Stock Duece Coupe

Cool Kat with Hot Car said:
All original except repaint from the early 1940s. Drives like a new car. Superb original upholstery. DavidG should remember to from the V8 Clubs anniversary meet at Tahoe. Could be for sale.
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That is a nice looking sedan! My first old Ford was a 34 four door deluxe sedan - was a very original car except for the 59AB in it. It had an old mohair interior . . . kind of smelled like a "wet cat" most of the year! LOL
 
Bored&Stroked said:
That is a good point. If I have the car parked at an event where kids are around, I open the back up and let them get in it, take pictures, etc.. An awful lot of smiles are generated when you give kids a chance to experience and enjoy one of these old cars. I let them get in front and "drive", etc.. Who knows, maybe one positive experience like that causes them to want to get into these cars later in life . . . that is a great thing for all of us . . .
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Good for you on allowing the kids to sit in the rumble and behind the wheel. those kids will remember that forever. it's great PR for the hobby. You are right as one or more of those kids may get into the hobby at some point.
 
40 Deluxe said:
Wow! Memories! (some fuzzy!) I don't remember Jack's car number but was it your car he wrecked at Jackson and broke (or nearly broke) his neck? I seem to remember the car going up in the air and coming down on it's nose and spinning every which way. I grew up on a farm about 15 miles east of Jackson and watched the races in the late '50's and early '60's when the cubic inch limit was 315.
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Yep, that was an earlier version of the car I have. The body was totally ruined in the crash, so it now has a '34 Chevrolet coach body all cut down. I know it's the same car because of the brake pedal. It is overly large and has a large lip on the left and bottom edges. Word was that it was modified so McCorkell could drive with a walking cast on his leg. I was racing in Jackson in the '90's and got to meet Elmer Thurmer (one of the brothers that built and sponsored the car) and he confirmed the story about the brake pedal.

In my files somewhere I have a picture of the car just after the crash. It was so badly wrecked that it is hardly recognizable. The car ran an Olds "Rocket" back in those days.
 
tubman said:
Yep, that was an earlier version of the car I have. The body was totally ruined in the crash, so it now has a '34 Chevrolet coach body all cut down. I know it's the same car because of the brake pedal. It is overly large and has a large lip on the left and bottom edges. Word was that it was modified so McCorkell could drive with a walking cast on his leg. I was racing in Jackson in the '90's and got to meet Elmer Thurmer (one of the brothers that built and sponsored the car) and he confirmed the story about the brake pedal.

In my files somewhere I have a picture of the car just after the crash. It was so badly wrecked that it is hardly recognizable. The car ran an Olds "Rocket" back in those days.
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Thanks for the added info!
Gotta bring a flathead into the picture. One night a guy from down in southern Iowa somewhere showed up with a real trick rig. It had a Model A sedan body (which flipped up like funny cars did later) on a tube chassis with coil over suspension and an Olds engine. The local guys mostly used '48 and prior Fords with stock type suspension. Anyway, in the 'B' feature this hot dog and a local guy running a flathead were running 1st and 2nd. Lap after lap the flathead with buggy suspension came out of every turn in 1st. The Model A with Olds power would pass about 3/4 way down the straightaways only to get passed in the turns every time. Since the finish line was at half track it was clear who would win. So last turn, last lap the Olds guy got passed so he spun the flathead out and took the win. We in the audience were booing like mad! Well, track officials disqualified the Olds guy and the local guy declared the winner. Wish I could remember who it was. Anyway, Mr. Olds never came back.
 
http://deuceheaven.com/

There's quite a collection of NICE 32's right up there in Minnesota. We got a tour a couple years ago, and I can say the cars are amazing! Mostly 100 pt restorations, but many unrestored examples that are unbelievably clean. And his collection of extras and memorabilia is huge too. A super nice guy to top it all off.
 
Mohair??? Originally there were two upholstery options for '32 cabriolets, Russet brown leather and Bedford cord. And all of the rumble seats were upholstered in Russet brown artificial leather.
 
I do remember that Tudor sedan at the 2013 Grand National Meet in Lake Tahoe. Very nice car and a super meet. I had the privilege and pleasure to show Ed Warnock's flawless '32 roadster pickup.
 
DavidG said:
Mohair??? Originally there were two upholstery options for '32 cabriolets, Russet brown leather and Bedford cord. And all of the rumble seats were upholstered in Russet brown artificial leather.
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The rumble seat had the artificial leather and I believe the front seat had Bedford cord underneath the white vinyl covers. (Can't really remember now???)

My comments about mohair were really tied back to my 34 Ford . . . just never really liked pretty much any cloth interior (though many look nice) - they are much harder to keep clean and/or clean if you spill something, have always preferred leather.
 
As (alchemy) in post #45 here, posted a link to "Deuce Heaven", showing
Gene Hetlands collection of super nice, mostly original, 1932 Fords, located
in Oak Grove, MN.

In case you missed it, Here is the link, well worth your time to have look at.
Look at the TWO videos posted in the link below.

http://deuceheaven.com/




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