Projects The bucket of ugly! A de-uglifying thread...

Paul
I'd love to see you build a short 94" WB Tweedie Pie looking bucket like Tim is doing. You know their are plenty of 96-101 or longer WB buckets around. I'd like to see what you come up with.
Gary

 

It will be close, Gary. I think with the Banjo and front end setup I have in mind, I`ll end up at 94-96, or somewhere in there. My trip back home in early march to see my (ailing) Mum will put the progress even further behind, though....

 

Go see your Mum. This***** don't matter.

 

For sure, your Mum is way more important than this fun stuff!

 

Yeah, Mum's are important and that is the main reason progress on the Bucket out in the garage is slow here. My Mum has dementia and due to my Brothers and Sisters responsibilities within their own immediate families, I am the only one who could, and was prepared, to put my life on hold so as to become Mum's full time caregiver. Now that may sound like I have a heap of time to work out in the garage but allow me to explain that Mum panics real bad if she doesn't know where I'm at even if I take too long on the loo or in the shower, so to disappear out into the workshop can only happen when I know she is okay sitting in her armchair and is in a good mental space. Don't think I'm complaining though as I did a three month course at the local hospital to learn all about dementia and how it effects different people differently and I'm very lucky in the fact that my Mum doesn't wonder off.
Anyway, enough about me and I apologize if you are all asleep now.

 

Oh and back to the subject of T Buckets and how not to build them.....

 

Whiplash, that is so very good that you are able and willing to do this for your Mum, not everyone is capable and willing to do that. You have my best wishes for everything to go smoothly for you and yours.

 

Thanks for your thoughts, guys-really appreciate it more than you know...and Mark....really great you would step up the way you are doing. I am an only child, so it`s hard to be so far away, especially with the outlook as it is.....
Let`s get back to Bucket Stuff.....Chip!! Hows the Health?

 

Let me just say Whip I know where you are at. My mum suffered with dimentia for the better part of 12 years before the good Lord took her. As the youngest son and the only one living in the immediate area it fell to me to manage her affairs. So big ups to you man for taking on the responsibility.

 

Ivo T photo I took a few years ago at the NHRA museum on the Pomona fairgrounds . It was kind of alone in the back room then. I wish now I had snuck under it to take a look. Their was nobody around.
Ivo's memorabilia in the showcase behind it. Poison Ivo is painted on the back of the leather jacket.

 

Gary, if I'd been there, I would have been a lookout for you while you got a peek under it, if you'd of returned the favor.

 

I have a 32 grilleshell for my coupe becouse they look so good.
But every time i see a T with a T-shell i start to doubt my decision.
Its just look to be made for the T.
Still got plenty of time to make a decision so no rush yet.

 

Just noticed in that photo of Mr Ivo's T that the steering box must be taking up foot room inside the car ? I do like how the steering column isn't over the top tall and fitted with a smaller diameter wheel giving more room inside. Has anybody got interior photo's of Ivo's T showing the pedal / steering box lay out please ?

 

The use of the '32 Grille shell can look awesome on a T Bucket but, sorry Gary, don't cut it down TOO much but have it slightly lower then the firewall.

 

Can't really see the steering box in these photos. Must be just below the floor boards?

 

No offense taken whip I also think the grill on my roadster is maybe an inch too high along with the windshield.

 

I followed Chip's recipe for friction shocks and came up with this. Next, the rears. We've had the mildest winter in recent memory so I've got to get this done and get driving!

 

Needs some holes, nice job.

 

Thank you. My buddy at work said the same about holes, I'll drill some soon.

 

They have turned out good Tim and certainly look the part. I'm not too sure they need holes myself, are they made of stainless steel ?

 

To all the guys on here that are doing (and have done)great things caring for their ailing family members , a BIG cheers goes to you all, you are awesome. JW

 

I agree. I like them just the way they are.

 

I think the shock arms would need more taper to have holes. Nice job on them by the way. JW

 

Thanks for the kind words. The car doesn't have any holes or louvers anywhere else so I've gone back and forth about the holes. Whip, they are 6061 aluminum, 1/4 inch thick.

 

Any more photos or details on this car? Looks pretty mean. I like it.

 

T-Rod,
Nice work on the friction shocks. I think they would look good with holes, but they look great just like they are. Just drive it like that for awhile. You can always drill later, right?

 

Yup, holes are easy to drill but hard to take back.

 

Hey guys, I'm here and alive... Kinda! I haven't been on much in the last few days 'cause I am trying, even with half breaths to get caught up on stuff around here. I had to get a another pair of friction shocks done for a client over the weekend, and rode over yesterday to mount them. The dust and pollen at his place put me right back down in bed early yesterday afternoon, ad I'm just kinda getting it together now to try and run out and figure out some wiring for another client. Sheesh!

If nothing else, here's a look at the latest generation of friction shocks out of Hot Rod Central. As his stuff was already chromed, I didn't want to drill any further holes down in the bat wing, so tried mounting the links off the top hairpin mounts. Not sure how this is gonna go, but I'll keep an eye on it for the next few months, and it's reversible if necessary. Oh, moments after this was shot, they got the proper thin bodied Nylock nuts on the lower links. And, I built the caliper brackets to run the Airheart magnesium calipers, too.

If I'm not huffing and puffing when I get in this after noon, I'll show you guys the snaps and stuff on the Tonneau, and the seat base.

 

Nice work. I see you might have to trademark the shock design, they look awfully familiar.