T-Bucket Trip Ups

Is this the hot rod Human Centipede?

Is this the hot rod Human Centipede?

I was surfing eBay T-Buckets when I ran across this strange conglomeration identified as a “1927 T-Bucket Lincoln“. The Human Centipede is a notorious 2010 anatomical-nightmare horror movie about a psychotic surgeon who surgically attaches people to form the title “creature”. In this case, a 1927 T roadster body has been grafted onto a modern [...]

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T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 3

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T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 3

You’re not storing anything other than wiring and possibly some tools under the seat so it just isn’t necessary to have a tall seat riser. Besides, you don’t want to have your passenger …

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T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 2

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T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 2

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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T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 1

T-Bucket Trip Ups: Vol. 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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