1960’s Style T Bucket Hot Rod

[Dennis]

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I’ve never been a big fan of T Buckets, not even a mild one. Despite that I have come across a few pictures of 60’s era T’s that I’ve actually liked. Not too long back I picked up the most recent issue of Revell’s T Street Rod (originally Monogram Little T) and figured I’d give a T Bucket a shot. Naturally I made changes but I tried to keep this one simply and mostly work with the foundation provided. Now that it’s finished I have to say I definitely wouldn’t mind a full size version to haul around town in!

Modifications:

- Front axle, spring, split wishbones, tie rod from Revell ‘29 Roadster. Front tube cross member with spring perch from Atlantis Mooneyes Dragster extra frame.

- Modified steering box from Revell ‘40 Ford’s with pitman arm from AMT Double Dragster. Home made drag link rod.

- Laced front wheels and tires from Revell Tony Nancy 22Jr. Mags and piecrust slicks from Monograms Boothill Express.

- Front cover, belt drives, blower setup and modified hoses from Revell ‘29 Roadster. AMT parts pack Chevy shotgun headers. Magneto from AMT ‘57 Chevy wired. Mickey Thompson valve covers of unknown origin with breathers added.

- Chrome gauge panel and dash hole grafted in from Revell ‘30 Coupe. Cragar steering wheel from Monogram ‘32 Roadster.

- Revell ‘32 Ford series taillights.

Tamiya TS92 Metallic Orange and TS7 Racing White. Revell ‘30 Coupe gauges and license plate decals.

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[41chevy]

Nice! The blown SBC would make it a ride to remember!

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Dennis, Your "Sweet Little Orange Peeko T" turned out rather nice, despite the full accoutrement
of branding irons in close proximity to exiting legs... A bit of a Hot-Tee as is, what's not to
like here. You got all the like button items covered. Small Block Chevy. Pretty Burnt Orange
Paintwork. Blower Sticking Up there for All to See. Nicely Detailed Chassis. Soft Leather-Like
Interior, maybe even Corinthian Leather as Ricardo Montalban used to say in the commercials.
Plush Wall to Wall Carpeting. Top Up or Down Looks Like a Fun Ride... Great Job!

My car show buddy owns a '23 T Bucket with rocker level side pipes, he says they've branded a
whole bunch of ankles hopping out after riding around. You really don't even need a blown
small block to get one of those things roaring. Two 750's on a pretty zippy 350 will haul a
front tire up just like a sprinter! Rather quickly too!

Not a Hot Rod to ride around in wearing shorts! If ya do, ya better have the burn cream handy!
I can attest to this statement from experience, just a moment of inattention to the nearly red
hot pipes is all it takes. Not only once, but a few times too. (On separate rides! LoL!!) You just
kind of get all jazzed up on adrenaline and smell the burning flesh before realizing it's yours!
LoL!!

[Deleted]

Bitchin' sweet! Perfect from every angle!

[RodBurNeR]

very clean Dennis! classy and bad to the bone!

[Mr. Metallic]

Sweet Little Street T you've got there Dennis (see what I did there?). You did a great job of taking the best parts of this type of car and knocking off the rest. Love the shotgun pipes.

[lo51merc]

Sharp "T" Dennis. Would seatbelts really help in a car like this? Prolly not! Might even diminish the thrill some. 😋

[Dave from Pleasanton]

What's not to love. Great job Dennis.

[JimKing]

Beautiful build Dennis, as always

This ignited an interest in T buckets that I didn’t know I had in me…and now I’ve got a Fotki album with about 100 of them in there that I wanna build 🤪😂