Hot Rods How about some love for the T-Bucket?

The fella that built this was a neighbor of my dad when he was younger in Toledo. I drew a picture of the car for my dad when I was younger, but it was unfortunately thrown out without my knowledge after he went into hospice, which bummed me out a bit.

Edit: I just noticed our very own Moriarty is mentioned in the write up!

https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Harry_Markiecki's_1916_Ford#:~:text=1916 Ford Model T owned,work and a $3,000 investment.

 

As per that chromed chassis,
https://www.undiscoveredclassics.co...tis-style-chassis-hot-rod-magazine-july-1954/
Not the same 4 link as we associate with rods, but racing was experimenting with more than the typical hairpins seen on stuff like this in the 50s.

 

Swifty
we heard the motor was empty of parts (pistons etc) was only a show car and would not start ??

 

@Lil32 you could be right on that, makes an even better story. Wasn't at the 73 event but have pics of the car at their Motel in 75 or 77 - need to check my color slide to confirm what year LOL

 

marty hollmann's t. pretty neat.

 

Yeah, we went 4 bar like sprint cars in the early/mid 70s onmodifieds up here in the northeast. Used jacobs ladders to locate the rear side to side, panhard bar for the front. There was a lot of experimenting with suspensions during that era. From buggy springs, to coil-overs, to Reese hitch bars, and eventually torsion bars. Now they run all sorts of trick stuff to get forward and side bite. And to unbind a 4 bar setup, like the sprint car guys, just throw away the lower left bar. It's redundant from an engineering point of view, as long as the remaining bars are strong enough to take the loads. But seeing those setups on street cars starting with Grabowski's shows there really is nothing new under the sun. And I seem to remember reading somewhere that he copied a race car for that front end.

 

The perfect surfboard hauler!

 

don brusseau's t. i like this early version best.

 

Excited to see this at some local events. Looks awesome.

 

i really dig those separate primary tubes.

 

very neat! any place i can see detail views of the car? and are those sauce pans covering the brakes?

 

Yep from Wally World lol.

 

thanks man the car has a great look. really like your car. and who knew walmart had a hot rod section?!

 

nice profile shot of tweedy.

 

I got mine out for the first cruise of the year today. Took the camera to prove it but turned out it's battery was dead. Didn't check mileage but was out for over 2 hrs