T-Buckets of the 1960s

I was hugely influenced by the Steve Scott Uncertain T when it exploded on the hot rod show car world back in 1965. So...

I’ve been fascinated by and a fan of Steve Scott‘s radical Uncertain T since I first saw it on the cover of...

Not only am I a T-Bucket lover, but also a Y-Block Ford lover! So indulge a bit of my Y-Block passion before jumping...

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

I’ve been in love with the Jim Unruh T-Bucket for two decades. You may not believe it, but that’s only how...

While admiring the Clayton’s Hot Rods Tipsy-T in the Suede Palace at the 2022 Grand National Roadster Show I got...

In Episode 7 of our Hooked on T-Buckets Podcast we interviewed Tom Booth about his fabulous Torsion T. At the time of...

Originally published May 31, 2015: T-Bucket headers are an important component that are easily taken for granted. They...

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

I first published this story about the Alexander Brothers Ridler Award winning T-Bucket 44 years after it won that very...

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...

While checking out all the cool T-Buckets at the 2017 T-Bucket Nationals in Carson City, Nevada I did a double take when...

You could say that the Norman Letendre traditional T-Bucket and the Bill Strickland T-Bucket roadster are birds of a...

Up until 1962, pretty much every T-Bucket that had appeared in the Big 3 car magazines (Hot Rod, Rod & Custom, Car...

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

My original Fred Steele roadster post was done back in 2010. When I first wrote it I had no idea that I would be lucky...

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the right person to become the owner of one of the most iconic T-Buckets ever built...