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

That is a great looking "T"! My Dad redid a "T" bucket for a guy we knew back in the late 70's. It was a complete but worn out yellow "T" bucket. When it was done it was orange. That car had no front brakes. Part of the deal was that I got to drive it to some shows. I was 17 or so. I drove it all over for a month or two. Never had a problem with it not having front brakes.

 

It was at the IP and ended friday

 

Mark Colby's '26 c. 1967.

 

They're all the same.
But they're all different.

Once you've seen one T Bucket,
you've only seen one T Bucket.

 

A die hard MoPar person is crying in their beer, looking at this picture.

 

they must be serving unsweetened lemonade at that show

 

Well, I'll just say that's....um....er.....different. Plow'n Gow?

Lynn

 

Bet it was super fun then...
Today roads ,though have ,kind of all the cars around our hotrods, have 4 wheel disk n ABS,with I think drivers that are on there cell phones too much> much bigger prob.=We now need super brakes too. and luck.
So I think having no front brakes,or even front brakes with very skinny MC tires on todays roads in any town=NOT SMART any more . I know some get bent out of shape even today,when asked why don't you have front brakes? Or point out a skinny MC tire has about ONE inch wide of tread the ground=no real bite for braking.
If it's a very lite hotrod,4 wheel drums{that were really made for much bigger cars} can stop like disk on under 2000 lbs rod.* So good. I still enjoy seeing,as built in the 50 n 60s rods. Also understand needed updates,for enjoying them on todays roads.