In our last installment we showed you how patching fiberglass on a T body wasn’t as hard as you might think. You’ll use some of what you learned before to do some easy T-Bucket interior enlarging in this installment in our Bob Hamilton ’27 T roadster building series. Bob covers all the details of street … Read more
For quite some time I’ve been fascinated by a wildly raked T-Bucket with roots that go back almost 60 years in the Spokane, Washington area. Its lingering appearance from the 1970s is something most people either love or hate. Personally, I love it and when I saw that it was recently relisted on eBay I … Read more
It was a momentous day in 1968 when I first saw the Don Kendall T-Bucket. I had just opened the November issue of Rod & Custom magazine and couldn’t take my eyes off the two-page spread on a T-Bucket like I had never seen before. It had two very unique features that just about every … Read more
Yesterday, the distinctly different proportions of the Von Esser Speed Shop “Von T” jumped out of my Facebook newsfeed. With a tall top almost as high off the ground as its stubby wheelbase is short, you just have to admit that the Von T is in a T-Bucket class all its own. And I’ve held … Read more
No, Project “Low T” has nothing to do with increasing a middle age male’s hormone levels. What Matt Werksman and the crew at Fox Valley Hot Rods are creating is a mind-blowing Low T Bucket with distinctively unique traditional hot rod touches that will put it in a category all its own. Get ready to … Read more
Patching fiberglass on a T body isn’t as hard as you might think. You may have purchased a T-Bucket body where the previous owner cut something out for clearance or maybe it has a hole from some other damage and patching fiberglass becomes a necessary skill. You’ll learn how to do it the easy way … Read more
For a hot rodder to build his own T-Bucket steel body it is quite an accomplishment. For the rodder 10,000 miles away from the U.S. whose enthusiasm burns so strong that he builds his own T-Bucket steel body it is an achievement truly deserving of special recognition and admiration. Marius Mouton is the skilled craftsman … Read more
When it comes to T-Bucket exhaust you’ll probably decide after a short period of time that running open headers can be a pain — literally. Therefore, you’ll want to give advance consideration to using mufflers in your T-Bucket exhaust system. You’ll learn how to do it the methodical way in order to avoid rework and … Read more