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1932 Ford Five-Window Coupe - Remembering The Apache
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| F A C T S & F I G U R E S | | George Veracka | | Stow, Massachusetts | | 1932 Ford channeled five-window coupe | | CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | '32 Ford / Ford | | Wheelbase | 107" | | Modifications | rear Z'd 11" | | Chassis plumbing | steel | | Rearend | Columbia two-speed | | Rear suspension | '32 Ford leaf spring and wishbone, Gabriel shocks | | Rear brakes | '40 Ford with Bendix internals | | Front suspension | 4" dropped axle, '40 Ford spindles, spring, and wishbone | | Front brakes | '40 Ford with Bendix internals | | Master cylinder | '40 Ford | | Steering box | '40 Ford | | Wheel covers | '50 Mercury | | Front wheel make, size | Ford, 15x5 | | Rear wheel make, size | Ford, 15x6 | | Front tire make, size | Prestige, 5.60-15 | | Rear tire make, size | M&H Racemaster, 8.25-15 | | Gas tank | custom | | ENGINE | | Make | '49 Cadillac | | Displacement | 425 ci | | Machining / Assembly | Herb Torppa at Auto Machine Service, Inc (Maynard, MA) | | Crankshaft | custom | | Rods | custom | | Pistons | 8.5:1 | | Camshaft | Sky (Gardena, CA) full race | | Cooling fan | custom | | Radiator | '40 Ford | | Heads | '53 Cadillac | | Valves / Springs | Thompson / Isky | | Rockers | solid lifters | | Valve covers | finned aluminum | | Manifold / Induction | Offenhauser (Los Angeles, CA) / Holley 94s | | Ignition / Wires | Spaulding Flamethrower with dual Mallory coils / Custom | | Headers | owner | | Exhaust / Mufflers | 2" steel / Ford truck | | Other engine facts | chrome by South Shore Plating (Quincy, MA) | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | '40 Ford | | Clutch disc | 11-inch Ford truck | | Flywheel | Schiefer | | Shifter | custom by owner | | Trans mods | Lincoln Zephyr gears | | Driveshaft | custom | | BODY | | Body style / Material | five-window coupe / steel | | Body manufacturer | Ford | | Body mods | Top chopped 4", body channeled 8" | | Grille | '32 Ford, chopped 4" | | Bodywork | Central Autobody (Maynard, MA) | | Paint type / Color | DuPont Lacquer / '57 Chrysler Carnation Red | | Painter | Sam Sarvela (Maynard, MA) | | Headlights / Taillights | Dietz / '54 Buick | | Other body items | custom grille supports by owner | | INTERIOR | | Gauges | Vintage Stewart Warner with Sun tach | | Wiring | Owner | | Steering wheel | '40 Ford | | Steering column | custom | | Interior mirror | custom | | Seats | custom | | Upholsterer | John Piecewicz (Maynard, MA) | | Material / Color | Naugahyde / white with red buttons | | Carpet | white Naugahyde with red buttons | | Seatbelts | '55 Thunderbird | | Other interior items | Moon (Santa Fe Springs, CA) gas pedal, custom pedal pads |
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