I don't have a pick-up but; A lot of Joe Blow young guys around town,kind of have no idea what the words they use even mean ,every thing with out fenders is a rat rod or t-bucket=They don't know.? So telling them helps sometimes. In the end, "T" is a "T"/ending in 1927,an "A" is a "A"starting in 1928. . My 28A gets called a T-bucket a lot,I don't mine the mistake,it's understandible as it's a "Bobtailed A" roadster and I built it with the rake I really like !!!!! They don't mean a deliberate insult ,just don't know the right words. To those that don't know years by site or meanings. I do not like a number of other mistaken names,"Dune Buggy,Rat Rod,Bomber,ect. that don't belong! Will try too fix there info,so they don't used it in the wrong place an wrongway. I put my 28A together from a crashed bad in the***** A roadster,took me almost 3 years,and got it running in 1959*,an drove it in high school. I built a lot of hot rods helping others plus a full custom for my self also in 1960,that one got in Jan 63 Car Craft Mag, was destroyed later by a crook. But I kept my first baby*,she was an is a sweetheart to me! Over the years,being I liked it to start with ,updates have been very limited,went to alum radiator an Alt. an chromed the hearders. After a long time,I made a folding top, remove it when it's nice most of the time=I guess I got set in my ways,use the top when needed high % of rain going on.
At the peak of the T bucket popularity, there were more than a few A buckets built. I suspect it was for the added room over a T. Here are some more pics of the Avlia car
Locally, there were a number of these A - bucket cars built a long time ago. There is one that I know that still exists, but I don't have a good picture of it. I'll keep looking.
Since Koz likes it, here's another. Always liked the look of this one. With its vertical windshield, could this be a closed cab that has been decapitated?
As I stated before there were more than a few built, and not all would be favorably looked upon today. I thought I had more photos in my files but I do not. I did scan this image from the Andy Southard, Jr. book Hot Rods and Customs from the 1960s. According to the caption, it was built by Allen King of Bell, CA. A 28 RPU with a bobbed bed and a 354 inch Hemi. I bet it was a hand full.
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