Photo: Garage Kept Motors
We wonder if Norman Grabowski knew back in the 1950s the 1922 Ford Model T he tinkered on would grow into becoming the start of an entire niche industry and the starting point of certain-style builds called T-buckets.
Generally defined as a hot rod build based on a Model T, a T-bucket is a sort of machine you either love or hate. It would seem generally people hate them, and there is only a limited number of garages still making them since just a small bunch of people are willing to pay for one.
Small as it is, this industry is around, and it churns out T-buckets even today, 113 years after the first Model T rolled off Ford’s assembly lines. And the one you’re looking at is the last to join the pack of such machines available for purchase.
Freshly listed on the lot of a dealer called Garage Kept Motors, the hot rod momentarily presents itself without a backstory, so we have nothing to give you on this front. But there are a few things we do know.
First off, the build is based on a Model T from 1923. In classic T-bucket style, it comes with the engine sandwiched in an exposed fashion between the front grille and the cabin, a two-people bench to hold the driver and the passenger and, somewhat uncharacteristically, a top to cover them from the elements.
The engine we mentioned above is a 390ci (6.4-liter) of undisclosed power, with 4 Weber carburetors on top and linked to an automatic transmission. Although new on the market, the T-bucket is not new on the road, as the odometer on it shows close to 19,000 miles (30,500 km) have been traveled.
We’ll get back to this T-bucket as soon as more details surface, but if you’re in a hurry to buy it, you should know the asking price is $39,900.
Small as it is, this industry is around, and it churns out T-buckets even today, 113 years after the first Model T rolled off Ford’s assembly lines. And the one you’re looking at is the last to join the pack of such machines available for purchase.
Freshly listed on the lot of a dealer called Garage Kept Motors, the hot rod momentarily presents itself without a backstory, so we have nothing to give you on this front. But there are a few things we do know.
First off, the build is based on a Model T from 1923. In classic T-bucket style, it comes with the engine sandwiched in an exposed fashion between the front grille and the cabin, a two-people bench to hold the driver and the passenger and, somewhat uncharacteristically, a top to cover them from the elements.
The engine we mentioned above is a 390ci (6.4-liter) of undisclosed power, with 4 Weber carburetors on top and linked to an automatic transmission. Although new on the market, the T-bucket is not new on the road, as the odometer on it shows close to 19,000 miles (30,500 km) have been traveled.
We’ll get back to this T-bucket as soon as more details surface, but if you’re in a hurry to buy it, you should know the asking price is $39,900.
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