weatherby
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After MUCH thought I decided to restore this 1949 Tucker torpedo, I don't think I need to say it is "truly" a basket case
After acquiring this torpedo from "forum member" Dan (Thepooguy) and getting it home, I then started dismantling it to take a long hard look at it, and determined there is still enough of it left to use as a pattern to build a new one.
All the important parts were still there, like the original engine, radiator, trans, dash and gauges, drive shaft, rear end, and the fuel tank. All the sheet metal and the entire frame will have to replaced and/or made. It took a lot of effort and time researching to determine how much of my frame is original and what has been changed so I could make a blueprint for a new frame, trying to create the curve of the front end and the up sweep curve on the back bottom was the most difficult to get to match the curves that the factory created.
I have to mention that Dan "Thepooguy" and Bill "snotrans" have been a HUGE help in educating me on these very old Tuckers along with sharing what they know and all there many leads and pictures of other torpedoes.
The first three pic is what a 1949, 50, 51 torpedo is supposed to look like, the following pics are what mine looked like when I took delivery of it
After acquiring this torpedo from "forum member" Dan (Thepooguy) and getting it home, I then started dismantling it to take a long hard look at it, and determined there is still enough of it left to use as a pattern to build a new one.
All the important parts were still there, like the original engine, radiator, trans, dash and gauges, drive shaft, rear end, and the fuel tank. All the sheet metal and the entire frame will have to replaced and/or made. It took a lot of effort and time researching to determine how much of my frame is original and what has been changed so I could make a blueprint for a new frame, trying to create the curve of the front end and the up sweep curve on the back bottom was the most difficult to get to match the curves that the factory created.
I have to mention that Dan "Thepooguy" and Bill "snotrans" have been a HUGE help in educating me on these very old Tuckers along with sharing what they know and all there many leads and pictures of other torpedoes.
The first three pic is what a 1949, 50, 51 torpedo is supposed to look like, the following pics are what mine looked like when I took delivery of it