Saw a T-bucket when I was a kid in Ohio in the early 60s. Had a 327 Corvette engine with a huge 4 bbl. carb and street slicks. $1500 for it. Dad wouldn't spring for the cash.
Do you old timers remember the 60s TV show, 77 Sunset Strip? Ed "Kookie" Byrnes' T- bucket rod was advertised in Hot Rod magazine. All of our gang drooled over it- asking $1500 for it.