T Buckets

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Let's ignore the HAMB-cop prejudices and get this thing back on track . . . .

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[Monk]

[Dan Barlow]

I've played 'human superball' off bicycles and motorcycles - so with that said, I stand by my opinion on the safety of T buckets - imagine strapping yourself into a catapult - that is in no way different they sitting in a T... thus the 5 mph quip.

with no shading to Factory Five, being a freak can pay well but it still doesn't play well.

I second this . I've had enough near death experiences , I just as soon put off the real thing as long as possible . I do like the looks of them . IF I had one it would need a NHRA certified cage . I'm thinking basically like a funny car cage .

[RockJustRock]

The motorcycle is always the devil's advocate case on vehicle safety. When I rode I prided myself that my well being was in my own hands. A T-Bucket driver probably feels the same.

[Deaf Bob]

The motorcycle is always the devil's advocate case on vehicle safety. When I rode I prided myself that my well being was in my own hands. A T-Bucket driver probably feels the same.

Dunno.. Bike, you get sent down the road on your ass with a broken limb maybe..
T-bucket, if strapped in and body goes to pot, and upside down?
I love riding on the highway helmetless... Can't risk it now. Too many distracted drivers.

[oletrux4evr]

T-buckets.
Of all the species of creatures on the Earth, only humans seek ways to increase risk................hmmm.

[Deaf Bob]

T-buckets.
Of all the species of creatures on the Earth, only humans seek ways to increase risk................hmmm.

Humans and house cats kill for sport..

[SuperBuickGuy]

Humans and house cats kill for sport..

So do orca whales and monkeys....

[JamesMayberryIII]

So. t buckets unsafe and bad.
but a short wheel base, front engine pipe rack. cackle'n away. good.

[Monster]

So. t buckets unsafe and bad.

Nope ... unsafe, but good.

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Most old cars fold up in a crash. (Remember the awful IIHS snuff video of an X-frame Impala versus a late model airbag delivery system car?) You really think a wood-framed-body '34 Chevy is going to protect you in any crash? Or a fiberglass "Boydster?"

Is some dude in a Jeep jacked up with a six-inch lift kit on 39" Super Swampers, sitting under a bolt-on "style bar" (I've heard lawyers won't let 'em call it a roll bar) with no doors or top really all that much safer?

Come on, now! While I'd want enough NHRA gear to be able to run a T all-out on the track, let's not go pearl-clutching overboard about the "unsafe" buckets while falsely assuming most other vintage street vehicles are really all that much safer . . . .

[DanStokes]

So do orca whales and monkeys....

You are SO wrong! I've never seen any footage of Orcas killing monkees (though Peter Tork is dead now.....HUUmmmmmm).

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They're sitting close because of the DANGER!