How about posting some, pre- T bucket pics! As a side note: Cal Automotive started selling T- bucket bodies in 1960…63 years ago! Pics like this gem.
The fiberglass T bucket has always been called a '23. Is there anything really special about that year? There is a clear distinction with the '26-'27 ones but ones earlier look very similar to me.
Here's mine, will be adding a full compliment of speed equipment in anticipation of racing it again this year. '26 on A frame with '23-'25 turtle deck. As much as I love T's, my next hot rod is going to be a '34, just for the extra size.
First pic, these T's are brand new and already sporting chopped windshields, dropped axles and raised rear crossmembers. Last T is Louis Senter, of Ansen fame.
Ain't it cool that the era of cars that hot rods are typically built from are now turning 100? First the '23, then a new one every year.
I did get the speed parts on mine, including dual carbs with the help of Rob Paul and a custom exhaust I made using a set of lake pipes I got for Christmas when I was 15 and a set of headers I got from the Holley garage sale for $39. Then I took it racing and broke an axle. But at least something got done on it this year. I'd really like to get this thing dialed in before it turns 100.
Awesome, @Squablow With a car like yours, I enjoy the fact that there's absolutely zero contemplation whether it's a hot rod.
This was a mock-up from mine a few years. Turns out making it a functional automobile was tougher than I anticipated with a young kid running around, and working 50hrs a week and the wife got promoted so that took more of my free time too. BUT! The modifications to make the model t engine and trans work with the model t rear are complete and I’m starting to paint component’s and assembly is coming. Still a long ways off but I never stopped dreaming and moving forward even if it was a cotter pin a time.
Keep up the work Dave, I saw your build a few years back in Hemmings and have been keeping an eye out for updates. I was beginning to think the project was shelved but totally understand how life gets in the way. I think your build is spot on… even down to the “setting” of single garage in a post war house. Perfect! I was collecting pictures and ideas for a build myself but ended up buying a finished 23 T that I couldn’t pass up. I say your build is worthy of a thread… even if it’s a cotter pin at a time!
I'm loving this thread! "The modifications to make the model t engine and trans work with the model t rear are complete and I’m starting to paint component’s and assembly is coming." Dave, I'm not familiar with your build, do you mean Model A parts? Seems getting model T stuff to work would be fairly easy...?
New Year’s resolution? Work on my roadster more. It will roll on finished wheels with fresh tires soon and have a temporary running engine this year as well. Then to repair the bodywork. Still it will take a long time but worth it in the end.
My Grandmother, Lillian, on her honeymoon, Wisconsin Dells. 1927 Note: no windshield - rubber rain coat. Hardy travelers, those hot rodders that preceded us.
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