0032 (custom car)

0032 is a custom-built 1932 Ford Roadster built by Chip Foose for Chuck Svatos. It won the 2000 America's Most Beautiful Roadster award.

0032
Overview
ManufacturerFord
Model years1932
DesignerChip Foose
Body and chassis
Body styleRoadster

History

0032 started life as a Hot Rods by Boyd project, Boydster II. After Hot Rods by Boyd went bankrupt, the car was taken in hand by Foose. It was repainted black, over the original yellow, reupholstered, and entered in the 2000 Oakland Roadster Show. It won that year's America's Most Beautiful Roadster award.[1][2][3]

As built, the car rode on a set of Foose's custom-designed five-spoke knockoff wheels, one of only two sets to exist (the other used on his Ridler-winner, The Stallion), as "big'n'little"s: 7 in × 16 in (18 cm × 41 cm) in front, 8 in × 17 in (20 cm × 43 cm) in back.[4]

0032 was Foose's first project as an independent operator.[5]

There is no origin on why (and/or how) it was called 0032.

Notes
  1. Geisert, Eric. "Ron Whiteside's Ridler Winner", in Street Rodder, July 2003, p.80.
  2. Aguilar, Kevin (April 3, 2006). "Exclusive Chip Foose Interview". Sport Truck. Archived from the original on January 26, 2007.
  3. Oakland Roadster Show winners Archived 2018-10-25 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 15 November 2018)
  4. Geisert, Eric. "Ron Whiteside's Ridler Winner", in Street Rodder, July 2003, p.81.
  5. Geisert, Eric. "Ron Whiteside's Ridler Winner", in Street Rodder, July 2003, p.80.
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