I knew the very first moment I saw Harvey Perry’s ’32 Ford Tudor sedan that it was going to win a lot of awards. The rod is bright, M&M Orange bright, has all the cool stuff, is well put together, and Harvey lives within driving range of a lot of NSRA shows (Alexander, Arkansas). Imagine my sur- prise when Harvey came cruising into the fair- grounds at the Western Nationals. A little sniffing around and I found out he came to help in the Safety Inspection lanes because NSRA was short. I probably should have shot a feature of the rod then, but there are a lot of cool ’32 Ford sedans out in the world and it’s hard to single one out. Harvey was also at the Mid-America Street Rod Nationals,
and I was admiring the rod as he drove by in full sun, but then the sun went away (the weather was unsettled) and the car still glowed. I decided given the scary weather forecast, this was a car I could photograph in sun or rain, and it sounded like a great idea. Harvey bought the ’32 just before he retired and moved to Arkansas, and he wanted to build one last ride while in retirement. He started out by boxing the chassis and slipping in tubular cross- members. The front suspension is a tubular IFS (Mustang II based) with stainless A-arms, Aldan coilovers, Flaming River Omni rack and pinion steering, and big Wilwood brakes. The rear sus-
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