toomuchnotenough
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Hi guys I am new, and here to learn from you. I am currently trying to trade my vette for a t bucket, and in the process trying to learn what I can about them. hopefully soon enough I will have one too.
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Ted Brown
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Welcome to the best T Bucket forum around... You just might get a bite by posting some pics of your Vett here also, and when you find something that strikes your fancy, post pics for all to see, and get their opinion about it before you make the trade, may save you time and money as well in the long run... Because most everyone here, have and drive T Buckets or Roadsters... 
toomuchnotenough
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Hey guys, thanks for all the help, and encouragement. Believe me I will get one, the only thing standing between me and mine, is I don't have the space for 2 fun cars anymore. It is only a matter of time.
deckofficer
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As a Track-T owner and a Corvette owner, all I can say is you are going to be blown away by the straight line performance of a high power to weight ride like a bucket T. I have been hot rodding since the 60's and had I come across the Track-T I have now back then, it would have been the only hot rod I would have kept all these years. I would suggest you buy from the original owner/builder a "seasoned" bucket. Stay away for grossly over carburated cars as the builder probably made a lot more mistakes than just the carbs. Big positive displacement blowers are nice eye candy, but a modern small blower is the best way to go IMHO. Now to the price, I'm going to get a lot of groans from the guys here, but in all honesty, I'm in my Track-T because for the first time in 30 years our cars have dropped a lot in value thanks to the economy. A top drawer $18000.00 bucket 3 years ago can be had for around 12K, ouch. Something else I will receive a little ribbing from the guys here is fuel mileage. For me a well designed engine will give better performance while consuming less fuel than an engine just spewing a bunch of unburned hydrocarbons. If everyone in the hot rodding community only got 3 MPG, you can bet state and federal governments would stomp us out of excistance. On a final note, this is just a personal preferance with me, I would choose a manual transmission or an automatic with lock up torque converter and overdrive. I realized this leaves out about 95% of the bucket-Ts you will be looking at but I'll bet the ones with a 700r tranny will be a nicer build overall. Boy am I going to take heat for this. Good luck, be careful of the homebuilt mistakes.
Gerry
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You are right. Take the heat. Sounds like you should have bought a Honda. Not to be too cruel everything you have just said (IMHO) is just about the opposite to a T Bucket, If you want milage and modern cars stick with your Vette.
Gerry
deckofficer
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A picture of my "Honda". Sure, it gets 23 mpg on the freeway, but on mountain roads it carves the turns much faster then my Vette and unlike the Vette, will blast from 65 mph to 120 mph in around 5 seconds.
deckofficer
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Well thats bad, no picture
deckofficer
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deckofficer
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Gerry UK , you are probably correct, I'm not a real T person if it means the car to be considered a true Bucket-T has to be all "show" and no "go". You don't know how many people on this forum has told me I'm nuts for running up to and over 120 mph. We as a group already have the laws of physics on or side with 400+ horsepower cars weighing less than 1800 lbs. Why not enjoy this favorable aspect of our cars and design them to be fast AND safe?
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Ted Brown
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Well I might as well put in my 2 cents worth... Speed is not a real friend of a standard T Bucket, what I mean standard is, a tall windshield and short wheelbase and probably a top on... Now 125 in my opinion is tops for that setup, now with the top and windshield either totally off, or just a half windshield, any late model car, watch out on the top end as the sky is the limit now, I know I out ran my speedo that way, as far as quick goes, nothing is better off the line, nothing... Drive safe,
Gerry
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If I thought my bucket was not going to be safe I would not put it on the road. As for fast, it works out as quick as my Topolino Altered on paper, in a straight line. I did build a Nova (Kit car Called something else in the US). It had the whole roof that moved up and no doors. Stood 32 inches tall and was powered by a 219ci alloy Buick. That WENT AROUND CORNERS, BELIEVE ME . two different cars for two different things.
Gerry
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