How many 32 Ford Aussie Phaetons out there?

[Tom Walker]

View attachment 107437another pic not real sure how to upload pics

32 4 door, is that an original ford luggage rack?

 

[denson1932]

here pixs of one i imported just body, seats, dash, windshield and folding top in 1997 via LA,...sold it last summer.

 

[32 4door]

as far as i know it is, it has been on the car since the 70's.. tom

 

[DavidG]

Tom,

That one is the unique-to-Australia version, which like the North American luggage rack cannot be used with a rear-mounted spare tire. Only the unique-to-Europe rack could be used with a rear-mounted spare tire. All three racks are shown in Chapter 19 of the 1932 Ford book. Attached is a photo of a European rack attached to the back of another surviving Danish Briggs-bodied Tudor saloon like yours.

 

[DavidG]

I saw an Australian phaeton body the other day and was reminded of some photos that I had buried away from when I first started to look for a '32 phaeton back in the late 1960s. They're shown below. The photo with two '32s, a '33, and a Model A and the photo with the phaeton with the unusual top arrangement and arrows painted on the side are of cars then in Australia. The other photos (those of a basket case body and the color photo of a complete car) are of two that were owned by a fellow in New England and for sale at the time.

I did not buy any of them as I waited to find one of North American origin for sale and have no idea where these Aussie versions ended up.

 

[Tim Armstrong]

Mine came from oregon...Westcott body. Sure is fun.

 

[Henry/Kokomo]

The depth and breadth of information available on this site never ceases to amaze me!

 

[JeffreyJames]

I scooped this body up from a gentlemen in WA a couple months. On it's way right now to North Carolina.