32 Parts needed

Lars99@aol.com

Lars99@aol.com

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Brodhead
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WI
Need these to be original parts in excellent condition. Willing to pay for the right stuff:

V8 Hubcaps

Rumble seat handle

Throttle, Choke, and dash light knobs.

Correct outside and inside mirrors

Wiper blade/arm

Am nearing completion on this roadster and need soon.
 
if its a 32 Deluxe roadster, it only had one rear view mirrow mounted on left upper ws stanchion; the standard cars had one mounted in top center of ws frame.
 
not sure, but I don't believe it was, chime in here David G. If you are not restoring the car 100% authenic, and your ws frame already has a hole in top center for a mirrow, I would install one for safety's sake, just my opinion.
 
Carl's right. The second mirror was not an option offered by Ford through production nor was it listed as available through service (i.e. through a dealer).

But who's to say that not a single buyer of a new '32 roadster or phaeton knew enough about Ford's operations to be aware that a right-hand windshield post with provision for mounting a mirror did exist? (Namely the RHD deluxe right-hand post; the post mirror was the same for both LHD and RHD.) All of the U.S. and Canadian assembly plants that produced both LHD and RHD (for export) vehicles would have both types of right-hand posts in their inventories so it is possible that a well-informed North American deluxe phaeton or roadster customer could pressure his local friendly Ford dealer into ordering such a post and an extra mirror on their behalf. The installation would be a piece of cake; no holes were drilled or additional fasteners were required.

The same could be said for the addition of one or both outside post-mounted mirrors on a standard phaeton or roadster.

Because of the necessity to drill two holes in the top of a deluxe windshield frame to accommodate the standard inside mirror, it is perhaps somewhat less defensible in terms of strict originality in that instance or so it seems to me. If one plans to drive the car regularly, however, the more mirrors the merrier.
 
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A belated thank you David. I gave up on this a couple of weeks ago. I succumbed to a repro windshield a intend to drill the mirror holes. Anyone have the correct height for a Deluxe Roadster left side mirror from top of windshield?
We are in primer and near to assembly, (I hope).
Center mirror, not sure. Will the Dearborn judges knock if you have one?
 
Update on repop windshield. Put it together and placed on top of cowl. Lower member does not line up with contour of cowl. Now I understand the perils of buying reproduction vs original.

Notified supplier and says he is going to send another. Stay tuned.
 
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