1948 Tucker "Prototype"

[Mark Huston]

Maybe some of you have already seen this online auction for the what is being advertised as a 1948 Tucker Convertible "prototype".   It has a buy it now of price of $2,198,100.00

I find the asking price very optimistic for a car that was not built in 1948 and was not built by Tucker.  Or, am I missing something?    

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1948-Tucker-Convertible-Tucker-Convertible-1-of-1-Only-10-ORIGINAL-MILES/223589923198?hash=item340eff797e:g:u0IAAOSwlJBbz9b6

[keiser31]

Wow! There are some pretty bad details on that car. For over 2 million, I would expect the lines in the upholstery to be more straight. I would also expect the padding on the top of the doors to line up with the padding on the dash pad. Am I wrong?

[Guest]

Y'know, if you can get past all the pedigree (or lack of) issues and the ridiculous asking price, I think it's a pretty neat car. Would be great for a day cruise on Sunset.

Edited July 20, 2019 by GregLaR (see edit history)

[padgett]

Think for two mil you could have Ian build you one.

[plymouthcranbrook]

Is that the car that was built by a Wisconsin  shop several years ago? The local chapter of the Plymouth Owners club went there one meeting  to see it but unfortunately one i had to miss.

Edited July 21, 2019 by plymouthcranbrook (see edit history)

[Trulyvintage]

Listing is gone

 

 

Jim

[Matt Harwood]

Don't worry, it'll be back. It has been for sale for a ridiculous amount of money for years now. Seller keeps treating the buying public like idiots and expecting everyone to believe a story that is 1% fact and 99% BS and agree that a made-up car is actually the 49th Tucker, and a convertible at that!

 

It's interesting, it might be well built, but if it isn't real and documented and with a bulletproof paper trail, seven figures is completely out of the question, no matter what it purports to be. Wealthy fools don't exist, despite what everyone likes to think.

I remember a Duesenberg J dual cowl phaeton a few years ago that sold for like $460,000 in fully restored condition. Turns out it had repro frame rails, an engine from one car, a bellhousing from a different car, a reproduction body. Looked like a Duesenberg. Smelled like a Duesenberg. Drove like a Duesenberg. Would pass as a Duesenberg to at any show where they weren't checking serial numbers. But it was 15-20% of the price of a "real" one.

 

That's where this Tucker lives and the guy who built it keeps hoping for a rich sucker to believe his BS.

[joe_padavano]

It's BAAAAAACK... 🙄

 

We had this discussion ten years ago.

 

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/137794-tucker-convertible-at-hershey/?tab=comments#comment-641264

 

[alsancle]

3 hours ago, Matt Harwood said:

 

I remember a Duesenberg J dual cowl phaeton a few years ago that sold for like $460,000 in fully restored condition. Turns out it had repro frame rails, an engine from one car, a bellhousing from a different car, a reproduction body. Looked like a Duesenberg. Smelled like a Duesenberg. Drove like a Duesenberg. Would pass as a Duesenberg to at any show where they weren't checking serial numbers. But it was 15-20% of the price of a "real" one.

 

Another reason you can’t trust public auction prices. Last year there was a similar marque high end car with older restoration that looked like it publicly sold for 50 cents on the dollar.  Looked like a deal unless you knew the real story.  

[jeff_a]

They ought to take it around to malls, put it in a tent, and have a sign that reads: 

 

$10 To See The Only Tucker Convertible!

 

When I was a kid they did the same thing with what were supposed to be Bonnie & Clyde's death car and Russian President Stalin's orange limo.

Edited July 22, 2019 by jeff_a (see edit history)