1932 1933 1934 Roadster Pickup info parts pictures

[Capn John]

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12161

THE ABOVE ARE SOME '32 ROADSTER P/U I POSTED EARLIER. iF YOU NEED MORE LET ME KNOW. I have about 60-70 of them
By the way the Brooksville roadster p/u body is INCORRECT, a modified roadster body.

Also note the gas tank is under the seat, the same as the closed cab p/u and station wagon

[Charlie Stephens]

Originally Posted by itslow

You should purchase a copy of DavidG's "The 1932 Ford Book", which is sold via the Early V8 Club's website, among others. It's a VERY good reference for '32 in general, but it does have a section on the open cab trucks.

There's also a copy of the "Ford Times" magazine that has a feature on the open cab trucks. I can't remember the exact date or issue number, but I want to say it was from sometime in the 70s. It's been a number of years since I looked at my copy, and I don't have easy access to it at this time to check.

There are a few of us in different stages of progress that are searching for different parts to complete trucks. Some of us have been at it for years, and are closer to having completed trucks than others. If you're like us - on a budget and doing it the hard way - be aware that it'll likely be a very long project. I have all the hard parts, but am always looking for more to build another (or upgrade to nicer stuff).

The hardest parts to find will be the windshield posts, filler panel, and top (if you want an original). The cowl and dash are by far the easiest, as they were shared with the big chassis that were shipped off to be turned in to buses, firetrucks, etc. The sub-floor is the same as a closed cab. The doors and back panel are also unique, but there are a couple of experienced metalshapers than can reproduce them (although not cheaply). The majority of the back panel can be made using a close cab section as a starting point. Wood for the door frames is reproduced.

I am not familiar with the feature in the "Ford Times" magazine. Any chance you would mean the "Ford Life" magazine which had an excellent article in their July-Aug 1973 issue?

Charlie Stephens

[itslow]

Originally Posted by Charlie Stephens

I am not familiar with the feature in the "Ford Times" magazine. Any chance you would mean the "Ford Life" magazine which had an excellent article in their July-Aug 1973 issue?

Charlie Stephens

That'd probably be it. Like I said, it's been quite a while since I last looked at it.

[Paul Dobbin]

This could have been the truck in the movie if it had 16" wheels instead of 18's.
Now a restored V8 truck. All left the Ford plant the first time as 4 cylinders, but there was a bring back opportunity for a 1932 Ford V8. A total of 400 were made in 1932 and like this one they were sold to commercial fleet orders. This one was a Borden's Milk truck. If you look closely you can still see it painted on the door

[vulture]

Originally Posted by Paul Dobbin

This could have been the truck in the movie if it had 16" wheels instead of 18's.
Now a restored V8 truck. All left the Ford plant the first time as 4 cylinders, but there was a bring back opportunity for a 1932 Ford V8. A total of 400 were made in 1932 and like this one they were sold to commercial fleet orders. This one was a Borden's Milk truck. If you look closely you can still see it painted on the door

Any more information or pictures of the truck?

[DeuceRoger]

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I am also looking for roadster pickup parts

[Capn John]

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12161

The RED one was done by Ed Warnocks, past President of the V8 Club

[Darkhorse]

I owned the black truck with blue doors that are in the first couple of posts. When I listed it on E-gay it was the first roadster pickup ever on that site. It had something like 12,000 page views. I purchased the truck from a gentlemen that had purchased the truck in 1956 when he was living in Palo Alto, Ca. From my research, there were 583 pickups made in 1932. Mine also came with an set of top irons and windshield with stancheons and block below the windshield.
I considered the rarity of the truck, then realized I'm a traditional hotrodder and sold it for a small fortune. Built a steel '32 roadster with an early Cad mill with a quickchange and haven't looked back.

[mercman from oz]

Rare 1932 Ford Roadster Pickup owned by a collector in Arizona.

[vulture]

I was bidding on the truck and would have sold my 33 Pheaton to make space in the garage. I have been collecting parts for one and seems any extra parts are in collections. I am sure there is a few of us doing the same thing collecting like Jarrod . I figure I can buy yours and have my holy grail RPU , it was a awesome truck and you would have any extra parts yet . Ha ha ha

Originally Posted by Darkhorse

I owned the black truck with blue doors that are in the first couple of posts. When I listed it on E-gay it was the first roadster pickup ever on that site. It had something like 12,000 page views. I purchased the truck from a gentlemen that had purchased the truck in 1956 when he was living in Palo Alto, Ca. From my research, there were 583 pickups made in 1932. Mine also came with an set of top irons and windshield with stancheons and block below the windshield.
I considered the rarity of the truck, then realized I'm a traditional hotrodder and sold it for a small fortune. Built a steel '32 roadster with an early Cad mill with a quickchange and haven't looked back.

[Krylon32]

There's a deuce pu on E-Bay that includes a 32 RPU body right now.

[rotorwrench]

Man, this is an old thread!

[Ol' Ron]

I often thought that, if Ford ever produced a modern version of this and the 40/41 PU they couldn't make enough of them. I thing the latter id the moust beautiful small pickup ever made.

[G.M.]

The nicest most original 34 roadster pickup was found in a vineyard
up in Washington state years ago. The owner bought it brand new
and removed the doors and stored them up on the garage rafters.
He used it when the grapes got ripe to ride around and check them.
Bill Sechrest {Mr. 32} Bought it and kept it for years. It was one of
the last 32's he sold. I talked to him and was going to buy it but in
three days when I decided to buy it, it was sold. I talked to the man
that bought it but can't remember his name. The paint on the body
was like new, the fenders had a few small dents which Virgil Stirum
Bill's main body and restoration man straitened and refinished. G.M.