The Boss' other '32
While Randy's '32 coupe is a real beauty, ask him which is
his favorite car and he'll tell you it's his red roadster. Or as he sometimes
refers to it, his "real hotrod."
When he's not driving the work truck, he's cruising to the
sound of this flat-head driver.
In 1932, Henry Ford introduced his last great personal engineering
triumph: his "en block", or one piece, V-8 engine. Offered as
an option to an improved 4-cylinder Model "B" engine in this low
priced car, this compact V-8 power plant, with its down draft carburetor,
enabled 1932 Ford to outperform all other popular competitors and was 20
years ahead of its time. The improved proportions and styling of this car
reflected Edsel Ford's genius for design.
The 1932 Ford automobile combines the attractive facelift
of the 1931 Model A with the world's first low-priced, cast-in-one-piece
V-8 engine. When the V-8 first made its appearance in the 1932 Ford, it
heralded the era of the American dream car: large, powerful, and soft-sprung.
Basic mechanical configuration changed little from the late 1930s until
the advent of the downsized front-wheel-drive cars of the 1980s. The final
element in the equation, the automatic transmission, first appeared in the
1940 Oldsmobile.
The original 221 c.i. V-8 made 65 bhp at 3400 rpm, although
the more conservative Society of Automotive Engineers set the net rating
at 30 bhp.
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