How to Build a T-Bucket Hot Rod Roadster

Archive for November, 2010

T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 2

T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 2

| November 30, 2010 | Comments (0)

If you were going out for a night on the town you wouldn’t be wearing your “high water” pants, would you? In T-Buckets, as with most everything else we look at, it’s size and proportion …

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Cyber Monday T-Bucket and Hot Rod eBook Sale

Cyber Monday T-Bucket and Hot Rod eBook Sale

| November 29, 2010 | Comments (0)

Thanks to everyone, for a very successful Cyber Monday! Our sale has now ended and we truly appreciate the support of T-Bucket fans around the globe who contributed to its success.

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What great men who have gone before us have to say about T-Buckets

What great men who have gone before us have to say about T-Buckets

| November 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

“More so than any other form of street rod, the T-Bucket — because fenders, hood panels, bumpers, and the like aren’t in the way — is perhaps the ultimate vehicle through which a builder can express his likes, dislikes and ideas. He builds the frame of his own choosing and design; then …

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T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 1

T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 1

| November 27, 2010 | Comments (1)

“Trip ups” are those mistakes, sometimes small — sometimes significant, in judgement or in execution, that in my one man’s opinion, result in a T-Bucket that’s either less than perfect, uninspiring or downright hideous looking. Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of T-Buckets and have made mental note of the many trip ups that …

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T-Bucket “Props” to Street Rodder Magazine

T-Bucket “Props” to Street Rodder Magazine

| November 26, 2010 | Comments (0)

What caught my eye was Kirk Jones’ ’27 Nash sedan that had been miraculously cut down into a stunning single-seat modified roadster. Hey, that’s close enough to a T-Bucket for me …

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Save Big on Chester's Hot Rod How-To eBooks: Only $8 This Weekend! Sale starts at Midnight, Wednesday, November 24, 2010.

T-Bucket and Hot Rod Builders’ Black Friday Weekend Sale

| November 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

NOTE: Our Black Friday Sale has ended and we wish to thank the many T-Bucket fans around the world who made this event a success.

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Keith Moon’s Real “Bucket T”

Keith Moon’s Real “Bucket T”

| November 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

Only one member of any of the groups that recorded the tune, “Bucket T” could lay claim to owning a T-Bucket: the late Keith Moon, drummer for The Who. Built by legendary British hot rodder, Mickey Bray …

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Chester Greenhalgh's Flathead Ford Powered T-Bucket Roadster

Chester’s T-Bucket Challenge: Let’s see ‘em!

| November 23, 2010 | Comments (0)

Here’s a fun opportunity for you to get even greater satisfaction from your T-Bucket build — whether you’re finished or not. If you’ve been inspired by and followed some of the detailed T-Bucket building information in Chester Greenhalgh’s legendary book …

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Those Crazy Kiwi T-Bucket Bodies

Those Crazy Kiwi T-Bucket Bodies

| November 22, 2010 | Comments (5)

T-Buckets are possibly more popular in New Zealand than the U.S.A.? But, you get that nagging feeling that there’s something different about those Kiwi T-Buckets …

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Zack Rogers' nicely welded and ground T-Bucket rear kickup

Zack Rogers Builds a Youngster T-Bucket Frame

| November 21, 2010 | Comments (0)

Zack had a plan of his own: to build a T-Bucket with his father. As Zack relates it, “my dad, Rodney (Pops) Rogers, has always wanted a T-Bucket. I couldn’t tell you the times we would see a bucket at a car show and …

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