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Ol' Ron 09-20-2016 03:09 PM

Enjoy
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RB3z1er9Sw

Joe Immler 09-20-2016 03:20 PM

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Thanks, Ron. Cool video.

Seth Swoboda 09-20-2016 03:31 PM

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Thanks for the link Ron. I watched 20 minutes so far and am enjoying it.

RalphM 09-20-2016 03:58 PM

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Very good, but long! I watched it all through my lunch break, and will have to pick it up tonight.

petehoovie 09-20-2016 04:00 PM

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Excellent video....They didn't mention anything about the Babbitt Bearings though....

19Fordy 09-20-2016 05:01 PM

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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.

Seth Swoboda 09-20-2016 05:30 PM

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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.

corvette8n 09-20-2016 05:35 PM

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Thanks for the link Ron, I got about half way through, but I stopped to eat, put it on my watch later list.

wisbangman 09-20-2016 06:02 PM

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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 !

koates 09-20-2016 08:49 PM

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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.

Tony Martino 09-20-2016 09:43 PM

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Hey RON,
Loved it, watched it all the way!
Thanks to all you do here!
Tony

59ab 09-20-2016 09:50 PM

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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

51 MERC-CT 09-21-2016 07:52 AM

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" 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.

Ol' Ron 09-21-2016 10:36 AM

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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.

kirkf 09-21-2016 12:45 PM

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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

Seth Swoboda 09-21-2016 02:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kirkf (Post 1358157)
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

You're not wowed by the newest cell phone models? haha:D

Bob/Ohio 09-21-2016 02:50 PM

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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

Jeff/Illinois 09-21-2016 03:03 PM

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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.

Mart 09-21-2016 04:57 PM

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Thanks Ron, that was very enjoyable.

Mart.

Bob NH 09-21-2016 05:16 PM

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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.

Ken Crans 09-21-2016 05:56 PM

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Thanks Ron! No wonder Capone wrote Henry and thanked him for his new 32 Ford and how fast it was, I love them test mules!

V8COOPMAN 09-21-2016 07:21 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Crans (Post 1358307)
Thanks Ron! No wonder Capone wrote Henry and thanked him for his new 32 Ford and how fast it was!

I believe you're thinking of Clyde Barrow. DD

tubman 09-21-2016 07:51 PM

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Ol' Ron, This is about the first video that I watched all the way through the first time I saw it. Thanks for posting it! You know how to pick 'em!

JSeery 09-21-2016 08:11 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol' Ron (Post 1358096)
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.

Could not agree more and yet there are some people that think a repo block should be as easy to produce as a SBC (or SBF)!

Bruce in southern OH 09-21-2016 09:06 PM

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Very good, learned a lot and saw parts and pieces I still need, thank you!!!

glennpm 09-22-2016 04:50 PM

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This is great Ron!

Thanks!


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