T Modified on the cheap!

Ok if I'm gonna do this I'm gonna keep track of it here to see what I have
so far and to keep a list of what I have and need...



1, kit car body
2 SBC (yhea I know boring/untraditional) if somebody has something better, for what I paid for this one let me know..Oh yhea I paid nothing for it.
3.


T shell and hood top's and sides

4.[
mine is plain steel(was a helluva deal,(wow and a poet too!)


5. Frame. Here is the frame I just bought. Needs a bit more kick-up in the rear I think, time will tell(going to pick-up on Sat Feb 23)

6.I have 2-16" wire's need 2 more either 16's or 18's



7. One Banjo rear, this may change if I cannot find the brake pieces on the cheap..plan on converting it to an open drive, juice brake set-up.


8. And a full set (not pictured oil pressure water temp fuel pressure)of Auto Meter Ultra light gauges (yhea yhea not traditional). Left over from my 66 Chevy II project 12 years ago, hey another 13 and the will be collector's items.



I may or may not use these I have a extra 54 Chev Gauge cluster

No this is not my car( I wish! Maybe if I spent some money on here she would look like this)

So this is my start, still collecting parts thats for sure, big items still needed are Front brakes, steering box, trans, and making up my mind on the rear-end, like I said I am doing this on a Miller Highlife Taste and a water budget, so if any of you guys have any cheap parts let me know,maybe we can trade or swap labor or some shit like that......Ryan

what kind of tranny are you going to run?

what ever is cheap! There is'nt a lot of room in this body for 3 pedals, I would love to run a 4 or 5 speed if i can find one, but a Turbo 350 is probably what I will end up running if I can get ahold of one...

man .. I dig the old paint on the hood.

RebStew wrote:man .. I dig the old paint on the hood.

It's coming from Milwaukee should be here next week...Not to bad of a deal delivered for $100.. I was not able to find a complete hood for less than $150

Are you building a car or just cleaning out the garage? LOL

Mr. Fabulous wrote:Are you building a car or just cleaning out the garage? LOL

Uh cleaning out the garage(well that was the idea I pitched to the wife any way)..


Today NANOOK and I are going to brave the icey tundra of Kokomo Indiana, whe have a month's supply of whale blubber and our muck-luck's to survive . We are on a search for the great wooley T-rex-Frame, I have secured a grant from the United Bank of Lisa to carry out this mission. So with blubber in hand and NANOOK my trusty side companion riding shotgun, we hope to return with our treasure of this expedition, Wish us luck! Our lives depend on it..Thank you that is all...Ryan

If your huskies need refreshed, you can stop here and use one of ours!

Well my travel's are over all is well the crew is resting!

I got my frame, was farther out in the Country than I thought but still made it in record time. Now the fun of mock up begin's, I just have to make some room then I can let some sparks fly.Anybody wanna build me a bigger garage?

playing around with mine and Amplines parts stash..



Early Wolsley grill shell shipped over from Australia(need piece that he just had to have)!



The DUDE!










Yhea its in his basement, we like to work our way up from the bottom...

T-Bucket Frame plans if anybody is interested here is a link.. This guy has been a great help to me, and all he wants is for people to pass these on to those who will use them, so here you go boy's...If you down load them be ready its 24 pages long but worth it..


http://www.savefile.com/files/1403255

Ryan, Got any updates on this project? This will look so cool!

I did get a complete chrome front end spindles and drag link (minus Spring) for the whopping price of $67 buck's. On a scale of 1 to 10 its a solid 8 1/2 chrome wise, good enough for one of my car's... I just got it moved to my house so I will start fixing the frame and mock up this week....Thank's for keeping tab's on me Stan....

I think this car will be a blast! very cool build. Did you find some brakes? What about the banjo?

I think I'm selling the banjo's, going for something a bit cheaper to build.... Looking at the Wilwood brakes for the front....

as hard as you work I figured you would be driving the bucket by now.

Hell I'm the "laziest man in Los Angeles County"(The Big Lebowski qoute). Just trying to stay afloat, I did however get out and start doing some cutting on the frame last night. I keep stopping by the hot rod shop in hopes to order some front end parts but he seems to never be open, thats a hell of a way to run a railroad I guess....My plans have been altered a bit since I got this pretty front end now, I'm having to spend a little more than I first thought cause of all the chrome pieces(now I remember why i hate chrome so much).. But It will look good when its all together, that is if you like chrome..

Well in a mad dash to get something done today before baseball practice I got the front perch cut off(was welded on crooked and look's like they used a coathanger), and got the rear part of the frame cut out and replaced it with a Model A crossmember I had laying in the junk pile. I keep telling the wife I bring this junk home for a reason, now I have found out what the reason is.....I ordered some much needed front-end pieces, opted for stainless instead of chrome(less maint.) and a rear model A spring perch kit for my new rear-end I drug home last Fri-day.So if everything goes well I'll have the front and rear mocked up by mid week, then I will be able to see if I need to shorten the frame.I think its going to be about 3 to 4 " to long for my taste.. Also if anybody has an extra 600 bucks laying around I have my eye on a real nice Wilwood Brake Set-up I could use....So thats what I got done this morning....

If you would like any help let me know, I always like to learn. But other than that I have a sweet engine you should put in that baby.

:-)

Goodluck

Bill

RsvBill wrote:If you would like any help let me know, I always like to learn. But other than that I have a sweet engine you should put in that baby.

:-)

Goodluck

Bill

If it's the straight 8 I my have to make the frame a bit longer......Other than the eight I'm all ear's but low on cash, wht do you have....I will be working it on it thru out the week in the evening's Tuesday for sure give me a shout and if I'm free to work on it your more than welcome to stop out.. Ryan

Hell you will be rebuilding the frame reguardless.

Bill

yhea making it shorter...lol not ten feet longer. Anyway finished up the welding shaping and grinding on the rear cross-member tonight, coming together.. Now if my parts would show up I could make some real progress......

Removed plan 2x4 steel tubing and replaced with early model A crossmember, reason: to lower rear-end a few more inche's by raising spring mounting point, and it look's better than a plain block of steel.After welding began





After a bit of grinding and metal finishing





Another Angle




Off to the other side





Finished product, then it's to the underside for some more welding and a few gusset's



I think I'm gonna call my broker and invest in cut-off wheel's and grinding disc's.......

lookin' good