1932  Ford Hi-Boy Roadster 

Concours-quality cars have to be trailered in order to protect their finely painted surfaces while they're on the show circuit; otherwise, all that laborious restoration work and expense would have been wasted.  "Trailer queens" are what these cars are callously called, but I, for one, have great respect and admiration for these magnificently crafted rolling works of art.  Whether or not these cars are driven should have absolutely no bearing on our appreciation of them.  I know firsthand what it involves to achieve a high level of quality when restoring an old car and, when its restoration is completed, how desperately you want to protect and preserve that quality as long as you can.  While some collector cars are rare, and others more valuable, it's the car's restoration quality that the majority of car owners are really trying to protect by transporting the cars in enclosed trailers.  Achieving an extremely high level of quality takes an incredible amount of hard labor, working every single detail to ensure that every square inch of the car, be it the body, interior, frame or engine compartment, is absolutely perfect.

For consignment, a 32 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster trailer queen, but that term is used in a good way, as it is truly a top notch build from head to toe and even underneath.  As a new owner you can drive this car and clock many miles on all its expertly crafted aspects.  Or you can continue to trailer it.  This vehicle has 10 best of show awards to go along with its restoration efforts.  The body is fiberglass and is from a company by the name Wood Bodies Inc, and shows very well.  The term hi-boy/highboy rose to define unmodified hot-rod bodies that sat still on top of the frame rails.  Specifically, one that no longer has its fenders and running boards, and has not been channeled.

Exterior
Simplicity abounds with the original “Deuce” being shaved of any bumpers, fenders, running boards, ornamentation and badging.  It is bathed in dark green on the top of the bodywork, and has a removable dark green canvas convertible top.  Its round rear is also covered in green.  Delineating the green from the lower beige is a painted on red stripe which forms a point just past the doors and acts as a secondary graphic.  The back end of this High-Boy has been shaved of its bumpers and has custom frenched tail lighting.  Note, the top has been chopped and the car looks fab in true hot rod styling with the side view in particular.  In front 18-inch Foose wheels are wrapped in like new 205/40ZR18's and on back are larger 20-inch Foose wheels with 255/45R20's.  These wheels are highly polished and look like a series of “surfer crosses” if you will, and are simply beautiful.  Chromed suspension sticking out the front and back is also a real plus on the overall look of this car.

Interior
An opening of the doors and I'm just in awe!  Mainly with the custom design of the panel inserts which take a curvaceous line and make it an armrest.  This is all in a field of tan ultra leather and it's as smooth as a baby's ass.  Inside, a curvaceous and bodacious tuck and roll undulating full bench seat takes over and is ready for me to enter, so I did.  Here I rest comfortably on ultra leather in a tan colorway, with tuck and roll inserts amongst a smooth center panel and bolsters.  I fit like an OJ glove in here and reach for the steering wheel which is also covered in this ultra leather and has a chromed satin 4 spoked X pattern to the center hub in the round.  It sits atop a tilt column so I can adjust to get it just right baby bear.  As I peer out the slightly tinted glass, I can look forward to a custom molded dash front with a centrally located instrument cluster.  These instruments are all black faced and have a neat red pointer.  They are within an oval aluminum horizontal ribbed panel and are deep inset.  This panel also has a satin feel just like the center of the steering wheel.  A custom molded hump covered console runs rearward from the under dash, and thins out as it gets to the shift lever.  This continues to the bench seat and dies there.  Wonderfully clean tan carpeting covers the floors and all side panels are also ultra leather.  Green accenting seat belts are now installed for driver and passenger.   Dark green sills for the doors and dash top also add some contrast to this tan field.

Drivetrain
Under the passenger side hinged cowled hood is a beauty of engineering in the form of an all chromed and polished engine.  It weighs in at 305 cubes and is a V8.  It sports tuned port EFI and a 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission with a quick change chromed rear axle.  Headers are on and Imco Mufflers as well as all pipes and bolt ons being chromed and shining like a crazy diamond.  Everything is perfectly detailed and all fitting within a cream engine bay.  Wear your shades!

Undercarriage
I've commented on the more fantastic undercarriages that you'll need a mirror and this car displays as such underneath.  No road dirt, no splatters, no runs, drips, or errors under here.  Just a cream painted undercarriage with molded surfaces as well as structural steel frame.  And if it's not painted it's chromed.  Yes, for all suspension and drivetrain undercarriage parts I see chrome.  This includes the mill's bottom end, steering linkage, and front 4 bar suspension with coil overs and rear 4 link with coil overs.  Power disc brakes have all stainless tubing and actual the brake parts are chromed.  Ribbed stainless hoses abound for all other fluids.  If it's not chromed it's painted in the cream.  Where's my mirror?!

Drive-Ability
I carefully pulled on to the test track where it handled all my tests with one hand tied behind its back.  I noticed no matter how long I drove it it never seemed to get out of the running rough phase, so I assumed it needed a tune up as it was definitely warmed up.

A show stopper, a best in show winner 10x and the High-Boy to beat all High-Boys.  A totally custom trailered machine showing as the ultimate hot rod, in modern simplified form.  If you are a minimalist you will be in hanky drop heaven.

Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.