Thread: Project: 27 T bucket

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Here are two pictures to show you the difference. The first one is my Sons 23, and the second is my current 27. Look at the cowl area and general shape of the body. What you have there is the typical 23-25 T bucket body, but everyone just calls them a 23.

Don

As for the r and p mounted to the frame, it can't work right because as the car goes over bumps the ends of the rack are pushed from side to side and steer the car without you turning the wheel. A buddy of mine had a T bucket done that way and I drove it home from a show one time for him.. It was the scariest ride I have ever had, the car was darting side to side and I had to keep correcting it to keep it from changing lanes. The only way r and p has a chance of working right is if it it mounted directly to the straight axle itself, so the two move up and down together. But even that is not perfect as you add a lot of unsprung weight to the car and need to figure out a sliding input shaft setup.

IMO, it is so much easier to just not reinvent the wheel and use a reversed Corvair box like 99.0% of the other T buckets are using.

Don

Here, I found a picture that might even be more clear showing the differences between 23 and 27 bodies. The 23 is on top, the 27 underneath.