Photo: Vanguard Motors
Like it or not, there is one car company out there that goes with “hot rod” more and better than others. The reasons for this are not important. What’s important is that when one says "hot rod," the mind immediately brings up an image of the Ford logo.
With roots in the cars used by bootleggers during the Prohibition era, hot rods don’t seem as spectacular today as they once did, partially on account of the army of custom shops doing other work, at times much more impressive. Yet, they do exist, and in large enough numbers to warrant a closer look every once in a while.
And given how January is Ford Month here at autoevolution, hot rods are of course on the menu. We’ve already featured some of the most spectacular builds presently on the market, and now it’s time for another.
Officially titled 1932 Ford, the project here was completed in 2002 and now sits on the open market with an asking price of $89,900. Like pretty much all others of its kind, it uses a fiberglass body with suicide doors, in this case painted red, strapped on top of a custom chassis.
The closed cab hides a cat-and-mouse two-color play between the red of the body elements and the 4-point harness and the black on the bucket seats and steering wheel. The dashboard holds AutoMeter gauges, and in front of the driver’s seat, there’s a polished aluminum steering wheel.
The whole assembly rides on staggered wheels (15-inch front and 16-inch rear) that get their spin from a custom 454-ci (7.4-liter) engine running dual Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetors and a 5-speed manual transmission.
As said, the rod is for sale, and for almost $90k, the buyer also gets receipts, photos, assembly instructions, Edelbrock and MSD documents, and a magazine whose contents are a mystery.
And given how January is Ford Month here at autoevolution, hot rods are of course on the menu. We’ve already featured some of the most spectacular builds presently on the market, and now it’s time for another.
Officially titled 1932 Ford, the project here was completed in 2002 and now sits on the open market with an asking price of $89,900. Like pretty much all others of its kind, it uses a fiberglass body with suicide doors, in this case painted red, strapped on top of a custom chassis.
The closed cab hides a cat-and-mouse two-color play between the red of the body elements and the 4-point harness and the black on the bucket seats and steering wheel. The dashboard holds AutoMeter gauges, and in front of the driver’s seat, there’s a polished aluminum steering wheel.
The whole assembly rides on staggered wheels (15-inch front and 16-inch rear) that get their spin from a custom 454-ci (7.4-liter) engine running dual Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetors and a 5-speed manual transmission.
As said, the rod is for sale, and for almost $90k, the buyer also gets receipts, photos, assembly instructions, Edelbrock and MSD documents, and a magazine whose contents are a mystery.
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