1932 Ford V8 Promotional Film
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Historical promotional film advertisement reel for the 1932 Ford V8, commonly known as a "Deuce Coupe"
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“Tests indicate it will last the life of the car”
89 years later and it’s still there
Boggles the mind that every single adult you've seen in this iflm is long dead
It happens to everyone alive...the ending is inescapable.
Endorsed by Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd and Ma Barker.
CEOkiller Wow! Thank You! It is my Hope you get this Reply somehow on Google, Sir! If you do, please send me a message, I have something you may be interested in seeing regarding Bonnie and Clyde, Sir.
Rex Allison I'd also be interested in your Bonnie and Clyde info, if you're willing to share it.
Back in the late 80's I was driving down a back road a fair bit outside of Atlanta, and saw a spotless Packard in a guy's front lawn, shiny black. Had to stop. He saw me looking, came out, invited me to look inside, chatted for about a half hour with him.
He had been a mechanic for some guys who needed to get large quantities of alcohol from one place to another, quickly, back in the thirties. And the Packard was one of the cars he used to work on, and which he kept for his personal vehicle.
Guy must have been in his eighties if he was a day, but was sharp as a tack about the differences on power, set ups, etc., of all the hot cars of the thirties.
Wish I had had a tape recorder or videocam...a bit of authentic American History. My son was not yet born but I wish he could have taken that afternoon in.
+CEOkiller And don't forget all the police forces! Hey!; they had to keep up!
Can I see it too Rex. I enjoy reading on Bonnie & Clyde!
@@rexallison4673 I'd like to know what it is, too.
I can not belive this technology is almost 100 years old. Simply can not belive it, how amazing!!!
Math
Henry was ahead of his time and relentless the first couple decades. But to look at it another way is how little has changed in 89 years. Trucks are basically the same crude behemoths they always were. The main advances to come were hydraulic dual circuit brakes, Ethyl Fuel allowing high compression and more power, and ball joints and SLA front suspension in the 50's. Everything else is seasoning. - Sandy
This old promotion film is invaluable to any 1932 Ford enthusiast 😎
In 1960 I bought a Ford 2 door v8 Tudor,, had trouble starting it, wrote to Ford USA, and they sent me a works manual by airmail, for free. When I got the logbook, it had been brought back from the USA, by none other than Randolph Turpin, the boxer. It was the one with the bullet nose like a propellor.
The voice of the narrator combined with the sweet music makes you float in a land of milk and honey - absolutely wonderful.
Wish car commercials these days were like that!
It amazes me how anyone at any time could have sat down and designed something like this with such intricacy and detail that actually works well. It also amazes me how much more complicated they are today. Notice also how people spoke then as compared to now? Its amazing how language has devolved so horribly.
Welcome to the millenial era. Leftists don't care about quality. They just want to co ntroll ur ass
No one takes pride in there work anymore. Today's cars are plastic and rubber bands
@Ralph Goober Sickening? What, when we say that we don't want America to become Mexico? Just like nearly all Americans during the great immigration waves?
Ralph Goober Nothing- and it’s not Republicans hiring Mexicans, (per say) rather it’s greedy corporations and businesses. And the government.
Also, you seem to think that it’s only acceptable to speak politics on political videos. As if it’s not perfectly OK anywhere on the internet.
Ralph Goober
Don’t tell the Germans or French that steam engines were invented in the UK.
From what I understand, no one really knows who invented it, but it is one of those three countries.
Thank you for sharing that video. The 1930's were definitely the time for ford automobiles.
promotional carvideo today, shows you the design and features of the car. back in the 30´s they disassembled the whole car and explained it to you :D
+MetalTiger88 today people only worry about bling..
@Billy Calhoun AND the Dealer has no B.A.R. (mechanics police) so they can get away with telling u to replace things that are perfectly fine!! Dealers are theives. Their Techs aren't anything but parts installers. They really dont diagnose anything, just throw parts at it and hope for the cure without even looking for the origin of the problem...
Ron Remer. ASE master truck cert. For 25yrs (all 7).
Nowadays they focus on the tablet that is called "infotainment"
Ron Remer all automotive repair shops and dealers are policed by the bureau of automotive repair. I’ve known plenty of ASE patched up techs that couldn’t wipe there owns ass or fix a sandwich let alone a car as well as being thieves. The 20 yeas that I have been in service and parts I have seen both parts replacer and true geniuses that could repair anything. All businesses are filled with mostly mediocre and inept employees.
Back then they EARNED the customers money (well, mostly), this video is a testament to that.
"Here's what you're getting, here's how it's built and the principles we employed building it, good luck choosing your new automobile." So basically none of that "bluefinger connectivity mumbo jumbo" xD
Such a beautiful era
Wonderful car with unbelievable powerful engine 👍👍❤
It would nice if today's promotional videos went into so much detail as to how the cars are built.
What a car! They really convinced me to buy one.
E34Benzin It was the Primary Target of Clyde Barrow; the Ford V-8 powered the Barrow Gang to a 27-month-long Manhunt by Dallas Sheriff's Office; ending in the Ambush of Clyde and Bonnie May 23, 1934.
E34Benzin Same here brother, however they aren't answering their phone when I called :(, I think the dumb operator broad mis-connected me. :P
cybertree Ha, ha, we really need to improve this technology! :)
I WOULD Buy One in a New York Minute! I have 8 1920`s Cars! 3 Are Fords! I restored a Beautiful 1932 Ford 8! back in the 1990`s, Only to have someone buy it from Oklahoma too street rod the shit out f it! The windshield was literally 7" tall after the Undoing of this Rare Car! They made few of these Cars before making the new 1933 V 8 That was made until late 1934! The 1932 was only produced for a few months from 1931 until mid 1932! SAD To see these Beautiful Cars DESTROYED Starting in the 1950`s! I appreciate them as is!
Yes, but the film doesn't tell you that attention to quality control made Ford stop manufacturing it as it exceeded the defined standards. Somehow that happens with a lot of good stuff.
This is one of the best pieces of footage I've seen of Ford's '32 lineup. Oh the treasures you find.
I wonder if that first car is still around anywhere. Must be worth something with Henry having stamped #1 into its engine himself.
If I'm not mistaken it's in a museum. A model A serial number 1showed up in UA-cam in a car collection o bed by a hoarder. It needed everything but who would care?
Ford was proud of their 32 Ford. The Ford V8 was a great piece of Engineering in it's day.
Without his son, Edsel, Henry would have run FoMoCo into the ground with the obsolete Model T.
Without Henry, Edsel might have lived longer...
CEOkiller Edsel was quiet and unassuming. He was progressive and wanted Ford cars to be up to date, but was fought by Henry every step of the way. Henry Sr. wanted to "toughen" Edsel, and instead, broke him.
CEOkiller Exactly Right, Sir.
gojoe283 Right! Ol' Henry Ford didn't want that newfangled, opulent V8!! Edsel truly pushed the technology of the day (and pushed his Dad!). It's a shame that the car that would bear his name, would be such a low-tech, funny looking DUD!
Not completely true. While Henry resisted change for the sake of change, he went in head first on the V8. His own engineers told him a monobloc V8 was impossible and it would bankrupt him to try. His response was "anything that can be drawn can be cast". He did hang on to the T far too long though.
Clyde Barrow once wrote Henry Ford extolling the performance of the Ford V-8 as used in Barrow's craft ("…although my line of work ain't strictly legal…) . The letter is now in the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
Also impressed by the fact that they had a steering column lock/ ignition switch way back then !
Great bit of nostalgia. But before we ooo and ah too much over Ford’s “innovative” V8 motor, let’s not forget that CHEVROLET introduced their V8 motor for the 1917/1918 Touring model. 😉
Yeah but Ford cast the block in one piece making it affordable.
Yeah, a whopping 36 horsepower from a 288 cubic inch engine, and a huge sales failure.
It's funny how many body types there were. I wonder what indecisive people did then.
Ah, the dawn of hotrodding. Thanks in part to the tinkering of amateur racers, in 10 years this same engine would be stroked out 13 inches, compression raised to 7:1, and horsepower nearly doubled.
It’s wonderful to see them show each part of the car and explain its purpose and efficiency.
I guess it was sort of revolutionary, but it was still a valve-in-block flathead with cast babbitt bearings until 1937. The exhaust passed through the block, requiring a big cooling system. If only they would have gone to overhead valves! And Ford's stubborn resistance to abandon mechanical brakes was odd.
You have to start somewhere. 40 years before this they were on horseback.
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My grandfather had a 37 Ford when my mom was little, she said the brakes were horrible...
He traded it for a 1940 Chevy Master 2-door sedan, it was his "baby"!
From the T to V8 was great thinking, if Henry had left out the transverse spring in 32 the car could have been better, the Y block was far to late should have been in all post war Fords, Ford with all its faults built some of the most beautiful automobiles ever..
I love these old promotional films. They're a lot of fun to watch.
Cool promo film, although I keep waiting for Laurel and Hardy with that music.
So Henry Ford went from any color you want, so long as its black, to any standard color except pink, at around 31 minutes. I can just see him saying: all right, they can have it in blue, or red, or green, or brown, or tan, or yellow, but I'm drawing the line at pink!
CaptainDiegoAlatriste What an Excellent Comment! I'm laughing my tail off!
Rex Allison Thanks. Glad I could add a little joy to the world.
What is even a bit stranger regarding vehicle colors is that I toured the Harley factory in York PA with a grad school MBA/Accounting class. They were just beginning to transition to multiple wild color schemes. And they did NOT draw the line at pink...said it sold well among it's predominantly female ridership.
Though if someone who wasn't born a woman rocked pink, I would think that either they were a fairly tough homosexual, or that it was a case of Johnny Cash's "Boy Named Sue".
But for me, as a former rider (Norton 600cc Dominator, sold in UK, dual carb no filters, as fast as a 750), I had mine repainted.
Shortly before, Tom Wolfe had written "Candy Apple Metalflake Orange..." something or other; I thought the orange was too bright, in the direct Florida sun. So I went with Candy Apple Metal Flake Apricot. Always got comments, don't recall any of them being negative.
And of course, there is Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac", sliding down the street...
guess that you didn't know that elvis Presley was henry ford incarnated and eventually got himself a pink Cadillac !
Besides the technological limitations in things like power
This is an exceedingly modern engine
With an impressively efficent design, from a production standpoint.
I mean hell, look at that distributor.
Look pops, we gotta keep up with the times, the T was ok but now it strictly high button shoes.
Some roads are getting better and people want to drive faster farther and better.
We got all these engineers, let's have em do something. Edsel, you may be right, go ahead with the
eight.
The 1932 V8 is an American classic. Known for its inexpensive price, speed and durability. Makes you wanna say "Melvin Purvis, eat my dust!"
Not if Purvis drove a Buick, Packard, Marmon, Stutz, Cadillac, Rickenbacker, Peerless, Chrysler, Duesenberg,... .
Are they selling the car to the general public or telling mechanics how to do a complete engine tear down?
Yes.
This is a very educational and informative film. Pretty amazing that Ford thought he could build his way out of the depression!
@29:30 And thus was born the Hot Rod culture.
Ford was a great genius and a great man. Everyone should read his books.
Yeah, but also crazy as he got older, and very prejudiced, and paranoid. And a tyrant.
I agree irishguy13 ! I have some of his books. Extremely impressive individual
He was a famous anti-semetic also and he admired Hitler.
Great man? Does being an anti-semite qualify him? Engineer - yes. Great man not really
@chief tp
Is that a serious question?
There are many places that you can accurately find out what an anti-semite is!
I think your question may be a piss-poor attempt at trolling!
Wow 1932 was a very good year. All those variants, I’ll take a roadster and pickup.
Except that it was well into the great depression and most people couldn't afford one.
Very impressive.Those folks back then really got a lot of value for their money.
I rather have a modern care. Or at least one with hydraulic brakes even if the rear brake are drum brake. Electric wiper motors ar nice too. I rather have the cabin be built on a metal frame, not a wooden frame.. Today's engines and transmissions and other mechanical assemblies/ electrical last longer. With the AC running better fuel economy today at higher average rod speeds.. Don't get me wrong it would be fun to have one of these in brand new condition to drive around in nice cool weather where that V8 wouldn't overheat. But not a great daily driver in modern times.
Look up 365DaysOfA. Guy drove a Model A for a year and nothing else. Over 15,000 miles. Didn't overheat once, said it was a great daily driver.
It was 1932. No one had any money.
I Love The 1934 Ford Cars!!! My Favorite Is The 1933 Ford Model A 2 Door!
Ha! Watching this video, makes me want to watch "Bonnie & Clyde" with Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway! I wonder what the foot pounds of torque was in this beauty (or did I miss that part)?
I know this is a three year old comment but if you're still wondering, I think 130 lbf ft. yeah it makes me want to watch highway men.
Can anyone read lips? Wondering what that bumper is saying at 34:45
That was so weird
I just bought a 36 ford pickup and this video was really informitive
This is amazing footage. Thank you for sharing! Love seeing the detail to advertise cars in 1932.
I want one. Sports Coupe, or Delux Fordor.
nice crank shaft. Mechanical brakes will be ok if kept up.
I love vintage era videos! This is a good find. Thank you for sharing!
plastic timing gears,full floating wrist pins,aluminum intake, distributor+coil driven off the cam directly wow! all so steering wheel lock was ahead of the times! all so almost 20mpg at 60mph not bad!
And this inter-war Ford provided the basis for many a 1950's and '60's hotrod, more than apparently any other of the make.
32 ford was all steel construction. 32 chevys and others were steel over wood, not many survived.
Remembwr when thr American public wasnt treated like morons by manufacturers. Good old days.
Where did you find these videos? Great stuff. Thank you for the upload.
How did they manage to drive back then without 23 inch display and ambient lights?Hmmmm..
Yes... And the wheels are of the circular type.
Yeah those oval wheels were a bit Laurel & Hardy 😆 and as for your new friend I think he had a sense of humour bypass !!!
Valve grind at 25K. Overhaul at 50K. That's what the old mechs used to tell me.
My granddad had a 1950 Ford with a Flathead/ Overdrive that he drove until1964. He was an iron worker and traveled all over the USA in it, it was overhauled in 1960 and I remember it had right around 100k on it, but it also had an oil filter from day one and he never had anything but Kendall in it and was religious about his oil changes and maintenance.
That was probably a lot of miles for a car back then.
I enjoyed the hell out of that.
Locking steering column in 1932, that I didn't know.. In an era of mechanicak brakes and vacuum windshield wiper motors.. Never drove anything with mechaical brakes, but a 1938 GMC had the weakest brakes of anything I ever drove.. Diven sever vehicle with the vacuum wiper motors..Serviceable when you get used to their slowing down when backing off the accelerator or they get well worn out.
That transition from cartoon to the real car was kinda slick
She's my little Duce Coupe
I want a sedan, a Ford truck, and a Coupe Deluxe. To bad Ford doesn't make these anymore!
In 1932 very few Cars could catch a Ford........They could do 100 MPH,when most cars would struggle to do 80.
The Ford V8 was the first of the true performance cars that the average American driver could afford. It's where it all began.
No modern manufacturer would make a vehicle of such high quality today as the thing would out last the company making them. No need to trade in for a new vehicle every few years. Wish i could go back time a buy a few of these beautiful vehicles .
5.5 to 1 compression? Must have not had 90+ octane gasoline. Oil change at 1000 miles probably because there was no oil filter. These engines were pretty bullet proof though.
I was just reading a 1950 issue of motortrend and your right. They didn't have the required octane for high compression engines.
They could run off anything too. Dirty gas, kerosene, whiskey (seriously), you name it.
With 5.5 to1 compression u could use lowest octain leaded gas around. And oil changes at 1000 were longer than some. Some required 8
700 mile changes and total rebuild at 25000 miles wasn't uncommon.
Octane was low (more lead could have been added though)
No oil filter, and the use of non detergent oil made the change so short.
@@Leo9ine while kerosene would have been acceptable, I'm sure it's cold weather starting would have required mixing in some lighter distillates (gasoline)
Ford and Chevy were at each other's throats. Chevrolet upped Ford's 4 cylinder Model A in 1929 with a new OHV inline 6. Ford then upped Chevy in '32 with the flathead V8. Actually, horsepower ratings weren't that much apart. The early Ford V8s were noisy but powerful, but by the early 50's, they were very quiet. Ford then upped Chevy in 1954 with their modern "Y-block" OHV V8. Chevy countered in '55 with their OHV small block V8.
I have a 1934 ford with original flathead it's preatty quiet
I would take the 216 Chevrolet any day over the flathead
Thank you for sharing History with us all!! This is awesome!!!
In 1927 Ford went from a cheaply made Model T with basic straight beam frame, wooden carriage wheels, no shocks/barely any bushings, simple pressed steel frame, and 2 speed planetary gearbox with straight cut gears and cheap cork brake that only slowed the spinning trans, crazy foot and hand pedals to control its 4 cyl engine, which has a gravity feed tank with no fuel pump, no waterpump, simple trembler coils, no oil pump, and only making 20hp
......But, by 1934 they had a 85hp v8 with self adjusting distributor, modern clutch inside of a synchronized 3 speed helical toothed sliding gear trans, bushing filled and much improved boxed frame with 5 crossmembers with shocks and modern wheels/ tires and leaf springs, individual drum brakes on each wheel, big stainless grille, modern headlights and brake lights, fuel pump, dual water pumps, oil pump, PCV system, much nicer interior, better doors and much better sealed body made of 20 ton stamped steel instead of just wood covered in thin pressed steel, and tons of chrome...and a much nicer electrical and carburetor system that was miles more advanced along with the new windshield wiper...all for only $130(32%) more
Okay, now I want one.
When watching movies of that time, all the men smoking on the street in a suit and hat, it becomes indecent the appearance of a man without a hat (2:04), it seems that he was all in his underwear!
A man without a hat? That's Henry Ford!
Tulsa Okla
10th April
Mr. Henry Ford
Detroit Mich.
Dear Sir: -
While I still have got breath in my lungs I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have drove Fords exclusivly when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the Ford has got ever other car skinned and even if my business hasen’t been strickly legal it don’t hurt enything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V8 -
Yours truly
Clyde Champion Barrow
- Clyde Barrow to Henry Ford, 1932.
The only people who utterly disdained the Ford V8 were the hundreds of cops who found themselves chasing John Dillinger after the infamous hero of the poor jacked another V8 and flew through the hinterlands of mid-America,
robert glenn I recently read a book on Dillinger, he was an amazing outlaw, truly a modern American "Robin Hood".
cybertree I wrote a piece in the Seattle P-I some decades back as I expressed a real fondness for the guy. Dillinger was very intelligent and knew the depression was a contrived scam and wasn't about to fall into poverty with the rest of the nation. Much of what he took from banks he doled out to whomever needed help. He was a class act all the way and the sons of bitches who killed him were of the worst criminal ilk in American history, J. Edgar Hoover the Pooper and his FBI punks.
Of course you are right. There is a sura in the quran about the evil in synchronised transmissions.
The cops should have bought OHV 6 Chevy's if they wanted to catch the slow Ford flathead V8's...
DUMB ASS!
Very informative! Interesting to see the technology in 1932.. Great documentary!!
The time put into invention... Thank you for preserving the truth...May God preserve us all.... Take care.
Just watched bonnie and clyde. Found this. Thx.
Why is it that they never mentioned the three window coupe or the suicide doors?
who are you talking to WTF?
Back when commercials were essentially just a supervillain explaining his master plan...
65 horse power ...... incredible, but seriously hp was measured at a lower rpm those days , that's a fact 😁
Compression ratio only 5.5 to 1
The flathead V8 was an evolutionary in it it's day, but let's face it, the OHV valve engine was a much better engine. That said, I still would love to have a flathead!
OHV engines existed back then but, they were more complex and expensive. The flat head and other innovations made the V8 affordable. Moonshiners and gangsters liked the Ford V8 because it was cheap, reliable, and fast enough to stay ahead of the revenuers.
Actually. ..the famous bullet - ridden Dillinger car wasn't a Ford. It was, according to the Dillinger museum, a 1933 Essex - Terraplane 8 sedan. This car is on display at the museum. However, it's well known that Clyde Darrow's getaway car WAS a Ford V8.
gojoe283 Wasn't it Clyde Barrow, with a B? Darrow was Clarence Darrow, the famous defense attorney, the one who didn't have a lot of fat-assed daughters on (un)reality TV.
CaptainDiegoAlatriste yes you are correct! It was Barrow. Sorry for the error.
Clyde stole worthless Fords, because stealing the faster, more valuable Chevy would have been Grand Theft Auto...
And then you woke up.
Nice video... Thank You
Excellent film, quite convincing, the Coupe for me i think😀👍👍
Shows how far we have come since then👍
I like "Rustless Steel"
Amazing seeing footage of these cars on the road!
This is great thanks for posting.
Notice that no credit was given to poor old Edsel for designing that car or the later '30s Fords or even the Model A. If I was him, I believe I would have left the old man and gone to Chevy or some other make. Notice also some of the weird pronounciation from the announcer. Deluxe sounds like deloocs. Chassis is pronounced with the final s. Must have been very proper English.
+Jim Ervin It's what's commonly called the "mid-Atlantic" or "trans-Atlantic" accent. It's kind of a mix between British and northeastern US. Very common for announcers back in the day.
Don't forget the Coo-pay lol
To add to AlmostFM, the transatlantic accent was something before the Midwestern accent took over media.
The v8 in its infancy 65hp. Was a screamer back then .Notice the maintenance free suspension components in their infancy.
Jason joncas Sorry, not quite the “infancy” of the V8 Engine. Chevrolet introduced theirs in 1917. Funny how few American “car enthusiasts” are aware of this fact.
YES you are correct but I am talking about real production engines that were available to the masses the chev engine with its open valve train was inferior and required manual lubing the push rods. Sorry I mean the infancy of a production motor. And by the way I am Canadian and a 30 year licenced on automotive and truck and coach.
@@calvarycustoms6681 That early Chevy V8 put out a whopping 36 horsepower from a 288 cu in engine. You had to oil the rocker arms with a squirt oil can. Not impressed.
Solid proof. BUILT FORD TOUGH!
SO SIMPLE! SO BEAUTIFUL! THE GOOD OLD DAYS
There was only one thing FORD should have done to this great car was to have solid steel roof top .
The main obstacle at the time was the ability to form a piece of sheet steel that large, until Fisher Body developed the Turret Top Roof for GM in 1935
Very enjoyable thank you
bakelite fabric timing gear was a horrible idea.
Yeah,then they switched to somkind of metal and plastic combo gear , for quite , noise reduction, that breaks down, after many hard miles,a double tooth timing chain and sprockets is the best, all metal, but is slightly noisy
My 79 Bronco had a Nylon timing chain
fucking Einstein!
@@CamaroAmx if your bronco had a nylon timing chain then you must have a rubber asshole too
7:53 look at those cam lobes.
Other than a handful of computers and a few refinements, Ford forgot more that the modern car maker ever learned. As many Ford models, the Model A is a true world classic
Background is music is calming.
Ford never regained their number one market share position. They proudly displayed their innovations and used these forums to disclose their accomplishments to the competition, namely Chevrolet
This no-nonsense marketing piece makes a sensible case for buying a V8 engine -- in the middle of the Depression! Compare this with a 1949 Ford promotional film fir it's line. The more recent effort is consumerist crap.
Ford Cars Were Very Old From This Era! Now They Have Changed! Very Cool!
No, when they were built in that era they were brand new.
13:46 "it is unusually strong and rigid" - - yup! that's what she said.
Flathead is such an elegant engine design.
Wow--it was the first engine to use "floating" bearings on the crankshaft?? I dont know how an engine could last long without em??
The ending was terrifying.
it a nice car with a v8 65 h.p gas mileage good it just never get's old
Never thought that aluminum was used so much in that engine..it was years ahead of its time
"Connecting rods are the straight-type." As opposed to...........what? A now defunct design of connecting rod lost to history?
If you listen to the left wing, the connecting rods are able to self identify.
Fork and blade?
Clyde Barrow was a great fan of the power of the V8 Ford