YOUNGSTER’S T-BUCKET FRAME PLANS - …（年轻人的T-BUCKET框架计划-u2026）.pdf

YOUNGSTER’S T-BUCKET FRAME PLANS th Version 1.0, Released February 25 , 2008 In the early 1960's my hot rodder friends and I were always on the look out for a model A or T coupe for a hot rod project. Then in November of 1964 Car Craft magazine started a series on building a T bucket roadster. Well, that changed everything! A company called Almquist had been advertising a 'glass body for a couple of years. It was a poor body, but it only cost $99. One of those bodies, coupled with an model A front end (about $10-$15), a '50 Ford donor car from the back row at the local used car lot (about $50), and you had the makings of a T - and a roadster to boot! Mine got finished, sort of - the older guys where quick to point out ''better ways to do this or that''. That's where it all started. I got a lot of help from those who had been there before me. Over the years I got a lot of help from a countless number of people and it hasn't stopped yet, I'm still learning and I hope to God I never stop! Now I feel it’s time to try and pay back a little of what I owe, that's the reason I've decided to put together this set of plans for a T-bucket chassis. I've seen a lot of stuff done that is sub-standard and down right unsafe. I've either built, or had a hand in building, several T's over the last 40 years and I'd like to pass along some of the information to those who can use it. I don't want anything for these plans, all I ask is that you freely pass them along to others. Now, about the plans - The chassis is one that I've used on the last 6 or so cars. The plans start out with dimensions for the frame rails and a procedure for welding them together. They proceed on to the front and rear suspension a