December 27th - Electricity in the Air

Photos by Mark V.

George V., Tom, Dave S. and Steve L. route the pesky wiring harness.

George V. flies in from England to lend a hand and fabricate turn signal brackets.

Steve L. routes the rear harness

Tom H. and Steve L. search the Net to match wire colors up with the steering column wiring harness.

December 17th - Counting the Days

Photos by Mark V.

There are 8 shopping days until Christmas, but all we're thinking about is getting the T-Bucket operational by the Detroit AutoRama, March 7-9th.

Tom H. and Steve L. begin work on the electrical system ... to be continued

November 26th - Sweating the Details

Photos by Steve L.

Steve Q. bends brake line.

Steve P. straightens bent fins with the radiator comb.

Mark V. and Dave S. take a fantasy cruise.

Occasionally, we need to clean up. Knox V. demonstrates how to correctly coil an extension cord.

November 19th - Shiny Stuff

Photos by Steve L.

Man, those gas tank welds are smooooooth!

Nothing beats stainless steel braided brake lines. Connecting it to the master cylinder will definately improve stopping distances!

At last the steering column is installed, now sporting a jaunty rake that won't prematurely wear holes in the driver's jeans :-D

When we're not working on cars we're studying God's word. Dave S. (second from left) leads this week's bible study - Phillipians C4.

October 29th - More progress

The shop was a hive of activity tonight, with Toan making a shroud for the radiator (and lots of noise to boot !), Dave and Steve mounting the brake master cylinder and pedal assembly. Knox, Dave and Greg worked hard to plug any open passageways in the block and fit the fuel pump and Mark and Mark worked on setting up the steering shaft.....

Measure twice, cut once......


Mounting holes going in....


Brake master cylinder positioning.....About here O.K. ??

Nah, Back a bit.....

Steve combs the radiator veins while Dave muses the fuel pump installation

Mark J is very happy with the new steering column - Look ! It tilts ! Woah !


Sparks fly as Mark V trims down the bar stock to make the steering shaft....

October 15th - Update

Photos by Steve L.

We returned the short column and replaced it with a very nice new longer column with Tilt . This will allow us a much better driving position...

Then comes the scary part - drilling the hole through the firewall.....No Problem

October 1st - Update

Photos by Dave F.

Mark, Dave and Toan test drive the new steering wheel... ... seems the wheel sits a tad low, scuffing Mark's knees :)

The bungee cord mod keeps it upright and centered,

while we ponder how to increase the wheel's elevation.

To be continued...

September 17th - Update

Photos by Dave F. & Don L.

Dave F makes the Wood Brothers look like amateurs.

Our youngest member, Cale J, handling quality control!

August 27th - Update

Photos by Dave F.

August 18th Update

Photos by Greg B.
Every hot rod needs some flame treatment, and this one is no exception. Very tasteful flames appeared over the weekend, Beautiful ! Prior to that the team worked more on engine ancillaries, mounting the radiator and lamps, steering rack, Windshield and rear view mirrors...

Check out the flame job...

Radiator, Lights and hoses all done !

August 20th - Update

The team assembled for another Monday night of Bucket work. There seemed to be a lot of head scratching this evening as Dave S and Steve L tried to figure out the brake pedal mounting, Mark V worked on the steering shaft routing, Toan worked on the hinges for the decklid, Mark J and Nate worked on the front drive belts and Knox sorted through the wiring....

Toan, Dave S and Steve L position the fuel tank to clear the hinges...

Knox ponders the wiring.....


Dave S searches the Speedway catalogue...Now where does it show how the brake pedal mounts....

August 11th - Progress report

We really needed to get the engine installed so we could position the body shell, radiator and steering gear...Rick J and John R get the transmission mount located while Steve L and Don L

offer encouragement - Left a bit, no right, other right, now down.....Perfect !

Eyeing up radiator position and steering gear

Just couldn't resist trying some of those shiny bits for the photos ! Mark J fits the
radiator shroud while Tom W models the ram air intake, whoa !

Rick J and Mark J mock up the headers, nice !

August 6th - Progress Report

We now have something that resembles a rolling chassis, some tweaks needed to the front suspension and perhaps the most exciting things - our Body has been sprayed and the interior finished trimming - wow - they look fantastic....

And here it is - the picture does not do it justice, a beautiful Gold paint job with
a wonderful custom hand trimmed tan interior - Sweet !

Both front and rear suspensions received significant modification - the original leaf springs were removed in favor of coil overs for better ride and control, a front watts linkage was added and multilink rear end. All new structure was added to the rear of the frame to support the fuel tank

July 30th, 2007 - Progress Report

O.K., so we are going back in time a bit here....Up until this point most of the work had focused on cleaning, stripping and re-painting. The Full Throttle team has done a fantastic job getting parts ready for assembly. On the 30th we began re-assembly...

Sam, and Eric prepare the back axle for the pinion and differential re-assembly



Mark V and Dave S shim the kingpins on the front axle...no problem..


Meanwhile Rick works his magic the heads, small block, water pump etc
- In case you were wondering, they were yellow, now they are gold...


Steve L takes no chances with toxic chemicals - I thought we said paint it gold ??

The bodyshell arrives from prep - Thanks Mike P, nice job !
Mark J, Steve P, Eric and Ken lift while
Knox directs, "watch out for the wheels !!", Er thanks Knox !!


Fits perfectly !


Beautiful job on those wheels - Nice one Steve P !