The Grand National Roadster Show 2016 is an event where you can truly spend all day taking it in. Some do it in two days — or the entire weekend! With the cars and an equally impressive array of hot rod parts vendors the show is a real “bucket list” event. Keep in mind that … Read more
In this installment, Bob Hamilton finishes building a fiberglass 1927 Model T trunk lid for his ’27 T roadster project. Further to the last installment, you’ll see that it’s really something anyone can do with the right information. Bob covers building fiberglass panels and parts in more detail in the very informative StreetRod 101 DVD Library … Read more
I’ve been a fan of the U. S. Speed Sport T-Bucket kits since first reading about them in an article and seeing their ad in the August, 1963 issue of Popular Hot Rodding magazine. What caught my eye back then was the beauty of the 1923 T-Bucket body that U. S. Speed Sport offered. Even … Read more
As promised, we’ve hurried to do our third update on the Fox Valley Hot Rods low profile T-Bucket in order to keep up with the regular progress being made. You’ll see some great tips for reinforcing fiberglass body in this installment, along with a few other new developments. Follow along as things have moved beyond … Read more
Building fiberglass body panels might seem intimidating, but when you see how Bob Hamilton builds a fiberglass trunk lid for his ’27 T roadster project it’s really something anyone can do. Bob covers building fiberglass panels and parts in more detail in the very informative StreetRod 101 DVD Library available at our sister site, StreetRodPlans.com. … Read more
“A PT Cruiser street rod? You gotta’ be kidding!,” was my response to Chester Greenhalgh a few months ago. While Chester is the acknowledged expert on low-buck T-Bucket and other hot rod builds, I thought he’d lost it on this one. But, was I ever wrong! This is Chester’s 5th low-budget hot rod “how to” … Read more
Having been stricken with T-Bucket fever at an early age, I’m always curious how others cure similar afflictions. That’s why I particularly enjoyed a recent Old Cars Weekly story about Dave Smith‘s interesting case of T-Bucket Fever. The author, Editorial Director Brian Earnest, was kind enough to let me share it with you. Dave Smith’s … Read more
Our apologies to the crew at Fox Valley Hot Rods. They’ve been progressing with their Low T-Bucket project at a much quicker pace than our updates. On the bright side, though, we’ll have another progress report shortly after this one. So, let’s get with it and continue from where we last left off. Fox Valley … Read more