T-Bucket hot rods, their history, the people who built and are building them, tips and tricks on their construction and the fun of owning, driving and being a member of the active, growing and global T-Bucket hot rod community. Featuring interviews with T-Bucket pioneers, movers and shakers.
Episode 17 -- Jim Unruh's "Blue Car" Neotraditional T-Bucket
The components, the stance, the look: Jim Unruh's T-Bucket looks like a true 1960s hot rod, but construction only started in 1997. Learn all about it and how you can build a cool looking one, too!
19 Jun 2021
Episode 16 - Rolla Hessel's "Bud T" and the NTBA
A unique Budweiser beer-themed T-Bucket and all about the National T-Bucket Alliance.
19 Jul 2020
Episode 15 - Dennis Broeske's "Nastee" 1927 T Coupe
The unique polished stainless steel details on Dennis Broeske's chopped T coupe make it stand out as one of the best ever built. With its beautiful Buick nailhead engine with his own fabricated stainless 6-deuce intake manifold to its aluminum "upholstery" it's truly a one-of-a-kind T hot rod.
14 Jul 2020
Episode 14 – David Gadberry’s Low-Bucket
How teenage David Gadberry, while working at Tom Medlock's Specialty Cars in Artesia, California, starts a long range plan to build a distinctively traditional T-Bucket hot rod on a budget and becomes one of the only low-buck, primered hot rods ever featured in Hot Rod magazine.
11 Jul 2020
Episode 13 - Piero De Luca's "Tweedy Pie" Clone
The hot rod archeology of the 1950s T-Bucket, originally built by Bob Johnston, that went on to sell over 11 model car kits after "Big Daddy" Ed Roth popularized it. "Mad Fabricators Society" creator, Piero De Luca, undertakes the creation of his own Tweedy Pie T-Bucket tribute.
11 Jul 2019
Tim Taylor's 300K Miles T-Bucket
Tim Taylor's "rolling experiment" T-Bucket has served him well for decades, especially when Tim became a founding member of the now National T-Bucket Alliance (NTBA).
10 Jul 2019
Ed Iskenderian's Legendary T Roadster
Built in the 1940s and still with him, Ed Iskenderian's T roadster is one of the most famous hot rods ever built. Featured on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine in 1948 and turning 120 mph at El Mirage it also had custom features not found on any other T.
18 Jun 2019
2019 T-Bucket Nationals Report
T-Buckets galore from 15 states participated in the National T-Bucket Alliance's 19th T-Bucket Nationals. Listen and watch to get the dates and location for the 2020 T-Bucket Nationals.
14 Jun 2019
Bob Collins and the Fred Steele Ventures in Space T-Bucket
In 1960 Fred Steele built what would become the most iconic T-Bucket hot rods when it appeared on the cover of The Ventures Lost in Space guitar tunes album. It remains today as original as the day it was completed and will shortly be for sale.
11 Jun 2019
Chuck Penry's Stylish 1960s T-Bucket Hot Rod
In the early 1960s Chuck Penry built a T-Bucket that not only was featured in Car Craft magazine, but also the ads of three of the most influential T-Bucket roadster body and kit producers of the day. It became the "dream" T-Bucket of thousands.
13 May 2019
Tom Booth's Fantastic "Torsion T" T-Bucket
Tom Booth's goal was a fenderless-legal T-Bucket back in the 1960s. He accomplished it and in incredible style.
10 May 2019
Kerry Smith's Potvin Supercharged T-Bucket
How one T-Bucket builder combined some of the rarest traditional hot rod components with the latest technology to build a unique T-Bucket that's been racking up thousands of miles on the road for over two decades.
7 May 2019
Don Garlits' 1927 T Roadster Paves Way for Dragster Success
"Big Daddy" Don Garlits dragster success began with a 1927 T-Bucket roadster on a Model T frame with a Ford flathead engine. It accomplished Don's goal of defeating the local "King" but Don saw even bigger successful challenges when he removed the body and sat behind the rear axle.
6 May 2019
Danny Eichstedt "Leg Show" T-Bucket Hot Rod
Danny Eichstedt's severely sectioned 1915 T-Bucket roadster with Jim Babb brass in abundance blew minds when it hit the hot rod scene in 1970.
27 Apr 2019
Episode 3 - Doug Siemen's Hand-Built Steel Traditional T-Bucket
Listen to Iowa hot rodder, Doug Siemen, tell about how he came to build a very traditional looking 1923 T-Bucket roadster that will be given away in a raffle to raise funds to help families of children with heart defects.
22 Apr 2019
TV Tommy Ivo and his Legendary 1950's T-Bucket
Hear Tommy Ivo tell about acting on his Norm Grabowski T-Bucket to build his own with a strong emphasis on performance at the drag strip as well as good looks.
4 Apr 2019
Introduction to Hooked on T-Bucket Hot Rods Podcast
Welcome to the exciting world of T-Bucket hot rods. This introduction includes a brief T-Bucket history and a peak at some of the many interviews to come and what we will cover. Also, why a Podcast and why you'll want to be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.
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