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I am amazed that this little motor is worth that amount of money. There was a Tucker owner in Oregon that I saw a few times driving on the highway in the 1970's. It was gold color. I read a article on the car sometime back. A new owner had it completely restored.
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Benchmark Classics in Middleton Wisconsin restored this one. I think the owner, Justin Cole, has spent about as much time arguing with different factions about whether this can be considered a real Tucker as he did on the restoration. The convertible was an experimental project at the time Tucker closed the doors is what Justin is arguing. The point being argued is that it didn't come off the Tucker line but was assembled after Tucker closed.
I was doing some work in an auto shop next door to where Benchmark used to have their shop and the owner of the shop I was working in told me there was something I needed to see. He took me next door and introduced me to Justin Cole who showed me the car. They had just put the engine in so he started it up for us to listen to it. There's just nothing like nostalgic cars, except maybe nostalgic airplanes.
I saw in the non-highlighted link below that his asking price was 5 million, later reduced to 3.99 million. Doubtful he'll get it though as he has tried two auctions and the highest bid was 1.4 million which didn't meet his reserve. He also tried it on Ebay with even less success.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/01/03/tucker-convertible-removed-from-barrett-jackson-auction/
I was not aware this car existed. Thanks for posting it.
Many advanced engineering features with the Tucker carried through to today's better cars.
Someone put a Cadillac Northstar engine in one about 10 years ago but I think they took out as they should.Tucker,Dusenberg,and Cord were all great engineering triumphs for the day and it's so sad so few examples are around.
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I believe that MOST of the roughly 50 cars that Tucker produced are STILL out there. A few wrecks?
One is in the San Diego Automotive Museum.
The IMPERIAL PALACE (Las Vegas) had a car museum on the top floor of the parking structure.
They HAD a dozen or MORE Duesenbergs. They were all sold when the Parasite Relatives of the original collector took over upon his death. Not ONE remains.
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