'32 Ford 3-Window - tribute to the Bergman-Gammell-Meyer Deuce Coupe

[Phildaupho]

This model is a tribute to what has become known as the Doyle Gammell 3-Window Deuce Coupe because Doyle owned it when it appeared in Rod & Custom magazine in 1963. Doyle however did not build the car. The builder was Dick Bergen who really wanted to join the LA Roadster club so traded the Coupe for Doyle’s T-bucket. Doyle did not keep the Coupe very long and it later became well known when it looked very different after a subsequent owner gave it a flamed purple paint job and swapped in a big block Chevy. Eventually Bruce Meyer acquired the car and had it restored back pretty much to the way it looked when it appeared in Rod & Custom. More recently Doyle has built a close replica to the Coupe that has become synonymous with his name.

 

ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS

BODY

Top chopped

Flat firewall with dual master cylinders

Sewing needles for radiator support bars

Aluminum tube spreader bars

Widened Moon Tank with winged cap

Added one windshield wiper

I tried to replicate the chrome fender welting but was not happy with the look so it was removed after the photos were taken

INTERIOR

Replicas & Miniatures button-tufted upholstery which the car had when Doyle got it and as it appeared in R&C. He had it reupholstered in tuck & roll

Hung pedals

Fabricated shifter from metal rod and white pin head ball

Parts box steering wheel with holes drilled

Fabricated Tachometer

ENGINE

Rochester fuel injected engine and transmission from Revell ’59 Corvette

Changed generator to driver’s side

Metal headers from unknown source

Exhaust system incorporates wide spaced tailpipes from current Revell Deuce Roadster

CHASSIS

Motor mounts from ’59 Corvette

Rear transverse spring and cross member from AMT 40 Ford

Rear shocks from ’59 Corvette

Triangulated 4-link rear control arms – I could not find any images of the underside and there are many different configurations of triangulated 4-link arrangements so I came up with my own.

Faux beam front axle

Split wishbone radius rods from Revell Model A

PAINT – ModelMaster Manganese Brown Metallic enamel darkened with black enamel

[SpikeSchumacher]

Very sharp!

[thatz4u]

gotta love a 3 window 32 Ford, well done

[Jim B]

Great looking Deuce Coupe.  Very well done.

[karbuildr]

Outstanding replica.