Psycho '32 Roadster
By noderel:
Packard Motor Car Company's advertising slogan wa "Ask the Man Who Owns One." But if you asked the owner of the Psycho 32 what kind of Packard he built it from, the answer is going to be "the Ford kind." The two-toned roadster may have a stylized Packard grille up front, but other than that it has the lines of a classic '32 Ford Deuce roadster.
The Psycho 32 as one of the entrants in the Mother's wax Company's Shine Awards competition at the 2015 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Designer Mark Cerquone entered the beautiful hot rod in the contest, but the car was a winner by any measure before it even went to Vegas.
Owned by Mike Gordon, the Psycho 1932 Ford is more than just a pretty Packard "face". The car's real mind bender is under the alligator-style hood where there's a twin turbo 428-cid Ford V-8 that was built by Tom Nelson at Nelson Racing Engines. The Windsor name comes from Ford's factory in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where the "W" engines were buit. The Psycho '32's motor cranks up to about 1,500 hp.
The engine is all dressed up with chrome and polished metal components. The turbos sit on either side of the Packard grille with the cone-shaped air cleaners hanging out just above the shiny black headlight buckets. The polished headers are a genuine piece of tube bending art.
Psycho 32 has a Roadster Shop chassis. The roadster body by Jason Bryant is finished in gleaming burgundy below the beltline, with shiny black sills. It is shiny black above the beltline. Ditto for the classic-looking upright grille and the center-creased front and rear cycle fenders. With V-shaped fronts and rears. The burgundy section of the side panels follows the '32 Ford lines above the rear fenders and the entire rear end (trunk, deck, and rear panel) are black. Simple round taillights sit on either side of the license plate mounted on the trunk lid.
Ron Mangus stitched up the car's interior in a brick red leather with cream seat and back inserts. There are cream crescents and black scallops on the interior door panels. The dashboard with its art deco chrome trim is a work of art. The tri-spoked steering wheel has billet spokes with three vents on each spoke.