Charlie Olson

After speaking to Will, I think he is going to keep it in the same mechaincs as it was done in the 60's. That Chrysler was really neat to see and sit in.

Hi Dennis, yes that is the same Tucker. Quite a history.

Hi, I see there have only been a few people who viewed Rodney's Tucker tour list. I posted a review of my Tucker sighting and placed a link to an interesting Tucker related sight. I thought you might all enjoy my saga and the link, so I am sending this additional post. HAPPY JULY 4TH, ONE AND ALL Charlie

Oops! Sorry Fellas. I have no idea why I sent a double post.

Yo Rodney, wha's up? I went to the Prescott AZ Blue Grass Festival, weekend of 6/23/07. As I passed through Prescott Valley on the way to Prescott to go to the Courthouse Square Festival, I saw a really cool 1949 Plymouth 2 door street rod, for sale on consignment at: http://www.classicar.biz. I did a U'ey and went back to check out the Plymouth. I parked in front of the building and walked around the side to see the Plymouth which was facing the hiway. As I rounded the corner, I came to the side of the building which had an open garage door. There sitting pretty as brand new was a 1948 Gold TUCKER. Well Rodney and class, I almost peed my pants. Here I am in the outlands of Prescott looking face to face with an original TUCKER. A young(late 20's - mid 30's) man was standing inside the very cool showroom of automemorabilia and introduced himself, Lew( I am pretty sure that was his name, as I was a bit flabbergasted when I saw the TUCKER). Turns out it was his TUCKER which his Father had given to him after having owned it for many years. I kept my cool because I knew I would have to tell Y'all about this place. The Plymouth hotrod was pretty nice and you all can see it when you click on the link. Lew was getting the TUCKER ready to go to a local Prescott Valley Days Festival Car Show, so our visit was short. I spent the day hearing Bluegrass in the Courthouse Square and as I was leaving to go get some lunch at the N'awlins Cafe cajun restaurant to my everlasting amazement I saw the most cherry red roadster with a Plymouth ship for a hood ornament pass right in front on my dropped jaw. It was the most beautiful street rod roadster I have ever seen. I was too dumbstruck to ask the guy driving to stop and let me take a long gander at it. I think it was a 1935 Plymouth roadster, since I immediately hit the computer when I got home to Scottsdale to learn what I had seen. After lunch, I stopped into a antique store and there in a locked cabinett was an original die cast model of a TUCKER in a light blue color. At 9 PM that night, I stopped by Lew's car shop, got his phone number and called him and told him about the TUCKER model and where I had seen it. I asked him to see if he knew owned that beautiful Plymouth roadster and he said he would check it out. I got alot of bang for my buck going to the Bluegrass Festival last weekend. I hope you all enjoy the link to Lew's shop. Come out to AZ and lets go accidentally fid some more auto history.

Opps!! Forgive me Buddies, but the young man's name is Will. I just remembered it as I hit the post quick reply. Anyway, enjoy the Plymouth and the TUCKER

Yo Rodney, wha's up? I went to the Prescott AZ Blue Grass Festival, weekend of 6/23/07. As I passed through Prescott Valley on the way to Prescott to go to the Courthouse Square Festival, I saw a really cool 1949 Plymouth 2 door street rod, for sale on consignment at: http://www.classicar.biz. I did a U'ey and went back to check out the Plymouth. I parked in front of the building and walked around the side to see the Plymouth which was facing the hiway. As I rounded the corner, I came to the side of the building which had an open garage door. There sitting pretty as brand new was a 1948 Gold TUCKER. Well Rodney and class, I almost peed my pants. Here I am in the outlands of Prescott looking face to face with an original TUCKER. A young(late 20's - mid 30's) man was standing inside the very cool showroom of automemorabilia and introduced himself, Lew( I am pretty sure that was his name, as I was a bit flabbergasted when I saw the TUCKER). Turns out it was his TUCKER which his Father had given to him after having owned it for many years. I kept my cool because I knew I would have to tell Y'all about this place. The Plymouth hotrod was pretty nice and you all can see it when you click on the link. Lew was getting the TUCKER ready to go to a local Prescott Valley Days Festival Car Show, so our visit was short. I spent the day hearing Bluegrass in the Courthouse Square and as I was leaving to go get some lunch at the N'awlins Cafe cajun restaurant to my everlasting amazement I saw the most cherry red roadster with a Plymouth ship for a hood ornament pass right in front on my dropped jaw. It was the most beautiful street rod roadster I have ever seen. I was too dumbstruck to ask the guy driving to stop and let me take a long gander at it. I think it was a 1935 Plymouth roadster, since I immediately hit the computer when I got home to Scottsdale to learn what I had seen. After lunch, I stopped into a antique store and there in a locked cabinett was an original die cast model of a TUCKER in a light blue color. At 9 PM that night, I stopped by Lew's car shop, got his phone number and called him and told him about the TUCKER model and where I had seen it. I asked him to see if he knew owned that beautiful Plymouth roadster and he said he would check it out. I got alot of bang for my buck going to the Bluegrass Festival last weekend. I hope you all enjoy the link to Lew's shop. Come out to AZ and lets go accidentally fid some more auto history.

In PLYWOOD, 1/2 = empty, 3/4 = alert, F = alot, pegged all the way to the right of the gauge = currently parked next to a gas pump. I learned this on the day PLYWOOD ran bone dry while going up a steep hill and the gauge lying to me with a 1/2 reading. A kind fellow with a full 5 gallon container helped; after a shot into the carb and about 15 secs of cranking PLYWOOD started right up. The gauge read 3/4; now I know my gauge is accurate, just a bit skewed.

Understanding women like your wife are hard to find. Just like the car signs say: "look, but don't touch".

It will be a sweet day when you can drive your ride down the street after all of this time. Keep at it.

You can compare your car to a few on: http://www.traderonline.com/ Enter 1946 - 1948 Dodge. There are 4 or 5 cars similar to yours.

Hi, I have heard of this stuff. There is currently some on E bay: NEW SCOSCHE AMT060HFDK Accumat Hyperflex Sound Dampening Ma AMT060HFDK

I recommend you pay a professional auto appraiser to look at the car and present you with a full, detailed report. It may cost a few hundred dollars, but then you don't run the risk of blaming a good hearted friend looking at the car and missing something and you blaming them or you ending up with a money pit hobby car. I speak from personal experience.

Lou, PLYWOOD and I salute you on your WOOD interior door panels, ATTA BOY!! Charlie in AZ

This is the time in life when you want the camera to pkay real slow, the moment passes so very quickly. Great photos of super kids.

I call my 46 P15 Phantom Woodie: PLYWOOD

No, it doesn't make the tach look fat; but it appears the big numbers are needed for some old guy whose eyes are shrinking.

Isn't there supposed to be an insulation piece to keep the wire from making contact as it comes out through the contact plate? That is how my Chevy pikup is set up. If not, is the wire showing any metal exposure?

We all would think you were wierd if you didn't love old MoPars. Who wants to be part of the herd??? Welcome aboard. Charlie in AZ

Go to an antique hardware store or flea market and look for old ornate hinges, sconces, lamp holders etc, which you can super glue into whatever figure and then attach magnet to can and voila!

WOW!!!!! One of the guys in the Yahoo Woodies Group sent an email with this link: http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/03/12/cubas-cars. There are 4,901 photos of old cars, a few with peoples families but 99% of old cars. A WHOLE LOT OF MOPARS. I had to quit looking after about 1,500 photos. ENJOY!!! Charlie in AZ

Looks like it is a 55 chevy convetible having a nightmare.

Hi Earle, send me your email address and I'll send the pics I have of PLYWOOD. Charlie in AZ

Hi Buddies, been awhile since I visited youse. PLYWOOD was the cover girl for the WPC Puget Sound Region Club, for January 2007. You can find them on the web and see their newsleeters. Great bunch of folks; think Jon Lechich knows some of them. She was presented as a mystery car; I let them know about her and maybe they'll do a followup story. We are starting a POC regional club here in AZ with the help of Richard Tetzlaff from Tall Pines as Bobbie from National asked him to hook us all up. I ask all of you to support us as we put this little hole in the wall state in the SW in the the national mix. We have two car shows 3-24 & 25 - 07 to attend; so if any of you are in town, let me know and I'll make sure you know about them. Now, that is done, I am going to catch up on some missed posts. Best regards to all of my MoPar friends, Charlie in AZ

Hi Buddies, my computer has been down for about two weeks, so thats why you haven't heard from me. I stopped for gas today, went in to the counter to get a bottle of water, paid the bill and received a 1946 "WHEAT" Penny in my change. I drove over to PLYWOOD's storage place and put the new old Penny in the glove box; both for good road luck and a bit of a time capsule. Years from now, after I no longer have my toy, someone will be going through the glove compartment, find the Penny and hopefully will wonder if that Penny has been there since 1946. Last week, we installed the NEW lace up leather universal joint covers; a bit pricey, but the quality of the leather and workmanship is excellent.