ranma Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 48 out of 50 are still roadworthy! say's something for tuckers quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranma Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Many of the safety devises we have today were on the Tucker then, They include: safety glass winshields, padded dash, seat belts, disk brakes , just to name a few. The car The big 3 said that all those things implied that the car was not a safe car. And make no bones about it the big 3 would love the telsa to go the way of the tucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 48 out of 50 are still roadworthy! say's something for tuckers quality.Not really. Every Tucker is a collectible, so the owners obviously keep them in as pristine condition as possible. It has nothing to do with Tucker quality. They are cared for and treated like the valuable items they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Many of the safety devises we have today were on the Tucker then, They include: safety glass winshields, padded dash, seat belts, disk brakes , just to name a few. The car The big 3 said that all those things implied that the car was not a safe car. And make no bones about it the big 3 would love the telsa to go the way of the tucker.For what it's worth, laminated safety glass predated the Tucker by 20 years, Ford having introduced that on the very first 1928 Model A's, with universal industry adoption within just a year or so after. Seat belts were around before the Tucker, having been introduced, but not required, in race cars as early as 1932 or so. Disc brakes, in 1948 were an iffy thing--they never really worked all that well until the introduction of power brake boosters, even though Crosley had them by 1949. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7000in5th Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 My favorite Tucker.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlS Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) I have three different scales of die-cast Tuckers and there was large scale (1/12) die-cast from Kyosho several year ago, but I missed that one. Edited August 31, 2015 by KarlS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyesreef Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Not really. Every Tucker is a collectible, so the owners obviously keep them in as pristine condition as possible. It has nothing to do with Tucker quality. They are cared for and treated like the valuable items they are. one of them has only 2/10ths of a mile on it, so that proves your point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 48 out of 50 are still roadworthy! say's something for tuckers quality.Or, more that they were made from fairly rugged components. If any component of a Tucker would be a problem, it would be the transaxle--every Tucker built is equipped with a Cord 810 transaxle, modified to mount to the Tucker engine. Even the Tucker engine was more ruggedly built than most other automobile engines of the time, simply because it had to meet aircraft requirements: Tucker's flat-opposed six cylinder engine was nothing more than a Franklin (yeah, after Franklin ceased doing automobiles in 1932-33, the company continued as "Air Cooled Motors", and the six that Tucker used was the engine that powered not only the post-WW-II Stinson Station Wagon civilian ;plane, but also the legendary "bubble topped" helicopters used for medivac in Korea--made even more visible/famous in the TV series M*A*S*H.It should be pointed out, however, that not one of the Tuckers built, nor that exist today, were truly production models. Rather, they were preproduction prototypes, which every automaker builds, in order to find the flaws, and things that might cause problems in mass production (pretty much a 1:1 scale "test shot" if you will).Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Try and find the segment on Jay Leno's Garage where Jay drives a Tucker HARD and it is amazing. The car was Ford Coppola's .....one of two the film maker owns!!! VERY complete cars for prototypes for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khier Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 >And if you understand the biz, you know why. Versions..... The 59' and '60 Biscaynes can be offered in several versions, police... dirt track racer.... NASCAR.... drag.... countless custom versions..... and perhaps as demolition derby. However, they were never made although Revell can take over many of the parts from the Impalas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Tuckers exist today mainly because they became a collectible almost instantly due to the circumstance behind them from the very beginning. If a quality kit becomes avail today . I would buy one ,. Mainly because I think its help fund other projects. But a tucker kit isnt even in my top 10,,,,probably not even in my top 25 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_G Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 A man in my neighborhood had one, his name was John Janacek and he bought the car in 1962 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 (edited) I was pretty jazzed about Tuckers 20-years ago and I own the movie and appreciate the history, as well as the discussion here. I was thrilled to see a Ford-Copella Tucker up close in San Rafael.However, it's not likely I'd buy a Tucker model. Die-cast has covered it so completely for so long that I don't feel the need to commit the hours to piecing one together myself. Edited January 8, 2016 by Lunajammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 No thanks. Most of Trumpeters car kits fall quite a bit short.I built the Trumpeter Limo kit. What a strange kit. I swapped out the suspension bits for a 1/20th scale Lindberg S10. Gave it a better look. Also used the V8 from an Otaki T-Bird kit with the Ford letters filed off the valve covers. At the time there were no online pics of the Hong Qi's engine. It does resemble an older Mopar V8 however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I built the Trumpeter Limo kit. What a strange kit. I swapped out the suspension bits for a 1/20th scale Lindberg S10. Gave it a better look. Also used the V8 from an Otaki T-Bird kit with the Ford letters filed off the valve covers. At the time there were no online pics of the Hong Qi's engine. It does resemble an older Mopar V8 however. What does this have to do with Tucker's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Creative Explorer Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 He replied to an earlier post in this thread, I believe on the first or second page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Honestly, I think they are neat cars, but not enough to warrant a kit. But, I thought about it, why not? Why not make a kit of a one off weirdo, after all, I have a soft spot for those kits and after further thinking, I noticed how many kits have been made for weird, one off types that no one really remembers or cares about. So why not something as Iconic as a Tucker. So yes, I would support it and actually even buy one or two. I don't know when I would build them, but, I would buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Bartrop Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Already got the Aerovette, but yes, I'd definitely buy a Tucker kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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