Facts & Figures
Scot Cave
Clinton, Connecticut
1932 Ford Tudor
| CHASSIS |
| Frame / Manufacturer | Ford |
| Wheelbase | 106" |
| Modifications | Model A front crossmember, boxed, C'd & smoothed |
| Chassis plumbing | steel |
| Rearend / Ratio | 9" Ford / 3.20:1 |
| Rear suspension | Triangulated four-bar by owner, coilover shocks |
| Rear brakes | stock '76 Ford drums |
| Front suspension | 4" dropped & drilled axle w/ SAC hairpins, Pete & Jake's (Peculiar, MO) shocks, POSIES (Hummelstown, PA) spring & '37-41 Ford spindles |
| Front brakes | Buick finned drum w/ '40 Ford backing plates |
| Master cylinder | Ford Granada |
| Steering box | Ford F-1 |
| Front wheel make, size | Coker (Chattanooga, TN), steel 15x6" |
| Rear wheel make, size | Coker, steel 15x8.5" |
| Front tire make, size | Coker bias-ply whitewall, 5.60-15 |
| Rear tire make, size | Coker bias-ply whitewall, L78-15 |
| Gas tank | 12-gal |
| ENGINE |
| Make | '50 Mercury |
| Displacement | 276 ci |
| Machining / Assembly | machining by E&G Machine (Wallingford, CT) / assembly by owner & Ron SanGiovanni |
| Crankshaft | Merc 4" |
| Rods | stock 8BA |
| Pistons | 7:1 Ross-forged w/ Ross rings |
| Camshaft | re-profiled stock Merc |
| Water pump | stock Merc |
| Cooling fan | electric |
| Radiator | Custom Radiator (Long Island, NY) |
| Alternator | 70-amp |
| Heads | Offenhauser finned aluminum |
| Valves / Springs | stock / Isky double |
| Manifold / Induction | custom-fabbed by Ron SanGiovanni & owner / Danekas 6-71 supercharger, with two 650-cfm Holleys (Bowling Green, KY) |
| Ignition / Wires | Vertex magneto / Summit Racing solid core wires |
| Headers | Speedway Motors (Lincoln, NE) center-dump style |
| Exhaust / Mufflers | 2 1/2" stainless / Borla (Oxnard, CA) stainless mufflers |
| Other engine facts | block ported w/ full pressure oiling system, custom pulleys by Ron SanGiovanni, owner-fabbed air cleaner |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Make | Ford T5 |
| Clutch | disc 11" Ford |
| Pressure plate | 11" Ford |
| Shifter | B&M (Chatsworth, CA) shifter w/ Hurst handle |
| Trans mods | '51 Ford bellhousing modified by owner |
| Driveshaft | Connecticut Driveshaft Co. (Milford, CT) |
| BODY |
| Body style / Material | Tudor / steel |
| Body manufacturer | Ford |
| Body mods | 3" chop by Rich Chaco (Shelton, CT) flat firewall |
| Grille | stock '32 Ford |
| Bodywork | Rich Chaco |
| Paint type / Color | enamel / '72 Ford truck Sky Blue |
| Painter | Rick Chaco & owner |
| Headlights / Taillights | Guide / '50 Pontiac |
| Bumpers | custom-fabbed rear nerf bar by Owner |
| INTERIOR |
| Dashboard | stock '32 Ford |
| Insert / Gauges | chrome / Stewart Warner |
| Wiring | owner |
| Steering wheel | Bell-style |
| Steering column | owner |
| Interior mirror | stock '32 Ford |
| Seats | early MG buckets up front & stock rear bench |
| Upholsterer | Dave Waterman of Custom Craft Upholstery (Niantic, CT) |
| Material / Color | Naugahyde / ivory |
| Carpet | blue |
| Seatbelts | Juliano's (Vernon, CT) |