Ben Griffin’s beautiful, blue ’27 T roadster is all Ford and a study in what a clean hot rod should look like. Of course, the ’26-’27 T roadster might be considered the sophisticated sibling to the rowdier ’15-’25 T-Buckets, but they all come together at the T-Bucket Nationals to cover the spectrum of hot rod interests.
Up front, Ben hit a home run with the deeply dropped front axle, low-slung headlights framing the Model A grille shell, and all backed up by a nice coil-over-shock suspension and disc brakes.
The body sits perfectly atop the tailored frame rails, while the side pipes flow nicely from the nicely detailed small block Ford engine, with its body-matched blue color.
The interior is tastefully simple and delightfully clean looking with a simple dual-gauge dash arrangement and the steering wheel coordinated with the contoured seat and matching carpet.
To me, this Indy-based roadster has the perfect pairing of paint and polish and my photos don’t do it justice. However, the HD video includes much more detail that the photos don’t show.
TBucketPlans.com originated in 2005 as a personal blog extolling the virtues of T-Buckets. In 2009 I blogged about Chester Greenhalgh, the "how to" genius who wrote the legendary, out-of-print “How to Build a T-Bucket Roadster for Under $3000”. That led to a friendship with Chester and our partnership in marketing the updated eBook version of his T-Bucket building bible. The T-Bucket fire burns stronger and stronger.
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Hi,
I have a ’26 Model T roadster with a Buick V6 in it and a drop axle front end.
I’d like to know what kind of suspension Ben Griffin’s car has and where I can get it.
Mustang II won’t fit…and look ugly on T’s….great for A’s, B’s and 30’s/40’s and 50’s cars.
Anything you can advise me…..with perhaps a price…would be appreciated.
Hi Court, If you look closely at the video Ben’s car uses a dropped tubular front axle with coil over shock suspension. To my knowledge, nobody sells a kit for such a suspension. You’ll note that he’s fabricated pretty sturdy upright mounts on the frame for the shocks and what may not be visible is that you need to run a panhard bar for lateral stability on this type suspension. While it’s not widely seen, it isn’t exotic and somebody with chassis building skills should be able to do it.
My tbucket so far.. 427 Holmon and Moony Marine Manifold with Webbes.
Nice. I’m a Ford 427 fan. Keep us updated.