How many times have you dreamed of building a hot rod ’32 Ford but either didn’t have the money, or the heart to cut original Henry steel? Well this ’32 Coupe project may be right up your alley. Offered with many parts, this rusty Ford is certainly project worthy for someone out there! With 6 days remaining, this Coupe is currently bid up to $1,025 with no reserve! Take a look at it here on eBay out of Lakeland, Florida. Thanks to Reader Darrun for this Special submission!
There is a drive-train included, but based on the overall condition of this ford I don’t know if I hold in any hopes for it. Blue spray paint has been slathered on to this Coupe to stop the spread of rust, and also to possibly disguise the thin and pitted metal work.
The dash area is thin and pitted, and rotted along the top edge. The driver side door jamb is swiss cheese, and the frame is pretty crispy on that side as well. The interior is empty minus a steering wheel and a shift lever with a tennis ball shift knob.
There is a plethora of parts included with this car including two sets of running boards, fenders, headlights, and some other miscellaneous sheet metal.
There is no denying this is one rusty tub, but I am sure that a hot rodder could put this coupe to some use. From a restoration standpoint, I don’t believe that anyone could really justify trying to revive and make this car a solid restored venture. I imagine half of the remaining body would blow away with a simple spritz of a sand blaster. Although I think a hot rodder could live with the pitting, fix some of the rust where it is rotted, and in the cheap and effective 1970’s way load it up with body filler and make a cheap and cool ’32 project. I never thought I would endorse body filler but if someone made some use of this old Ford, that would be fine by me. I prefer to see them on the streets, than in backyards wasting away. Although that brings up another good idea, whose wife has been dying to have a ’32 Coupe in their garden? What would you do with this ’32 Coupe?
Hey it’s got a title!
Buy it and swap fiberglass body parts where
applicable and possibly sit it n a 80s blazer or S10 2wd frame or lil ford pickup and start the build of your hot rod!
I would build a flat head v8 for fun but a wrecked mustang gt would be sweet or even a v6 stang with 300 plus ponies!
This has endless possibilities if it stays on the cheap side of bidding!
My dog lost its toy, I bid 5 cents for shift knob.
If I wasn’t getting too old to handle a project like this and if it doesn’t top $1,500 I would take it on. I would go over the body and frame paint it satin black, upgrade all wiring with painless and new gauges, then drop a 5.0 Coyote motor with a 6 speed tranny and drive the wheels off it.
It is refreshing to have an honest seller, from what the seller has said, and what I see, there is not much there, yes it is 32 and yes it has a title, and that’s just about it! Unless you are just a fantastic bodyman and metal worker and your time means nothing and to you, and you have more than you know what to with, this pile of parts ,makes no sense. The bid was about a $1,000, that is more than you could part it the pieces out for. Not a good deal. When I see comments like “Classic Steel”, he obviously knows nothing about building a 32 or Hot Rods. An S-10 frame for an early ford or Chevrolet pick up not a 32, what are you going to do, sculpture the body out of a big pile of bondo!
I guess you over looked the part of buying fiberglass parts to replace bad sections?
http://www.kitcarlist.com/32fordcoupe.html
I have built many cars from scratch by myself from welding to drive trains and engines . This is no difference and if you ever talked with a person who created a hot rod 32 and say how much do you have in that coupe don’t expect to hear a low number under twenty grand. You will probably hear 40 and they would say it’s built my way and not a turn key.
A modern frame makes it easy to get a real suspension with also a full frame. You can buy a 20 k ready frame but I like to save a little for the rest and swap rear end ec to a strong unit.
This coupe in rough shape at a low price which starts with a title which saves much work from going to state police for a junkers title and is worth to me quite a bit of money to start.
There’s nothing wrong with S10 frames on older rods.
It’s done all the time and I guess the person ripping on them knows nothing about what the word hot rod means.
They build kits stating use the S10 frame
https://www.hotrodhotline.com/superior-glass-works-1937-chevy-s10-body-kits#.WplFM2hOmEc
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Superior Glass Works is excited to offer our 37 Chevy S10 Body Kit that permits the installation of our ’37 Chevy Cabriolet and Sedan Delivery fiberglass bodies on a donor S10 pickup truck frame. Our 1937-38 Chevy Cabriolet and 1937-38 Chevy Sedan Delivery bodies have been re-engineered so that they can be mounted to a modified 1983-2002 S-10 donor chassis. The original body lines and dimensions are retained, so no compromise was made in the looks of these classic street rods. Ideal for the street rodder who can’t find an original ’37 Chevy frame for one of these bodies or one who wants to save a few dollars while putting together a nice driving hot rod.”
Looks like some good parts are already taken…..still going to sell north of 5 grand…and damn a 1932 title….those with a frame bring a grand easy.
I sold a 32 title alone for over a grand. The hacked and chopped out rear decklid opening is a real bummer. There are a LOT of guys that are great at metal work that love 32 Fords so it WILL be saved.
Sorry Joe, but that stack of garnish moldings is worth a grand. The part out price for the whole thing is about 6 to 7k, possibly more. Get reckless, have fun, swap meet season is upon us.
What a total pos. Spend the money on new steel. 2500 as of now. People must be retarded.
Nice language. You must be pretty SMART!
I am laughing so hard hearing all nay sayers on building a coupe.
A welder and sheet metal and some fiberglass fenders makes the body fine again.
A late model full frame and a big engine and drive train starts the process.
I guess the newbies don’t get it on building from scratch and not just their lil bolt on projects which they call muscle cars.
Go buy a welder 👨🏭 and learn how to weld … geeze …
Amen. I’ve restored several Model A’s that started out like this. If these naysayers think the only way to restore is to start with a solid body or just replace with fiberglass reproductions, they are showing their lack of talent. Yes it is expensive, usually more than the finished value. But if your grandfather had one and you have an emotional tie, cost is irrelevant. I never restored a car for someone who wanted to flip it. They all had a history that justified the project.
Must have found this 32 in a river after a “moonshine” run. Pretty well rusted but the bid just hit $2600.00. Somebody must have a use for it.
Theres plenty of people out there (Many members of the H.A.M.B come to mind) who have started with far far less and ended up with fantastic traditional styled hot rods, this is far from unsavable. plus a title this is a damned good find.
Classic Steel, I don’t agree with you and I have owned and built several 32’s. What you suggest is not all that easy, Because when you look at a 32 the one special feature is the frame is actually a part of the body of car. You can certainly do what you suggest, but it will not look like a 32, unless you make it a channeled type car, or you design a piece, possibly fiberglass which will look like the frame. All possible, but would it be worth it, I don’t think so. As far as fiberglass great idea, but why bother with this rusted mess to save a few parts, just build a fiberglass car. We can all speculate about what you could do with this car, but if you buy it, considering money and time ,none those ideas are practical, when you really add up what it would cost and the value of the finished car. I guess the car just hit $2,600, I don’t know if that proves me right or wrong. I would like to talk to who ever buys it and ask WHY?
If there was no internet, no cars would fit an S10 chassis. Lucky we have the net, they all fit.
Build a chassis from scratch. Easy peasy.
Fibreglass cars are a joke. Might as well build a revell model kit. A real body man works with steel and knows how to weld and fabricate. I have fixed a lot worse than this and it doesn’t take forever if you know what your doing.
I’m sure in the end this beauty will bring some silly $$$. Hope some one that has always wanted one can afford. I’ve seen guys make cool cars out of a lot less. Good luck!!
A lot of younger readers comments obviously show they don’t know what real hot rodding is or was. I guess they must be under 40 years old. Real hot fodders MAKE what they need. By the way what’s fibreglass? Lol.
What’s fiberglass? It’s what they pack mufflers with.
Yikes! That’s a pretty rough way to start a project! Looks like it had an old “truck bed” kit in it @ one time… It also looks like by the time all the un-useable metal is replaced, (think “Brookville, or United Pacific) you’d have a new body… and frame… and drive-train… and…
This would fit nicely in my car collection show room just for display, it would get more lookers than my shiny stuff. I love time tested old iron , I expect it to bring north of $5000.00 .