JD-- I can't argue with you on the motorcycles or airplanes. Or even the
Cord. But Deusenbergs?? Overpriced museum pieces full of 1920's
technology!! They couldn't hold a candle to the Cadillacs and Packards.
And '32 Fords? They were a mess. The low end Chrysler and GM products were
much better cars. And Ford? A new engine rushed into premature production
release full of goofy ideas some quickly abandoned in later models and
others like the distributor design cussed at by mechanics for the next 27
years. A quick cosmetic rehash of the previous year's models with virtually
no engineering improvement of the chassis. Disappointing sales. Maybe the
"Golden Age" for Henry's iron foundry and the beginning of the idea of
making "everyman's" car capable of high speed performance. But the first
decent Fords after the model A really didn't get built until 1939.
Sure the Deuce became a hot rodders favorite. But that was just an
aberation derived from the ease of mounting a later high powered engine in
its lightweight chassis with the resources of any amatuer mechanic. Look at
all the changes a street rodder needs to make to turn them into decent road
cars. And streamlined? Yup. Like a brick. So why am I so hard on 32
Fords? Cause I've owned one for 37 years.....
Ed Weldon
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.D. Tone" <gmc6power@earthlink.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
<ECTALSR@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Not a quick question...
> ..............................Sorry it's the 30's for the cars too for the
> same reason. How could the same decade bring us the "deuce", 32 Ford >
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