HISTORIC Hot Rod is Revived After 60 YEARS of Hibernation
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Historic hot rods are still out there, waiting to be found! This example is an outstanding 1932 Ford five window coupe, built by Jim Smart in the 1950's. He sold it to Jack Cowan, and then the car sat inside a garage in Niceville, Florida until 2020. Follow along to see a brief overview of this car's history, and stay tuned for a full feature when Josh completes the restoration and preservation of this car. We're referring to it as the Air Force '32, due to Jim's history with the US Air Force, which led him to find the car just outside the Elgin Air Force base during the 1950's.
So much great history with family tie-ins...you'll want to watch that one! For now, we're covering the rescue efforts, then the cleaned-up survivor when Sonny Smart had it at the NSRA Street Rod Nationals South, then the preservation efforts of Josh Scronce and Donnie Smart. This is an incredible piece of hot rodding history, and Josh is truly doing it justice by putting it back on the road with period correct parts. In part 2 of Air Force '32 video (the full feature) we'll get to listen to that 265ci small block Chevy run and hopefully take a ride down the road in this rolling display of hot rod history.
Also in this video, we do a quick walk around of Josh's shop, which has tons of great hot rod parts and memorabilia hanging on the walls, including a hand painted sign that reads Hudson Drag Strip and much more.
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Thanks for giving our service men a shout out!!! Freedom isn’t free! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks for sharing, I am dieing with cancer but hope I am around long enough to see the finished product.
I love these stories & old photos. This hot rod is gorgeous and when finished will be a perfect 10.
I hope there are hot rods & so fourth in heaven.
No one does it better. This is one of my favorite videos of yours. I appreciate you helping Sleeperdude & really enjoy your family inclusion in your videos. God bless you and yours!! 🤓
Really nice to see these old hot rods being saved with the history that goes with them.
Great video Tommy.
I agree Joe!
I’m lucky to own 1930 model A Hot Rod with lots of history and sentimental value 👍🇺🇸
A very cool car and a great history! 🇺🇸 I noticed the torque tube drive, I hope he keeps that. I think it's important to preserve the history as much as possible. It's easy to go to digital dashes and seats from a Silverado, but I do love old school hot rods just as they were. 👍
I’m happy to hear that the new owners are putting it back on the road. It deserves to be.
This Marine wanted to get back to my 40 Ford when I returned from Viet Nam in 1970...
Wasn't long though before I purchased a new 70 Z28...in green...
of course...Big Smile!
Semper Fi
Keep the vintage cars alive cool stuff GODSPEED
That car is what I would call Classic Cool!!!
Cool as the coldest frozen cucumber. Thanks for sharing
Another great upload - Much love to ya from England...................................................
That's like a dream, to find a car like that, in that condition. Another great film, always worth.
That's one sweet looking Hot Rod !
Way cool '32,and fantastic story. Would love to come down and see all your historical drag racing collection. We are close to you often cutting through 111 to Chattanooga.
Save the classics!
That car is freaking sweet! I need to get one some day. Great video
Wow what a trip, i was stationed @ Eglin AFB from 1974-1977, used to drive through Niceville a couple times a week.
Awesome old hot rod and what a fantastic shop to get to play in. Thanks for the show. Ron
I have a 32 that was tricked out in the 70s then left to sit, I am restoring it to its 1970's glory self... Glad to see there are still some solid cars out there.
Very cool car with a great history, I can`t wait to see the update.
That has lots of period goodies on it and someone obviously spent a lot of time reading Hot Rod ,R&C etc in the 50's. I'm a bit of a fan of the little 265 ,which may sound like a small engine compared with todays monsters but they rev easily which is more desirable in a road car,especially when they only have to propel a light weight Deuce .
Agreed, with that old 39 transmission backing up the 265, the last thing you need is one of the torque monsters everyone seems to want these days.
So true!! Rev happy!!! Quick
What a brilliant garage, so much automobilia and mementos , love this story.
What an amazing car and story. Can't wait to see it again.
Hudson dragstrip, I remember that track. I used to go to that track when I was a kid and don't live too far from it at all. Unfortunate it closed.
Hell yea man always awesome
Great story, cool car with a nice chop. Get a kick out of the old Keystones!
Best thing about these old relics, they have a story with them spanning decades. Cars built now wont have nothing as cool as these stories in the forthcoming years (if we have cars still) different time that's for sure
I built a ton of these as models as a kid... '30's era cars were really cool...
Thank you for sharing this car with us. Enjoyed your video.
Thanks for bringing us another great video
That car is awesome. Great video, thanks for sharing it with us
Excellent Story and Beautiful Car
As an Englishman who has lived hot rods for 61 of my 71 years l just can't understand how.anyone could own a wonderful car like this and leave it to rot like that.thank god it's being restored now.
Great content. Cannot wait for the follow up. Thanks.
Love this channel. I think when you go back. Find out if that’s a Z11 air cleaner on the back wall at 8:40. Thank you.
Very cool champion 👍
Sweet ride, looks like he's doing this car right, by saving the originality of it.
Cool!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍
Neat car and story. Looking forward to more.
Makes me warm and fuzzy.
excellent
Eglin pronounced as Eggland. Nice car...never knew there was drag racing at Hurlburt. I work on Hurlburt....will have to look into that and see if I can find something on it. This is really in my neighborhood..,cool.
Cool car. My father fought in WWII in Europe and Korea.
those keystones look to be the early version so they easily could have been added in the '60s rather than the '70s. kustomags came out the same year as the crager s/s wheels; 1965.
A nice all steel 32 deserves to have a small block ford. Just saying. A Ford in a Ford will always be my favorite.
I'm glad it's getting cleaned up and refurbished, but still staying true to the original intent of the car. I get tired of the "patina/leave it as found" bullshit. Bring these hot rods back to the glory they deserve.
Sorry. I meant 5:40 for the air cleaner.
Great video. Personally I believe the the looks better the way it was found, do some upgrades to drive but don't destroy the history as restoring it just makes it another 32 Ford
I hope he paints it eventually in an old school laquer, that mix of new primer and old paint just looks strange.
Dose that person want to sell that airplane on top of the car at the very beginning of the video?
there is one here in san antonio that was an original from the late 50s, it was damaged at a barretts auction years ago and is now apart going back to its original state, it has a early olds v8. if you have any idea of the magazines the car appeared in i can look through my collection for pictures and articles. some go back to the late 40s and the Hot Rods start in dec 55, that issue had a purple full fendered 32 on the cover. you can find me on facebook but sr has to be after my name.
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It's not Elgin Air Force base it's Eglin Air Force base.
Sorry about that. I never knew I was dyslexic.
I never can understand why people don't invest in a car cover for these cars... or at least some kind of covering...
Retain all original pieces
Shows chevy v8. ?
Beautiful Coupe,but a Ford with a GM drive train is blasphemy to me. Ford Flat head is what it should have. JMO?
He fck'd it up
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