350-POWERED 1932 FORD 3-WINDOW COUPE HOT ROD

OVERVIEW

This magazine-featured and reportedly award-winning 1932 Ford three-window coupe is powered by a Chevrolet 350ci V8 that has been bored 0.040 over and connected to a TH350 three-speed automatic transmission. Features include bobbed rear fenders, a Pioneer AM/FM/CD stereo, a tilt steering column, a Vintage Air climate control system, and electric windshield wipers. Finished in Midnight Blue with multicolor pinstriping over a red and white vinyl interior, this Ford comes from the selling dealer with the magazines it was featured in, build documentation photos, and a clear title.

EXTERIOR – FEATURES

The Flatlander's reproduction fiberglass body has a filled roof and cowl and is finished in Ford's Midnight Blue. Features include a Wescott radiator shell with an Energy Red-finished Vintique Inc. stainless steel insert, sealed-beam headlight buckets with Mooneyes covers, chrome headlight stands, chrome motorcycle front turn signals, a chrome windshield frame, a driver-side rearview mirror, bobbed rear fenders, multicolor pinstriping, and 1948 Chevrolet taillights with blue-dot lenses.

EXTERIOR - WHEELS AND TIRES

A set of red steel wheels with 1948 Ford chrome center caps and trim rings is wrapped in whitewall bias-ply tires.

INTERIOR – FEATURES

The cabin is furnished with a 1932 Ford-style seat frame with curved sides that is upholstered in red and white pleated vinyl and surrounded by red and white pleated vinyl door panels and trim. Features include manual windows, a 1968 Pontiac Firebird steering column, a Grant steering wheel, a Ron Francis wiring kit, floor-mounted battery and master cylinder access doors, and a floor-mounted Gennie automatic transmission shifter. Additional features include a Vintage Air climate control system, an overhead console-mounted AM/FM/CD player and speakers, a 1932 Ford dome light, and red carpeting. The trunk is upholstered to match the interior.

INTERIOR – GAUGES

A set of Mooneyes gauges including a 140-mph speedometer and gauges for the fuel level, water temperature, oil pressure, and voltage are located ahead of the driver in a 1932 Ford-style dashboard panel. A 10,000-rpm Mooneyes tachometer is mounted to the steering column. The odometer reads 4,841 miles, but the true mileage on this vehicle is unknown.

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION

Power is provided by a balanced and blueprinted Chevrolet 350ci V8 that has been bored 0.040 over and connected to a TH350 three-speed automatic transmission with a 2,600-rpm stall converter. Internal engine features include a set of TRW 8.5:1 forged aluminum pistons, a COMP Cams Stage I Thumpr camshaft, high-volume oil and water pumps, 194 valve heads, and Stellite valve seats with stainless steel valves. The open engine bay features finned Edelbrock polished aluminum valve covers, an Offenhauser aluminum intake manifold, a three two-barrel carburetor setup, a chrome air cleaner housing, a Mallory dual-point electronic ignition system, a polished air conditioning compressor, side-exit ceramic-coated exhaust headers, a Walker Cobra radiator with a built-in transmission cooler, and an electric fan.

UNDERCARRIAGE

The reproduction frame consists of a set of Lobeck’s frame rails, a Deuce Factory front crossmember, a Chassis Engineering center crossmember, a 1932 Ford rear crossmember, and heliarc-welded front and rear boxing plates. The chassis features polished stainless steel front and rear spreader bars, a Magnum four-inch dropped I-beam solid front axle, a chrome front spring with chrome shackles, polished stainless steel spring perches with chrome spring U-bolts, 1940 Ford spindles with chrome kingpin springs, a Pete & Jake’s chrome tie rod and drag link set, chrome shocks, a Saginaw 525 steering box, a polished stainless steel Vega Pitman arm and Panhard bar, 1932 Ford split wishbones, and a Chassis Engineering brake pedal assembly with a manual Ford Mustang master cylinder. Additional chassis features include a TCI (Total Cost Involved) Ford nine-inch solid rear drive axle with 3.00:1 gears, 1935 Ford rear split wishbones, a chrome-plated 1935 Ford transverse rear spring with a reversed spring eye and Teflon inserts, chrome rear shocks, and a chemically sealed 12-gallon 1932 Ford-style steel fuel tank. Braking is provided by manual drums. A dual exhaust system with removable side-exit header caps exits at the rear.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

The dealer will include magazines the vehicle was featured in and build documentation photos as part of the sale. A start-up and exterior walk-around video is available below.