Hot Rods 60s style T-Buckets.

Orracle arena, Oakland CA?

 

Love the 60's and 70's T styling, My dad told me stories of the 70's and the crap they did. I remember when dad built the black T and the blue T at the top of this page, while he was building them the stories kept rolling out............
later RC

 

I'm really digging this car! good wheels, good colors, good headers, and it's got that elusive "Looks like an old model kit" look! Who built it?

 

My old bucket

 

Anymore specs or anything on this blue one?? Thats exactly how my dream T would look.

 

Heres mine the way it looks today. I had to make a few changes after the first trip to the Day of The Drags!

 

Here's mine.

 

I know that it's now owned by one of the Draggin's but I didn't know it was built in Michigan,...what's the story on it?

 

Ah yes. Traction had to be in short supply with those small tires you used to have on there!

 

That's Jim Unruh's car. Lives in McHenry, IL. I think that's the right city. I've talked with him a whole lot about the old T's but never about his. Go figure!

 

the one I just finished....

 

The car wasn't built in Michigan, it's a California-built car...Jon DeJeer originally built it, and I think it went to someone else before Dan got it...my buddy Rob bought it from Dan.

Rob and I are no longer in the Draggins, (actually, there is no more Draggins), we have a new club called the Eliminators for '60's, drag-style cars...

...over last winter, Rob put together a KILLER '63 327, rebuilt the trans with a shift kit & converter, and a new center section w/Traction Lock in the Ford rear...it's SCARY FAST now!

Dan has chimed in a couple times when the car was mentioned on the board here before, maybe he'll see this and fix the story...

 

Cool,...any pics of it without the body?,...I'd like to see the chassis detail.

 

We did pull the body off when we did the motor & trans because Rob also redid the floor of the body and replaced the wiring harness...I don't know if he took pics or not, I'll try and find out...

 

I love these 60s t buckets. I am definately gonna do one of these.

 

I really dig this T and pardon my ignorance but I have to ask...what is that thing in the background that looks like a screaming mummy head T?! I would LOVE to see a close shot of that!

Brian

 

mine again, maybe someday it will be shiny too

 

Amazing!

 

1975 it was my dads car

 

My old T....perhaps borderline late 50s early 60s....Old No7

 

Photoman...here's a request I'm sure you can fill. The T bucket, I think from late 70's, flathead powered, with the transmission, the torque tube and the pedal assembly exposed inside the car. It had fat Indy tires front and back and it had a straight tube chrome front axle and looked like a road racer and was very low. I think it had disc brakes all around. ? Cotton Werksman ? It looked really different because most of the T buckets sat up high at the time.

 

blackout, I think that's the car I asked about a couple days ago in another thread that I believe was called the flexi-flyer. Runs in my mind now after thinking about it a day or two that the guys name was maybe Wilson Farrell?

 

Here's mine. Built in the late 60's. Drove to Street Rod Nationals in 71, 73, and 76. Put 30K plus miles on it. Sold it in late '76 and never saw it again.

 

xlr8, here is the car I was asking about. Cotton Werksman. He was a big force in NSRA in the early years, and he built more outstanding cars after this. I hope he does'nt object to me mentioning him.