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

Man that
T roadster and parts look like you'd be halfway there. Where was that picture taken? I'm sure nowhere close to me.

 

Not sure where it came from. But it sure looks like a clean Western body.

 

That's an early body, 1915 back I believe. (correct me if I'm wrong) It has a long cowl. I'd sure like to have it. That sucker is clean.

 

‘23. Low cowl with a steel firewall.

 

As much as I like the long tube cross ram Mopars they look out of place on a T (bucket or not).

 

that won the ridler? i wonder what the rest of the great 8 looked like

 

it sure is. lots of details on this i like although generally i'm not a fan of "fat" tires up front.

i wish i knew where i got this shot. maybe john moorehead's tbucketplans(.)com?

 

more of top banana.

 

Here's a thread on older pics, not many in it though.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...orama-picture-thread-what-do-you-have.532387/
I posted a while back a guy who had a site with a ton of older show pictures, but can't find it right now.

 

Motor mounts attached to the cylinder heads - I've always wondered if that was a good idea or not.... I wouldn't do it.

 

they say they started with a brizio instant T kit

 

talk to me or squirrel about all those yrs of vettes!... the pump not much worse..

 

The Gathering at the ROC, 2023.

Mick

 

Just think about the 63 Lotus Indy car with the small block Ford engine. The rollbar bolted on to the heads. Gurney and Clark had big ones, for sure!

 

Back then you had a choice; run the fastest, lightest (all dangerous, but lighter often meant less safe) car, or don't run F1. The fatality rates were not good and everyone knew it. Same or worse than TF.

 

Well, when you consider that the '55-'57 Chevys had two 3/8 bolts holding those two cup-like mounts to the front of the engine, and two long studs holding up the front of the engine, I thought that the Corvette straddle mount wasn't too bad.
That engine mounted roll bar was REAL sketchy. Eddie hill used the heads of his twin Pontiacs as stressed chassis members too. Not ideal but it seemed to work....