The FREE T Bucket plans

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*Magnum dropped I-beam
 
*Magnum dropped I-beam
 
*Super Bell dropped I-beam
 
*Super Bell dropped I-beam
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*EZ-T-Bucket
 
  
 
===Opinion on coils & shocks===
 
===Opinion on coils & shocks===
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If you are using some suppliers' spindle assemblies you may have to ream the existing bolt hole for proper tie rod assembly. These reamers can be purchased from Speedway.
 
If you are using some suppliers' spindle assemblies you may have to ream the existing bolt hole for proper tie rod assembly. These reamers can be purchased from Speedway.
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A word of note here - Total Performance makes probably the most long lived and most popular T-bucket, but there is one significant design flaw that they continue to produce. The sleeve that connects the steering box (Corvair) to the steering shaft is extremely weak and can split. This sleeve has two milled slots and is in a shear failure mode with the rolled drive pin. The steering column sleeve should be discarded and a u-joint substituted. You can either mill flats on the supplied shaft and use a DD u-joint, have splines cut on the shaft and uses a splined joint or (though not recommended) use a racing style (TIG/MIG) weld on u-joint. This failure has been corrected by Total Performance in their newer kits; the sleeve has been replaced with a u-joint though it is a weld on.
 
  
 
==Bracing and mounting the body==
 
==Bracing and mounting the body==
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You'll want a nice 5/8-3/4" piece of plywood cut to fit the firewall of your roadster on the inside. This gives you a nice solid mounting surface for your electrics (fuse box, relays, etc.) and accelerator pedal.
 
You'll want a nice 5/8-3/4" piece of plywood cut to fit the firewall of your roadster on the inside. This gives you a nice solid mounting surface for your electrics (fuse box, relays, etc.) and accelerator pedal.
  
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You may want to run a stringer of wood just inside the lower rocker panel where the body drops over the frame as a stiffener. so your dick can get harder
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You may want to run a stringer of wood just inside the lower rocker panel where the body drops over the frame as a stiffener.
  
 
==Hinge fabrication==
 
==Hinge fabrication==
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*[http://www.rodnrace.com Rod 'n Race Fiberglass] (Berkeley Springs, WV)
 
*[http://www.rodnrace.com Rod 'n Race Fiberglass] (Berkeley Springs, WV)
 
*[http://www.eztbucket.com EZ-T-Bucket] (Kodak,TN)
 
*[http://www.eztbucket.com EZ-T-Bucket] (Kodak,TN)
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*[http://www.tbucketplans.com/2010/04/03/the-youngster-free-t-bucket-frame-plans/ The Youngster Free T-bucket frame plans]
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*[http://www.rutherfordms.com/freedownload/tbucketplans.pdf The Youngster Free T-bucket frame plans]
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==Miscellaneous==
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Images to be sorted into position later: http://www.rodandpiston.com/picview.asp?id=show/cruisindowns06&n=16
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==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:10, 24 May 2016

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