2016 NTBA T-Bucket Nationals: You Shoulda’ Been There!

2016 NTBA T-Bucket Nationals

The 2016 NTBA T-Bucket Nationals in Indianapolis last month was a huge success. With T-Buckets coming from over half the states in the U.S. the 2016 NTBA T-Bucket Nationals offered the quantity and quality that left everyone fulfilled. And that’s not even mentioning all the fun cruises, tours, cookouts and other events! Speaking of fun … Read more

Who Doesn’t Love a Model T Clown Car? Especially Goofy’s!

Model T clown car

I have to admit that a Model T clown car likely had a major effect on my getting hooked on T-Buckets at a young age. I didn’t see Norm Grabowski’s T-Bucket in LIFE magazine until 1957 when I was eight years old. By then, however, I had already been sensitized to unique Model T configurations … Read more

Roth Outlaw Tribute Car You’ve Just Gotta’ See

Roth Outlaw Tribute

One of hot rodding’s most famous cars is Ed Roth’s Outlaw. Built in 1959 as the beatnik embodiment of a space age T-Bucket, it was the first free-form fiberglass show car and it started a revolution. I’ve drooled over the original at the Petersen Museum. I’m also a big fan of the Outlaw clones built … Read more

Our T-Bucket Photo Story on Adobe Spark

T-Bucket Photo Story

We just did a little T-Bucket photo story highlighting a few of the interesting T-Buckets we photographed at the T-Bucket Nationals in 2015 and 2014. Which also gives us an opportunity to remind you that the T-Bucket Nationals 2016 are coming up July 6-9 in Indianapolis, Indiana. So, if you haven’t already, now’s the time … Read more

T-Bucket Nationals 2016, July 6-9, Indianapolis

T-Bucket Nationals 2016

The T-Bucket Nationals 2016 is sponsored by the National T-Bucket Alliance. We’re more than happy to help spread the word about this terrific event because if you own a T-Bucket, are planning to buy or build a T-Bucket, or if you just enjoy seeing the largest collection of cool T-Buckets together at one time this … Read more

The Best T-Bucket Car Show Ever!

T-Bucket car show Norm Grabowski Kookie

With the 2016 T-Bucket Nationals in Indianapolis less than 30 days away, I thought it a good time to write about what I consider the best T-Bucket car show ever! That’s saying a lot, but you have to put it in perspective. It was 57 years ago. T-Bucket hot rods were in their infancy. But … Read more

Nostalgia Drag Racing: Good for T-Bucket Soul

nostalgia drag racing Brothers Racing Blown T

I’m an old guy whose hot rod influences are deeply seated in 1960s drag racing, so it’s only natural to be a big fan of nostalgia drag racing today. Sure, my first T-Bucket exposure was in 1957 seeing Norm Grabowski’s “Kookie” T in LIFE magazine but I was only eight years old and had to … Read more