Don---according to information I have, if you are running a 1928/1929 Ford, you can run a stock length hood, but must chop the 32 shell by 3" to have your hood line flow corectly. If you are running a 1930/1931 model A you can run a stock height 32 ford grillshell (no chop)and a stock length hood. Either stock hood will work with a 32 grill shell, but the curvature at the front of the hood has minor differences where it meets the 32 shell. Old time rodders either lived with the differences, (which were very minimal), or else did a little dolly work on their stock hood to make it perfect. The aftermarket now sells hoods that are configured for 32 grillshells and either 28/29 cowls or 30/31 cowls., but are still the stock length as model A hoods. My car has a 31 cowl and a 32 grill shell, and the hood is one of the aftermarket hoods to fit that combination, however it is still the same length as a stock model A hood.