Thread: Low-budget/T-Bucket Pickup

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That looks like a nice body you picked up. I almost built one a few years ago but I sold my body and moved on. I'm in to watch your progress. Hopefully you can hit your dollar amount goal. It never works out for me. Haha

Thanks for the help and encouragement guys.

I bought the copy of Chester's book from TBucketPlans.com, and I have read through it several times. I emailed Chester a couple months ago - he is still alive and kicking down in Mexico.

I have also read through a couple of T-Bucket build threads on this forum - Jim Robinson's and Don "ITOLDYOUSO's. I picked up a ton of ideas there also.

Don, Itoldyouso, doesn't post here anymore though I think you can find him on the HAMB.

Yesterday I spent some time out in the garage doing some basic mock ups and finalizing the frame dimensions to fit my body. I am going to make the front of the frame 24 inches wide and the rear of it 27 inches wide. The front of this body is comes channeled 3 inches. Once I figured out where the frame rails will sit, I channeled the rear of the body about 2 inches. I am debating leaving it there.

You're T looks great Mark. I like the wheels and the roll bar. It looks pretty complete, what more needs to be done?

I'm thinking about building a 4 foot long box for mine.