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Soon after the Ford Model T hit the market in 1908 as the world’s first mass-produced automobile for the masses, people found they could reshape the car in pretty much any way they wanted. They thus played an important role in giving birth to the custom industry as we know it today.
Model Ts started being tampered with from around 1915, but it wasn’t until 1950 that certain kinds of modifications made to the Blue Oval machine got a semi-official name. A hot rod builder by the name Norman Grabowski is largely credited to giving birth to the Model T-based machines we now know as T-buckets.
This kind of project is, of course, intended for a select group of people, the ones who don’t have a problem with most of the car’s internal hardware hanging out in plain sight, with the exposed wheels, or the rather limited use for such a build.
Most of the T-buckets on the market today are used for show purposes, and in some rare instances, as objects of investment from passionate collectors. The one we have here is probably somewhere in between, and it seems to be worthy of its time under the spotlight as part of our Ford Month coverage.
The classic-style T-bucket shines yellow as it sits out in the open as well as inside, something we don’t see this type of car doing very often. It has been in possession of someone in Dallas for the past seven years, and by the looks of things, it wasn’t spared the occasional drive.
Power by a 350ci (5.7-liter) crate engine topped by an Edelbrock 4 barrel carburetor, it was used for close to 900 miles (1,450 km), and it is now selling for peanuts, compared to what else is out there on the market: $9,500 is the asking price.
This kind of project is, of course, intended for a select group of people, the ones who don’t have a problem with most of the car’s internal hardware hanging out in plain sight, with the exposed wheels, or the rather limited use for such a build.
Most of the T-buckets on the market today are used for show purposes, and in some rare instances, as objects of investment from passionate collectors. The one we have here is probably somewhere in between, and it seems to be worthy of its time under the spotlight as part of our Ford Month coverage.
The classic-style T-bucket shines yellow as it sits out in the open as well as inside, something we don’t see this type of car doing very often. It has been in possession of someone in Dallas for the past seven years, and by the looks of things, it wasn’t spared the occasional drive.
Power by a 350ci (5.7-liter) crate engine topped by an Edelbrock 4 barrel carburetor, it was used for close to 900 miles (1,450 km), and it is now selling for peanuts, compared to what else is out there on the market: $9,500 is the asking price.
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