Hopefully it is OK to post a quick intro here.

I just signed up and will be posting (hopefully frequently) in this section of the forum.

Last week I purchased a 1932 Ford Hiboy roadster and needless to say, I am crazy in love with it. It is no trailer queen and needs work, has been around the block quite a few times, but has a great vibe, nostalgic old school built I favor and there's plenty of room there for repair/upgrade projects for me to tackle. Previously I owned a 1938 Hudson Terraplane Business coupe.

See pics of my little roadster here: www.bettatalk.com/meet_my_hotrod.htm

AGAINTS ALL ODDS... This is a little rod with a lot of "soul" and heart. The little guy made the headlines in 2002 and was mentioned in Streetrodders magazine as well as several other publications: I wish I could say it is because it wons the NHRA nationals that year, but that was not the case . It actually made the news because it was a)- built by a real young hotrodder (Eric Koceja) who drove it (partially completed) all the way to the nationals and b)- broke down en route (engine kaput) but c)- Still managed to somehow make it to the nationals and (most importantly) d)- swapped his dead engine for a new 350 right there and then in one day in front of a huge crowd which gathered around to see it happen. and was able to participate in the nationals .

Read the story here (it's kinda cool):

http://www.streetrodderweb.com/event...rod_nationals/

If you scroll down that page it is the 5th & 6th picture from the top left.

I am to be the 6th owner of this hotrod. And to this day it is still not finished. (But I intend to take to the finish line). Currently still primer black, otherwise in near perfect running condition. It sat for 14 years as a rolling chassis in a Wisconsin garage before Eric took it over and got it running. He never did get around to painting it though. Following owners did some mechanical work on it as Mr. Hiboy has always been a driver and had accumulated many miles and started to show it. By now most of everything has been replaced, but I will tackle replacing more components (breaking system, rear shocks, oil pan etc...) in the next few weeks.

I have many questions and hope to get some guidance and help from you seasonned 32 owners.

Well, that's it for now, you all have a great day and I'll be posting my first few questions in a moment.

FAITH and Mr. Hiboy