On the rear suspension, Arly went with his own coil spring design rather than a transverse leaf spring, probably because the coils were readily available and when done right offer a smoother ride. With the body notched and sitting nicely on the frame rails, it looks like Arly’s checking out what the future view will be from the driver’s seat. The T-Bucket body is from Speedway and it’s shown here positioned on the frame before being notched and channeled over the frame. You’ll also note some Arly creativity here with the front crossmember that’s mounted at a nice angle to the side frame rails. She said they had “about $150 into the frame for rod ends and springs, also 3/4 inch pipe” for Chester’s recommended radius rods. In this view, you can also see the motor mounts and front axle batwings that were made following designs and templates in Chester’s eBook. Starting with Chester’s recommended frame plan, Tara said “the square tubing for the frame was a freebie, (we) had laying around” and it’s not that hard to find if you know what you’re looking for. I learned that Arly followed Chesters plans for the frame, front axle, body reinforcement, motor mounts, battery mount, radiator, windshield frame, shifter, brake system and most everything else with a few of his own tweaks. But to do it for less than half of $3000, I wanted to learn more so that we could share that with you. you can still build a T-Bucket on a budget for about the same as you could almost 30 years ago. You see, with Internet accessible parts sources like eBay, craigslist, Speedway Motors, Harbor Freight, etc. He picked back up the build and had it to a car show by spring 2012. Everything was done by Arly, every bit of fabrication and assembly, we took it to car shows all summer long and brought home numerous trophies, what tickled me most was he beat out some really nice, really expensive cars, a nice reward for all his hard work and creativity!!! The total price of the build was about $1300 give or take $50, lol.” He started the build around Christmas 2010 but it had to be put on the back burner from February – October 2011 due to other peoples projects. I found the book online by Chester Greenhalgh and being the pack rat he is, Arly started going through the parts list and he had this and that…. The T-Bucket was built in our two car garage by my boyfriend Arly Hayden. “This is our T-Bucket built from spare parts and $1300, 350 motor, 350 tranny, headers are upside down Corvette side pipes, and spray can paint!!!! When I first saw a photo of Arly Hayden’s T-Bucket I liked it but when I read Tara Lubiato’s description of it I was blown away! Here’s what Tara had to say: This T-Bucket was built for less than $1500! Arly Hayden built this cool T-Bucket for only $1300, using Chester Greenhalgh’s legendary “ How to Build a T-Bucket” ebook, along with some spare parts in his garage and a liberal dose of taste and creativity.
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