Greg Myers Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) I think I've seen a few before this , but this is the one that really got things started. A little history here : http://musclecarthailand.com/forum/index.php?topic=799.370 Edited July 5, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 That's what exposure on a network TV show will do for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) But wait, there's more : http://selvedgeyard.com/2009/05/24/the-great-1950s-t-bucket-rod-rivalry/ Part two absolutely not on TV. and a better site. Edited July 5, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I remember watching that show back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 And yet, Kookie's Kar seldom appeared as part of the screenplay of any episodes, almost always limited (in my memory, and I religiously watched very episode, save for perhaps 2 or 3) of "77 Sunset Strip, on Friday nights. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Mother tee buckets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Lol Mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 (edited) Mother tee buckets? Edited July 6, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 That's the top one on my list of projects Just not sure on how the the pipes run underneath Next is Tweedy Pie the original version with the flathead (pre-Roth) and then the Original Hot Rod Lincoln Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W. Verts Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Love T-Buckets, Built one with my brother- took ten years to get it done. They suck to drive. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 That's what exposure on a network TV show will do for you! Plus they sold a lot of combs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharoah Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Isn't Norm Grabowski credited with being 'The father of the T bucket" because of th 'Kookie' car? It was in episode of Peter Gunn too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Plus they sold a lot of combs. Don't forget "A little dab'll do ya!" Bryl-Creme! Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Isn't Norm Grabowski credited with being 'The father of the T bucket" because of th 'Kookie' car? It was in episode of Peter Gunn too. Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Where did T-Buckets come from? Gow Jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Show me " Gow Jobs" in print before it became the term du jour in the revisionist automotive press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Show me " Gow Jobs" in print before it became the term du jour in the revisionist automotive press. Collier's Magazine, July 1941 for one. Need more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) touche, anything in the automotive press ? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/gow-job.34415/ most interesting. Edited July 7, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 so could you use a Model A Truck and make it into a Aaaa Bucket ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 You can call it what ever you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Yeah but it wouldn't be the same if Jan & Dean sang "Bucket A-A, Bucket A, Bucket A" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Who ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIlBLCwD_Tw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Jan &Dean 1964 , Who (a cover) 1966 Edited July 7, 2014 by Jon Haigwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Of course, to be truly accurate, Kookie's Kar (Norm Grabowski build) isn't quite a true "T-bucket"----that term being very much standard in referring to Model T roadsters. Grabowski built his T using the forward half of a T touring car body--you can see the straight panels on the sides, on which the rear doors of the touring body were hinged. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 And yet ol' Woo Woo is still called the Father of the Tee Bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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