This little yellow Deuce coupe is
possibly the most famous Hot Rod of all time. Known as Milner's Coupe, this
1932 Ford 5-window coupe has turned more people on to cruising and street rodding
over the past 25 years than just about any other car. The coupe has been the
subject of countless magazine articles, models, posters and hundreds of clones.
The exact history
of the car is nebulous, but Graffiti director George Lucas picked out of a lineup
of thirteen or fourteen coupes he had located before filming. They paid $1300
for the 32, and chose it primarily because it already had a chopped top. The
coupe was then given to Henry Travers, who was in charge of preparing the cars
for Graffiti. Lucas sat down with Travers and described exactly how the 32 was
to look. The coupe was taken to Johnny Franklin's shop in Santa Rosa, where
the entire front end was rebuilt and chrome plated and a special set of headers
was built. The fenders were removed (the rears bobbed), the grill sectioned,
and then the car was stripped and repainted with several coats of Canary yellow
Lacquer. Mechanically, the only changes were the addition of S T-10 four speed
and a Man-a Fire four two -barrel intake.
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