LarryH
Member
Like most of you guys i'm a life long gear head, old farm boy and did a couple years stint in the Army. I've been married to the same women for over 42 years, we've raised a couple kids and now have time to relaxe a little and enjoy (read spoil) the grandkids.
I've always wanted a T-Bucket but it seems like something else would catch my fancy and the bucket was forgotten about again. And sometimes life would just get in the way. Then one day i found this site and the fire flamed up again. After lurking here for awhile and checking out the builds i decided to sell my jeep and build a T-Bucket. I figured it couldn't be any harder to drag my 60 year old carcus in and out of a T-Bucket than it was to climb into and jump out of a lifted rig. And i'm getting to tired to crawl over those big ole rocks. I decided the '56 Chevy 4 door grandkid hauler i'm building could waite a bit longer to get finished. It's time for a roadster.
After doing some research and calculateing the cost of building a car my plan changed from building one from scratch to finding a cheap project. I started looking for a decently priced project. I soon realized i could buy a completed registered T-Bucket cheaper than i could build one from someone else's abandoned project. And i could drive it now instead of months down the road.
I found one that was built in 1971 (it's registered as a '23 T). It's a 'glasss body, black with flames, Corvette 327, tunnel ram, a big ole Holley (not sure what cfm it is the owner just knows it's an 800 something) beefed up power glide, Corvette rearend, Centerlines (looks to be about 4" wide in front and 10's in the back), new top, verticle steering column (not sure if i like that or not) with a T steering wheel, and more chrome than i really wanted. She fires right up, runs good down the road and is loud as all get out (the baffles were removed along time ago). The price was right and the licences plate reads "T BUKET". How could i resist?
I just got it home a little while ago so i haven't taken any pictures yet but i'll try to post some this weekend.
I've always wanted a T-Bucket but it seems like something else would catch my fancy and the bucket was forgotten about again. And sometimes life would just get in the way. Then one day i found this site and the fire flamed up again. After lurking here for awhile and checking out the builds i decided to sell my jeep and build a T-Bucket. I figured it couldn't be any harder to drag my 60 year old carcus in and out of a T-Bucket than it was to climb into and jump out of a lifted rig. And i'm getting to tired to crawl over those big ole rocks. I decided the '56 Chevy 4 door grandkid hauler i'm building could waite a bit longer to get finished. It's time for a roadster.
After doing some research and calculateing the cost of building a car my plan changed from building one from scratch to finding a cheap project. I started looking for a decently priced project. I soon realized i could buy a completed registered T-Bucket cheaper than i could build one from someone else's abandoned project. And i could drive it now instead of months down the road.
I found one that was built in 1971 (it's registered as a '23 T). It's a 'glasss body, black with flames, Corvette 327, tunnel ram, a big ole Holley (not sure what cfm it is the owner just knows it's an 800 something) beefed up power glide, Corvette rearend, Centerlines (looks to be about 4" wide in front and 10's in the back), new top, verticle steering column (not sure if i like that or not) with a T steering wheel, and more chrome than i really wanted. She fires right up, runs good down the road and is loud as all get out (the baffles were removed along time ago). The price was right and the licences plate reads "T BUKET". How could i resist?
I just got it home a little while ago so i haven't taken any pictures yet but i'll try to post some this weekend.
