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Brendan

Brendan

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My Dad Frank Taylor Passed away in July, He was a good Man and Dad, i got his interist in cars. He was 91 Years old, He grew up in the Sunset in San Francisco. Dad had this 32 Ford for about 4 years in San Francisco , from about 1950, to 1954 or 55. i wonder what happend to it. i hope its still on the road somewhere
 

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ha! "i can't spell my way out of a paper bag!"

this is what my response would look like without "spell check"

"nether kan eye" and here's what it looks like with it... "neither can i".

good luck on your search. :)
 
Really cool car and pictures. You sir are blessed to have those photos. THANK YOU for sharing. Oh, I caint spell either ..........
 
Sorry to hear about your dad's passing. He sure had good taste in cars. That car looks like it would fit right in even these days.

Spelling is secondary in matters such as these.
 
Brendan said:
My Dad Frank Taylor Passed away in July, He was a good Man and Dad, i got his interist in cars. He was 91 Years old, He grew up in the Sunset in San Francisco. Dad had this 32 Ford for about 4 years in San Francisco , from about 1950, to 1954 or 55. i wonder what happend to it. i hope its still on the road somewhere
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Great pictures of your dads Hot Rod its possible the coupe is out there someplace. The picture of the interior shows it was channeled the height of the Deuce frame. Also there was no floor in the car we can see the transmission cross member and no floor or toe boards to cover up to the firewall and engine. Neat history for sure.
Ronnieroadster
 
I didn’t realize the frame till after you mentioned it, I noticed the Radio head under the dash, and the column shift, I wonder if it had a 46 to 48 steering box. And all the switches on the dashboard yeah he told me many years ago, was chopped in channeled
 
Brendan said:
My Dad Frank Taylor Passed away in July, He was a good Man and Dad, i got his interist in cars. He was 91 Years old, He grew up in the Sunset in San Francisco. Dad had this 32 Ford for about 4 years in San Francisco , from about 1950, to 1954 or 55. i wonder what happend to it. i hope its still on the road somewhere
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In the mid-50's 32's were still cheap. Someone could have bought it to go dirt track racing, in which case it would have a short life! In the early '60's I often went to a 1/2 mile dirt track in southern Minnesota. One of the top drivers always had a pristine '32 coupe. If it got wrecked, he replaced it. He lived in eastern South Dakota where he just went to a few farms and found a fresh one in a farmer's grove for just a few bucks (I'm guessing $25-50).
 
Love that James Dean hair. Black leather jacket, with the collar turned up, a duck tail and a deuce coupe. You cannot get cooler than that!
 
Thanks for sharing your dad's hot rod.
He definitely possessed the "cool factor" and grew up during the best of times.
God Bless him and family.
 
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Great pictures of your dads Hot Rod its possible the coupe is out there someplace. The picture of the interior shows it was channeled the height of the Deuce frame. Also there was no floor in the car we can see the transmission cross member and no floor or toe boards to cover up to the firewall and engine. Neat history for sure.
Ronnieroadster
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Probably why they used a 31 Model A front fenders,than cut and trim a 32 fender.Looks like a 3W dash panel was fitted also.The steering box does appear to be '32.So cool to see old Hot Rodder's make things work with what they had.
 
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Thanks for sharing the pics and your Dad's memory with us, Brendan. He sure had a cool car!
 
Man Brendan, cool story and cool dad! Very sorry for your loss but I can tell part of him lives on in you. May your father rest in God’s eternal peace.
 
What great pictures. Thankx for the trip down memory lane. Damn, we had a great time back then.
I would hope this generation of hot rodders would have similar experiences.
 
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