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

maybe a minor detail but i'm pretty sure these are referred to as roadster headers. "sprint" car headers are a bit different- see below. fwiw roaderster style is about as traditional as fiberglass in the t-bucket world. store-bought (sanderson) have been around since the '60s and homemade before that.

 

The red one above is Pontiac powered and with the rare Thompson valve covers

 

This MF'r just oozes cool.
I'm gonna imagine that's a potent '60 in the back too.

 

Whatever they are called, they are the bellybutton of headers for T buckets…and there are a million T buckets running them. Sort of a ho-hum shortcut.

 

Could be when you get down to the point of needing headers you have already blown the budget! Ha Ha

 

Yeah, Cyclone was selling kits like that back in '67-'68 period, maybe earlier. They called them "Sprint car style" vs "Lakes style". I liked them because they used a big radius bend and a small radius bend so they would nest nicely. Back then, that required two different bender set-ups for the tubes with the big radius (like the center tubes in post #1741). Back then, it mattered, and they went the extra mile to make it nice. Eventually, they gave in to manufacturing costs and did them with all the same radius flange to collector - like post #1745. Little details, lost to time and profit margin. For a time, they were the only style headers that anyone offered for roadsters.

 

We buy our headers instead of building them for the same reason we buy a lot of other things , It would not make sense to build a carburetor , or an intake or a water pump or a valve covers , if they're so ho him , quit looking at them , scroll on ...

 

kinda like a flathead in a model a or b?

 

that's an awesome photo. his son was in the process of building a bit of a tribute car, but the project stalled, and i wonder what has happened to it.

 

i agree the tight radius bends on most of them do not look as good as the earlier larger bends.

 

What a great start, early Pontiac, 3 spd, and a 4-bar front end. 1959-60?

 

Same car.

 

Look at those pipes!!

 

And a middle finger to boot! Haha

 

The last 2 pics remind me that i dont rember this pic in this thread yet.

 

Work in progress (on the H.A.M.B.)…but looking fantastic!

 

how the car looks now. nadeem khan's car.

 

Some rare ( for Australia anyway) colour photos from Swifty's T bucket build in the 60's

 

6th picture in, that shop is too neat and organized. Whoever does something like that should be ashamed of themselves...