Rodney Bullock Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 I will be taking a small group to the tucker museum on saturday 7-7-07 here in alexandria VA. I wish some of you were local because this is a great find. I will try to post some pic's. Quote
eric wissing Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Rodney, I think I saw an article on this place. Sounds fantastic. He has spare engines and three complete cars plus a ton of documents and plans from the company. I wish I was closer. Eric Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 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. Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 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 Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 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. Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Oops! Sorry Fellas. I have no idea why I sent a double post. Quote
Young Ed Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Charlie thanks for the story and the link. I'd love to buy that 56 new yorker they have for sale! Very interesting to see that tucker was basically street rodded in 1964. Wonder if he plans to leave it like that or return it to stock? Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Charlie, Is that the one that the owner put in a 455 Olds engine and transaxel in it? If it is the owners wife/mother is from Barstow. It was at the Big Bear Lake Show a few years ago. Dennis:D Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Hi Dennis, yes that is the same Tucker. Quite a history. Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 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. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted July 3, 2007 Report Posted July 3, 2007 Oh..well...if it has a late model drive train, then that explains the add-on air unit seen below the dash. I don't think those knee knockers were originally offered in a Tucker. Quote
JerseyHarold Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 A few years ago there was a company a couple of towns away from me in New Jersey making repro Tuckers with modern drive trains (Olds Toronado, I think). The body molds were pulled from a real Tucker. I saw one in person at our local Cruise Night...it looked great. Don't know if they're still in business. Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 Do you mean IDA Automotive? They used a Cadillac Northstar engine. Dennis http://www.robidaconcepts.com/page/page/1916736.htm Quote
JerseyHarold Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 Dennis, That's them. Morganville is about 14 miles up the road from me. Harold Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 Kind of blurry but you can get the point. That car in the background is another Tucker but its at the LeMay museum. By the way they will be having open house on the last Saturday in August. If you really want to do something special and your in the north west than I would highly recommend that you attend this open house. Jon Quote
JerseyHarold Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 When I was a kid, probably mid-1960's timeframe, I went to a car museum in Ellenville, NY and they had an orange Tucker on display. Museum is long gone, wonder about the car. Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 We went to the Tucker Convention a few years ago at the Imperial Palace Casino in Las Vegas. We had on T-shirts with a photo of our 48 P15 on it. The people with the Tucker Convention treated us like we were long lost relitaves. We meant a guy who worked for Tucker and owned one that Tucked gave him. He showed me the ar from top to bottom, he even had me crawl under the car to look at the underside. I had Prestons nephew sign a Diecast Model of a Tucker for us. Dennis:cool: Quote
Charlie Olson Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 Dennis, you should email Will in Prescott with your story. I'll bet he would love to hear it. Charlie Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted July 4, 2007 Report Posted July 4, 2007 Charlie, I think that is who I talked to when they had the car at the Big Bear Lake Car Show. His wife went to High School here with the wife of the president of our car club. Dennis:cool: Quote
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