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

Marty Holman's T, cover car on the March 1961 issue of HRM along with Norm's T tourer. Marty's car was also a cover car on a couple of other mags.

 

I think that is Tommy Ivo's car after it was sold and re-painted. i think I like this version with the panel striping as we did the same on my T.

 

swifty, that's not Ivo's car.

 

Ooops my mistake. Thanks for pointing that out @Fat ASS Whitewalls.

 

my fb source says the owner was dick ikanda c. mid-1960s.

a quick search turned up this magazine where the car may be featured. i'm curious so i might have to look into it more.

 

They were in an article about how to build 60's style hot rod. Sooo that checks out.

 

i just bought a copy so i'm looking forward to checking it out.

 

wendell holl from connecticut built it and was featured in the december issue of the 1964 hot rod magazine. 352 t-bird engine, auto trans, and dana 44 with 3.01 gears, ford poppy red.

 

Welp, Here's my 23 bucket body. Still haven't decided decided if I'm gonna build it or not and if I do will I use the complete 55 Pontiac motor and 4 speed auto or build my old 283 with all the cool parts to make it a screamin 301.

 

I also have a perfect model A frame

 

I would give my first born for those headers for my FE in my roadster, lol, cheers

 

Just sayin' I would Think hard about that Hydramatic.
They shift hard enough that your 'lil bucket can easy lose traction.
I would want to go with a high stall converter

 

Anybody notice how many of the cars in this thread have V8-60 tube axles? I maintain that Ford must have made more than we all think...

 

he built them him self. they're pretty wild.

 

i'm actually shocked nobody makes reproductions.

 

It'd cost you but the poncho , hydramatic , especially with a Pontiac rear would be very cool .

 

I have one. From the thread on them, I've read the patent documents that were posted. I think it would be cost prohibitive to make an exact replica. Getting the arch and the oval shape could be done with some effort, but upsetting the ends to get the kingpin bosses would require some specialized dies. Not to mention finding someone who has a big forging press that wouldn't charge 2 arms, both legs, the family jewels and your first 3 born children. There's some unique features that would be difficult to copy. I suppose if it were made in 3 pieces the ends could be made out of solid stock and the central tube could be made from dom. Then welded and ground to get the thing to look like it was 1 piece. Still probably too expensive...

 

Those are easy, just two 90 degree bends and a bunch of straight tubing. Line everything up straight and square and start welding. They do look good don’t they?

 

Went looking for a fixture to hold the pipes, and didn't find what I was looking for. However, this did pop up, sort of. The pic is shown, but it's only in bing's pic gallery. Had to search for the original link. Here you go. Could be useful for much more than just a T.
https://www.vettemod.com/threads/home-depot-header-build-fixture.11539/

 

It seems like it’s almost the same process that they use to create the Super Bell dropped tube axles, just some new tooling. It wouldn’t have to be an exact copy. The long smooth curve and the oval cross section are really the most important style features. I think they might be surprised how many they would sell if they offered them. I think I would prefer that over the aluminum dropped I beam.

 

if steel is available that is made to the oval shape, it wouldn't be hard for a fab shop to make oval dies then run the tube threw a powered tubing roller. make the king pin boss on a lathe. drill the holes for the spring perch. all you need then is a fixture to weld it together. it wouldn't be exactly right but it could be made with just round tubing too.