Bob Hope and Jack Benny in a T Bucket... for the Beach Boys spot as guests on the Jack Benny show (Thanks Mr Paul! )

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-967#post-13897641

skip the first 2 minutes to get to the point whet the T Bucket rolls into the scene after the Beach Boys sing California Girls for the zillionth time with less energy than a butterfly sneeze, as they lip synched to a slow recording of the song

the episode is described and analyzed at https://moviemagg.blogspot.com/2008/12/jach-benny-hour-tv-1965.html as also having Walt Disney and Elke Summer

I wonder what the story was with the T Bucket?

Little St Nick by the Beach Boys

Well way up North where the air gets cold

There's a tale about Christmas
That you've all been told
And a real famous cat all dressed up in red
And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled

It's the little Saint Nick (little Saint Nick)
It's the little Saint Nick (little Saint Nick)

Just a little bobsled we call the old Saint Nick
But she'll walk a toboggan with a four speed stick
She's candy apple red with a ski for a wheel
And when Santa hits the gas man just watch her peel

(chorus repeat)

And haulin' through the snow at a frightening speed
With a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead
He's got to wear his goggles 'cause the snow really flies
And he's cruisin' every path with a little surprise

the Beach Boys and a little deuce coupe, 1963

https://www.facebook.com/NeatOldStuffAndYesteryear/posts/1178279419045197

Right place, right time, car gets to be with the Beach Boys on the Ed Sullivan show because it scored a place in the New York Worlds Fair

With 15 dollars, a Chevy roadster was pulled out of the Luna Park junkyard on Coney Island, and without welding equipment or any power tools Joe used a hacksaw to section the car 6 six inches and channel the body over the frame 4 inches. The top was also chopped 2 inches from stock, installed atop a '32 Ford frame, which had been shortened, completely boxed, and fully plated in polished stainless steel.

 Reassembly was done using just standard pop rivets. Finish work was done in lead, a material with which Joe was a pro.

The paint job was done in the garage with 2 cases of J C Whitney laquer spray cans that he applied w patience, than rubbed by hand. That paint job won him numerous trophies.

The grille shell is an interesting piece. It was made from two original shells, each cut in half, with both top pieces molded together after sectioning 3 inches out of the center. A custom stainless steel cover was made for the front of the grille.

Covering the front tires is an original set of Harley-Davidson motorcycle fenders. Headlamps are from a '34 Ford truck, and the roadster has a pair of HD signal lights to boot.

After winning Best of Show at the 1964 New York Coliseum Rod and Custom extravaganza, Joe Sbrigato was asked by General Tire to display his car in its booth at the New York World's Fair.

The payment was a brand new set of whitewall tires, while at the fair, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys asked to borrow the car for the Ed Sullivan the next week.

But they needed 3 roadsters so Joe asked two of his drag racing buddies from Long Island and New Jersey to bring their rods on the show.

http://www.hotrod.com/features/1509-beach-boys-ed-sullivan-new-york-worlds-fair-all-part-of-the-amazing-life-this-1931-chevrolet-roadster/