Feature: Engine Swaps 4/4

1932 Ford Roadster Hot Rod

Once customizing post-war cars caught on, many of the practices were extended to pre-war cars, which were also known as fendered rods. These fendered rods had more bodywork done on them. An alternate rule for the obvious had developed. For a hot rod to be classified as a hot rod, the engine must be located behind the front suspension. Whereas the customs had to have, the engine placed over the front suspension. The clearest example of this is Fords prior to 1949 had Henry Ford's old transverse front suspension, while the 1949 models had a more modern suspension with the engine moved forward. However, what could be the first true custom, 1932 Clobes can found in an American Museum