Today’s Fan Car Friday is brought to us by Henry and his 1932 Ford. Fan Car Friday is a segment where we want to share with the world the automobiles that our fans have. We have absolutely no affiliation/relationship with the cars, the build or the owners. This post was made with written consent from the owner.

When Henry was growing up he remembered “that car” his grandfather always drove around in. It was far from stock and it was nothing short of being a rocket ship, as he called it. He never thought much of what it was, often seeing cars similar to it in TV, at car shows or sometimes even around town. It was a car he adored as a kid, but when he got older it was simply a fond memory.

That was, until he saw the car his grandfather had. It wasn’t close in year, or similar styling like he normally saw. It was the exact same year with the exact same wheels and color. It was like a lightbulb went off in his head, and he suddenly had that exact same feeling of when he was a kid – all from simply seeing the car. So he did what any of us would, he followed the owner for the next 45 minutes until he stopped to get lunch and asked him a question nobody else in Henry’s family was ever able to answer with certainty. “What car is that?”, to which the owner simply told him “A 32 Ford”

While it may seem silly to be stuck on this question, you have to remember before the advent of the internet, they couldn’t simply view dozens of photos from various manufacturers to come upon the same make and model his grandfather owned.

From there Henry set out to build a perfect replica of the car his grandfather had. But what started out as almost a time machine back into his childhood youth turned into a hotrod.

He began with a 32 ford that had been Frankensteined into a cheap beater. He was determined to make it as original as possible once more. After more than two decades of going to various shows, swap-meets and salvage yards his 32 Ford boasts quite an array of original parts. While they all have been modified to his taste, the importance of them being OEM was not lost.

To rattle off a few highlights it has a clean frame, original firewall, original flathead V8 with vintage heads, manifolds, carbs and headers, original steel body, doors and trunk, original steering wheel, original wheels, original gauges, original 3:54 rear end, headlight bar, untouched front axle, steering box, steering column and it has a transmission form a 1939 toploader 3 speed.

Of course the car didn’t stay dormant for those two decades, but as the parts were found they were fitted back onto the car as they should be. When it was all said and done Henry decided to finally repaint it a raven black, give it a new interior and finally spring for a new canvas top. While the windshield is clearly modified, he keeps a spare original off to the side for when he says “this choptop fad is over”

Its not too often that we see a hotrod with this much passion going into it, we’re glad Henry shared it with us. He says his favorite thing about the car is how he has made it “that car” to a few of his grandchildren just like his grandfather did to him so many years ago.