Quote Originally Posted by robot
There are many more roadsters today than were ever made......
Ford made 1,552 standard roadsters ... and 11,045 DeLuxe roadsters ... so Faith was correct ... as far as she went ... she just did not say standards ...

I believe the statement that There are more 32 Ford roadsters registered today than were ever made ... WHICH ... would be true ... if you only counted the 1,552 standards number ...... by Faith ... is a urban myth or legend ... IF 1/3 of of the original 12 thousand plus 32 Ford roadsters survived ... ( doubtful ) that would mean that over 8 thousand 32 Ford roadsters have been reproduced ... With a 20 year run of reproduction ... that's over 400 a year ( or 8 a week ) for 20 years. MAYBE ... now ... they make that many ... MAYBE ... but not years ago ...

OR ... 12,000 32 Roadsters divided by 50 states ... is over 200 roadsters in each and every state ... I know that California has more than their fair share of the 200 ... but how about Delaware ... Rhode Island ... Alaska ... Vermont ... I bet there are not 200 32 Fords of any body style in all four of those states combined ...

Most reproduction bodies .... that are on original Henry built frame rails ... on sitting on a 4 door sedan chassis IMHO ... because they were the cheapest old car donor available and got NO RESPECT from the Hot Rodders until more recent times ...



Is a decent book ... and a enjoyable read ... but a lot of the stuff is a rehash of previously printed material and it is not totally correct ...

Randy