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1932 Ford Coupe
Chassis No.: 66142
Miles: 7978

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An exceptional example of what “The Rodder’s Journal” calls the “Ohio Look”, this car was featured in issue No. Thirty Nine. Ohio look rods are“… mean, …low, …severely raked with giant rear tires and tiny fronts tucked well into the fenders and they have made — and continue to make — a significant contribution to the styling and of traditional hot rods everywhere.” Download Complete Rodders Journal Article

Built by Larry Henderson of Waynesville Ohio and completed in July of 2006, this rod has rolled up less than 8,000 miles, including one cross-country trip to Pomona and back. “ It’s nice out on the road” he says. “Smallblock power, automatic, Vega steering, air-conditioning — it’s pretty comfortable.”

The most striking feature of the car is it’s low and narrow front end. The Magnum tube front axle has a five-inch drop and has also been narrowed to 44 5/8 inches. To lower the car even further, the coupe’s headlight bar was completely taken apart and not only drilled to run the wires for the 1934 Commercial lights internally, but widened by one inch to push the front fenders a little further down over the tires. The front wheels are custom built using 40 spoke Kelsey-Hayes wire centers and 15x4 Volkswagen outer hoops. The rear wheels are also custom built using Chevy 51x8 outer hoops.

Featured in the August 2007 issue of Rod & Custom
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Body
• Original steel 1932 Ford 3-window coupe body
• Original steel radiator shell with reproduction stainless grille insert
• Roof insert filled
• ’32 Ford reproduction front and rear fenders and running boards
•’34 Ford commercial headlights and taillights

Interior
• Claret Vinyl and Leather upholstery
• Glide Engineering bench seat
• Original dash, modified for gauges
• AutoMeter Phantom series gauges
• Bell-style leather wrapped steering wheel
• 1970’s Chevy tilt steering column
• So-Cal Speed Shop pedals
• Vintage Air GEN-1 air conditioning
• Secret Audio CD player, Jensen speakers

Suspension
• Magnum 5-inch dropped tube front axle, narrowed to 44 5/8 inches
• ’40 Ford spindles
• So-Cal Speed Shop hairpins
• Durant transverse monoleaf front spring
• Pete & Jack’s front and rear tube shocks
• Deuce Factory sway front and rear sway bars
• Ford 9-inch rear-end, narrowed to i5 inches with 3.00:1 gear ratio
• 31- spline rear axles
• Posie’s parallel leaf rear springs

Brakes
• ’65 Buick finned aluminum drums front and rear
• Wilson Welding Lincoln backing plates
• Late ‘60s Chevy half-ton pickup master cylinder
Wheels and Tires
• Custom 15x4 Kelsey-Hayes wire front wheels with 135/75-15 Nankang radials tires
• Custom 15x8 Kelsey-Hayes wire rear wheels with 235/75-15 Michelin radial tires
• ’33 Ford hubcaps with ’46 Ford trim rings

Engine and Transmission
• 1985 Chevrolet 350 V8
• 4-bold mains
• 8.5:1 compression ratio
• GM Performance Parts aluminum intake
• Barry Grand Demon 625 cfm 4bbl carburetor
•’55 Pontiac air cleaner
• GM HEI ignition
• HPC block-hugger headers
• 2 1/2 inch exhaust system with Flowmaster mufflers
• GM Turbo 350 automatic transmission
• B&M shift kit

Chassis
• Original 1932 Ford frame rails, notched, C’d and boxed
• Model A front cross member, rectangular tubing rear crossmenber
• Tubular center crossmember