It's mine!!!! One of these days I'm gonna have to finish it - buried in the snow outside at the moment... Find it and more, much, much more, over on Foul's site of modifieds. http://danielstrohl.com/gallery.asp?id=29
my favorite is twetty pie that roth owned. channeled over the 32 frame & a dash full of air plane gauges
Welll, They say in show business, "any publicity is good publicity." I changed the name on my stolen copy to monkeybiker'sT, jus so I don't forget where I stole it again... Now dig it out of the snow and drive it like YOU stole it!
One that I owned about 15 years ago. Y block Ford. Six carbs, 4 speed, 9" diff. Chrome everywhere. I wish I still had the motor from it for my '55 Ford.
This one was cool in the '70's. If I found one like this today (cheap), I'd ditch the tall windshield and top. Swap out the radiator and pipes and it could be something.
I wish I had a picture of my dad's original car, from the 60's, you'd like it. It was Kookie/Ivo style, red paint, black steelies with wide white slicks, tuck n' roll, Model A grille shell, Olds motor. He actually kept the engine, and sold the car with a small block, and the engine, still with all its vintage performance parts, is in his new car today. It sounds like nothing else. Here are a couple shots: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=69563 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=69449 I think that a "proper T bucket" has to have some specific styling features. It's got to be pre 1925, but preferably earlier (the earlier ones had a narrow cowl, which makes the engine look bigger, this one's a '16). Got to have suicide suspension in the front, and about a foot left of the box in the back. They look a whole lot better with tall skinnies, pinstriping, pleats, and lots of chrome than any other build style. And I agree, I was allowed behind the wheel of this one, and it IS the most fun I've ever had in a vehicle, and all I did was cruise.
I'm surprised that no one knew whose T was pictured in the 1955 Rod&Custom. That was none other than Norm Grabowski in his T when it was black and had a single 4-barrel on it.
Jim Unruh of Lions Hot Rods built a killer T-bucket for his son. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=43305
This one was built by Jim at "Lions Hot Rod Shop" in McHenry IL. Picture taken at Hunnert Car Pileup 2007.
To start at the begining, checkout "Hot Rods in the Forties, a Blast From The Past", by Don Montgomery. You will notice most cars are not really low. Then look at "When The Hot Rods Ran", May 15, 1938, by William Carrol. Both very good picture books for traditional rods. Most young people today think "traditional" means something entirely different. I love the look of a very low rod. I object when the owner calls it "traditional". We need to define the word.
Marty Hollmann's T was pretty cool. It was the feature car in the "Chrome Coffin" which was the 15th episode of the 4th season of "77 Sunset Strip". It was also the car that the Lindberg "Bobtail T" model was based on. Marty & Norm Grabowski were friends. Norm was member #10 and Marty was member #11 of the L.A. Roadsters club.
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