1932 Ford V8 flathead original Barnfind first run after 50 years

Genuine original old 32 Ford barnfind first run out after some engine tinkering!. Stored since the sixties in North Dakota. Does have a 1940 type replacement flathead in it, but that was a sensible improvement in the day... Also look at first road drive • 1932 Ford V8 flathead ...
Another video to watch is this, history of the 32 Ford.really good!! • Video

[@osocool1too]

To listen to the old engine "ticking over" like that, is amazing to hear. What a beautiful unrestored car awaiting some TLC. 👍👍

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Back in 1932 a brandnew Cologne built Ford V8 driven by Konrad Adenauer (mayor of Cologne back than) was the first car that passed the first ever built section of german Autobahn between Cologne and Bonn @ 120 KP/H for more than an hour FULL THROTTLE without damage, when even German Luxury cars overheated or damaged the rod bearings :-))

[@1949kf]

Very few original 1932s left. Hopfully it won't become another custom "hotrod".Hope it is preserved.

[@labrd41]

It's already been compromised. "1940 type replacement flathead". Just don't cut it up.

[@josephbragg5445]

Yes you can do that with a kit ,please

[@MrWolfSnack]

It was a period engine swap, so it's fine. It's not a boomer-mobile. You can't get a 1932 Ford Flathead engine in every corner drugstore today, they are a little hard to come by.

[@74rockon]

@Joshua Webb why would you put something as useless and ugly As a boat anchor ls in place of that beautiful sweet running flatty for if ya wanna ls swap something do it to a corvette or something

[@billdang3953]

@@74rockon I also hate seeing a nice classic like this ruined by somebody who decides to put a built 350 in it and thinks that's an improvement. For something like this, its going to take much more than a built modern V8 engine to enable you to go on a long inter-city cruise or road trip in a classic vehicle like this.

[@joesixpack7551]

OMG, this car just plants a grin on you that is insane! Don't restore it, just freshen her up and enjoy every smile she pulls out of everyone!

[@davidpruyne7340]

What a beautiful original,,,, preserve it,,, leave it alone ,,,, it's awesome ❤

[@UrbanBoatingLee]

It's beautiful. Please keep it in this condition.

[@2233golf2]

What a nice old lady - and the way she idles is music to my ears... Thanks for posting.

[@osocool1too]

Imagine this car when it was new....what a beauty even after 87 years. 👍⚡️

[@mysticwine]

This beast had it's own peculiar voice, known to all who recognized it.

[@peetsnort]

I'm hoping for the sound engineer in Hollywood record that engines sound and use it in the next olden days movie

[@mrmotosclasicas]

Took plugs out and cleaned, put a little oil into all of the bores, remove starter motor and turn on flywheel teeth a little at the time. Ran gravity fed petrol direct to carb. Cleaned points and distributer pickup connections. Checked engine oil level. You can usually get an idea visually as to if the motor is likely to run or not! Like no parts tampered with or missing, healthy looking spark plug color and engine oil etc etc. I had done all this the day before video.

[@mrmotosclasicas]

It was found by a friend and trader in North Dakota along with a 46 Chevy pickup and another 32. He bought the lot which had al been saved in the 60's. I bought the pickup and this sedan. Sadly sold to another guy here in the UK now, but he is keeping it as it is.

[@1940limited]

Someone put a later model V8 in it, around 40s vintage; what was called a 59 A block. Lots of them were swapped out over the years. In 1932 the radiator hoses connected to the front of the cylinder heads. It's an easy way to tell if an old Ford had its engine changed. Still a neat old car. I'd leave it just as it.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

I believe that the 221 cube late pre-war was 81A. Looks much like a 59A.

[@BradHeavey]

I can smell that interior, oh yes old car smell!!

[@randybock82]

You said it! Hope it stays original. What a time capsule.

[@lorenreece1665]

Yup. That old car smell. Brings back memories of my Parents 1936 4dr Ford.

[@marleyorange]

generations of mice have enjoyed

[@markreisen7038]

Old musty 90 yo barn find oil and gasoline smell. Ah, to have a 32 Ford V8 would be so SWEET!!!

[@markreisen7038]

@@lorenreece1665 my first girl friend when I was a kid in 1966 had a 36 Ford v8 and he would pick us up from summer school in that car i can still remember how the old car smell.is something you never forget even 54 years later.

[@CEOkiller]

Bonnie and Clyde would approve of this car.

[@alexlozada1939]

I love it

[@alexlozada1939]

Bonnie and Clyde 💯💯💯

[@jameshankssr466]

Bonnie and clyde had a 34 not a 32

[@sunnymtnboy]

@@jameshankssr466 they were killed in a 34. many pix of them in 32,33, and the 34

[@jameshankssr466]

@@sunnymtnboy AND! They are famous for the 34 so who cares what cars they took pictures with

[@garyronan5568]

Back in the 1920's to the Mid 1930's my dad lived around Rolla North Dakota and the bootleggers ran booze from Canada to the big cities like Fargo and the Twin Cities in car's with hidden compartments in them. His older brothers worked on several cars owned by bootleggers. Wish I could talk to them about them day's now. I had no interest back when they were alive.

[@patriciaa.niblack7591]

My adoptive parents. Dad 1916. His wife 1920. Think my biological grandmother 1924 or 25. Her oldest son, 1946. His brother my uncle two or three years later. My Mom 1950. Me 1967. My brother 1969. But things didn't work out with first parents. Adopted at five. Second parents called them to have shorter version of explaining without that long word biological. Second Dad 63, his wife 59, when adopted me. So lived pretty much on farms with them. So I know of bobwire and etc... somewhat.

[@rickypasketofficial]

Always good to see these old girls come back to life

[@wingo7433]

I remember back in "72" or so we drove from the east coast to Kansas City, Mo. and my dad had bought a "46" Chevrolet Pickup Truck! It had 46,000 original miles on it and the original tires. It was a 1 owner truck and the owner died and we bought it from the son. It ran great with very little rust. It had the starter button on the floor. My dad had new tires put on it and my brother and I drove it back to Delaware and my brother and father restored it. I wish he still had it!

[@josephjakubec9584]

Leave it as is or restore. Please, not another street rod. To original and complete to destroy. Best to leave and drive as is.

[@averageyoutubeuser1175]

Ikr

[@chuckchuck4016]

Aren’t most street rods just replica Chassis tho?

[@billsteinly8105]

@@chuckchuck4016 usually modified chassis for better performance.

[@kraftpr]

Not too bad for an original 1932 and first time out in 50 years. Looks like critters have really done a number on the interior. Be careful of surprise guests! Hope it get lovingly restored to all original -- *not* one of those souped-up re-do's

[@edpazikas8777]

You should restore, keep the history alive and well! This car deserves some attention!

[@GeorgeCampbell1964]

That's one Clyde Barrow didn't steal.

[@colehara]

I hope Im still running that well when I'm 90.

[@madisonvillegirl1]

"Hello. I'm the vehicle you see on the Waltons." I just love old cars like that.

[@billkarmetsky4003]

What a beautiful machine. Magnificent! Something tells me that's not the original fan belt. If it is ... holy cow!

[@1949kf]

I hope it is preserved as original. Too many of these have been lost as customs and hotrods. Originals are very rare

[@drremulack6196]

+ Robert Glen... in a flathead engine the valves are in the block in a 283 overhead engine the valves are actually in the head

[@wittemanadrian]

Love the tickover sound!

[@mrmotosclasicas]

The first run implication is of driving it out under its own steam! I spent the day before getting the engine to run ok, just needed some distributor cleaning, gas tank and lines cleaned out. It did smoke a very little as it does at the pull away in the video......

[@peetsnort]

I certainly hope that the sound engineer in Hollywood record that engines sound. And use the soundtrack in the next gangster movies.

[@davidw2569]

Please don't restore or rod that original beauty!

[@udayupadhyay2442]

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[@udayupadhyay2442]

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[@dedeglaze1881]

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[@lobmin]

@E Dogg36 you clearly know very little about cars

[@jeromebreeding3302]

Wow, sixty ground shaking horsepower, a legend in it's own time !

[@michaelbenardo5695]

The 32 had 65 horsepower stock, but the 40 engine in this one was officially rated at 85 horsepower, but in reality make about 90.

[@vikingmike8139]

That is a gem. i wouldn't do anything to that car aside from change the oil, regular maintenance, and some good fuel on a country back-road. I like the mechanical(solid) camshaft sound of the valve train. Iskenderian Cams in Gardena California still has camshafts/lifters kits available for that engine.

[@peetsnort]

They will need leaded petrol

[@michaelbenardo5695]

@@peetsnort You can have hard inserts pressed in the the seat area, and use hard valves. Then you can use unleaded without having to constantly grind your valves.

[@peetsnort]

@@michaelbenardo5695 the powers that be in the UK are forcing petrol to be lower octane. E10. I have heard it's rubbish. It lowers your mileage by 15 percent. Like a stealth tax. I'm a diesel driver and the price of diesel in the UK is higher than the petrol price. You get more diesel from a barrel of oil. So I'm subsidising the petrol drivers. the establishment just uses motorists as a tax cow. Just my rant for the day

[@leroymitch3153]

nice. wish I could find one like that

[@Ken6151]

Yes, that engine is 1948 or earlier.

[@osocool1too]

The 1932 Ford was the start of something big with its new flat head 8...wow what a car it would be done up.

[@smug8567]

Another Festivus miracle!

[@markreisen7038]

That would be a Ford Festivus for all of us!!!

[@smug8567]

@@markreisen7038 For sure

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Yessir Mr. Seinfeld!

[@mrmotosclasicas]

Your right, not from that barn! It is the shed here in the UK I kept it in. It was stored on blocks in N. Dakota along with a coupe and other stuff, also a 46 Chevy pu. Saved and owned by a really old guy who bought up the vehicles in the 50's and 60's. Was the first run though....now has a new UK owner who is going to keep it as found..

[@mrmotosclasicas]

your right..it was missing on 2 cylinders....replaced the plugs later on in the day, I think maybe also the rings were sticky on those 2 cylinders. THat later improved also!!

[@lovefordgalaxie]

I agree on leaving her all stock. Now you need to find the stock motor, as this one on the car is a much newer 21 stud V8. Very, very nice car tough!!!

[@jeromebreeding3302]

Set aside the 21 stud and substitute a good stock 59AB flatty.Add hydraulic brakes, and off you go !

[@timnewman1172]

If it is going to be driven, I'd leave it in there...

[@miguelsalami]

A new paint job & new interior and re chromed bumpers will make her a real head Turner.

[@Rimrock300]

Hopefully this one just got perserved, not ruined buy a total makeover, new paint and so on. So much better when a old car looks original, used. Naturally interior should be fixed.

[@cochinero547]

Back when cars were machines. Complicated, but still machines, not rolling computers.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

That's one of the big reasons I won't buy a modern car. I don't want a rolling computer, I want an automobile, one that I can work on in my garage or driveway.

[@daniko4447]

I feel how epic is to see a car like this walking

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Wow! What a great find.

[@ianrkav]

So, for the day it was fast and armour plated too! No wonder it was a gangsters favourite:-) Thanks.

[@drjohnsonhungwell5115]

I wouldn't change it at all , except maybe fresh interior in original material and a good wash and change of fluids

[@batworld1]

Love your car, I found an old horn off a 32 and put it on my truck its really screams on 12 volts, scares the crap out of people.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

You are probably going to soon burn it out using 12 volts.

[@geraldmorain3166]

beautiful nothing better

[@gojoe283]

Happy Days Are Here Again!!

[@mrmotosclasicas]

The brakes are rod brakes so they either work or they dont, I knew they worked enough from pushing it around the yard alot before we got it running. I ran the motor for the first time the day before....it was stuck when it arrived from USA. First run and drive is this video which was taken the next day.......

[@alexlozada1047]

Sooo beautiful 💯

[@GeorgeBonez]

Man I was waiting on Baby Face Nelson to start shooting his Tommy Gun out the window when I first saw this thing come out of the garage! Wow! That's freakin kewl!

[@digilyd]

Just the essentials, essentially, thank you!

[@Alexn1067]

could use new upholstery and head liner....but the original even in its run down condition is appealing

[@henlor68]

What a beauty!!! Plz, never restore it. Keep it as is :D

[@alanjm1234]

Beautiful. Just patch up the bullet holes and leave as is! Incredible to think it's getting close to a century old.

[@tomshiba51]

I like hot rods, but leave this one stock. Nice find.

[@herbienbrian2]

ha! the old girl still has the beans to spin em!

[@michaeledwards8058]

i have a pair of original weatherd California licence plates from 1932 . they would be perfect on this old timer

[@johnhennery8820]

So butiful car thanks for sharing this with us please don't change anything on it so cool

[@ForeverEuroHouse]

i think sound comes from radiator fan. great car. like old times no make up, polished.

[@barrybrock2412]

Great barn find

[@alanlegere6000]

Clyde Barrow wudda loved this.

[@Chernobypi67]

Car goin to museum

[@rosalbertovilela1419]

MEu pai teve 1936 No ano de 1965...o saudade....o distribuidor era na frente do lado da hélice...Very good 👏👏👏👏

[@birdmankustomz666]

Old engines are simple, my dad just got a 1970 Ducati running for the first time in 30 years by simply cleaning the carb and giving it new gas, turned over on the 2nd or 3rd kick.

[@ew1usnr]

Wow! That would be a blast to drive to work every day. Really! I would LOVE to drive that to work everyday!

[@GeorgeBonez]

+ew1usnr I drive a 64 Ford Fairlane to work everyday. ha Yeah I know its not quite the same but in some ways it is! lol

[@ew1usnr]

+GeorgeBonez Hello, George. I drive a 1963 Ford Falcon hardtop with a 260 V-8 and a two-speed Ford-O-Matic transmission to and from work everyday. It puts a big smile on my face every trip. A friend at work drives a beautiful light-blue 1967 Fairlane hardtop. The gas cap on that car is behind the license plate. If I were to ever get another old car, though, it would probably be a 1930s - 1940s Ford with flathead V-8. It would not be fast by modern standards, but that does not matter. It would be fast enough and would be blast to drive. But, ... a 1961 Thunderbird would be nice also. Have fun with your 1964 Fairlane!

[@MrFairlane58]

Looks like a '39 motor in it now.

[@waynemetevia7983]

Sounds pretty good to me. Probably would make a good restoration project because it looks to be in remarkable shape for an 80+ year old car. At the very least restore the interior to original condition then just wash and wax the exterior. I agree with everyone else about NOT turning it into another street rod.

[@bav854]

Did anyone notice this car had a later model engine fitted. This model came out with a 21 stud flattie with the water pumps fitted to the heads. All the models from 1932 through to 1936 had water pumps on the heads.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Yes, I noticed that.

[@coreyconley8267]

Amazing car just re-do the Interior keep it original though gotta love old cars!!!

[@1940limited]

My father had a 32 Ford V8. He said it used more oil than gas.

[@topseyshakehands]

NICE MOTOR.

[@rayden111966]

A gave a like to this. Love the classics hope you revive her to her original beauty or put a stroker in it and hot rod the hell out of it, either way works for me as long as it doesn't go to waist rusting and disappearing into the ground.

[@mrmotosclasicas]

@brand0nwhite THanks. It REALLY is a rare find. Sadly for sale. Maybe it will end up back in the USA, who knows....

[@bluesharp59]

Cool video and Thumbs Up like.

[@edwardyoung522]

Actually, it's in pretty good shape. Mechanics aside, it just needs some interior work. I would drive it!

[@GaryOK]

Lovely noises ..what a beautiful car !!! I have a few videos from a vintage car parade here in merry olde england on my channel if you wish to see a few more cars ( vhs quality ) Great video by the way !!!!

[@VinnyMartello]

I would leave that puppy just the way it is. It's perfect!

[@fuxgood]

Sounds like a shine runner. Back in the day a Ford flat head couldn't be beat. All the early race drivers ran Ford flat heads and so did Bonnie and Clyde.

[@hungrysparrow]

Built to last.

[@patrickcannell2258]

Sounds like bonny and Clyde making a getaway.

[@pimpompoom93726]

Needs a lot of work, but has a lot of potential.

[@QueerOkie]

Dang the ol girl is quick I would preserve it as is with the exception of the upholstery since it is pretty well shot

[@jasonlieu5379]

I wish I could have a car just like that all original 32 Ford v-8 all original

[@pandvsims]

The same car that Bonnie & Clyde used!

[@jamnee]

It has to be pretty rare to find an original unrestored 1932 Ford V8 car! Most of these were chopped or customized.

[@ScottDLR]

Now that's what I call patina!

[@Syrasruse]

No modern jalopy aint gonna be doing what this old gal did!

[@christophervidrine3472]

That hole just above the front license plate is for hand cranking.

[@Nowforever13]

bav854 if you would read the about, it says it has a 1940 replacement which was sensible upgrade then aside from that the oil would have been sludged up beyond repair wouldve had to get a brand new engine

[@oldbob1951]

I think I'd leave that '32 just as it is. It is much more unique that way.

[@yeahright302]

they used a 1934 ford.not because of the metal for bullets,because they like the v8 power.

[@Saurous3098]

What a great car to own

[@asd36f]

Patina, patina, patina!

[@sugey349]

nice car bro!!

[@alstefan4814]

It’s only original once, so please DONT restore it, what a stunning car....

[@jimmotormedic]

Come on down folks and check this fresh low mileage trade in out. This baby has super low mileage one owner and still smells like new. Better hurry this one won't last! Seriously this is a very nice find. I hope it survives as an original unrestored driver. No chop top and small block Chev please!

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Nice one for sure.

[@ICInnovations]

This car is sweeeeet!