Is the T-Bucket a Fad That Has Faded?

Bill Burnham Street Rodder Magazine Bill's Eye

Recently, when HOT ROD Magazine posted on their Facebook page about their T-Bucket project car they received a bunch of unwarranted, uninformed negative comments in response to their solicitation for helpful suggestions. I was ready to write an editorial here on that subject, but realized today that the late Bill Burnham covered this topic 29 … Read more

Let’s See Your T! Bob Borum’s Bittersweet T-Bucket Tale

Bob Borum T-Bucket Hot Rod Street Rod Roadster

This site is based on a lifelong love of T-Bucket hot rods. Therefore, it’s gratifying to be able to share Bob Borum‘s 48 year love affair with T-Buckets in this Let’s See Your T! installment. But, Bob’s story is bittersweet. Read on. “I grew up in the South in an era when cars were as … Read more

How Harry Willett’s “Phoenix” 1923 T Became a Show Car

Harry Willett 1923 T-Bucket Phoenix show car

In the late ’60s, Harry Willett was service director for Chicago’s largest Buick dealer and at night in his home garage he was applying stunning paint jobs to most of the funny cars being built in Chicagoland at the time. He’d also built a wicked fast little T-Bucket street rod that was powered by a … Read more

Let’s See Your T! Bob Zellhoefer’s Ever-Changing T-Bucket

Bob Zellhoefer T-Bucket hot rod roadster

A real treat is in store for you T-Bucket photo lovers in this Let’s See Your T! installment because I frequently run into Bob Zellhoefer‘s flamed T-Bucket from Roscoe, Illinois at local events. So, some of the photos here were provided by Bob and others I took. And if you compare the above photo with … Read more

Let’s See Your T! Brian McAllister’s T-Touring

Brian McAllister T-Touring Wintec Roadster

This great looking 1923 T-Touring belongs to Brian, Fiona and Samantha McAllister of Southington, Connecticut, and it’s another good Let’s See Your T! story because it didn’t used to look this way at all. Brian’s T started life as an award winning, magazine feature car, that turned heads and drew a crowd when Brian was … Read more

Let’s See Your T! Bobby Field’s “Nas-Tee” T-Bucket Show Car

Bobby Field T-Bucket Nas-Tee Teri Copley World of Wheels

I love a T-Bucket with history and Bobby Field’s “Nas-Tee” certainly has one which we’re happy to feature in our Let’s See Your T! series. According to Bobby of Londonderry, New Hampshire, this is the “1923 Ford Model T Roadster Pick-up that I built back in 1978.” In these early construction pics, it appears that … Read more