Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-22-2024, 12:08 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-22-2024, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 288
Re: 32 b frame for v8
All '32 passenger car and commercial vehicle frames were the same at any point in time during the '32 model year, whether for a four-cylinder or V8 chassis. "32 frames have nothing in common with...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-21-2024, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 333
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-21-2024, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 184
Re: 32 5W coupe lid hardware
Deck lid hinge pins for upper corners of the deck lids of '32 standard coupes and standard roadsters without rumble seats pus latch at bottom of photo for inner lower back panel.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-21-2024, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 31
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Re: '36 Phaeton top/windshield seal
Any upholstery shop with a sewing machine could make it as it is just like windlacing (dense round sponge rubber core tightly wrapped in fabric), in this case top material, sewn together.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-19-2024, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 333
Re: After 1932 model b intake?
No, it is the earliest version where the large vacuum opening in the front was to provide vacuum through a pipe that was routed around the front of the engine to a vacuum-assisted clutch that never...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-19-2024, 06:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 278
Re: 32 bb v8 radiator
One plus of the '32s is that the entire front end from the firewall to the hood, front fenders, radiator shells and radiators are interchangeable. There was a service-only heavy duty four-cylinder...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-18-2024, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 14
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Re: 32 Ford PIckup Wind Noise
If the #1 floorboard side felt pieces are installed along with the webbing on the perimeters of both the #1 and #2 floor boards, the sponge rubber seals are installed around the pedals and steering...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-18-2024, 05:34 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 850
Re: '34 Exhaust System
Pete,
That's a post-production 1932 V8 service inlet pipe and muffler assembly which incorporates the same muffler as the '33-'34 production assembly. The '33-'34 V8 version's inlet pipe is...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-17-2024, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 850
Re: '34 Exhaust System
Robert,
You're right about original mufflers. That shown in the photos in #5 above is not ar original Ford muffler as it lacks the formed circumferential beads near each end as shown in the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-16-2024, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 299
Re: 1934 Phaeton Top Iron Hardware
I don't recall anyone having offered a kit of custom rivets for the '33-'34 phaeton top iron. If the original rivets are a standard diameter, you can obtain stainless rivers from McMaster-Carr and...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 2,242
Views: 374,412
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-13-2024, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 473
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-12-2024, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 473
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 279
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-11-2024, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 323
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 630
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 434
Re: 1932 Ford Three Window Body Tag
Even if it were still as built, you would not be able to determine the coupe's production date as a whole vehicle with any accuracy beyond roughly plus or minus a month. If your body is original to...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-09-2024, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,082
Re: Grey hound hood ordament
Alan,
You're correct, the Lincoln greyhounds were larger in keeping with the scale of the vehicles and had more detailing than even the '34 Ford cap made by Stant. Gorham, the silversmiths, was...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-08-2024, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,082
Re: Grey hound hood ordament
But it was the equivalent of the aftermarket offerings as its tail is not freestanding like the '34 Ford and all Lincoln greyhounds.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-06-2024, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 439
Re: 32 grill bull nose id
Not worth repairing the two-piece ornament given the quality of the still-available Drake reproduction. The one-piece ornament appears to be a shortened original which if re-plated could be a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-06-2024, 11:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 441
Re: original Ford wheel paint
The black ones were dipped, but like yourself, Mike, I am not certain about the colored wheels as I have seen originals with color over black.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-05-2024, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 472
Re: Is this heater from a 1937 Ford?
Double no. The only heater offered by Ford for its '37 vehicles sold in the U.S. was a hot air (manifold) heater. No hot water heater was offered.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-05-2024, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 292
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
04-03-2024, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 306
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