Saving History

Rick Ling’s survivor street rod T Bucket...

This car was the first McDonald Bros. T bucket kit ever sold. Kieran Otto was the owner and drove a yellow XM sedan delivery plastered with “Just Passing Through” signwriting while he was getting this bucket built during the seventies and early eighties. Kieran sadly passed away at the end of 2018 but had sold his bucket sometime earlier. Long-time hot rodder, Rick Ling purchased this car earlier in 2020 and despite it having been changed and some original parts missing, he’s got it running and plans to gradually rebuild the T as close as he can to how Kieran originally built it. Rick and Kieran both built T buckets in the seventies and became close friends, so this car holds a lot of memories for Rick, who feels it’s his duty to restore this old rod back to its former glory.