Category Archives: Episodes

T-Buckets galore from 15 states participated in the National T-Bucket Alliance’s 19th T-Bucket Nationals. Listen and watch to get the dates and location for the 2020 T-Bucket Nationals.

In 1960 Fred Steele built what would become the most iconic T-Bucket hot rods when it appeared on the cover of The Ventures Lost in Space guitar tunes album. It remains today as original as the day it was completed and will shortly be for sale.

In the early 1960s Chuck Penry built a T-Bucket that not only was featured in Car Craft magazine, but also the ads of three of the most influential T-Bucket roadster body and kit producers of the day. It became the “dream” T-Bucket of thousands.

Tom Booth’s goal was a fenderless-legal T-Bucket back in the 1960s. He accomplished it and in incredible style.

How one T-Bucket builder combined some of the rarest traditional hot rod components with the latest technology to build a unique T-Bucket that’s been racking up thousands of miles on the road for over two decades.

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits dragster success began with a 1927 T-Bucket roadster on a Model T frame with a Ford flathead engine. It accomplished Don’s goal of defeating the local “King” but Don saw even bigger successful challenges when he removed the body and sat behind the rear axle.

Danny Eichstedt’s severely sectioned 1915 T-Bucket roadster with Jim Babb brass in abundance blew minds when it hit the hot rod scene in 1970.

Listen to Iowa hot rodder, Doug Siemen, tell about how he came to build a very traditional looking 1923 T-Bucket roadster that will be given away in a raffle to raise funds to help families of children with heart defects.

Hear TV Tommy Ivo discuss his initial T-Bucket inspiration and how he went about building his legendary T-Bucket hot rod.

Welcome to the Hooked on T-Bucket Hot Rods Podcast! Discover the history of T-Buckets, tips and tricks on their construction, as well as the fun of owning, driving and being part of the large T-Bucket hot rod community.