The Saga of the Beer Budget Bucket!
The early days...  A bare shell of a car, sitting in a chilly garage.  But
in our minds we were already visualizing the final outcome...
Our book is in its infant stages-  we took a zillion
photos and are compiling them now.   The book will
show just how easy it is to make a bucket in your
own garage.  Release and ordering
information is forthcoming.  
With a few more accessories added for mockup.  Note
the vintage speedo and the bomber seat frames that
Lance made up (and later scrapped because they were
a hair too small!)
Like the pic says, taking shape.  Here it is with the
body channeled and glassed, and the suspension
roughed out...
This is the old shop, if you can call it that.   
Everything but the welding happened here,
believe it or not.  
Now we're seeing some progress!  May '04, and we
have the steering working, the dual tanks in back now,
protected by our custom nerfbar, front shocks, an
engine (later shelved, but sure to be used in the future),
and fat fender headers, which add a rather sinister look
to the car I think!
June rolled around, and we were sure of our ability to meet our July 4th deadline for completion.  Feeling cocky, we took a bunch
of pics in anticipation of first ride, which was surely days away...  Yeah right!  Several items of note here though...  The trick
aluminum interior complimented by our homemade bench seat and Lance's awesome upper padding.  The custom windshield
frame, filled with mis-cut glass that was botched by our local glazier!  Also, the e-brake handle, off of a 70's Ford van.  Very
industrial hardcore looking!
Here our baby is in July, after a week or two of
pouting that we hadn't finished her in time for our July
4th Trip!  The flat white look was seriously bitchin',
but after about an hour, grubby handprints began to
show up on it and we realized why nobody goes with a
primer white paint job!  Oooh, look!  A shiny rearend
cover!
And here is the rod in its current state, a burnished
silver that gives it kind of a WWII fighter look.  Lance
was in favor of silver from the start, but it took me
awhile to come around.  In the end, I really like it.  
And note the trick overflow container.  Cocktails
anyone?
Finally, some new pics!  Here it is next to the deuce
for dramatic effect, and below is a nice shot on a fun
deserted road.
Compared to the concept- pretty close!
And the fiasco that led to the selloff of
the duece- we got our ramps, we got our
winch, everything was great until our low
bucket combined with the high bed height
led to some damage.  We made a "ski"
for the undercarriage to protect the
engine and trans, which is a good idea
anyway, but that only worked up until the
headers caught on the bed.  It just wasn't
working, and without 30 foot arched
ramps or loading dock access it wouldn't
have been feasible.  A shame, but if the
vehicle doesn't work for you it's gotta go,
no time to tolerate eye candy!
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