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Hi, Bill. Ken Rhodes here with a little bit of trivia for you in regards to your coupe build. The car came from Boise, ID. It had been an early hot rod around here in the 50’s after sitting for many years. I was told the owners name was Miller, and he owned a sheet metal shop off Broadway. He sold the coupe to Bill (last name ?), who lived on Boise Ave. He tore the car semi apart and found out he was in over his head. Eldon Sailor told me about the car, and Galen Blanc and I went over to check it out. He didn’t want to sell, but I left him my name and phone number if he was ever interested. About six months later, he called and I bought the car. It was dark in his shop, and it looked a lot better than out in the day light, but hey, it was an original ’32 Ford. I took the car over to Galens and we proceeded to take the car further apart and found they did all of their body repairs in brass as he had hit a guard rail going up Bogus Basin road. They hit the right rear quarter and when they rebuild it they made their own deck lid to fit the now re-arranged opening. I ended up buying a new Brookville deck lid and front fenders as well. The car ended up over at Bill Griffins, and he got the body pretty well straightened out, primed and on its wheels again. I ended up trading it to John Francis for a running ’32 Ford sedan – he didn’t do anything to the car and ended up selling it on HRHL to Bill Neumann. It looks like Bill replaced everything but the body in his build and it is looking good. I just had to pass on the cars Boise roots.
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