T-Buckets of the 1950′s
Fiberglass T Bucket Body History
We take the fiberglass T-Bucket body for granted. It seems like they’ve always been around, in abundance and economically priced: the ideal starting point for an exciting, budget hot rod.
T-Bucket History: Marty Hollmann’s Hugely Influential T-Bucket
I first saw Marty’s T-bucket on the cover of January 1961 Car Craft and was fascinated. I didn’t understand the beauty of symmetry, but I loved this T-bucket.
“Plastic” T-Buckets?
Three years prior to the introduction of the first fiberglass T-Bucket body, the car-loving world was all excited about the possibilities of fiberglass bodies, no doubt fueled by …
Speed Scene Live airs T-Bucket report
Legendary hot rod and racing announcer Bob Beck has a regular feature on Speed Scene Live. It’s called the Great American Auto Scene (G.A.A.S.) and Bob’s report on the history and significance of T-Buckets begins at about the 27 minute mark of the show. Here’s the link where you can watch it …
Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Sells for About Half What it Did Four Years Ago
This historic T-Bucket was originally sold by it’s builder, Bob Johnston, to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth for $1150. By early 2007, when stupid money was bidding up every hot rod of any significance, it sold for $335,500. Last Friday, it sold for …
Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Back on the Block at RM Auctions Jan. 2011
With a $200k high bid not meeting reserve at the Mecum 2010 Monterey Auction, the legendary Tweedy Pie T-Bucket made famous by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and originally constructed by Bob Johnston goes back on the block …
Speedway Motors’ New Tribute T-Bucket: What goes around, comes around
First glances will quickly confirm that this T-Bucket kit is quite different from what has become the conventional T-Bucket style that is more reflective of those built in the 60s and 70s. The new “Tribute T” has a clean, lean and …
Who Built the First T-Bucket With Spindle Mount Wire Wheels?
By the 1970s Fad-T era, front wire wheels were the norm for T-Buckets. I’ve researched this subject over the years, bounced it off others, and now feel confident the cycle wheel trend setter award goes to none other than …
Bob Johnston’s T-Bucket, Later to Become Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Tweedy Pie: Part 2
The Tweedy Pie T-Bucket was built in the 1950s by Bob Johnston, gained its own recognition as a magazine cover car and then rocketed to T-Bucket superstardom after it was sold to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.
Cal Automotive: Fiberglass T-Bucket Body Pioneers, Part 2
It starts with an institutional food service size mayonnaise jar. As you may have noticed in the Custom Associates ad in Part 1 of the Cal Automotive story, interested parties could send in twenty-five cents for information. It was Bud Lang’s idea that when the mayonnaise jar filled up with quarters they would use them [...]
