Tag: Ford
How to Build a T-Bucket on a Budget: the eHow Way — or, a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing
While keeping up on what’s going on in the T-Bucket world, I was recently amused to find a new article titled, “How to Build a T-Bucket on a Budget” that was posted on the eHow website. At first, I thought it was a reference to Chester Greenhalgh’s book …
The Story of Poncho the 1923 Ford C Cab (in his own words)
I rolled off the assembly line at Henry Ford’s truck plant along with many other trucks. I wasn’t the smallest on the line nor was I the largest. I was designed as a light duty commercial truck with a flat bed for …
Scott Ellis’ Original “Low Blow” T-Bucket
The late 1970s was a strange era in hot rod history. With its blown hemi, wild flames and mean and low stance, Scott Ellis’ T-Bucket stood out like crazy — in a crazy, good way!
Dan Holck’s Awesome Blown Flathead Ford T-Bucket
The first time I saw this awesome, low-slung T-Bucket in a magazine it blew me away. It had the coolest profile I’d seen and, as I’ve mentioned before …
The World’s First Fiberglass T-Bucket Hot Rod: Buzz Pitzen’s “Glass Image” – Part II
Buzz Pitzen’s T-Bucket roadster was the world’s first using a fiberglass body. It paved the way for tens of thousands to follow.
Ted Kramer’s Awesome Y-Block Powered T-Bucket Drag Strip Terror
The June, 1963 cover of “Rodding & Restyling” magazine featured an interesting variant of the T-Bucket style: a 1927 T phaeton body abbreviated by chopping off everything behind the front doors and with a grafted on pickup bed of sorts. What really caught my attention, though, was that it was Y-block Ford powered. I had [...]
