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John Cherry's 1932 Ford Five-Window Highboy Coupe - A Cherry Deal
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Facts & Figures
| John Cherry | | Moxee, Washington | | 1932 Ford five-window highboy coupe | | CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | American Stamping Rails / Bill Ross (Yakima, WA) | | Modifications | rectangular-tube center crossmember; Model A front & rear spring crossmembers | | Chassis plumbing | steel Bundy line | | Rearend / Ratio | Winters quick-change center section by Dutchman Motorsports (Portland, OR) / 3.78:1 (4.11:1 ring ’n’ pinion) | | Rear suspension | ladder bars by Pete & Jake’s (Peculiar, MO) & Model A spring by Speedway Motors (Lincoln, NE) | | Rear brakes | Ford 11 x 2 1/2” drum | | Front suspension | 4” dropped axle, hairpins & spindles by P&J’s | | Front brakes | Lincoln self-energizing reproductions w/ Ford drums by Wilson Welding (Flower Mound, TX) | | Master cylinder | single-circuit ’46-48 Ford | | Steering box | Vega, cross-steer | | Front wheel make, size | ’46-48 Mercury, 15x5 | | Front tire make, size | Firestone, Coker Tire (Chattanooga, TN), 5.60- & 8.20-15 | | Gas tank | genuine ’32, notched for quick-change by Bill Ross | | ENGINE | | Make | Chrysler industrial (’55 Dodge commercial) | | Machining / Assembly | bone stock & never rebuilt | | Camshaft | SSH25 hydraulic flat-tappet, Hot Heads Research & Racing (Lowgap, NC) | | Water pump | Chevrolet on Hot Heads adapters | | Cooling fan | non-flex six-blade steel | | Radiator | Walker Radiator Works (Memphis, TN) Z Series | | Generator | Ford Y-block | | Valve covers | Chrysler Fire Power, chromed | | Manifold / Induction | Hot Heads / Edelbrock 500 | | Ignition / Wires | MSD (El Paso, TX) / Taylor Cable Products (Grandview, MO) | | Exhaust | iron truck manifolds, 2 1/4” steel tubing & glasspacked mufflers | | Incidentals | Hot Heads cam-drive (gear to chain), timing cover, accessory drive pulley & remote thermostat housing; idler pulley for generator belt by Bill Ross | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | S-10–configured BorgWarner T5 five-speed | | Clutch | Hot Heads flywheel, pressure plate & disc | | Driveshaft | Drive Line Service of Yakima (Yakima, WA) | | Linkage | linkage with Z-bars | | BODY | | Body style / Material | five-window coupe / steel | | Body manufacturer | FoMoCo | | Body mods | shaved cowl lights, top insert by Steve’s Auto Restorations (Portland, OR), hemmed edges & 3” chop by Bill Ross | | Hood | Rootlieb (Turlock, CA) two-piece clamshell louvered by Paul Harper (Roslyn, WA) | | Grille | Brookville Roadster (Brookville, OH) | | Insert | Obsolete & Classic Auto Parts (Oklahoma City, OK) | | Bodywork | Bill Ross metalwork, finish work by Tim Ueltschi (Yakima, WA) | | Paint type / Color | PPG base/clear DBU-series / black | | Painter | Tim Ueltschi | | Headlights / Taillights | ’33 commercial, painted / ’37 Ford mounted upside down | | INTERIOR | | Dashboard | '39 Ford | | Gauges | 5" combination Stewart Warner (Lancaster, PA) | | Insulation | aluminum-faced jute | | Wiring | from scratch by Bob Hendry (Yakima, WA) | | Steering wheel | '39 Ford banjo | | Steering column | '39 w/ '39 column drop | | Seat | Glide Eng. (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) bench | | Upholsterer | Jamie Rice, Jamie's Upholstery (Yakima, WA) | | Material / Color | vinyl / distressed brown | | Carpet | short-pile brown nylon | | Seatbelts | Beam's Industries (Oklahoma City, OK) |
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