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Hay man, nice shot! 😎 I expect only the under fifty crowd to get this one…….

Had the PI out yesterday, my favorite car in the collection………..

Try here…….

Wow…..I have been accused of many things, but NEVER of being a gentleman! 😎

No mystery there………the answer is a foregone conclusion. 🥸

I have a friend who is a Windfield expert……they sure made a bunch of different units. Over the years I have observed that many people want them………but don’t want to step up to what most guys have them advertised for.

No to the gear………

Bridgeport transmission assembly.......... Presidential motorcade......1919. All Cadillac's except the Presidential Loco.........

The definition of a good deal: When both the buyer and seller are happy! Congratulations on your new pre war car…..only problem……..you need more than one!

I have seen it before……but can’t remember what it was on.

Absolutely nothing unusual about hack work……..and people paying thousands of dollars for it. Sadly, if the car were 90 points and running down the road, it would be a hard sell at 30k.

Let’s see photos of your 34…….👍

3 D printing a gear……nope.

If it’s only a minor crack……leave it alone. Welding it……you probably won’t have anything to drive after they are done with it and it fails. Source another manifold before you attempt any repair. “New” used manifolds will often crack just from shipping and installing. There is no free lunch. Or you can make a home made manifold using bends and Tig welding……..lots of time and money doing it that way.

1936 Packard..........boom!

Welding that is NOT a good idea. Too much load and shock.........and cast iron is brittle at best, and the repair will never be strong enough........I would find a used one, or make one from modern steel using a water jet. I'm a purist......and finding a used one won't be easy. With some effort you can make one up that looks very similar.

It's a little known fact......George Washington was the original owner of the Tucker Convertible. Or was it George Washington Carver? Anyways......one of them is true. Unless you decide to invent a new story. With AI, we will soon see a video of some long dead celebrity driving the car around NYC in the late 40's.

Transmission was nothing special. Much smaller and lighter than what we are used to working on. The V-16 transmission last week tipped the scale at over 300 pounds. The Packard trans might have been 75…..maybe. It’s not a fair comparison to look at a 120 as an upscale car. In reality it was “average middle of the road” quality. From a value when new standpoint………Auburn was the best value. Also, remember the advancements in engineering and production at this time……..the mid size cars were really becoming much better……from a comfort, drivability, and price point. Custom cars died for a bunch of reasons……….and one was the quality of the competition at a lower price point.

If you ever get a chance, look at the welding on the frame of a Tucker. Most have been done over……..looks like a fifth grade shop class stick welded them from a rusty scrap pile. Tucker NEVER made it into production……they were all hand assembled from piles of parts……….Tucker was a barely a footnote in history. A poorly done movie that made the cars into something they were not.

Hardly...........ever serviced or restored one? Absolute junk............my father passed on one in 1975 for 3500 bucks. While I like money, I wouldn't own a Tucker. I'll take a Model J, DV-32, Speed Six, and a hundred other things.......never, ever a tucker. Here is a 37k mile Model J. Fantastic driver.......then again, today it's 3 or more Tuckers. I don't own one......but service them all the time.

Never thought much of President Harding..........till I saw his Loco!

What’s that? 🤔

Crap.....I would pay 10 bucks if I never hear about this car again........thats my best offer!

I say ball hone........and after break in I would run 100 percent synthetic. I would make a pressure pot for the car, on an electric pump. Oil priming the circuit every time before you start. Not too difficult to do, and it will solve the problem without modifications. We do them on most of the big dollar high performance early engines.............