| F A C T S & F I G U R E S |
| Bob and Sharon Smith |
| Wickford, Rhode Island |
| 1932 Ford phantom highboy |
| (two-door) phaeton |
| CHASSIS |
| Frame / Manufacturer | ’32 Ford / unknown |
| Chassis plumbing | steel Bundy line & rubber hose |
| Rearend | ’37-40 axles and bells & vintage Culver City Halibrand quick-change center section |
| Rear suspension | ’37-40 radius rods, Hartford-style friction dampers & torsion bars |
| Rear brakes | ’66-70 Buick aluminum drums (90-fin) & ’40-48 Ford backing plates |
| Front suspension | ’37-41 Ford spindles & wishbone (split), longitudinal quarter-elliptic springs & Hartford-style friction dampers |
| Front brakes | ’58-65 Buick aluminum drums (45-fin) & ’40-48 Ford backing plates |
| Master cylinder | unknown dual-circuit |
| Steering box | Schroeder Racing Products (Burbank, CA) Sprint/Midget |
| Wheels | Chip Foose one-off, knockoff hubs |
| Size | 16x6 & 16x8 |
| Front tire make, size | Firestone dirt track (rib), 5.50-16 |
| Rear tire make, size | Firestone dirt track (diamond) 8.90-16 |
| Gas tank | Moon (Norwalk, CA) spun aluminum |
| ENGINE |
| Make | Ford |
| Displacement | 239 ci |
| Machining / Assembly | by Alan Hail |
| Water pumps | Ford industrial |
| Cooling fan | idler-style Ford truck |
| Radiator | Mattson’s Radiator (Stanton, CA) copper/brass |
| Generator | stock, upgraded w/ ’56 (12V) internals |
| Heads | Offenhauser |
| Manifold / Induction | Offenhauser 2x2 / Stromberg 97 |
| Exhaust | headers, 2” exhaust; Smithy mufflers by Mike Maris (Post Falls, ID) |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Make | ’39 Ford |
| Builder | Richard Graves, Richard’s Wheel & Chassis (Long Beach, CA) |
| Shifter | ’39 Ford, bent |
| Trans mods | Lincoln gear set |
| BODY |
| Body style / Material | phaeton / fiberglass |
| Body mods | pie-cut lengthwise (4” at cowl to nothing in rear); shaved cowl & door handles; B-pillar & seat back moved rearward; rear doors shaved |
| Windshield | Du Vall |
| Grille | custom Harry Miller–style, fiberglass, w/ Dan Fink Metalworks (Huntington Beach, CA) insert |
| Bodywork | Pan, Pan’s Coach Craft (Long Beach, CA) |
| Paint type / Color | DuPont acrylic enamel / black |
| Painter | Pan, Pan’s Coach Craft |
| Headlights / Taillights | Dietz sealed-beam conversion / ’38-39 |
| INTERIOR |
| Insert / Gauges | vintage Stewart Warner (Lancaster, PA) Ensign / Mooneyes (Santa Fe Springs, CA) |
| Wiring | custom, Mike Maris |
| Steering wheel | banjo, Wheel Shoppe (Portland, OR) |
| Seats | plywood by Doug Carr, Wood N' Carr (Signal Hill, CA) |
| Upholsterer | Darryl "Whitey" Morgan (Signal Hill, CA) |
| Material / Color | leather / wine | |
| Carpet | cut-loop wool |