How to Build a T-Bucket + History, Tips, Tricks, Inspiration, Events, and Fun!
We’ve been serving the T-Bucket hobby since 2009 with the best “how to” plans, stories on historic T-Buckets, news, photos and fun facts on all aspects of the T-Bucket world. And if that’s not enough, our new Hooked on T-Bucket Hot Rods Podcast.
We’re true T-Bucket enthusiasts and have written over 300 fun, informative blog posts filled with inspirational T-Bucket photos. We continue to add new material all the time.
Below are our 3 most recent blog posts, but you’ll enjoy discovering your personal favorites in our Blog Archive.
Chester Greenhalgh Budget Hot Rod How-To Genius, R.I.P.
I was out of the country a week ago and my phone rang near midnight. Sadly, I learned that my friend Chester Greenhalgh, whose work was the basis for this…
Tribute to Tom Hintz and his T-Bucket Track Roadster
I first met Tom Hintz at the 2015 T-Bucket Nationals. Sadly, on June 25, 2022 his niece posted, “My dear Uncle Tom passed away yesterday. He fought a hard fight…
New Zealand T-Bucket Finds Way Home via Canada
This New Zealand T-Bucket story isn’t mine. It’s Steve Roy’s. Recently, Steve emailed me to say that the T-Bucket he built in the 1980s and sold before moving to Canada…
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