Thread: 1550 some Henry Ford 32 roadsters (and counting....)

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Wow, only 1550? I think I've seen all of them over the years. I'm amazed it's so low of a production number.

Anyway, I don't see any way that there is any count of survivors. So many have been made into hot rods that there is no central group that would be keeping track of where they are and how many. If it was old Packards or somethng, maybe then, but not with a car that has been modified as often as the deuce.

Could be wrong, though.

When is your Boyfriend going to join? We allow '48 Plymouths on here too.

Don

Production numbers from Roadsters.com site

Cabriolet 6,091
Convertible sedan 926
Five-window Standard coupe 51,794
Fordor sedan 37,363
Panel delivery 6,122
Phaeton 2,490
Roadster 12,597
Sedan delivery 400
Station wagon 1,383
Sport coupe 2,911
Three-window Deluxe coupe 22,148
Tudor sedan 124,101
Victoria 8,580

The serial number range was 1 to 203,126 but that included trucks and commercial vehicles. There are many more roadsters today than were ever made.....if you have a real frame with a serial number, you cant tell what body came on that frame so many sedans got rebodied into roadsters. Then, there are the cars that have been registered without a real serial number history....probably more than were originally built....one thing for certain, they may have built 200,000 frames in 32 but they only built 12,597 roadster bodies....a real body is the prize. The new Brookville, the ASC, and the RodBods bodies are distinguishable from the original. IT would be impossible to figure out how many 32 roadsters that exist today since many are titled as something other than a 32 roadster.

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