T-Buckets of the 1950s

Yesterday, the distinctly different proportions of the Von Esser Speed Shop "Von T" jumped out of my Facebook ...

John J. Geraghty, 1930-2015 It was sad to read in yesterday's LA Times that "John J. Geraghty, an automotive engineer ...

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and the Legendary "Outlaw" Note: To honor the memory of the late Ed Roth, I am reposting (with a ...

40 Pounds of Fiberglass T Bucket Body, Held Aloft by Curt Hamilton of Cal Automotive The first fiberglass T Bucket ...

We've previously chronicled the history of the first fiberglass T-Bucket body, which was introduced over a half century ...

"Hot Rod Bob" Beck's story on the history of T-Buckets aired this week on the Speed Scene Live Internet television show. ...

As noted in our earlier post about Tweedy Pie, this historic T-Bucket was originally sold by it's builder, Bob Johnston, ...

With a $200k high bid not meeting reserve at the Mecum 2010 Monterey Auction, the legendary Tweedy Pie T-Bucket made ...

By the 1970s Fad-T era, front wire wheels were the norm for T-Buckets. I'm not talking Kelsey-Hayes wire wheels, but the ...

A few months ago, I posted a brief tribute slide show to the Tweedy Pie T-Bucket, which was built in the 1950s by Bob ...

It starts with an institutional food service size mayonnaise jar. As you may have noticed in the Custom Associates ad in ...

We know from The Real History of the Fiberglass T-Bucket Body that 'glass Model T bodies were first introduced in 1957 ...

Shortly after becoming aware of Norm's Kookie Kar around 1959, I was also struck by another T-bucket that had the "look" ...

Growing up, my grandparents subscribed to Life Magazine and I would look through each new weekly issue when I visited ...