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Projects The bucket of ugly! A de-uglifying thread...

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by need louvers ?, Aug 14, 2013.

  1. patman
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    I like that it's not in my garage.
     
  2. Blue One
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    I'd like to feed that abortion into this. :D:cool:

     
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  3. steel rebel
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    Come on guys you are hurting someones feelings. Someone put a lot of thought and work into it. You guys think I am harsh on Fred for not following my suggestions doing the right thing on his seating. Just kidding Fred you are doing a good job.

    Rebel
     
  4. patman
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    OK that's fair, I'll play:
    The pinstriping on the back is nice.
     
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  5. steel rebel
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    Now how hard was that?
     
  6. Blue One
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    Too hard, I still want to feed it into the shredder :D
     
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  7. Dick Stevens
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    Crap, patman took the only thing I could think of to say nice about it! :rolleyes:
     
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  8. DDDenny
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    Here's my best "say something nice".
    The guy obviously has some skills and equipment but holy crap, I can see them put to better use.
    That is just wrong on so many levels!
     
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  9. steel rebel
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    I knew you could do it DDDenny.
     
  10. patman
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    Ooooh! Oooh! I thought of another nice thing:
    TFeverFred got his body. That's *definitely* a nice thing.
     
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  11. deucemac
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    Here's something else nice. I DON'T OWN IT! Yep, that is really nice, I'm happy to make a nice statement about that nicely painted dodo. Oh oh sorry, I'll go to my room now.
     
  12. Dooley
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    Looks bad ass, are you going to paint or just polish the gel coat?
     
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  13. AndersF
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    To drag this thread back to Hamb era T:s after the yellow one.
    I know i have this picture in this thread allready.
    In the first half of this thread there was a disscusion when the
    term "T bucket" started.
    The first that i have seen is this from october 57 Rod&Custom.

    [​IMG]
     
  14. steel rebel
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  15. AndersF
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    Yep, The real traditional T-bucket color.
     
  16. :)
     
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  17. AndersF
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    It should get you blocked. It would be alot of work to make that car
    a decent looking T-bucket.
     
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  18. Hollywood-East
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    That yellow wheelbarrow is in the 585 exchange, which means at some point in time I'm going to end up having to see it!
     
  19. Ok Gary, I'll play......if he painted it red and put on a Santa Suit, it would be "LESS" objectionable! ;-D Maybe 8 or 9 of those blow molded reindeer out front as well!


    Sent from my SM-S902L using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
     
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  20. After watching the video, I think maybe he's been drunk the entire build! His race car looks a lot better, I'll give him that!

    [​IMG]

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  21. tfeverfred
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    Finished my seat. I'm doing renderings of the base support a little later.
    [​IMG]
     
  22. Dick Stevens
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  23. tfeverfred
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    Pulled an all nighter on the seat base.

    [​IMG]
     
  24. Crazybillybob
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    Fred,
    Are you going to Glass that in or keep the wood only? (just interested in what your thinking)
    CBB
     
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  25. tfeverfred
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    I'm going to bolt it in from underneath. That way. if and when my taste in seating changes, it'll be easy to remove. It can be securely bolted in, because there's really very little movement. A couple bolts in the rear piece would keep it in one spot.
     
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  26. tfeverfred
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    So far, I'm very pleased with how things are looking. The seat, when I sit on it, is very comfortable. The webbing is still a bit tight, but it'll get better and lower with use. The rear of my seat isn't as low as I wanted, but it's in a very comfortable spot. I think my original desire for it to be a few inches off the floor wouldn't be as good. The base is 4.5" high in front and 4" in back giving the seat a slight angle. Then, 3/4" plywood and 3" of foam on top of the webbing. As of now, when I sit on the seat, I lower about 2". So, all that has me sitting about 6" off the floor and it feels good. I have a little support under my thigh and I can extend my legs with a minimal bend. I built the bottom seat with 3" of space in front, so when my butt sinks into the foam and webbing, I get a little thigh support. The top of the back support barely touches the body edge. But that won't be the case, when the back is upholstered. My seat back angle is roughly 18-20 degrees, which feels good.

    The bucket seats I had planned would have been a VERY tight fit. I may have been able to get them to work, but not as I originally planned. At 37" wide, my seat has good seating for two people. I didn't take the seat bottom all the way to the body sides because in my first T Bucket, that ended up being dead space. So, in this interior, the spaces on the side are little cavities for storage, if need be. I also have space behind the seat for storage, if I need it.

    Under the seat, the 2 compartments have enough room for the fuse box and what ever else will fit. I'll probably have the fuse box under the drivers side. Since I'm going to use a drop down battery box, I won't have that hole under the passenger side. So, that space will be all for stuff like a small tool kit or whatever.
     
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  27. tfeverfred
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    Well, I mentioned earlier that I was going to go with a drop out battery tray, rather than cutting a hole in the body (which wouldn't work with my seat base). A little bit ago, a member on the tbucketeers website gave me a link to this battery. It would fit under my seat or behind it. And considering the drop down battery tray, cost almost as much as this battery, I'm going to take a serious look at it.

    http://www.batterymart.com/p-odysse...MI5KLOxYr21wIVFYGzCh3qcA9HEAAYAiAAEgJUm_D_BwE

    Here it is installed in his T Bucket. Lower left:

    small_battery.jpg
     
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  28. jaw22w
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    I have had that PC680 in my hotrod for over two years starting a 350. No problems. Even in cold weather.
     
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  29. tfeverfred
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    That's good to read. Thanks! Seems my good fortune is on a roll.:D
     
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