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When I was younger I desired to own a T bucket. There was an old dude in town {probably 50 or so but when I was young that was old} who had one.
It truly wasn't all that special but it was a T bucket.
When I got a bit older I opened a small body and radiator shop of my own. I worked summers as an industrial flat roofer so I really wasn't using the shop for my real income, it was mostly to keep me out of the bars, it did that quite well.
Since I had a pretty good income from the roofing job I was able to buy a lot of stuff at pretty good prices from shops that were going out of business. At one going out of business sale I went to there was most of a T bucket in the back corner. By the time the auctioneer got to it most of the crowd had left so it was just me and two other dudes bidding on it.
I started the bidding at $20.00 and ended up getting it for under $150.00.
When I went with my trailer to haul it home the seller rolled out some N50 tires on Cragar SS wheels and said they went with it.
It was early fall when I got this basket of goodies so had to wait a while for the end of the roofing season to start on it. I decided to go with a Ford 225 V8 that I knew was good to go. I put headers and lake pipes on the bucket and a set of Cragar SS wheels all around. I ran super 70's on the front and super 60's on the rear. I was living in northwest Wisconsin so I had to have fenders on all four corners. I made it so the front fenders turned with the wheels.
The thing was cute to look at but the original bench seat was only like 6” wide. I tried to put some bucket seats in but they were too large. I ended up with a 2X12” with minimal foam and vinyl over it for seat and it was not comfortable at all.
I painted it candy apple red with orange/white/blue/gold flames. It was my first time trying to do flames.
When I sold it the kid put all kinds of decals on it, yanked the 225 and put in a big block Chevy engine removed the front fenders and installed disk brakes up front. He had headers and straight pipes for exhaust then wondered why the cops kept picking on him every time he rolled in the bucket.
It truly wasn't all that special but it was a T bucket.
When I got a bit older I opened a small body and radiator shop of my own. I worked summers as an industrial flat roofer so I really wasn't using the shop for my real income, it was mostly to keep me out of the bars, it did that quite well.
Since I had a pretty good income from the roofing job I was able to buy a lot of stuff at pretty good prices from shops that were going out of business. At one going out of business sale I went to there was most of a T bucket in the back corner. By the time the auctioneer got to it most of the crowd had left so it was just me and two other dudes bidding on it.
I started the bidding at $20.00 and ended up getting it for under $150.00.
When I went with my trailer to haul it home the seller rolled out some N50 tires on Cragar SS wheels and said they went with it.
It was early fall when I got this basket of goodies so had to wait a while for the end of the roofing season to start on it. I decided to go with a Ford 225 V8 that I knew was good to go. I put headers and lake pipes on the bucket and a set of Cragar SS wheels all around. I ran super 70's on the front and super 60's on the rear. I was living in northwest Wisconsin so I had to have fenders on all four corners. I made it so the front fenders turned with the wheels.
The thing was cute to look at but the original bench seat was only like 6” wide. I tried to put some bucket seats in but they were too large. I ended up with a 2X12” with minimal foam and vinyl over it for seat and it was not comfortable at all.
I painted it candy apple red with orange/white/blue/gold flames. It was my first time trying to do flames.
When I sold it the kid put all kinds of decals on it, yanked the 225 and put in a big block Chevy engine removed the front fenders and installed disk brakes up front. He had headers and straight pipes for exhaust then wondered why the cops kept picking on him every time he rolled in the bucket.
Last edited by tired old man; Aug 29, 2013 at 08:09 AM.
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Also looking at possibly trading the Ford in on a Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel!
168K, engine looks clean, longbox, 4 door, clean interior and body, has cattle guard, running boards, gooseneck, etc.
168K, engine looks clean, longbox, 4 door, clean interior and body, has cattle guard, running boards, gooseneck, etc.
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