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tucker kitten in fbks
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Duffycustomworks
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dang, dang, dang....
sold, sold, sold...
sold, sold, sold...
Duffycustomworks
Member
wow!!! That was fast.
I'd have loved this but Alaska is a bit too far to go for me. $5000 seems reasonable too.
Hope the new owner restores it
Here are the photos so everyone can see this machine after the ad is gone.
Hope the new owner restores it
Here are the photos so everyone can see this machine after the ad is gone.
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Kitten or 322? How many of these did they make? Bummer it's gone, hopefully it found a good home.
model 322, not a kitten,
looks like 6 were built, in '63 and '64...
looks like 6 were built, in '63 and '64...
That explains why it sold in 5 minutes. Looks like they had trouble keeping it cool. Tucker should re visit the 322 it would be cool if they sold a new version of this cat with Terra tracks.
now, that is a great idea, super kewl looking machine...
Sno-Surfer
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Wow, this is a cool one. No idea they put vw engines in any Tuckers.
Here is the brochure from Tucker. Maybe you can ID which engine from the HP stated here. ( 40 HP ) What would they do for a heater? Don't think they used a gasoline powered one in 1964?
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I offered twice what he wanted no dice 
but, there was a pause on the other end,and now on reserve call list
but, there was a pause on the other end,and now on reserve call list
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Sno-Surfer
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Probably a 1200 cc motor. Heat could be what they call stale air heat, keep the windows open.
I bet a 1600 cc motor would be nice in that. Maybe it has one already hence the need for the cooling holes.
Side note, I evacuated the sno cat yesterday. We have a big fire to the west of us and we have been on high alert here. We'll be the first to know if it comes over the ridge. Keeping things wet...
be safe, and if you need help of any kind for yourself or neighbors, just let the tucker mafia know...
Sno-Surfer
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Thank you very much and real glad to have the mafia watching my back. I feel better today then last night. Air is a bit cleaner and wind is not as strong. We are ready to roll out if needed, keeping things wet in the meantime and sticking close to home. Seems the fire is slow to move east which is good for us. Nothing but dry trees and rugged terrain between us and the fire though. Keeping the fingers crossed.
sleddogracer
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we never did get an evacuation alert, but the fires weren't too far away and evacuation was ordered in one area and an alert announced for the area just across the small river separating us - spent some hurried time getting things ready to move 70+ dogs to safety, and my 1344 was checked out and ready to load onto the trailer - the old diesel van we use for storage and dog food was also fired up to make sure it was ready to move - by the time we were ready to start thinking about our personal stuff, or a place we could stay, we had a bit of rain and the fire danger was reduced - five of us were dawn to dark preparing for the worst and were ready to move animals and equipment at the first alert - sure glad we're back to our normal stress level now - lol
This is "My Que"!
I'm about 100 miles north of the Hurricane right now. "Cat 5" now, should be Cat 4 when it hits me.
I like everything VW Powered: Looked at Generators, Compressors, Fire Pumps, Saw Mills, Hot Tar roofing pumping units,.... and of course Snow Cats. Bought a Snow Trac, later 13 more, a Kristi, and then I tracked this machine down and it's sister unit in California, one with "Mud & Snow" Tracks. Around 94-96, the oldest salesman from the Tucker plant showed up at a Snow Mobile Show at the fairgrounds in Puyallup Washington, where I was displaying a "J-5" and 2 Snow Trac's. According to him, so somewhat,.. "Straight from the Horses Mouth",.. he thought they only built 3. Factory records may indicate otherwise. what he was sure of was that they Overheated and that's why they never continued production. Tucker considered it a failed experiment.
The little brown machine in the pictures has a dash plaque that does bear the 322 or 222 number same as a Kitten. This led to a big argument some years back, before the Forum was up and running.
2 owners ago the engine was rebuilt by a very knowledgeable, genuine VW guy. It's a 36 HP, not an especially good engine. The owner just took it on one hunt a year, and eventually bought a Snow Trac. I looked at it shortly after it had a complete overhaul. that Brown paint was barely a year old. It was a bit under powered. However he didn't have too much for overheating problems because he lived in North Pole Alaska, one of the coldest places on earth! When I lived there I saw 50 below for a ten day stretch.
It did have "Stale Air Heat".
About 5 to 7 years later it was for sale and sat on the corner of Van Horn, in Fairbanks for some months. Some years beyond that I tried unsuccessfully to track it down for the "Tucker Mafia".
It's "Sister" unit, belonged to an interesting collection of old Army vehicles. A guy at the Cable Airport, just on the edge of LA, off Foothills Blvd, had about 200 Army Trucks, Jeeps, Power Wagons, Tanks, Armored personnel Carriers, Halftracks,.... that he rented out to Hollywood and the movie industry. His Tucker, with the Mud and snow tracks, with rubber blocks on each grouser was in great condition. He had Brand New spare rubber covered Grousers to go with it. With him, everything was for sale for a price. But he was interested in dealing with 60,000$ Tanks and was quite knowledgeable about the going price of some of the rarer Military Collectables, like 50,000$ DUKW's.
"The Rest of the Story"
I'm about 100 miles north of the Hurricane right now. "Cat 5" now, should be Cat 4 when it hits me.
I like everything VW Powered: Looked at Generators, Compressors, Fire Pumps, Saw Mills, Hot Tar roofing pumping units,.... and of course Snow Cats. Bought a Snow Trac, later 13 more, a Kristi, and then I tracked this machine down and it's sister unit in California, one with "Mud & Snow" Tracks. Around 94-96, the oldest salesman from the Tucker plant showed up at a Snow Mobile Show at the fairgrounds in Puyallup Washington, where I was displaying a "J-5" and 2 Snow Trac's. According to him, so somewhat,.. "Straight from the Horses Mouth",.. he thought they only built 3. Factory records may indicate otherwise. what he was sure of was that they Overheated and that's why they never continued production. Tucker considered it a failed experiment.
The little brown machine in the pictures has a dash plaque that does bear the 322 or 222 number same as a Kitten. This led to a big argument some years back, before the Forum was up and running.
2 owners ago the engine was rebuilt by a very knowledgeable, genuine VW guy. It's a 36 HP, not an especially good engine. The owner just took it on one hunt a year, and eventually bought a Snow Trac. I looked at it shortly after it had a complete overhaul. that Brown paint was barely a year old. It was a bit under powered. However he didn't have too much for overheating problems because he lived in North Pole Alaska, one of the coldest places on earth! When I lived there I saw 50 below for a ten day stretch.
It did have "Stale Air Heat".
About 5 to 7 years later it was for sale and sat on the corner of Van Horn, in Fairbanks for some months. Some years beyond that I tried unsuccessfully to track it down for the "Tucker Mafia".
It's "Sister" unit, belonged to an interesting collection of old Army vehicles. A guy at the Cable Airport, just on the edge of LA, off Foothills Blvd, had about 200 Army Trucks, Jeeps, Power Wagons, Tanks, Armored personnel Carriers, Halftracks,.... that he rented out to Hollywood and the movie industry. His Tucker, with the Mud and snow tracks, with rubber blocks on each grouser was in great condition. He had Brand New spare rubber covered Grousers to go with it. With him, everything was for sale for a price. But he was interested in dealing with 60,000$ Tanks and was quite knowledgeable about the going price of some of the rarer Military Collectables, like 50,000$ DUKW's.
"The Rest of the Story"
Lyndon get the hell out of there!!
Holey Tucker !
Notice the blue ST4 in the background. This picture is from the owner who had the engine rebuilt and took the machine out for just one hunt a year who lived in North Pole. This is several owners ago. This owner took exceptionally good care of his machine and it was the least beat up snow cat of any machine I had ever seen that had been used for hunting. I know nothing of the next 2, now,3 owners.
While things are burning up at home, big fire at Crystal Mountain near Mt. Rainier, I've already put up all the hurricane shutters, and test run the 4 cylinder Diesel Genset I had installed about 15 years ago. Once the Hurricane passes I still have a 200 mile drive to the Airport and things could be hectic at the Orlando airport. It'll be a "Challenge" getting there. I'll post some pictures and give you the "Play-by-play" until the internet fails. The rest of the pictures will be from Washington.
5 by 5, Naples, "Over and Out"
While things are burning up at home, big fire at Crystal Mountain near Mt. Rainier, I've already put up all the hurricane shutters, and test run the 4 cylinder Diesel Genset I had installed about 15 years ago. Once the Hurricane passes I still have a 200 mile drive to the Airport and things could be hectic at the Orlando airport. It'll be a "Challenge" getting there. I'll post some pictures and give you the "Play-by-play" until the internet fails. The rest of the pictures will be from Washington.
5 by 5, Naples, "Over and Out"
Outside of the parallel fire sentiment embedded in this thread. ( stay safe)
Is it just me or is Watching 4 track orange drink, drinkers, post about the merits of Two tracks and VW motors a wee bit o fun?
And Yes a terra track version with out all that fire wood up front would be a cool thing......
the former is intended as humor.
Is it just me or is Watching 4 track orange drink, drinkers, post about the merits of Two tracks and VW motors a wee bit o fun?
And Yes a terra track version with out all that fire wood up front would be a cool thing......
the former is intended as humor.
FYI Mr. Sqwrl, the Two track machine is the equivalent of the little spare tire they put in cars these days. It is not meant to go the distance but it will get you home if you follow the tracks made by the real machine in the rare event that one gets a flat pontoon.
the former is not intended as humor, I don't do humor.
the former is not intended as humor, I don't do humor.
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Best lawn ornament I have ever seen!