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Wow. I had heard about this Tucker, but they have almost finished it. It will be at auction this year.

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The transmission shifter on the column might just beat the '56 packard pushbutton shifter in coolness points.

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Those are nothing new, just Tucker's version of the Cord transmission. Hudson had a similar system called the "Electric Hand".

Seems that the Hub-caps, Air-cleaner and steering wheel are
kind of Packard like.....

But anyway its a great car and seeing one of these in real life must be a thrill.

Actually, Tucker bought the transmissions from Marshall Merkes, who had bought up all of the stock of ACD parts and was to go-to guy for people who were still driving those cars after ACD went under. All of the talk of revolutionary this and that on the Tucker was pretty much just talk.

The steering wheel and a few other interior items are 1942 Lincoln.
When they say "short ride," they really mean SHORT RIDE. It looks like they went from one side of the showroom to the other.

The Tucker was at Hershey

Most of us probably already know this, but the shifting mechanism is called a pre-selector. I am not sure who originated it. As described, the gear is selected but it is not engaged until the clutch is depressed. It is electrically operated with a motor to move the selector. Tucker probably opted for this system due to the complexity of a mechanical linkage to shift a rear mounted transmission. This system was (first?) used on the 810-812 Cords, and it was installed on other makes too. I have seen this system on pre- and post-war Delahayes (French). It is a neat system. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about this system can fill in the blanks. I also think the Tucker convertible is a most attractive car. It looks like the restorers did an excellent job. Thanks for sharing.

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Though the shifter box on the steering column looks somewhat similar physically, the system used on Delahaye and other European cars was totally different, it was a Cotal epicyclic (planetary) system with preselector shift. By comparison the system Cord and others used here was pretty primitive, though the performance failures are much more related to the gear box that the shifter mechanism.

I started out on a 50 mile? driving tour at the Greenwich CT concours a few years ago as a passenger in a 1936 Cord phaeton; we started with 4 forward and 1 reverse gear, and we ended up with only 2nd and 4th. You had to plan your 3-point turns very carefully w/o reverse, and did a lot of clutch slipping. Instead of a passenger I became the designated "pusher".

Is the Tucker rear engine or mid engine???
Is the Cord ring gear reversible like the VW???

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Rear engine. Don't know about reversing the ring gear.

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