After much soul searching I have decided to go ahead and build the 32 Tudor that was given to me last year.
I removed the rear fenders and running boards and am getting ready to remove the rear 2/3rds of the frame that was left behind when they cut the motor and transmission out of this car.
I have so many questions such as "Will a straight 6 ford engine fit in a 32? can the wooden framework (Particularly in the roof area be replaced with a mig welded steel replacement?
I have plenty of welding and both wood and metal fabricationg equipment.
In an effort to save bandwidth on this site is there a website that shows in depth methods of restoring certain areas on 32 Fords.
Somewhere where I could read alot of info and not tie up this board with alot of questions that have probably been asked a hundred times before.
I have a new 6 cylinder that is still on a crate that was for another project and never used and I want to put rear leaf springs in if possible and use my 74 maverick rear end and make some modifications as well as figure out how to replicate the cross member that holds the ball on the end of the wishbone front end.
I want the car from outward appearances to look like a stock 32 but I want to use my newer motor (Since I have it already and the rear end).
I just wondered if there was a website possibly that went into great detail on general 32 restoration and modification.
As I said i have so many questions that I'm sure you have all heard before that I would rather read as much as possible and save you guys some repetetive posting.
The rear leaf spring set up seems like it may present a problem as well as the length of a straight six. I don't care about a V8, I am past my go fast days and just want a neat old 32 to putt around my neighborhood in.
Any info would be appreciated.
Since tapping out some dents and removing and straightening things up a bit the car is starting to look like a realistic project,
The firewall was removed when they took the motor and trans so I can possibly custom fabricate one to accomodate the longer six cylinder.
Thanks
Dave