I have been thinking about T buckets as well and while visiting my daughter in Scottsdale I had a chance to attend the Saturday car show at the McDonalds and a nice gentleman with a T let me sit in his and I fit great and I am 6'1". Turns out it was a T coupe with no top and it is a bit longer than regular T buckets. Looks like a normal 27T roadster but with a shortened trunk.
Did you take pics of the car? A few cars shows going on today and I didnt get to a one of them. I did see a nice 54 Wagon I think a ford but not sure. It was in the parking lot of Carcker Barrel and I kept my eye on it until it left but didnt get to talk with the owner. Also a nice bullet nosed Ford is running around twown and I tried to talk to the guy while sitting at the red light but he didnt hear me. We used to have a lot of T's running around here but I have not seen one in years. I'm going to try and go to the Bar B Q Rance car show next time and see if they show up there, that is where I used to see them the most.
Can't remember where this pic is from, but it sure is a slick looking T. It sure has the bare bones look. I really like the plain looking exhaust......KISS. Is this body stock length? It looks like the body is extended into the Pu box for extra leg room. Behind the door does that panel look extended? Still looks like there isn't much extra room for the brake and gas pedal, let alone a clutch pedal, and drivers legs.
Bump..... Anyone building a "T" that can share any secrets for making a "T" comfortable to drive long distances?
Check out my RPU build thread. I stretched my body 4” behind the doors to get some leg room. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/26-t-roadster-pick-up-build-thread.460009/page-63
This time around, I used a stretched body from CCR. It's an extra 3" in the cowl and 5" in the p***enger compartment. I also got a door this time as I'm not as flexible as I once was.
A *****, if you want to build a "comfortable" T, check out Rodder's Digest, Feb 2004, "Thacker's Tracker". The way he solved the space problem was to contour the frame so that it followed the outside edge of the body then drop the floor down between the frame rails. This is something "built" into the car, not installed afterwards.
Without knowing the size of the driver, it varies. Even with a stretched body, planning the seating is paramount.
That's what I did with the modified I built a dozen or so years ago. No floor though, the belly pan under the transmission acts as the floor!
I am 6' & 200# , wear a size 12 shoe , am 70 years old and drive my standard size T with a 4- speed 3000 miles per Midwest summer (8 months) since I like to stop for gas about every 150 miles , that's when we stretch , is it comfortable ? It's better than a motorcycle ,( more relaxing) and infinitely quicker so , who cares ??
Buddy of mine built this one in the eighties with two bodies put together and stretched it. Not the greatest picture but couldn't find any other.
I did some work on a Bucket T from Nevada Iowa. They built it in the early 90`s and have 370,000 miles on it.
This guy seems to fit fine in a regular T and his knees are nowhere in sight. Randolph Scott driving and he was 6ft3
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