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I would like to see a real total cost analysis between a prius and an equivalently gokart sized non-hybrid. My guess is the prius owner is paying a premium to show other drivers their concern for the earth. Also, perhaps this has been mentioned already but the average annual income of the volt buyer is something like 175k a year. See my first paragraph for an explanation of why.

Given the rear hinged doors I would say Cab "A". Wow, not very many of those that have not been restored yet. Any more pictures? The restoration process looks great when someone else is paying for it

Off topic, but how many U Hupps were produced and how many still exist?

Wasn't the Silver Wraith a 10k car? I don't think the Tucker would be in that market.

I will defer to your expertise but it does not look like the catalog conv coupe to me. Looks custom. I think Murphy had not closed up shop yet in 32. Randy Ema is an expert on Murphy and could definitely answer your questions.

Agreed on the trunk. A car like that needs no extra accessories. Actually, I don't like accessories on any car.

Steve, I agree most of the prices seemed very high. The bargain for me was the Shelly Vincent Waterhouse Packard for under 150k. Perhaps I've lost touch with Waterhouse prices but that seemed to be way way under the going rate. Of course, it was an old restoration in bad colors and had an engine swap.

I'm a huge Darrin fan as his styling ability was right at the top. However, I would never confuse the quality of construction of a Darrin built body (Hollywood, Indy, Connersville or anywhere else) with that of the European builders. The hammer was Dutch's best friend

Wow. I just noticed the L29 cabriolet brought over 300k. Must have been a spectacular restoration. Perfectly restored cars bring big money too as the cost of restoration is crazy. On the other side of the coin the 810 phaeton only brought 110k. Again, I assume condition was the driving force.

Poor business plan. As collectors we get caught up on the merits of the car's style, construction and technical design. The business that produces the car is more important. The common knowledge for years which was perhaps untrue or unfair was that very few of the Tuckers produced could drive 100 miles on their own (not on a trailer) let alone drive 100mph. Lots of re-engineering over the years has changed that. It is hard to sell a car that won't start, or drive around the block reliably. It is even harder if you are under capitalized, and have no dealer or service network. Also, it's very unfair to compare a Duesenberg to a Tucker (unfair to the Duesenberg) for so many reasons I can't list them all. While the stock non supercharged Model J engine was not 265hp, it was well over 200 and almost double the other high end cars of the day. EDIT: I probably should have said that I can't think of any business model for the automobile industry that would allow you to create a car company from scratch post WWII. I know there were some European brands that were able to start but I really don't know how you could do it in the U.S. Also, I personally think that the Tucker is a neat concept and although I find the nose horrible the styling on the back of the car is very cool. I just think the level of fawning is out of proportion to the reality of the car & company.

Since the speedster is long gone this will be the most valuable Cord. Like I said before I really like the Weymann but I don't think it would bring as much. One of the town cars could bring a quite a bit too. Can't think of a 810/812 that would bring 25% of this.

The market is rewarding spectacular one off cars with provenance. Deep pockets want stuff that nobody else has. This car is one of my all time favorites along the weymann coupe on the l29 chassis.

I agree with your comments on "serious inquires only". Selling a car is work and you may need to put up with some tire kickers. Also, the hardest car in the world to sell is an unfinished restoration. It may be worth less than before the restoration started. I think posting a price will help sell it too.

Do you think that relative newbies do a search and then don't see the date? This happens all the time.

I see the rear bumper is off. Check the frame horns for the serial number. Neat car.

Given that numerous cars from the 1930s could break 100mph wouldn't you say the lack of faster cars had more to do with what the manufacturers were concentrating on (i.e. building as many cars as possible) than any inherit design superiority in the Tucker?

The Gold Bug is at the top of my list for early/mid 20s cars.

Pete has been collecting parts for years and is incredibly close to having a Duesenberg Model J. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

West, Was there not a 1100 with a factory Club body? What do you think the price differential is on a club vs std sedan? I agree with your comments on condition - also bad colors can kill value even with an excellent restoration. On the lesser valued cars there is no room for a 15k repaint.

Actually, when no body style is mentioned, I always assume 4 door sedan . There is a price difference between club & open rear quarter sedans. The clubs definitely bring more money. Without pictures and not knowing club or not I'll say somewhere around 30k up or down depending on condition and colors.

You left out the body style which makes it impossible to guess within a range less then 100k.

The dual master cylinder may be the most important safety featured listed in this thread. Ultimately, the car is as safe you drive it but no brakes can be a bad scene.

I know it's heresy but the Tucker is not particularly attractive. I'm a fan of Tremulis but his concept is worse. The above mentioned Packard Clipper look 100% better. Is the beefed up 1st gear on the Cord transmission true? I didn't think the room existed in the case else the Cord guys would have been stamping them out by the 100s.

That is cool!