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Ed Roth

Bob Johnston’s T-Bucket, Later to Become Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Tweedy Pie: Part 1

July 21, 2020July 20, 2020
Bob Johnston Tweedy Pie T-Bucket

The Larry Ryan T-Bucket Legacy

February 16, 2024April 3, 2018
Larry Ryan T-Bucket

Ed Roth’s Outlaw/Excalibur/Excaliber

April 5, 2014April 4, 2014
Ed-big-daddy-roth-outlaw

Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Sells for About Half What it Did Four Years Ago

September 5, 2018January 23, 2011
Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Ed Roth

This historic T-Bucket was originally sold by it’s builder, Bob Johnston, to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth for $1150. By early 2007, when stupid money was bidding up every hot rod of any significance, it sold for $335,500. Last Friday, it sold for …

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Tweedy Pie T-Bucket Back on the Block at RM Auctions Jan. 2011

September 5, 2018December 15, 2010
Ed Big Daddy Roth Tweedy Pie T-Bucket

With a $200k high bid not meeting reserve at the Mecum 2010 Monterey Auction, the legendary Tweedy Pie T-Bucket made famous by Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and originally constructed by Bob Johnston goes back on the block …

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Who Built the First T-Bucket With Spindle Mount Wire Wheels?

September 5, 2018December 4, 2010
first T-Bucket spindle mount wire wheels

By the 1970s Fad-T era, front wire wheels were the norm for T-Buckets. I’ve researched this subject over the years, bounced it off others, and now feel confident the cycle wheel trend setter award goes to none other than …

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Bob Johnston’s T-Bucket, Later to Become Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Tweedy Pie: Part 2

June 10, 2016November 14, 2010
Tweedy Pie T-Bucket by Bob Johnston

The Tweedy Pie T-Bucket was built in the 1950s by Bob Johnston, gained its own recognition as a magazine cover car and then rocketed to T-Bucket superstardom after it was sold to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.

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