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1932 Ford Five-Window - The Gold Standard
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FACTS & FIGURES
Steve Welsh
Folsom, California
1932 Ford five-window | | CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | Stock / Ford | | Wheelbase | 106” | | Modifications | Model A front and rear crossmember, modified X-member | | Rearend / Ratio | polished Halibrand quickchange / 4.11:1 | | Rear suspension | Pete & Jake’s ladder bar, Model A spring | | Rear brakes | Ford drum | | Front suspension | Pete & Jake’s hairpins / 4” chrome, dropped, drilled Super Bell I- beam | | Front brakes | Lincoln brakes with polished Buick drums | | Master cylinder | dual master / power booster | | Steering box | Mullins Vega | | Front wheel make, size | Radir Tri Ribb 3, 15 x 4 | | Rear wheel make, size | Radir Tri Ribb 3, 15 x 8 | | Front tire make, size | Firestone whitewall, 5.60-15 | | Rear tire make, size | M/T Radir grooved cheater slicks, 8.20-15 | | Gas tank | modified to clear Q/C | | ENGINE | | Make | ’56 DeSoto Firedome | | Displacement | 291 ci | | Machining / Assembly | Prentice Ent. / owner assembled | | Camshaft | Clay Smith | | Radiator | Walker Radiator | | Valve covers | DeSoto FireDome | | Manifold / Induction | Weiand 4-deuce / Stromberg 97’s | | Ignition | Petronix electronic | | Headers | Sanderson Lime Fire | | Exhaust / Mufflers | polished stainless by owner / Magnaflow | | Other engine facts | cloth covered loom and wires from Sacramento Vintage Ford | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | GM 700-R4 | | Shifter | Gennie Shifter | | Driveshaft | chrome plated | | BODY | | Body style / Material | five-window / steel | | Body manufacturer | FoMoCo | | Body mods | chopped 2.5”, filled roof | | Bodywork | Artistic Collision Center | | Paint type / Color | House of Kolor / custom | | Painter | owner | | Headlights / Taillights | Guide 682C / ‘50 Pontiac | | Other body items | chrome spreader bars | | INTERIOR | | Dashboard | filled | | Insert / Gauges | Stewart Warner style / Classic Gauges | | Stereo / Speakers | hidden MP3 player & Sirius radio | | Wiring | cloth covered | | Steering wheel | ‘61 Chevy Impala | | Steering column | ‘55 Corvette | | Seats | Glide Engineering | | Upholsterer | Fair Oaks Upholstery (Rancho Cordova, CA) | | Material / Color | vinyl / white with black piping | | Carpet | black loop | | Seatbelts | aircraft style |
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