1932 Ford Highboy Five Window

Quick inspection `32 Ford Highboy Five-Window
Engine & Drivetrain: The hot rod music emanates from the Ford Racing headers, dumping into the Alloway-built exhaust system running through the Flowmaster Series 40 mufflers, but that's not the root. The epicenter of this earthquake is the Ford Racing Boss 302 sporting a modern 347ci producing 450 hp and 400 lb-ft, giving this five-window a whopping 6 hp per pound. Getting the power to the rear falls to a Ford Tremec TKO five-speed with 17 percent overdrive (2.87, 1.89, 1.28, 1.00, 0.82 First through Fifth gear split) hustled along by a Hurst shifter. Turns out this is plenty of power to move a 2,730-pound hot rod at a retina detaching pace. (Weight bias is front 1,261 pounds; rear 1,469 pound.) Other engine goodies include the Edelbrock 750-cfm four-barrel carb riding on top of an Edelbrock Victor Jr. single-plane intake manifold, resting between Ford Racing aluminum cylinder heads directing premium gas fired by an MSD ignition system and a Powermaster starter. What would a hot rod be if it couldn't keep its cool inside the engine and the cab? A Steve Long Radiators brass and copper cooler is used to maintain engine temps while a Vintage Air Front Runner is brought into service to assist engine cooling (water pump) and keep "you and I" cool when cruising those hot summer days or warm us come the cool winter nights via the Vintage Air HVA/C system.
Body & Paint: The Rats Glass chopped '32 five-window body was sprayed at Alloway's in PPG Speedway Blue that's closely aligned with the '09 Toyota Tundra pickup color. Filled roof, windshield frame, and door handles give the car an early look. A 3-inch stretched Rootlieb hood was used with a Brookville grille shell and Jim Wrench insert. The headlights are a classic Alloway trademark in that they are '33 Ford commercial (with turn signal) from Vintique. The recreated '32 gas tank comes from Tanks while the taillights are '37 Ford from Vintique.
Chassis: The foundation of this hot rod was a pair of framerails from LRS Chassis utilizing Pete & Jakes crossmembers arriving at a stretched 109-inch wheelbase. Other components used in conjunction with the Deuce 'rails are a Currie 9-inch rearend, 3.70 gears, drum brakes, and Aldan coilover shocks all positioned by a P&J ladder and Panhard bar combo. In front the chassis' suspension is centered on a P&J drilled and plated 4-inch drop I-beam with accompanying P&J early Ford spindles, steering arms, kingpins, and their Super Stopper disc brake package, utilizing Wilwood calipers and finned and polished backing plates. The dual reservoir master cylinder replete with three-pedal assembly comes by way of P&J with Lokar pedals and e-brake assembly; the clutch is cable operated. Shocks are chromed monotube P&J with dust covers. Steering is based on a Borgeson Vega-style box with accompanying U-joints, supports, and steering shafts attached to an ididit steering column, topped with a Lecarra TransAm wheel.
Inside: The custom-made bench seat was built and stitched with black leather by Steve Holcomb and his staff at Steve Holcomb Interiors. The '32-style fiberglass dash came from Rats Glass and is filled with a Billet Specialties insert and Classic Instruments gauges. Other interior appointments include the Vintage Air heater, defroster, and A/C system, along with the Sony stereo, ididit steering column, Lokar pedals, a Lecarra TransAm wheel, and Juliano's seatbelts. Hiding in the trunk is the Sony stereo head unit combined with a CD player and the iPod pickup. As was the interior Holcomb fabricated and covered the trunk area.
Wheels & Tires: Big 'n' littles give the highboy its rubber rake, working the corners in the guise of BFGoodrich Long Trail T/As and ET-IIIs Dragmaster wheels. The rubber measures 155/80R15 and 275/60R17 with the 15x5 (4.5-inch back spacing) and 17x9.5 wheels (5-on-4.5-inch bolt pattern).

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