George Poteet's 1932 Sedan Delivery Specs Page

 

Awards

CHASSIS

Frame / Manufacturer___American Stamping Frame Rails (boxed) built by FastLane Rod Shop

               

Wheelbase_106”

 

Modifications_boxed rails, rear kick up for better tank to body fit, wires run within rails, flat front crossmember, engine raised in chassis for cleaner underchassis look, crossmembers modified to “rivet to rails with stainless rivets, handmade motormounts with stainless rivets, handmade clutch linkage assembly with stainless rivets,

 

Chassis plumbing Material__Polished Stainless

 

REAR SUSPENSION        

 

Make/year of rearend  Winters Quick Change chrome plated with ford side bells by The Hot Rod Works_   Posi  Yes   Narrowed/Inches  55”

Gear ratio  _3.73___   Rear springs Tranverse Leaf   Rear Shocks  Chrome Pete and Jakes

we’re using ’35-’36 Ford rear radius rods (chromed), front mounts are built into center crossmember.  The bars on the radius rods were made to look like two “c” channels riveted together.

 

 

FRONT SUSPENSION

 

Make /year of front end  Pete and Jake 46” axle Dropped/Inches  4”

Front shocks  Chrome Pete and Jake   Front springs  Posies chromed

Make/year of steering  Flaming River Steering Box

Make/year of front spindles  Chrome TCI

Make/year of brakes   front  early ford drums            Rear  early ford drums

Front end modifications   stock front Wishbones split with new bars made to look like 2 “c” channels riveted together, lower front shock mounts added  and then chromed, everything chromed including the drums backing plates, Deuce Factory Stainless Rod ends/shackles/lower front shock mounts,  

Other  smoothed master cylinder, polished stainless brakelines/fuel lines, chromed rear radius rods, chrome rear backing plates, chromed Winters quick change rearend, clutch and brake pedals rounded edges to look like ’40 Ford arms, all front end parts chromed, all chrome work done by Jon Wright’s Custom Chrome Plating in Grafton Ohio

 

Fuel tank/material/capacity  New “Tanks” tank, steel, 14 gallons.

 

 

WHEELS

Make & size of wheels  - front  Wheel handmade, 18X7   Rear Wheel handmade 16X4.5

Wheels were made from solid aluminum blocks (2 per wheel – 1 for the hoop, 1 for the center).  Hoops were heated slightly and centers dropped in/then bolted.  Front wheels were made first, then rear were enlarged proportionally so the entire wheel is a bit larger.  Wheels were made by Fossbinder Fabrications in Moline IL.

Hubcaps – Custom made, proportionately larger in the rear, mounted on a “hub” with bearing, so the V8 stays upright when rolling.

 

TIRES

Brand & size of tires – front Firestone 450/475 - 16 bias ply    Rear  Firestone 600/650 - 18

 

ENGINE

 

Make Cheverolet  Year  1968   Displacement  327 with double hump heads

Intake manifold  chromed 3X2’s 

Carburetor(s)  3 Rochester two barrels      Air cleaner  Chromed O’Brien Truckers

Valve covers Chevrolet        Ignition  stock distributor with Petronix kit

Headers/mufflers  Speedway polished stainless ram horns / stainless tube mufflers, 2” exhaust using donuts TIG welded/sanded smooth (by FastLane), then JetHot Coated on the inside, chromed on the outside

Other engine modifications  Block/heads completely smoothed, , valve covers feature black letters with the rest painted orange, modified Griffin fan shroud, custom made overflow tank, tri power setup by Larry Fulton at Hot Rod Carbs, chrome plated intake/powder coated carbs, powermaster chrome PowerGen chrome pulleys, Walker Radiator

Dyno/estimated horsepower  350 

 

DRIVETRAIN

 

Make/year of transmission  Ford Toploader from David Kee   Shifter modified Lokar

Make/type of clutch  Ford disc/Chevy clutch   Drive Shaft  Sadler Drive Train

 

EXTERIOR

Body style  32 Sedan Delivery       Material     steel

 

Manufacturer    Ford

 

Doors shortened/body lengthened 1.5”     By whom?   FastLane Rod Shop 

 

Body mods Doors shortened/body lengthened 1.5”, steel insert added to roof (all new channel added to roof for a flush fit), cut rear fenders and reshaped openings for better fit around tires, cut front fenders and remade to match side to side and better flow over front tires.  Modified front apron (better fit, finish off underside so it meets front rails, indentations for a more pleasing design), modified rear aprons for better fit and thinned up so they don’t look so clunky.  Also so they fit nicer around taillight stands.  Modified rear spreader for hidden wires.  Modified headlight bar (dropped one bolt hole in fender, narrowed, and cut apart and drilled for hidden headlight wires). Hoodtops pie cut 3/8” at front/nothing at rear, Delivery De-Luxe  bullnose added to grill shell, commercial shell,

 

Hood  Rootlieb  (pie cut for a better flow between cowl and shell)         (material)  steel

 

Grille   Commercial shell with insert     

 

Bodywork Done By    Dave Lane FastLane Rod Shop

 

                (city)   Donahue      (state)_IA      (phone)    563-843-2067 

 

Paint (brand)     DuPont ChromaPremier         (color)    Super Jet Black

 

Painter (name)    Dave Lane

 

Graphics Done By (name)     Pinstripe by Jim Hetzler       Muscatine IA      (phone) 563-263-2803

 

Headlights    ’32 Ford modified with blinkers and removed the “t” handle at the bottom of headlight ring.  Also hidden headlight wires run inside the headlight bar.

Taillights     Modified stock ‘32

 

 

Door handles  Stock

Glass  By Larry Utsinger of Kryger Glass in Davenport Iowa

 

Chrome Done By (name)  John Wright

(city)  Grafton

(state)  OHIO

 

 

INTERIOR

 

Dash Modified stock panel for ’32 Chrysler unit.  Classis instruments redid the panel, the hole in stock dash enlarged 3” wider and ¾” higher.

 

material – steel/hard rock maple,  special interior features  handmade upper windshield header, rear upper door header,all handmade steel panels in the rear, ’32 truck door panels, handmade kick panels, handmade floor panels with sunken rubber floor mats and dimpled screw holes, inner firewall with tranny tunnel,  smoothed inner fenderwells, Rear door garnish molding combines two 34 rear door garnish moldings with a lot of work,  Dennis Crooks modified original steering wheel (downsized), timed blinkers by Watson Street Works, modified original column and drop, All interior wood hard rock maple handmade by Kelly Page, Durant Iowa.  Many boxes of Dynamat extreme used throughout the interior keeps the interior surprisingly quiet and rattle free.

 

Gauges 1932 Chrysler panel modified by Classic Instruments.  We picked the fonts, colors. 

 

 

Wiring   Centech Panel with labeled black wires

 

By whom?    FastLane Rod Shop

 

City/state   Donahue, IA

 

Steering wheel    Scaled down ’32 wheel by Dennis Crooks of Quality Restorations

 

Interior mirror    ’32 Ford

 

Seats    Modified stock seats covered in canvas material (similar to Carhart)  by Steve and Marylin Ralfs.

 

Upholstery (material)   canvas       (color)  brown

 

Carpet brand/style    rubber floor mats custom cut and sunken in metal floor

 

Door Panels    Steel taken from ’32 truck doors and modified to fit (added 2.75” on each side of access triangle), pretty much hand made most of the garnish molding

 

Upholstery Done By   only seats by Steve and Marylin Ralfs

 

                (city) Durant       (state)  Iowa