Folks Of Interest 48 Tucker Survivor

Check out this guy in LA, buidling a Tucker out of a 1950 Dodge under a tree. His thread is ***led "Building a Dream"

http://www.tuckerclub.org/bbs3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1217

 

Here's #48- just went and saw it today. Absolutely gorgeous!

 

And sorry for the earlier rant- no idea there were gl*** replica bodies out there. I can be an idiot sometimes.

 

I saw this on the hood ornament today on #48. I'm not saying that that is where it came from, just that there is one on the hood ornament. Gentleman said that when it was brought into the museum it was worth $300k- don't know how long ago that was, but now he said it is well over a million.

 

Skoh, hey, it's not idiocy to be concerned about a truly rare old car, man. You're COOL.

LowKat, that's cool building a custom Tuck replica out of a '50 Dodge. GOT MY attention, 'cause I ALWAYS thought it could be done with a bout a '50 Stude Starlight. ANYBODY ELSE think so?

 

Found some Tucker photos on the Life Magazine archive

 

mj40's - Thanks for posting a very interesting story, Tucker cars are truly fascinating.


CRUISER

 

Here's a link to the photos. You can click on them for high resolution.

http://images.google.com/images?q=Tucker+auto+source%3Alife&hl=en&safe=off&sa=2&start=0

 

Great pictures. In one of them, I see my NOS heater.Now to get some water thru it in a few years.

 

Those are some really incredible photos. Thanks for hunting them down.

 

that is so cool

 

Not trying to hijack this thread, but this is Tucker related. Maybe someone else remembers this also and can add some history. I believe it was 1962, (? 1st year for the Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place) my dad took a buddy and myself to see the new cars coming out and inside the building, was a closed off room with a sign "Tucker Car Exhibit", admission, .50 per person.

My dad was prettty cool and told us we got to see these cars, so he popped for the admission, and we went in. There were at least 4 complete Tuckers and some various frames, engines, and technical models. The best part,.....you could walk up touch, get in and actually sit in the cars. It was so cool. I remember looking at the door tops cut into the roof, (similar to what Corvette had for 1963). The shifter box on the column was an electronic 4 speed. An experience I will never forget.

Some years later, Old Cars Weekly had an ad for a stash of Tuckers, along with a semi-truck to haul them. If I remember, it was not a lot of money really. Probably way under 10K for the whole deal. This stuff belonged to a guy named Jenin from Florida, who I believe might have been related to Pete Jenin, who owned Raceway Park (circle track) in Blue Island, Illinois. This may have been the "display" that I viewed in 1962, but not sure.

Ever since sitting in a Tucker, I've always had a love for them. Thanks to my dad. Stu

 

Used to be displayed at the Gast Museum in Pa.

 

I really dig that blue- gorgeous!!

 

We have #50 on display in San Marcos, TX.

Awesome car.