32 dilemma

It would be misleading if the photo were of a Model A door; it is not. Rather, it is a very early '32 door (note the characteristic '32 windshield post in the photo).

Your firewall has the enlarged area outward in front of the clutch pedal to provide more clearance for one's toe when the pedal is depressed. Please see the photos on page 11-5. This change was made in early May, 1932, about two months after 1932 model production commenced. A car built prior to early May would have a firewall like that pictured on page 11-3 (that's a RHD firewall, but the LHD version is identical in the area under discussion).

The only passenger cars that had the fuel/air lines located on the right side of the chassis were those with four-cylinder engines or those with V-8s with right hand drive. All left-hand-drive V-8 passenger cars had the fuel/air lines located on the left side of the chassis (despite the orientation of the access hole in the floor pan).

P.S. My full name is David G. Rehor
 
Thank you for your help and your books. Sounds like I can rule out Very Early.
you guys have helped me narrow this down. Now my choices are:leave it as is and make it safe and reliable, restore it as a B, restore it as an 18, or, restore it as a mild period rod and take it back to original when I get bored with the rod.

Opinions?
 
If it was me, I would drive it as is and enjoy it while I was making up my mind what to do, and keep driving it while I was collecting parts to do what I decided.

Orrrrrrr, you could give it to me and you wouldn't have to worry about making the right decision.
 
Lars99@aol.com said:
Thank you for your help and your books. Sounds like I can rule out Very Early.
you guys have helped me narrow this down. Now my choices are:leave it as is and make it safe and reliable, restore it as a B, restore it as an 18, or, restore it as a mild period rod and take it back to original when I get bored with the rod.

Opinions?
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Yes!....Restore it back to a "B" and sell the '32 V-8 motor to me!! Pat
 
I think you should quit working so hard about what to do with the car. You are a nice guy and shouldn't have to deal with such a dilema.

Being the nice guy that I am, just get it all together and I'll come up and take it away for you and then you won't have to worry.

What say you?

Nice Guy Al:D
 
Yes, it was the 1217th B engine and transmission produced. Unfortunately, unlike low engine numbered V-8s, Ford produced over 35,000 fours before the first one was installed in a vehicle chassis and there is evidence that they were not taken out of the inventory and used in vehicle production on a first-in, first out basis. (Your car would appear to be further evidence of that.)

Ford had decided that the V-8 was to be the centerpiece of its new model introduction and mandated that no four-cylinder vehicles would be built until after the successful launch of the V-8.
 
We are going to restore it to "as Henry made it". So the future generations will know what it looked like as when it rolled off the line. Felt this one was worthy.

Plan to use spare parts to fulfill teenage fantasy of 32 rod. Thought I had that out of the system. Wrong!
 
Another question
The brake equalizer mechanism, (shaft with the brake control rods under floor board). Should this be painted or unpainted? Your book left that in question.
 
It was painted black; please see page 4-15 (second paragraph in the second column) and photo on page 4-45.
 
That's it. I am buying myself another copy of your books. Loaned to the restoration shop and, apparently, they don't spend most of their waking hours studying them. Thank you, again.
 
I have had my book for a year and still finding stuff in it that I either skipped over, or didn't understand the first several times through.
 
Just back from restoration shop. The original 32 radiator leaks and his radiator shop advises his cores do not match the original. Can anyone advise where I can either buy the correct cores or send the unit to be properly repaired to look original?
 
Radiator shops that will tackle such repairs are becoming scarce and I am unaware of any replacement core with the unique fin configuration that the original radiators have. Where are you located (I ask as shipping a brass radiator can be costly)?
 
You might also post a WTB (want to buy) on the H.A.M.B. hotrodders don't use the original radiator on a small block install.
 
Thanks, David and Jim
I am in southern Wisconsin. Have an older radiator shop here and will ask, and will also take Jim's advice. That is probably a good source for unwanted original stuff.
 
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