1950's, early 60's T buckets are the best. Someone especially needs to recreate Roths "Tweedy Pie". This was an early inspiration for me...
I always loved the stance of Tweety pie but I think the whole"fad T" thing made t-buckets somthing to be considered uncool since everyone one of them looks the same just a different color.
Me and MBL were just talking about how one done up 60's style, with the short windshield, flake'd-out paint, astro/radir/chromies, whitewall slicks, and a show-rod style interior & engine, would be slick...but maybe with the turtle deck instead of shorty, truck bed.
Once the "Fad T" era came around the cars lost the Hot rod flavor. I also would like to build one similiar to these...
they don't get the same following as an A or Deuce, or almost any other old Ford for that matter, and that is perfectly fine with me. I threw mine together in relatively short order, just to have something to drive while building a more significant other. but it's so much fun to drive and gets plenty of attention, the kind of attention you get from kids mostly. whole hearted unjudged enthusiasm that almost makes me want to put those other cars on hold just a little longer. like what's the rush? this thing is an absolute blast to drive. isn't that what it's all about?
Nostalgia59, I always wanted one like that red primered roadster, too. So I bought it from Burny when he had it for sale Yesterday it was 60+ degrees here in NJ. I was out with it for 4 hours and about a hundred miles. My face still hurts from smileing all day. And it's just like Paul says, It gets a lot of attention, and it is FUN to drive. It's great on local roads and it can blast down the highway, too. It's a minimal car, just exactly what's necesary to move down the road, nothing extra. And that's the appeal to me. Frank
That about sums it up. I've always liked them and that is why I'm building one. They go like a skinned cat with just a little HP and are very easy to work on. I don't like them with steamroller tires and all the chrome crap some people like to put on them. If they are kept simple, they can be really cool.
This might not not be a early 60s, but it was a lot of fun.. Runnin a stock -84 305H.O from a Camaro Z28 and an ol PG. Scratch built the whole car including shortening the I-beam axle(the front axle is from a mid 70s FORD Transit). Did run it on a local Dragrace at an e.t 13,5 sec. Raced it against a BMW B9 Alpina who got an E.T of 14,4 (he got quite disapointed) . And yes T buckets are cool. Sold it autum -06. It got quite empty in the garage. Damn i miss that car. Driving a Bucket T is the funniest thing you can do with your clothes on.
I find it at least interesting that the two most recognizable "T buckets", Ivo's and Grabowski's cars, weren't made from "buckets", or roadster bodies at all, but they were both made from the front half of a "tub", a phaeton/touring car body.
I'm glad someone cloned the earlier version of Grabowski's Kookie T. That's the one that does it for me when your talking T-buckets. Frank
Me too! The Lightin' Bug is more of a T Modified Roadster as opposed to a T Bucket. I call mine a roadster unless someone doesn't know that word. The I call it a bucket. Everyone knows what a T Bucket is.....
Must be a regional thing. No one here seems to know what a T Bucket is, until I tell them it is a '23 roadster P/U with the bed chopped short. Go figure.
Hey Nostalgia59, How about so more info on the last T in your first post. The black one with the white top. Got more pics? This thread is kool. Someday I just may build an open car and the early Ts are startin' to get to me. I'm hopin' that Steve Scott emerges with the Uncertain T also. Thanks,Smokey
The year before that, the guy I sold it to just let it go on ebay, so now it's back in Ark., it had made it's way to N.M.
I rather like t buckets- but they are best with the body dropped looooow between the rails and axles, no sitting over the the car for me
Ya mine is not what you call old school but I have fun in it.Want to change the header to lake stile and the wheels to steelies and finsh the interior.
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