Tag: kits
Review of the Famous California Custom Roadster, CCR, T-Bucket Frame Plans
The single most enduring package of information relating to T-buckets and their ongoing popularity is the T-bucket plans of California Custom Roadsters. Read this review from 35 years ago to discover why …
Branch Richardson’s Out-of-the-Box T-Bucket
Not wanting to build from scratch, but also wanting to get his hands dirty and really personalize his T-Bucket in a number of areas, Branch Richardson chose a “Hot Rod in a Box” …
The Bird T-Bucket Kit Plans
Back in the 60s every red-blooded American boy had three things on his mind: girls, sports and hot rods! To feed that insatiable interest, along came a new hot rod supplier — not from southern California, but from the small Midwestern town of Fremont, Nebraska. Who could resist the urge created by the 1965 Bird [...]
Wintec Fabrication moves to new, larger facility
Wintec Fabrication, the home of the stretched T-Bucket Wintec Roadster, has moved into an expanded 6,000 sq.ft. facility one mile north on the same street in Wallingford, CT.
What? A Newer Speedway Motors 2011 T-Bucket Catalog!
Pardon my post the other day, because look what arrived in the mail with a different cover officially labeled as the Speedway Motors 2011 Master Catalog. I’ll make up for it with some “insider” Total Performance info.
The New 2011 Speedway Motors T-Bucket Catalog
“Why have T-Buckets been so popular for so long? Because they’re simple, affordable and, best of all, FUN! You really don’t drive a T-Bucket — you hop in and pilot it like a four-wheeled motorcycle!”
T-Bucket “Shop Stop”: Wintec Fabrication
Our earlier post on the Wintec Roadster, the T-Bucket for family and big guys, drew a lot of interest. So, we decided to make a “shop stop” at Wintech in Wallingford, CT to see what else we could learn.
NEHR Speedcraft’s T-Bucket “Hot Rod in a Box” Kit, Part 2
As noted in Part 1, NEHR’s “Hot Rod in a Box” T-Bucket kit is designed to be a well-engineered package that offers ease of assembly for the home garage builder without any welding or drilling and which includes all the …
NEHR Speedcraft’s T-Bucket “Hot Rod in a Box” Kit, Part 1
Ever get the feeling that the vast majority of T-Bucket hot rods are the result of seat-of-the-pants, trial and error, “good enough” so-called engineering by shadetree mechanics? Wonder what might happen when …
The Wintec Roadster, a “Bigger” T-Bucket Kit
The new Wintec Roadster for the family man was introduced with a body that stretched 75 inches when measured from firewall to rear, compared to around 48 inches for a regular T-Bucket. But, that’s not all …
