Facts & Figures
Don and Carolyn Smith
Mansfield, Texas
1932 Ford Tudor highboy sedan
| CHASSIS |
| Frame / Manufacturer | 1932 Ford / SO-CAL Speed Shop (Pomona, CA) |
| Wheelbase | 106" |
| Modifications | front framehorns straightened, rear kickup & boxed by Roy Pigford |
| Chassis plumbing | SO-CAL |
| Rearend / Ratio | Winters quick-change / 4.11:1 |
| Rear suspension | SO-CAL with Pete & Jake's (Peculiar, MO) shocks |
| Rear brakes | SO-CAL Lincoln drum |
| Front suspension | Pete & Jake's dropped axle & shocks |
| Front brakes | 1955 Buick drum |
| Master cylinder | SO-CAL |
| Steering box | Chevrolet Vega, ididit (Tecumseh, MI) steering column |
| Front wheel make, size | 15x5 steel w/ '46 Ford hubcaps |
| Rear wheel make, size | 15x6 steel reverse w/ '46 Ford hubcaps |
| Front tire make, size | Firestone, 600x15 |
| Rear tire make, size | Firestone, 820x15 |
| Gas tank | stock '32 |
| ENGINE |
| Make | 200hp French Army Ford Flathead by Dave Tatum |
| Displacement | 295-cid 3/16x1/8 |
| Machining / Assembly | Tatum's Machine |
| Crankshaft | 4 1/8" stroker |
| Rods | Ford 21A |
| Pistons | 8.1 compression Ross |
| Camshaft | Dave Tatum grind w/ Johnson lifters |
| Water pump | 409 Chevrolet |
| Alternator | 12V generator / alternator conversion |
| Heads | Sharp, relieved & ported |
| Valves / Springs | Chevrolet & Iskenderian |
| Manifold / Induction | Barney Navarro w/ Thickston-topped Stromberg 81s |
| Ignition / Wires | Vertex w/ Champion spark plugs |
| Headers/Exhaust | Roy Pigford headers w/ Harley baffles |
| Other engine facts | Cornhusker (Alexandria, NE) engine pulleys, polishing by John Nelson |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Make | Borg-Warner T5 out of a Chevy S-10 by Standard Transmission (Ft. Worth, TX) |
| Clutch | disc Hays (Cleveland, OH) |
| Pressure plate | Hays |
| Shifter | Roy Pigford |
| Trans mods | Standard Transmission |
| Driveshaft | Ft. Worth Axle & Gear |
| BODY |
| Body style / Material | 1932 Ford Tudor sedan, all steel |
| Body manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Body mods | 2" chop & extended rear quarters around gas tank |
| Grille | '32 Ford |
| Bodywork | by Roy Pigford |
| Paint type / Color | special "Roy Red" mix using PPG basecoat w/ clear |
| Paint | by Roy Pigford |
| Graphics | by Dennis Ricklefs |
| Headlights / Taillights | Ford commercial truck & '50 Pontiac "blue dot" taillights |
| Outside mirror | Bob Drake Reproductions (Grants Pass, OR) |
| INTERIOR |
| Dashboard | Knecht-Auburn replica |
| Insert / Gauges | Stewart Warner (Lancaster, PA) |
| Wiring | Painless Performance (Fort Worth, TX) by Bob Mayes |
| Steering wheel | 1940 Ford |
| Steering column | Ford |
| Interior mirror | Bob Drake Reproductions (Grants Pass, OR) |
| Seats | Glide Engineering (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) |
| Upholsterer | Gabe Lopez (Bloomington, CA) |
| Material / Color | red & white tuck 'n' roll |
| Carpet | red cut pile |
| Seatbelts | Juliano's (Vernon, CT) |
| Other interior items | window glass by Jimmy Ziegler |