http://www.amazon.com/How-Build-T-Bucket-Roadster-Budget/dp/087938395X/ref=sr_11_1/103-9174382-6369451?ie=UTF8 $180 used, yikes!! Guess its a good book
HAHAHAHA......check out these reviews from Amazon: "He shows you how to make a car the old fashion way, build all the stuff yourself. He used Bondo for way too many things but he did get the job done." "This book is a good study on how to build a T-bucket by the old "We used what we had" school of thought.While this may be able to produce a"car" for a really low dollar figure,it certainly does'ent build a car that handles well and above all is safe. I mean how much is your life worth! I have to take issue with the use of used tie-rod ends "welded" to watter pipe as steering components? come on! This kind of unsafe foolishness is what gave T-buckets a bad name in the 60's."
Its a topic on www.ntba.com all the time. I have the book but some completely photo copied every page for me!!lol, so each page is one sided. It is good, has pages on just rad. sizes & what cars there out of. It impossible to find, been out of print forever. About 4 or 5 years ago I looked up Chesters number & found him in FLA. Called him & he talked to me, said he wrote the book got out of the car "biz" & is now designing golf courses in Fla. He is a pretty nice guy, but even he said you can't find the book. f theres something specific you want to know E-mail me & if i could i'll help ya. JimV
Amazon prices range from 184.00 in us to 393.00 ( USD) from Amazon in Canada.... Amazing for a book only written in 1990. Try calling local used book stores with the ISBN # or larger libraries??? Contact the publisher?? Good Luck in your search ! PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International (Osceola, WI, USA ISBN 087938395X
I really don't have any way to copy it.Iyts a couple of hundred pages & i'm not going to stand in "A-Copy" for 3 hours, sorry!! I think you'd be just as good to order some California roadster plans or total performance ones. He does a hack job of alot of things, but they work!!lol JimV
Just a suggestion; you might want to have your local library search the exchange service. Most libraries are on an exchange service where they will loan books from other libraries.
I used my double secret librarian resources to track down a cheap copy for you and discovered...that $180 is the cheapest to be found!! Most expensive was $380.00!! Really!! I don't think the car shown in the book would bring that much...I saw a copy once, and it was like "How to cut WAY too many corners." I am flabbergasted that the book is worth more than $10 to someone. So...take this info: How to build a T-bucket roadster on a budget / Chester Greenhalgh 1990 English Book 144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Osceola, WI, USA : Motorbooks International, ; ISBN: 087938395X : Get This Item Availability: Check the catalogs in your library. Libraries worldwide that own item: 25 Search the catalog at Drew University Library Borrow this item from another library (Interlibrary Loan) External Resources: Find Related More Like This: Search for versions with same ***le and author | Advanced options ... ***le: How to build a T-bucket roadster on a budget / Author(s): Greenhalgh, Chester, 1944- Publication: Osceola, WI, USA : Motorbooks International, Year: 1990 Description: 144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Language: English Standard No: ISBN: 087938395X : LCCN: 90-31871 SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Automobiles, Home-built. Cl*** Descriptors: LC: TL240; Dewey: 629.28/72 Responsibility: Chester Greenhalgh. Do***ent Type: Book Entry: 19900130 Update: 19910209 Accession No: OCLC: 21117320 Database: WorldCat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subjects Libraries ILL E-mail Print Export Help WorldCat results for: au: chester and ti: bucket. Record 1 of 1. English | Español | Français | | | | | | Options | Comments | Exit © 1992-2006 OCLC Terms & Conditions 25 libraries own it--that's actually pretty scarce--and your local or county library can get this book lent to you pretty easily so you can xerox it. That's the best way for sure when a book becomes ridiculously overpriced. Bruce
Oh, yes, what you want to ask for at the library is "Interlibrary loan." Tell them you have the OCLC number, etc. in the post above, and they'll have some system for getting it sent in.
I have that book.He goes the cheap route but lists more expensive alternate parts.It's a little gold mine of how to build a car start to finish.If you want to spend more it's in there too. -Strat.
this book is way over priced ,i had a copy way back when the ad for it was in the back of car magazines paid $18 for it an sold it for $20 lol chester was asked if he would allow a reprint an said no because of liability issues , most of the same information is in tex smiths how to build a hot rod book ,
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