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25/02/2009 9:20 pm
Having seen the Tucker Prototype Convertible surface recently and due to be auctioned as an incomplete restoration I think that would look fabulous in 1:43
25/02/2009 11:48 pm
As a wreck I like it.Not going to sacrifice my Brooklin for a JR chop though.
Ebay item 250369129631 $5 million!!!!
26/02/2009 3:58 am
Great Tucker convertible website Ed.
I've had a look and if I have a spare Tucker it may well end up as a convertible!
26/02/2009 4:17 am
Go for it John. It is a good idea & would look great. Do a pickup too ?
26/02/2009 5:26 am
That could be a challenge, Randy, given the fact that the Tucker's engine was in the rear and was not exactly small. Corvair pulled off a rear-
engined pickup (the Rampside) and a rear-engined station wagon, but the
engine was compact enough to permit it.
A Tucker pickup kind of defies the laws of physics, methinks.
Rick
26/02/2009 5:38 am
Rick is right, Maybe a 4 wheel high rider?
26/02/2009 7:30 am
Yeah I know, but its just a model, a what if, a prototype, I realize its not practical !
26/02/2009 7:51 am
I've always like prototypes and one-offs...
I've tried to talk manufacturers into doing the test or prototype versions of some of my favorites 60's and 70's race cars, but with little success. It is much easier to do in 1/43 when resins are used, rather than injection molded plastic or diecast metals used in larger scales. I guess if the buying public spoke up more (and followed through with dollars), this might happen more.
I like a few atypical models in collections to enhance their variety.
26/02/2009 8:16 am
I could always make a stretch limo
26/02/2009 8:27 am
Now THAT would be cool...a six-door or stretched Tucker limo!
Nicer than those absolutely awful stretch Hummers and Ford Excretions!
Rick
26/02/2009 8:42 am
You know I was thinking the same think myself, I was also thinking a Hudson....
limo would be cool to. Or a Hudson Italia convertible, now that is doable. I have a picure of a prototype 4 door 1955 Hudson Italia called the X-161 a 1955. Hudson built 3 1949 Hudson limos too. All kinds of possibilities here. RANDY
26/02/2009 8:52 am
I've made a few Hudson Italia convertibles in the past.
They make a pretty model. That four door sedan was one I considered but I think it's a lot bigger in all dimensions than an Italia, rather than just a longer Italia...but I could be wrong (it wouldn't be for the first time!)
26/02/2009 8:53 am
More on the convertible Tucker-------
Click on the left side of picture (for each date) to see several pictures for each date.
26/02/2009 1:54 pm
Solido and Dinky both did pretty good Tuckers which though no doubt tougher to work on are a lot cheaper than wrecking your Brooklin
26/02/2009 1:55 pm
Plus Yat Ming makes a cheap one now.
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