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Facts & Figures
Aaron Blatter
Ashland, Ohio
1932 Ford Channeled Pickup
| CHASSIS |
| Frame /Manufacturer |
'32 'rails, boxed / Dearborn Deuce |
| Wheelbase |
105.75 |
| Modifications |
Fully boxed, bolt-in front bevel hole boxing plates from Iona Hot Rod Shop (Ionia, MI), pinched 3/4 inch in front, Chassis Engineering X-member, flat front crossmember, round rear crossmember, custom-made motor, transmission, and shock mounts |
| Chassis plumbing |
mild steel |
| Rearend / Ratio |
'86 Ford 9" (nodular centersection) 31-spline Ford axles (appear as an earlier Ford rear axle) / 4:10, Detroit Locker |
| Rear suspension |
Owner-fabricated triangulated four-link, '40 Ford split wishbones lower, hand-fabricated upper bars and brackets; SO-CAL Speed Shop (Pomona, CA) reversed eye main leaf; Pete & Jakes (Peculiar, MO) chromed shocks |
| Rear brakes |
'86 Ford van new old stock Ford drums and hardware |
| Front suspension |
Magnum Axle (Oakhurst, CA) 5-inch drop, drilled, and filled I-beam with split '47 Ford wishbones; Wilson Welding (Flower Mound, TX) '40 Ford spindles Durant super-low springs; Pete & Jakes chromed F-1 shocks; owner-fabricated Panhard bar |
| Front brakes |
Wilson Welding '39 Lincoln backing plates, Buick aluminum drums |
| Master cylinder |
Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) remote reservoir with a hand-fabricated '40-style pedal assembly |
| Steering box |
F-100 side steering box with Flaming River (Berea, OH) universal joints and stock F-100 column drop |
| Front/rear wheel make, size |
original '40 Ford steel 16x4 |
| Front tire make, size |
Firestone bias-ply 5.00-16 Dirt Tracker |
| Rear tire make, size |
Firestone bias-ply 7.50-16 Dirt Tracker |
| Gas tank |
Vintique '32 repro steel car tank, 11 gallons with a modified filler neck |
| Special chassis features |
perimeter of the frame by Thunder Road Rod and Custom (Mansfield, OH); centersection, all mounts, suspension, steering, and four-link by Aaron |
| ENGINE |
| Make |
'57 Ford Y-block |
| Displacement |
312" |
| Machining / Assembly |
Aaron rebuilt the 312 with NOS pistons |
| Radiator |
Walker Radiator (Memphis, TN) four-core radiator with a 4-inch chop, hand-fabricated water necks |
| Alternator |
Powermaster Performance (West Chicago, IL) PowerGen |
| Valves / Springs |
stock valves with Schieffer springs |
| Manifold / Induction |
Marine manifold with Carter YH sidedraft carbs |
| Ignition / Wires |
MSD Ignition (El Paso, TX) with MSD wires and Holley (Bowling Green, KY) dual point distributor |
| Headers |
Aaron-fabricated, lake-style headers |
| Dress-up items |
Offenhauser unpolished valve covers, brass air cleaners |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Make |
Ford '62 T-10 |
| Shifter |
Hurst, speed drilled |
| Trans mods |
rebuilt by Aaron |
| Driveshaft |
custom-built steel |
| INTERIOR |
| Insert / Gauges |
'33 dash modified by the owner and filled with Auto Meter Antique Beige gauges |
| Steering wheel |
SO-CAL Speed Shop four-spoke with handmade magnesium functional knockoffs |
| Wiring |
custom wiring by Henry Richards of Steadfast Manufacturing |
| Steering column |
modified F-100 with Flaming River universal joints and stock F-100 column drop |
| Pedal assembly |
hand-fabricated '40s style |
| Seats |
Kirky alum drag modified by the owner |
| Upholstery material/color |
black cushion |
| BODY |
| Body style |
Ford '32 pickup cab, Last Refuge Hotrod (Dolores, CA) stock length pickup bed |
| Bodymanufacturer |
Ford Motor Company |
| Body mods |
channeled 3", radiused cowl bottoms, custom rear panel with V-8 stamp, flush fit doors front and rear, molded exposed hinges, chopped 3", smoothed-out visor, all-new sheetmetal from belt line down, grafted different visor on from another '32 truck, left bed at stock height, unchanneled to make belt line match, shortened 13", '37 tailgate, hinges, and chains, '37 car taillights, radiused stake pocket bottoms, radiator shell dropped 3" and filled, original firewall dropped 3" and smoothed, custom maple wood bed, remote master cylinder reservoirs mounted under aluminum covers (Volkswagen air cleaners) in bed floor, |
| Grille |
stock shell, filled left at stock length, dropped 3" to match the channel Vintique insert |
| Bodywork |
owner |
| Paint / Color |
Sherwin-Williams Ultra 7000 basecoat/clearcoat gloss black |
| Painter |
owner and Richie Poland (Ashland, OH) |
| Striping |
Josh Shaw (Cleves, OH) pinstriped the header panel inside cab |
| Headlights / Taillights |
Bob Drake Reproductions (Grants Pass, OR) halogen, SO-CAL Speed Shop dropped and narrowed headlight bar with '37 Ford car taillights |
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