When did the 32 become so special?

It was the earliest Ford you could bolt a later V8 in. It was a very light and well balanced design. It was a "baby Lincoln" in design when it was built. It also made a outstanding dirt track car. It was the shortest model year production for Peace time v8s.
 
Same here, I prefer the 33-34s. To make matters worse, I think the 5 windows look much better than the 3 windows!
 
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before the 33 did (which is my ALL TIME), which was before the 34 did, which came before when the 35 did, which superseded the 36, which was the pre-runner of when the 37 did, which laid the ground work for when the 38's did, only to usher in when the 39 did......etc etc.
 
G.M. said:
In the late 40's. G.M.
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Agreed. That's when Dad had his.

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The one thing that brings us all here is the flathead V8, so I would say March 7, 1932 when Henry stamped 18-I on that first production engine for a Victoria.
 
Right away, they just couldn't afford them yet. My uncle was 18 years old in 1932 when he went to the Ford dealer near his home and picked up a color sales brochure
showing all the body styles.
He cherished it most of his life untill it was given to me in the late 60's. Now I cherish it. Both him and his brother each owned `32 roadsters right after WW2.
The 1932 Ford was (is) an art form that was recognized right from the beginning.
 
I've been around long enough to have had the privilege of meeting and talking to some '32 Ford owners who bought them when they new in 1932. In each instance, they said it was their uniqueness or "specialness", if you will, that led them to their purchase rather than a competitor's vehicle. In three instances they still had those cars and still considered them as special, despite having owned many new cars after 1932.
 
The mystic surrounding the '32 Fords is very hard to explain. Kind of like a mans preference to women.
The '32 Ford was not that popular in '32, Chevy and Plymouth actually out sold it. It has been written that Ford dealers left Ford in droves in favor of the Plymouth, because Ford was having a lot of trouble supplying vehicles to their dealers, and when they did supply the vehicles they experienced a lot of trouble with them.
Ford had made a huge mistake in the late twenties, they had not invested any effort in product development, being content to ride on the laurels of the Model T..
The '32 did have some big features over the Model A, reputedly the styling was patterned after the Lincoln. And of course the V8 engine proved to be a real winner once the problems were ironed out.
I never cared that much for the '32 or the '34, never had a desire to have either. The '40 actually leaves me quite cold. Because I have a '36, which I have had for over 61 years, it could be assumed that I like the '36 Ford, not so, I bought the car to save it from the wrecking yard. The original owner had bought a new '52 Ford, he had planned on sending the '36 to a wrecking yard, felt the mechanical brakes were unsafe in "modern traffic".. The car had 52k on it.. I kept the car because it never let me down in over 94K..
 
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