan my neighbor and my cousin's magazines. All the cars were a couple shades of GREEN. HaHaHa remember? :):):)
 
Painted my full fendered 32 5W in '62 Honduras maroon w/Double Eagle whitewalls (big & littles) , white roof and running boards.
Paul in CT Very few if any fenderless cars back then.
 
I think that depended on the part of the country you were living in. In my part of the US (Kansas) fenderless was very common, as was channeling, very few high-boy type cars. As a result there are a lot of floorless and firewalless bodies around (along with the dirt track and drag body leftovers)!
 
There is nothing "foolish" about taking the fenders off a 32 Ford. It only makes it better. Easier to work on, change tires and be cool. And go faster in race form!
 
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