Down Home Arkansas

[v65rider]

Hi,
I've been prompted to introduce myself sine I've only been lurking for a while so here goes. I'm Dave Berkey(v65rider) frome Mountain View, Arkansas, about 50 miles South of Mountain Home. I retired here in 1997 after living in Oklahoma most of my life.
I'm new to T Buckets as I just bought one a couple of years ago while I was working storm cleanup in New Orleans. Mine is an original steel body with a 400 inch small block and powerglide. It took some hard searching to discover it had a '51 ford rearend(soon to be replaced by a '57 chevy rearend I have). The power glide will go and a TH400 I have will take it's place. As far as I know. it was built in Lubbock Texas in the early 80s and that's really all I've been able to find out.
I've done a good deal of work to get the brakes right and dozens of other things related to safety and driveability.
Anyway, I've learned a lot from lurking and reading on this and other sited. Lots of great information out there.

v65rider

[donsrods]

Welcome to the group. We love pictures, and would love to see yours. Sounds like a car with some history, which always makes a car even better.

Don

[RPM]

Welcome to the world of bucketheads, glad to have here. How about some pics of your T?

[GT63]

Welcome, you fun meter will be pegged here.

[Coupefreak]

another powerglide fan......AWESOME!!!!
I'm in Amarillo, maybe its just homesick, send it to me, I'll make it feel at home!!

I have a 'glide in my '34 3 window

Welcome to our little corner of cyberspace


Vance

[v65rider]

Here are a couple of pictures. I hope I did this right.

[v65rider]

I lived in Amarillo in '63-'66, stationed at the air base there. Had a powerglide then too only in a '56 chevy wagon.

[Rick]

Originally Posted by v65rider

Here are a couple of pictures. I hope I did this right.

Nice ride.What is that front axle from?Nice interior to.

[Coupefreak]

Originally Posted by v65rider

I lived in Amarillo in '63-'66, stationed at the air base there. Had a powerglide then too only in a '56 chevy wagon.

you wouldn't recognize the place
about all that is left is the housing. everything else have been demolished.

Amarillo has really grown the past 20+ years. I've been here since 1981.

nice ride, by the way

Vance

[v65rider]

The axle is from an early Plymouth I think. The upholstery is far worse than the pictures show and will be replaced when funds allow. I had a thinly padded plywood seat when I got it that made it about impossible to go further than around the block. It now has a replacement ford seat from MACs.