I'm getting closer and closer to making my bucket a reality. Not really close, but I've been reading up more and more, researching which base vehicle I want and which company I'd like to deal with.
When I started looking around about 8 years ago, I grabbed a catalog and plans from T Performance and was thinking about going through them for parts and such, but that fell off the plate for a while.
Lately, I've been looking at other options and found that Spirit has more of what I'm looking for which is a C-Cab style bucket. Over the years while growing up, I fell in love with Tom Daniels' Paddy Wagon model and wanted to do something similar. While I know that I'm not going to be able to to a true reproduction, I did fall in love with the C-Cab look.
Hopefully once things settle down again, I'll start a build and take it slow. I'd like to make it a long term project to complete with my son that is 4 now, but I'd also like to involve my father that has always wanted to build a bucket but never had the funds to do it. My father raced cars in the 70's and early 80's so he's pretty well versed in the engine/drivetrain work, he's going to be a great source on information for me on that front.
Anywho, I'm going to be lurking for a while, trying to absorb all of the information that I can about these fun, awesome looking rides and hopefully I can start a build, if only by purchasing a chassis, inside of 2 years.
When I started looking around about 8 years ago, I grabbed a catalog and plans from T Performance and was thinking about going through them for parts and such, but that fell off the plate for a while.
Lately, I've been looking at other options and found that Spirit has more of what I'm looking for which is a C-Cab style bucket. Over the years while growing up, I fell in love with Tom Daniels' Paddy Wagon model and wanted to do something similar. While I know that I'm not going to be able to to a true reproduction, I did fall in love with the C-Cab look.
Hopefully once things settle down again, I'll start a build and take it slow. I'd like to make it a long term project to complete with my son that is 4 now, but I'd also like to involve my father that has always wanted to build a bucket but never had the funds to do it. My father raced cars in the 70's and early 80's so he's pretty well versed in the engine/drivetrain work, he's going to be a great source on information for me on that front.
Anywho, I'm going to be lurking for a while, trying to absorb all of the information that I can about these fun, awesome looking rides and hopefully I can start a build, if only by purchasing a chassis, inside of 2 years.
Join in and enjoy, who knows you may see a way to get started sooner - things seem to happen around here.
