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1932 Ford Highboy Roadster - Home Grown Hot Rod
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| Facts & Figures | | Ken Smith | | West Linn, Oregon | | 1932 Ford roadster | | Chassis | | Frame / Manufacturer | FoMoCo | | Modifications | ’30 Ford front crossmember & 1” C-notch rear | | Rearend / Ratio | ’34 Ford 3.78 | | Rear suspension | ’34 Ford de-arched spring | | Rear brakes | ’46 Ford ’59 Buick drums | | Front suspension | stock ’32 Ford de-arched spring | | Front brakes | ’46 Ford ’59 Buick drums | | Master cylinder | ’61 Chev pickup | | Power brakes | Midland booster | | Steering box | ’56 Ford pickup | | Wheel covers | stock Ford | | Front wheel make, size | early Ford, 15x5 | | Rear wheel make, size | early Ford, 15x6 | | Front tire make, size | BFGoodrich, 590x15 | | Rear tire make, size | BFGoodrich, 820x15 | | Engine | | Make | Oldsmobile | | Displacement | 371ci | | Machining / Assembly | Damascus Auto Service (Damascus, OR) | | Pistons | Ohio | | Camshaft | Engle Racing Cams (Santa Monica, CA) | | Water pump | shortened ’57 Oldsmobile | | Cooling fan | 15” six-blade | | Radiator | stock ’32 Ford | | Generator | ’57 Corvette tach drive generator | | Valves / Springs | Ferrea Racing Components (Fort Lauderdale, FL) / Crower Cams & Equipment (San Diego, CA) | | Rockers | McGerk | | Valve covers | Moon (Santa Fe Springs, CA) | | Manifold / Induction | Offenhauser Tri-power | | Carburetors | Holley 2100 (3) | | Ignition / Wires | Mallory 7mm | | Exhaust / Mufflers | stainless / DynoMax (Monroe, MI) | | Other engine facts | Stelling & Hellings air cleaners | | Transmission | | Make | Cadillac | | Clutch | disc, stock ’57 Olds | | Pressure plate | stock ’57 Olds | | Shifter | stock ’37 Cadillac | | Overdrive | BorgWarner four-gear R-11 | | Driveshaft | closed | | Body | | Body style / Material | roadster / steel | | Body manufacturer | FoMoCo | | Body mods | door handles removed | | Hood | stock, louvered & blistered | | Grille | stock ’32 | | Bodywork | Mike McKinnett (Portland, OR) | | Paint type / Color | PPG / Black | | Painter | Mike Dietz (Canby, OR) | | Headlights / Taillights | Arrow 775 H / ’39 Ford | | Interior | | Dashboard | stock '32 | | Radio | Stewart Warner/Firestone early '30s tube radio | | Wiring | stock, early Ford | | Steering wheel | '36 Ford | | Seats | stock LeBaron Bonney | | Upholsterer | Jeff Martin (Portland, OR) | | Material / Color | stock leather / tan |
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