Hand Built! ALL Steel Body, All Almuminum Buick 215ci V8, 5-Speed Manual, w/ Top

1932 Ford Roadster B

VIN Y1880322

This is a hand built, all steel Roadster with only 942 miles since the build was completed. It was built by a retired aeronautical engineer in Georgia. It is considered to be “New Old School”. It was well constructed and always garage kept. A binder with driveline phasing manual and 1965 bill of sale are included in the sale.

Mechanics

1962 215ci Buick V8, All Aluminum

Borg Warner T5 5-Speed Manual Transmission

8” Ford Rear End with 3.23:1 Gear Ratio

Old School Drum Brakes, Front and Rear

4 Barrel Motorcraft Carb

Mallory Unilight Distributor

Headers

Custom Built Mufflers

Chrome Tail Pipes

Chrome Alternator

Billet Aluminum Indy 500 Valve Covers

Old Fashioned Air Cleaner

Aluminum Radiator with Electric Fan

Hydraulic Cylinder for Clutch and Brake

1932 Modified Suspension and Chassis

Single Leaf Spring Out Back

Stainless Front Axle

Suspension is Painted and Clear Coated

Great Looking Painted Gas Tank

Body

All New Steel, No Fiberglass Anywhere

Beautiful Mirror Finish Black Paint

Removable Foldable Top

Black Hartz Cloth Custom Top

Henry Ford Frame for Convertible Top is Chrome and Oak

Functional Cowl

Gorgeous Chrome Around Windshield

No Door Handles on the Outside of the Doors

Doors Fit and Operate Properly

Door Lips and Jambs are Clean and Solid

Steel Floorboards

Underside is Painted in Primer

Custom Built Frame

Wheels: 15" Cragers

Front Tires: BFG Radial T/A 205/60R15

Rear Tires: BFG Radial T/A 285/70R15

Interior

Beautiful Red Interior

Bench seat with Seatbelts

Aftermarket Gauges

Billet Gauge Panel

Beautiful Paint on the Dash

Custom Door Panels

Ford Deluxe Steering Wheel

Old Fashioned Ignition Switch, No Key

Starter Button Under the Dash

Floor Shifter

Parking Brake

Custom Straps for Door Stops

Beautiful Carpet with Floor Mats

Custom Finished Trunk to Match Interior

Battery Hidden in Trunk Cooler

Horn Works

Turn Signal Buttons on the Gauge Panel

Speedo Works

Gas Gauge Works

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History

When Ford introduced the Model A in late 1927, there were several competitors also offering four cylinder cars, among them Chevrolet, Dodge, Durant, or Willys. That changed within a few years, leaving soon the new Plymouth with its four that was derived from a Maxwell design the sole major make in the Ford's price class with a four.

Although sharing a common platform, Model Bs and Model 18s came not only in Standard and Deluxe trim, they were available in a large variety of body styles. Some of them, like the commercial cars described below, were only availabe as Standards, and a few other came only in Deluxe trim. There were two-door roadster, two-door cabriolet, four-door phaeton, two-door and four-door sedans, four-door 'woodie" station wagon, two-door Victoria, two-door convertible sedan, panel and sedan deliveries, five-window coupe, a sport coupe, the three-window Deluxe Coupé, and pickup.

Prices ranged from US$495 for the roadster, $490 for the coupés, and $650 for the convertible sedan. Production totals numbered from 12,597 for the roadster to 124,101 for the two-door sedan. Ford sold 298,647 V8-powered 18s in 1932, and except for the fact Ford could not keep up with demand, the essentially identical four-cylinder B would have been a sales disaster: dealers switched customers to them from the V8, and even then sold only 133,539, in part because the V8 cost just US$10 more.