Thread: About to (maybe) buy my first hotrod. Please school me on 1931 Ford Coupes

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A's in stock show quality form sell for 11-13k, 32's are twice that, 32 streetrods start at about 27k for glass cars, on average it always appears to me a steel bodied complete car sells for about 5 k more (even though they cost way more to build). I believe A's sell for about 1/2 that streetrodded. Both can be bought built cheaper than building yourself (but thats the fun for me)
The vette rear always puzzles many if it has a dropped axle in front, the ride quality is mainly dependent upon the front suspension so a independent rear is pure luxury & performance besides looks, but without ifs it really makes many wonder why the irs?
A's had the gas tank in the cowl, 32's between the rear frame rails.
A's doors overlay the body, 32's are flush like modern cars
A's frame are straight and fairly weak for a healthy V8 swap due to no curve like a 32, many high end A build use a 32 frame but its said to be fairly complicated for the swap.
A's tops are squarish and 32 tops are more rounded
A grill shells where shiny, stainless or nickle, 32's are paintef and end up on many a A
32 frames I am told by P&J where the only frames in history with a body line stamped in (the running boards hung underneath the rails on the 32)
Fenderwells when ran without fenders are different, kind of a beaded sun ray on the A (my poor interpretation)
All in all though I own a 32 I love a A, all the fun with less cost and I still have to take a double take when I see a rodded A to see if its a A or a deuce. Sounds like fun to me! Just don't compare cost with anything other than A's. Since there where so many A's built originally it doesn't pay to really use a glass body though they are made. I had a buddy 2 years ago basically give away a complete nice A sedan for 2k (unrestored barn car) another buddy is building a coupe rat rod A since he had a guy give him a body, a steel 32 body will set you back more than 10k for a rough shape original, closer to 15 in most areas