When I was about 10 years old (The late 1970’s), I saw a T-Bucket in a Fourth of July parade, and I’ve wanted one ever since. I think it’s about time I finally build one! 
I’ve built a couple of circle track cars, and I’ve driven and worked on many stock cars over the past 25 years. This will be my first street rod. I’m planning on doing a very low budget build, something in between a street rod and a rat rod.
I always liked the roadster pickup shown in the opening scenes of “Happy Days”, and I want to build something somewhat similar. I’m going to build a T-Bucket with a pickup box about 2 or 3 feet longer than most have. I’ve been scrounging Craigslist for the past year and have a few pieces and parts gathered around to get started with. I’m shooting for a $4000 build budget. We will see how that works out.

I picked up the body from Street Rod Fab in Sorrento, FL. It seems like a pretty strong, high quality part.






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