New from St. Louis

[btlfed7]

Howdy, I just joined from St. Louis looking for a little information. I just started my T-Bucket build a few days ago and plan to take a year or 2 to finish. Once i make more progress then a junk block mounted in a frame on jack stands sitting in my garage I might post a few pics lol. For now I am just reading up on any info I can find.


My last few project cars have fallen due to a loosing battle against rust. So I decided to build a car with all new parts. My goal for the t bucket is no chrome at all while still looking very clean and well put together. I don't know why, but I have never been a chrome fan on my own cars. I am still working on my concept drawing and will post it when I am happy with it.

 

[Francis Blake]

:welcome: Hi Waffles always glad to see a new buckethead on here. There are some guys on here in St Louis. I agree with you about chrome, I have never been fond of it.

 

[7ptbuck]

Welcome Waffles. Take all the time you need on your bucket that way you dont cut corners and regret it later on. Im also not a big chome guy but if its just a little and its done right, it always looks good. Oh and it dont matter if you have 2 pieces of steel on plastic buckets, post what you have. Its always cool to watch it transform from nothing to "holy crap thats awesome" lol.

 

[benT]

Welcome from Indy! Buckets are great projects as you don't have to drop loads of cash on quarter panels, trim parts and other big ticket items that bog you down $$$-wise.

Working out your concept and look prior to starting is definitely the key. To me the key is to set a concept or theme and staying true to it.

Lots of nice cars out there without Chrome. Other options for sparkle is silver paint or powdercoat. Our current build is a low $$ '23 with nearly everything possible powdercoated (we own a powdercoating shop). The nice thing is fresh paint makes those junkyard and swap meet parts look new again. Here's a pic of the 283 SBC motor we are using--the intake, valve covers, and other misc is powdercoated with silver sparkle. Nothing was new but the oil pan and headers:

 

[Youngster]

Contrasting colors can be use very effectively to accent a car.

Ron

Oh yeah ... welcome to the site!

 

[btlfed7]

That looks like a nicely done block. I had done similar contrasting using silver and black on one of the last engines I rebuilt(pic below). I liked how it turned out alot. I like alot of the color schemes of the 60s but still have not picked final colors.

 

[engine24355]

Welcome to the forum from East Texas! I have a bunch of family in the St. Louis area all of who are jumping for joy based on the Cardinals championship.

 

[Telman2]

Welcome to the forum from Northern Illinois Waffles. When I was young I used to think that you needed chrome to be cool, today I'm glad I never got around to adding much to my bucket. I'd rather be out cruising then in the garage polishing or worrying about getting it dirty.

 

[ford4ever]

Welcome from Indy! Buckets are great projects as you don't have to drop loads of cash on quarter panels, trim parts and other big ticket items that bog you down $$$-wise.

Working out your concept and look prior to starting is definitely the key. To me the key is to set a concept or theme and staying true to it.

Lots of nice cars out there without Chrome. Other options for sparkle is silver paint or powdercoat. Our current build is a low $$ '23 with nearly everything possible powdercoated (we own a powdercoating shop). The nice thing is fresh paint makes those junkyard and swap meet parts look new again. Here's a pic of the 283 SBC motor we are using--the intake, valve covers, and other misc is powdercoated with silver sparkle. Nothing was new but the oil pan and headers:

Ben , what is the color pain you have on the block? that's a cool color!

 

[ellis8500]

Hey Waffles,

I'm over in Hazelwood. Got my chassis done except for wiring and am in the process of finishing the body. It's taking longer than I thought due to our weather here.

 

[butch27]

Welcome- from S.E. Michigan.

 

[btlfed7]

Hey Waffles,

I'm over in Hazelwood. Got my chassis done except for wiring and am in the process of finishing the body. It's taking longer than I thought due to our weather here.

I am just over in Florissant. I have a heated and cooled garage so I am hoping the weather does not slow me down to much, but we will see.

I am still working on getting rid of all my old RX7 parts so I have more room to work in my garage. I am half tempted to just call a scrapper for whats left of the rusted out body lol.