1932 Ford Roadster pickup – “Time Merchant”
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Profile ID: 17814
Year: 1932
Make: Ford
Model: Roadster pickup
Markets: Classic & Antique, Rod & Custom, Truck
Vehicle Type: American
Contact: Goolsby Customs
Vehicle Story
PAINT
BASF
INTERIOR
Upholstery by Wayne and Pam McGriff, M&M Hot Rod Interiors, Holly Pond, Alabama
CHASSIS
1932 Ford frame Framerails boxed
Chassis fabrication by Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop, Gadsden, Alabama and Goolsby Customs
FRONT SUSPENSION
Super Bell 4-inch dropped axle
Pete & Jake’s early Ford-style spindles
Custom fabricated hairpin radius rods, Goolsby Customs
Posies Superslide transverse spring
RideTech Hot Rod tube shocks
REAR SUSPENSION
Currie Ford 9-inch rearend
Currie aluminum 3rd member
3.90:1 gear ratio
Currie axles
Custom fabricated hairpin radius rods, Goolsby Customs
RideTech Hot Rod tube shocks
Posies Superslide transverse spring
FRONT BRAKES
JHRS Kinmont Safety Stop disc brakes
Custom machined backing plates with cycle fender mounts by Goolsby Customs
Wilwood calipers
REAR BRAKES
Ford drum brakes
FRONT WHEELS AND TIRES
16x4.5-inch steel wheels, Wheel Vintiques, City of Industry, California
Calnevar Chromesides trim rings with ’56 Oldsmobile hubcaps
6.00-16-inch Firestone wide whitewall tires, Coker Tire, Chattanooga, Tennessee
REAR WHEELS AND TIRES
16x6-inch steel wheels, Wheel Vintiques
Calnevar Chromesides trim rings with ’56 Oldsmobile hubcaps
7.50-16-inch Firestone whitewall tires, Coker Tire
DRIVETRAIN
1957 371cid Oldsmobile Rocket V8 engine
Bored .060 over to 380-inch displacement
Ross Racing Engines aluminum heads
Ross Racing Engines hydraulic cam
Aluminum 3x2 intake modified for 4-bolt GM carbs
3 x 2bbl Rochester 2G carburetors, chromed
Engine built by Tony Lombardi, Ross Racing Engines, Niles, Ohio
Block smoothed by Goolsby Customs
Custom fabricated headers by Heath Wood, Goolsby Customs
TRANSMISSION
Tremec TKO500 5-speed manual transmission
built by Bowler Performance Transmissions,
Lawrenceville, Illinois
13-inch Rocksvold clutch
Oldsmobile cast aluminum bellhousing, Ross Racing Engines
Driveshaft by Inland Empire Driveshaft, Ontario, California
INCIDENTALS
Walker radiator
American Autowire wiring harness
Chrome-plating by Advanced Plating, Nashville, Tennessee
2-inch exhaust system by Goolsby Customs
Build Sheet
Manufacturers
- 3M - Automotive Shop Supplies
- American Autowire - Wiring harness
- BASF Automotive Refinish - Glasurit Automotive Refinish
- Boom Mat - Sound Control
- Bowler Performance - Transmission upgrades
- Brookville Roadster - Steel Body & Grille Shell
- Classic Instruments - Gauges
- Coker Tire Company - 7.50-16-inch Firestone whitewall tires
- Currie Enterprises - Ford 9-inch rear axle, Aluminum 3rd member
- Design Engineering, Inc. | DEI - Heat Control
- Firestone Tire - White Wall Tires
- Greening Auto Company - Custom Steering Wheel
- Griots Garage Inc. - Automotive Car Care Products
- IDIDIT, LLC. - Steering Column
- Lokar Performance Products - Goolsby Edition by Lokar pedals and pads
- Moore & Giles - Leather
- POSIES Rods and Customs - Superslide transverse spring
- Powermaster Performance - Alternator
- RideTech - Hot Rod tube shocks
- Ross Racing Engines - Engine built by Tony Lombardi, Aluminum heads, Hydraulic cam, Oldsmobile cast aluminum bellhousing
- SATA by Dan-AM Co. - Spray equipment
- Steele Rubber Products - Seals and Weather-stripping
- TREMEC - TKO500 5-speed manual transmission
- Vintique Inc. - Ford Grille Set
- Walker Radiator Works, Inc. - Radiator
- Wheel Vintiques - Wheels
- Wilwood Disc Brakes - Front Calipers
Shops
- Advanced Plating - Plating
- Goolsby Customs - Builder, Sheet metal fab, Paint & body
- Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop - Chassis Fabrication, Kinmont Safety Stop disc brakes (front)
- M&M Hot Rod Interiors - Upholstry
Services
- NotStock Photography - Professional Photos
- The Rodder’s Journal - Feature