1932 Ford Deuce Highboy

[THarrison351]

1932 Ford Deuce Highboy by Danbury Mint. Oh boy I got luck on this one. This was a little more than I usually like to spend  of under $50. The same seller sold me the 1940 FORD Hot Rod and a Plymouth Prowler for cheap. I saved a bunch on shipping. I saw one of these in another listing and had no idea it had options. You can make it a street roadster highboy with a top on or off or you can remove everything and place Moon discs on the wheels and a tonneau cover over the cockpit and go dry lake racing. All it needed was a good polish and the windshield glued back in the frame.

The black baseball bat looking object is a magnet to help remove the Moon discs

Highboy Roadster with Duvall windshield

Drylake Racer with helmet and goggles

[Gramps46]

Now that is seriously tempting. Thanks for sharing.

[randyc]

That is a beautiful car.  And yes, it's not as easy to find them complete.  Kinda funny/ironic that they give you a magnet to remove the moon discs - aren't they supposed to be aluminum?

That's one I look at when I see them listed.  And watch if the price is reasonable...

 

[THarrison351]

13 hours ago, randyc said:

Kinda funny/ironic that they give you a magnet to remove the moon discs - aren't they supposed to be aluminum?

Yeah Randy, lol. The car came with no instructions, so the first thought I had was there must be a magnet in the disc to hold them to the wheel. When I looked at them up close nope, just punched pieces of metal. When I placed one near a wheel, it snapped right into place. Then I was trying to figure out how to get them back off. They fit very tight and wont slide around. I looked at the baseball bat thing and thought maybe it's a stronger magnet and viola, off they came.

So, I hope to be home on Saturday night. I plan to get back to the rest of the cars, get them cleaned up, repaired and posted. While I've been up here in the cold, I won a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria Custom from DM that has suffered the same fate most of them and the paint on the chromed top is cracking and flaking. I'll see of I can get the rest off and repaint it. There's a guy on eBay trying to pass one off as a mistake that never has had any paint. You can see in the pictures some overspray on the edges. Sheesh.

Edited January 17, 2020 by THarrison351

[randyc]

9 hours ago, THarrison351 said:

Yeah Randy, lol. The car came with no instructions, so the first thought I had was there must be a magnet in the disc to hold them to the wheel. When I looked at them up close nope, just punched pieces of metal. When I placed one near a wheel, it snapped right into place. Then I was trying to figure out how to get them back off. They fit very tight and wont slide around. I looked at the baseball bat thing and thought maybe it's a stronger magnet and viola, off they came.

So, I hope to be home on Saturday night. I plan to get back to the rest of the cars, get them cleaned up, repaired and posted. While I've been up here in the cold, I won a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria Custom from DM that has suffered the same fate most of them and the paint on the chromed top is cracking and flaking. I'll see of I can get the rest off and repaint it. There's a guy on eBay trying to pass one off as a mistake that never has had any paint. You can see in the pictures some overspray on the edges. Sheesh.

Gotta love when sellers try to pass off bad cars as something "special".   And it might work with buyers that haven't done their homework.  

Looking forward to seeing more of your recent bounty.

 

[cobraman]

Oh that's nice !