T-buckets.... HAMB friendly, or not??

Man, this is perfect... is this a kit in any way shape or form? I mean a purchased chassis? It's a fiberglass body, right? Who's?

 

Have we forgotten? "THERE ARE NO RULES"!

 

I love that car. I built the Peter Beater a while ago. Stroker Flatty powered, Banjo rear, drum brakes, manual trans.....It eventually morphed into a straight 6, automatic much nicer hot rod. FUN!!!! As long as you drive it, I'll always dig it!

 

Well,
Since we're posting pictures of our buckets: I have the trifecta going against me - SBC, TH350, and black on red.



But I did build it. Is my first build. As my FIL says - every hot-rodder should own at least one t-bucket in their life. Will make them appreciate every other car they own after that even more.

 

Here's Norm Grabowski drag racing his (pre-Kookie) in the fifities. Doesn't get more HAMB friendly than that!

 

Well this one aint HAMB friendly at all. it would be if it were gold instead of red I guess.

How's that thing runnin' buddy? Given you any grief or are ya just driven it like you stole it?

Gsport
I set out to answer your question and got sidtracked by one of my favorite Ts. Yes there are sonme beautiful T on the HAMB build to your hearts content. Keep us posted please.

 

Gsport your T looks great, if you fitted skinny steelies and drums it would look like a car with ideas from too many eras, it would look as if it was unsure of itself. I really like your grill shell, can't say I've seen that many like yours. I have a glass T, there's not many steel bodies lying around Scotland just now and I've never felt it was a problem or ever been embarrassed by it. Have fun mate!

 

I ran into an old episode of...... "Peter Gunn" on one of our local oldies TV stations and that thing was thrashing in the opening segment!

 

**fake titties tastes funny!**

 

here's my dreaded glass 350/350 9 inch combo like all the others



with wheel tire change

 

How can ya not like a T-bucket....here's mine....bash away

 

Some T buckets border on being roadster pickups.

 

If it's got a p/u bed, it is.

 

HAMB friendly or not, I like um.

 

Totally agree!

Not every 'traditional' bucket had steelies and whitewalls.

Mine, however has. Glass and smallblock, in this case the body was old as the hills, and the smallblock is a '59 'vette 283.

What makes it real traditional is that everything was built at home - frame, headers, windshield posts and frame, chopped deuce shell, grille insert, bodywork, paint, flames etc. etc.
The only thing it left my shed for was upholstery.








Bear

 

Mine sort of went that way, I stretched the bed about 14 inches, to about 30 inches long, as I did not want the tires being behind the bed. On the plus side, I can actually put something in the back now!

 

Nice truck, Keeper!

 

All of the above look super cool to me. peace

 

Thank you. Yep, it is a Total Performance body, but we built the frame. We like using 2 x 3 x 3/16 wall tubing instead of the 1.5 wide tubing......just a little stronger and it has a nicer profile on the corners. It has been on the road for almost 4 years now and has been a good little T.

Here is a little better picture of the frame and running gear.



Don

 

Ventures in Space -1963;



The defense rests.

 

Why would steel wheels and white walls make something traditional? Fifties traditional ya, but way past for early sixties traditional when these things really took off. That's about the time everything had blackwalls, cheaters and mags like five spokes or possibly Halibrands. By the mid sixties you start to see Cragar S/Ss (not wide like a seventies car though) and the first set of motorcycle spokes that I can think of on Bill Boothes car from the Early Times (about '64 or '65).

 

Heres my traditional bucket.

It must be traditional because its seen here in a traditional setting called a drag strip where hot rodders used to go and test the performance of their hot rods if they couldnt find suitable roads nearby.

Has been on the road (and strip) since 1976, with a BBC from the start & the traditional 671 since 2004. Ran best of 10.2 @132 and never carted a lawn chair to any event - ever!

 

Hey Todd

Still needs a HEMI !!!!

 

Exactly!

 

I'll post some later today
JimV

 

Cooler'n shit!

 

Sweet! Don, thanks for the info! I keep thinking a T or track roadster would be a great way for me to get started in a rod, but I wouldn't be comfortable attempting to build a frame myself.

 

Fred, I wasn't born until 1964 and I'm English so it could be that I'm talking out of my ass here, but if you'd told me that photograph was taken in mid-60s smalltown USA I would not have doubted you for a moment;


and that's what I come here for.
Paul

 

Well said kripfink

 

WOW!! Lot's of damn fine buckets fellas!