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01-15-2016, 12:19 PM | #1 |
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1932 Single year model
Does anyone know why the 32 was a single year model when the A and those after lasted longer? Was it viewed less highly than how we view it today? Thanks
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01-15-2016, 12:20 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
1932 was the bottom of the depression I think was a big part of it.
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01-15-2016, 12:31 PM | #3 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
Yes thought about that, but it seems like all the better reason to leave it alone and not cram money into a redesign for 1933.
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01-15-2016, 12:37 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
Starting in 32 all the models years that followed were one year only (even though some years look fairly simmilar to the previous year). In 38 they went to standard and deluxe with the deluxe of one year looking simmilar to the standard of the next year. All of this was to sell cars! You have to be competitive with what the other manufacturers offerings.
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01-15-2016, 12:38 PM | #5 |
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Ok I thought the 33-34-35 were closely related and had only minor restyleing. Thanks for that.
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01-15-2016, 12:40 PM | #6 |
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Thenn look at the change to 1935...styling change almost as radical, especially by 1936, and as in '33 the engine was shoved even farther forward as the whole industry continued to evolve. '37 and '39 ALSO produced big changes in the overall look... and at each big change, Ford was almost in step with the industry. |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
I always wondered that as well. 30-31 A's are almost identical. Different grills and running boards. 33-34's too, different grills and other small odds and ends but a 32 door only fits a 32.
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01-15-2016, 12:43 PM | #8 |
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Right 32 seems to be a unique bird and if Ford only knew how well liked they'd be in the future!
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01-15-2016, 12:54 PM | #9 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
The decisions regarding the '33 models were already made by the '32 Job #1 date of March 10, 1932, necessitated by the long lead times required for the hard tooling required for new chassis frames, fenders, major body panels, etc. The degree of change between the '32 and '33 models could not be accomplished in six months time in those days, nor could it be done today.
Public introduction day was March 31st, but way fewer than one vehicle per dealership had been produced by that date. Once the glitches had been mostly worked out and all of the U.S. plants were producing '32s (which wasn't until May, 1932), the car sold well and was #1 in sales for the rest of 1932. Unfortunately, with little or nothing to sell in the first four months of the year, Ford was outsold by Chevrolet in the full year. Given the above, it reasonable to assume that public acceptance of the '32 was not an important consideration in the decision to render the '32 its "orphan" status. Far more important was likely the "word around town (Detroit)" that all nearly all manufacturers' '33 models were going be dramatically different in terms of their styling, which proved to be true. |
01-15-2016, 05:41 PM | #10 |
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I always thought it was done so they would be more valuable.
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01-15-2016, 05:54 PM | #11 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
One thing is for sure, they didn't make enough of em!
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01-15-2016, 06:39 PM | #12 |
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Then they would be much lower in value.
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01-15-2016, 07:57 PM | #13 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
Henry did it to keep us broke!
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01-16-2016, 12:16 AM | #14 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
Sure glad they didn't make as many as model A. It would just be another ordinary Ford.
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01-16-2016, 08:12 AM | #15 |
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Think that BAD WORD CH--RO---. It was and is called "Market" competition...
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01-16-2016, 08:18 AM | #16 |
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Re: 1932 Single year model
Superficially the 1932 looks a lot like a model A, in fact it was very common for 1932 to have a 4 cylinder model "B" engine. I know many 1932 lovers will kill me for saying that, but it was not until 1933 that the ford took on a new distinctive look, which is unique to the 1933/34 fords. Ford most likely did not want to produce a 1933 that again looked very similar to the Model A.
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01-16-2016, 08:27 AM | #17 |
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...what a day it must have been, when the racy 33s came out, compared to the somewhat boxy As & 32s. Is there a older Barner who could elaborate on it? But, don't take me wrong, I like all the early Fords.
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01-16-2016, 08:39 AM | #18 |
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The 32 was produced while Ford was in survival mode. It took Edsel a while to convince his father of that but sales spoke louder than words. I'm sure a lot of the decisions were made in 1931 about changing the cars for each model year. It was also a time for new innovations in order to recapture the market. They were always looking for ways to manufacture things better/cheaper and that doesn't always work well without major changes to design.
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01-17-2016, 01:36 AM | #19 |
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There were about 250,000 '32 Ford's made. Today, only about 750,000 remain!!
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