T-Buckets of the 1950s

Let the controversy begin. Sure, some T-Buckets are based on 1915 Model T Ford bodies while others may use as late as...

This post is not only about the Eric Geisert 1926 T modified roadster but also the fact that a T-Bucket is the perfect...

“Yes, I copied the Kookie Kar and Ivo’s T,” said Gary DeFer when I met him at the 2017 T-Bucket...

Bet you didn’t know that the first rail dragster was actually a stripped down Model T roadster. While Big Daddy...

Beyond Norm Grabowski’s “Kookie Kar”, one of my other significant influences was a short wheelbase...

It’s time to update my original two-part story done over ten years ago about Buzz Pitzen building “the...

As noted in Part I, Buzz Pitzen’s T-Bucket was the world’s first using a fiberglass body. It paved the way...

Martin Hollmann is without a doubt the most underrated T-bucket builder of the 50’s and 60’s. I first wrote...

In the mid-1950s Tommy Ivo built one of hot rod history’s two most influential T-Bucket roadsters. At the time, he...

In 1967, I was fascinated by the incredible detail of the Don Brusseau T-Bucket that appeared in two of the major...

I’m reposting this past Don Garlits story, because after visiting the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing and...

  Yep. Big Daddy Don Garlits first real “rail job” dragster came about after he removed the body from...

The enthusiastic reception for the Introductory Episode of our “Hooked on T-Bucket Hot Rods” Podcast has...

I’m republishing this post from four years ago because friend Timmy McMaster (Y-Block Guy) recently published a...

This past weekend I was in SoCal and among other T-Bucket activities took in the 7th Annual Galpin Car Show, one of the...

The Larry Ryan T-Bucket isn’t likely to be found in the annals of T-Bucket history. But for me it deserves a...

I learned yesterday that legendary automotive journalist, Brock Yates, after suffering with Alzheimer’s for the last 12...

Last month, a third generation California Central Valley raisin rancher passed away at the age of 90 and the hot rod...

One of hot rodding’s most famous cars is Ed Roth’s Outlaw. Built in 1959 as the beatnik embodiment of a...

With the 2016 T-Bucket Nationals in Indianapolis less than 30 days away, I thought it a good time to write about what I...