Enjoy

Very good, but long! I watched it all through my lunch break, and will have to pick it up tonight.
 
Thanks Ron.
I watched the entire video.
Henry Ford was indeed a genius.
Just imagine, a 32 Ford for $500.
Wonder what the average annual salary was in '32 despite the depression.
 
I googled it and found the IRS income tax information for 1932 but it appears the IRS was as complicated then as it is now. Other sources I found vary depending on the industry you worked in. $1300-$1600 annual income.
 
Thanks for the link Ron, I got about half way through, but I stopped to eat, put it on my watch later list.
 
Great video! I watched it all! It reminded me of the day in 1959 when I was 15. I found a 1932 Ford 2 door sedan in a yard just off of 95th and Greenfield ave. in West Allis, Wisconsin for $ 50.00. I don't think it ran, but it was a 32 ! I argued with my dad for a week! Guess who won ? That is as close to a 32 that I ever got !
 
Thanks Ron, wonderful film I have never it seen before. The 1932 Ford V8 was a landmark engineering marvel. And its sad to think that today some modern hot rodders are still finding nice examples and buggering them up because they think they can improve on them. So hard to find nice original 32s today. Regards, Kevin.
 
Thanks Ron,
Enjoyed it very much. I went home from the hospital in my Dad's 1932 Sport coupe. Wish I could own one!
Eddie
 
" In his heart, Henry Ford knew it was all over for four cylinder cars"

As stated in the dialogue.
Looks like we have come full circle ( it seems ) like the majority of new cars are four cylinders.
 
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To this day, casting this block is extremely difficult. I'd like to see some of the cores used to do it. The 8BA has core wires in the exhaust port, where as the early blocks didn't. I asume that was caused by a core change. They do no harm and probably burn out after awhile.
 
That's a great video. It sure gives you a sense of a different time, where the public could still get excited and be wowed by technological marvels.

Kirk
 
I surprised to see how they assembled the engine sitting in a vertical position. I guess they figured this was the best way to do it on the line.

Bob
 
Nice. Was this a Loren Sorinsen Silverado Publishing video? If so I'd like to buy it. The narrator sounds like the one on two other DVD's I have from Silverado.
 
Great flick Ron, thanks for putting it up. Believe I read some place that foundry scrap was at 100% one day in December trying to cast those blocks. It was said that if not for Henry's personal wealth, the company would have gone under ! Sure glad it was not the case.
 
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