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Hot Rods 60s style T-Buckets.

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by John 79, Jun 15, 2008.

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  1. undergroundss
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  3. Wilson Perf.
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    Here's our little Bucket. Dad built in 1970-1971, showed it, sold it and we bought it back last year and got it going again. It was like it had been in a museum for 35 years, all original!
     

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  4. thewishartkid
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    bttp I love this stuff!!!!!!!!!
     
  5. John 79
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  6. goon56
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    love those 60s buckets. real simple and clean. not over crudded with maltese crosses and unnecessary nick nacks.
     
  7. Royalshifter
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    This car is very cool.

     
  8. John 79
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    Im thinkin of putting a turtle deck on my bucket,what do you think aboute that.
    I wanna get some kind of 60s drag/street bucket style.

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  9. JeffreyJames
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    I'm thinking spindle mounts on the front of that bucket will certainly give you a drag look of the 60's. Love the front wheels but they seem to be a bit wide for the car. The turtle deck might be cool too!
     
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  11. I don't think you could ever beat this one, everytime I see a pic of this one it stops me dead in my tracks.
     
  12. Pluck
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    A turtle deck would look cool, but I think it looks great the way it sits. The new grille shell looks great. I wouldn't change a thing, but that's just me talkin'.
    Pluck
     
  13. 390Merc
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    A friend of mine who lives close by owns this one. He hasn't posted pics so I'm beating him to it. Its a recently built car in the last year or so.
     

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    My photos of the Trojan T from Detroit back in March. I have an actual photograph or two I took a few years ago of it in the car corral at Auburn. I'll scan and post it when I get a chance. I knew it was the Trojan T as soon as I saw it because it looked just like the big 1/8 scale Lindberg model from the 60's.
     

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    A turtle deck might be OK, but before that, I'd put on a set of 15" 12 spokes, NOT the bolt on 10 spokes! ....and ditch the '32 shell in favor of a T shell, or maybe a 28-9 A shell*.


    *with MATCHING paint (haha)
     
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    You gotta hell of a start! Keep us posted I lost my job last year and mine is at a stand still .Sucks to be me
     
  21. 60'shotrod
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    Damn NICE!:)

    Nick.
     
  22. need louvers ?
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    Funny this topic should pop back up today.... I've been looking at my parts piles in the yard thinking that other than a body it's about time to piece together another T bucket. I seem to do one every five years or so and always seem to sell it before I get to drive it. So I've had every Car Craft and Rod and Custom from 1961 -1965 spread out around the house for inspiration. Still after all these years my favorite is still Chuck Perry's car in the July 1964 Car Craft. I don't have a scanner so I can't post pictures of this, but maybe someone who does can. Brief description - short 92" wheelbase, 283w/ two 4 barrels, 20" bed, american five spokes all around with 5.60 Firestones on the front 8.20 piecrust slicks on the back, black paint w/red button tuft interior, early ford rear, dropped "A" axle up front. When I get to do another that is pretty much the formula I'll follow. A little o/t but similar, a customer car I'm building right now is kind of a loose copy of Marv Ginthers bantam from the same time period. Both can be seen in the June 1964 Rod & Custom on page 17.
     
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  23. perk30
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    This is the T Bucket I sold a few months ago when I bought my Model A.
     

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    Not sure if this one's been posted or not.

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  26. 60'shotrod
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    I like this one, very late '50's early '60's NICE!

    Nick.
     
  27. skunx1964
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    man, that things awesome. prolly a bitch to get into tho with them pipes!
     
  28. thunderbirdesq
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    Haha, that's the first thing I thought when I saw that pic too! "How in the hell do you get in and out of it??"
     
  29. skunx1964
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    ya, i had a few guesses goin thru my head. i think the best way would be to use the slick as a step and step over the backrest, lol:D
     
  30. kwhizz
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    Tim Young bought this Car in the Late 60's/Early 70's and it spent it's life in Kenosha, Wisconsin until Tim retired and moved to Arizona around 2002........The car went with him and he passed away out there so I assume the car is now in Sunny Arizona with a new owner......

    Ken
     
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