R Walling Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 It you didn't know what brand of car this was, would you ever consider buying and restoring this car? .................sold at Gooding & Co.'s Scottsdale, Ariz., auction Jan. 22 for $797,500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Being a Tucker it will of course be very expensive. But it really doesn't look as bad as I had heard it was. Looks about average for a early post war car. Far worse have been restored. And most are a fraction of the value of a Tucker.Greg in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwchatham Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I was expecting to see a pile of junk, that car is not bad at all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 It you didn't know what brand of car this was, would you ever consider buying and restoring this car?.Why would one consider buying any car if you didn't know the brand and thus have an idea of what it was worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Hell yes, I'd buy it. Tuckers are worthy cars and I've always wanted to at least drive one. The father of a friend of mine owned one and sadly his mother sold it a few years ago when they were merely $300,000 cars. I never got a chance for a ride.Is that particular car worth $800,000? Maybe. Could you restore it for $200,000? Possibly. Is it worth more than a million when it's finished? Likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Walling Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Why would one consider buying any car if you didn't know the brand and thus have an idea of what it was worth? Because I don't have a car with a center headlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 If you mean regardless of it's value as a rare and highly sought after car, and your point is regarding it's general condition I would simply say no. I have some skills, but not enough patience anymore for major restoration projects. I would, however buy it to save it from destruction, hoping, also, to make a few bucks for my effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddyshack Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 No. If I was 45 years younger maybe. Tuckers do nothing for me, they are too new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 70DodgeDart Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yes, actually I would. It looks pretty good and there are a lot of parts. It is a nice colour too! It would definitely be a long project but it would pay of after it is completed! How much, or is it for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarredKnightfan Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yep, I probably would, too.Cort www.oldcarsstronghearts.com1979 & 1989 Caprice Classics | pigValve, paceMaker, cowValve"Can you make folks feel what you feel inside?" __ David Allen Coe __ 'The Ride' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I have always thought they were ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 NO! It looks like it was parked in a sea-side field for several years ... with the windows open.:eek: Tuckers are interesting, innovative automobiles, but I also think that they're strange looking (in a cyclopean sort of way). Re-building the body sheet metal would be "relatively" easily done by a competent ($$$$$) body shop; however, parts for the engine and drive train, not to mention the weird suspension, would be almost impossible to find ... in my opinion. Of course, anything can be fabricated/reproduced if you throw enough money at the process. Just my opinion,Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 If not for the movie they would be worth less than $100K in restored condition, if that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Romberger Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Longer video: I can't believe they slapped on the hubcaps and hauled it away on a rollback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I see a radiator. I thought these were air cooled.This one went fast at Bonneville, was it stock other than the rear gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Nope. Water cooled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) BUY IT? Only if I could flip it quick for a healthy profit. UGLY vehicle, well over rated IMO. Next question. Bob Edited March 8, 2015 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I was expecting something far worse.. There's gold in them thar iron oxides... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PONTIAC1953 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I see a radiator. I thought these were air cooled.This one went fast at Bonneville, was it stock other than the rear gear?the very first prototype tucker had an air cooled helicopter engine. the rest of them are water cooled.charles l. coker1953 pontiac tech advisortech advisor coordinatorpoci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hudson33 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Out of the 51 cars produced, how many are still in existence. I believe Guinness Book of Records states Tucker has highest rate of still being in existenceAny answer from Tucker Club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 the very first prototype tucker had an air cooled helicopter engine. the rest of them are water cooled.charles l. coker1953 pontiac tech advisortech advisor coordinatorpociThat's what I was thinking, the helicopter motor.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Romberger Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 The prototype engine was a 589 six cylinder water-cooled engine designed by Ben Parsons. The radiator was in the front of the car. The production cars used water-cooled modified Franklin Helicopter engines with the radiator in the rear. The helicopter engines were air-cooled. In addition to making it water-cooled other changes were made. This video has a nice explaination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I like my cars for much more than the value. That one looks like a true PIA to own.I am reminded of a friend who bought a package deal that included an early Ford Model TT long pickup. The cars had been in storage and I had to get them running. Neither of us had owned or driven a T. I had to get it running, service it, learn how to drive it, and teach him to drive it.That Tucker reminds me of my final thoughts: "People pull these things out of hedge rows and spend years restoring them. And this is all they get." If they only knew before they started.I watched the Tucker vid and kept thinking I'd rather have a Lincoln Cosmopolitan. And I'm a GM guy.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 That Tucker reminds me of my final thoughts: "People pull these things out of hedge rows and spend years restoring them. And this is all they get." If they only knew before they started.60FlatTop;Now that there is funny, but oh, so true ... LMAO! I hope they're not your final thoughts though.Leavin' the mining for gold in iron oxides to others,Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Thanks for the video Dwight. I have learned a bunch here.I saw a Tucker at the Lemay Museum a couple of years ago and there was not much information like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajolee Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 no to many doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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