balthazar

^ C'mon ocn; you know the whole hybrid thing is about not MPG.

I get what you mean; maybe they would work as shown. Note the production Tuckers had incredible track : 64/65, or more than Pontiac ever did (63/64)

I'd be down with that, except those rims. I know they echo the '70s rim design, but I've never liked either one.

Poor Maria Schriver must've really fallen on hard times since the divorce; she's driving a circa 40-yr old mail jeep.

Drawing does 'romanticize' things a bit, but obviously the fenders turn. I believe 'productionalized', there would be larger gaps inboard of the fenders. If I could build it looking 'tight' like above, I'd settle for a 80' turning circle.

That one & the below are obviously close in the gestation period. I tell you straight up as a car enthusiast, the below is about as perfectly wonderful a design as I can think of. Long, low, wide... streamlined & fully-radiused, with money unlimited I would have this built before anything else :

I need to amend my post above. I believe it's #1051 that's not officially tallied in with the others (not the prototype), and that's where the "51/47" numbers come from. Club site shows 1051 as a courtesy, but not the convert or any of the repros. I believe I read Ida has built either 2 or 3 Tuckers to date, plus has been working on a full-scale version of one of the pre-prototype designs, this one :

^ I was never sure I liked that execution... C-pillar is reminding me of that mini minicoupecoupe thing. I kinda like the roof treatment here.

Those 2 characters lines on the sides are fighting with each other; Hatfield & McCoy style.

I found the user guide to the adapter- it has DIP switches you can set for different resolutions. With the 'native res' spec for the HANNS being 1280x1024, I am going to try the DIP setting for 'multi-res - up to 1920 x 1080). Only higher choice is G3 multi-res - 1600 x 1200. DIP switches 7 thru 10 adjust 'sync mode', but I have no idea what that is. Default setting is 'separate'- trying that too. EDIT :: IT WORKS!

"native resolution" on the HANNS JC199D monitor is 1280 x 1024. I reset the PRAM 2 more times on the G3, but the default rez on it is, I believe 800 x 600. I had 2 in-line adaptors with the previous monitor, but 1 was brand-specific (Viewsonic), so I don't think that's related. I've seen suggestions that some CRT monitors have internal PRAMs and how to reset, but this is a flat screen. It does have separate power & VGA cords, if that matters. Other things I've seen suggested are to replace the G3's internal battery, and the suggestion there was 4-5 years. Mine has never been replaced, but I don't have reason to believe that's involved in this problem, anyway.

Well, I met up with the seller, got the HANNS for $45, bought a SVGA<>SVGA cable, but the monitor is displaying an 'out of range' message on a black screen. online scuttlebutt says the resolution range the G3 is sending it is outside the monitor's range (G3 has a wide variety of settings). Doing the 'reset PRAM' deal gets an 'analog' bar, screen goes grey, 'happy MAC' icon appears, then desktop pattern while it boots, but then it goes back to the black/'out of range' message before the booting is even 20% done. Reset the PRAM twice, same result. I need the machine to fully boot so I can access the resolution settings.....

I'm gonna have to call those mismatched wheel wells an industrial gaff. Those ferraris are nice, they have good proportions, they're just kinda bland/generic, IMO. To each his own.

On the net too, of course : http://www.robidaconcepts.com/

Roger- I was wondering when you were going to pop in here. I've seen #1024 at Gast, plus the convert @ Hershey, plus the first car Ida built (dark blue) when it was @ Lead East. Officially that's only 1 Tucker, I guess. Olds, check > Rob Ida Concepts < on FB.

If one spend a few grand (replaced the TorqueTube with an open driveshaft and slide a GearVenders OD unit in); sure.

Design is just so damned spot-on. It's only the 'romance' that keeps it from being mentioned along with the Corvette & Riviera when Mitchell's portfolio is talked about.

I liked my Buick's CVT...

^ This is what I've said since talk first began about the 3G CTS; it's ALREADY the perfect size to go against the 5/E siblings. It should not grow in size externally at all.

Could not find a decent representative ex on Utube. My buddy has had numerous 2G Corvairs, but I haven't seen one of his running in many years. However, yes; they do have a unique sound. A combo of raspy & burbly is as best as I can word it.

Yikes. Was actually putting my hands on my #1 choice today : Tempest, then the Cutlass. I'm with Rog tho - go full-size if you want a real car.

^ What's with the round wheel well & the squared wheel well? That crap drives me nuts.

Is anyone really excited about this image? What I mean is, it's certainly nothing radical (not saying ti should be).

#1042 is the unknown 'missing' Tucker in that it's demise has not been verified. It is rumored to have been scrapped in the '50s. The frame & transmission from it survive, the only known pieces ever found. #1018 was scrapped after an accident in '53, some parts have survived. #1023 was destroyed by fire and the remains were crushed. #1027 is in serious disrepair / pieced together with bits from others cars/surplus. Needs total restoration but the major bits are there. This is the car that rolled @ 100 MPH @ Indy during factory testing. 1 prototype, 51 pre-production cars = 52 built - 4 gone (I don't consider #1027 gone, but it's a husk and the club does (unless I am missing another 'goner)). Club tallies do not include the prototype and quote "51" built. 51- 4 = 47 existing (except it's 48- prototype is alive & well). The last recognized car, #1051, was assembled after the factory was closed/gone. It's accepted as real, tho (with an asterisk). But Tucker Designer Tremulis stated emphatically that no convert was in the works, and he would be the first to know. There were a number of body shells after #1051, at least thru #1058, but these were left outside after the 1950 auction, and by the 1970s, were unsalvageable rusty scrap: Great thread here, don't kno if the link will work tho : http://www.jalopyjou...ighlight=tucker Or go to jalopyjournal.com, link to the HAMB, search for 'Tucker' in titles, and check thru 45 pages of different pics. If you go to Post #809 in the above thread (pg 41), it details the full story behind body #1057 (the current convertible), plus has the LIFE pic of this same body in the factory in 1950. It had been pulled from the line and altered with a wrap-rear window opening, planning for the 1949 changes.

^ RIght Olds. #1010 was termed 'barn find' because it had been sitting in a barn/garage since 1956, but it's location was well known to the inner circle guys. There are zero unknown Tuckers left to find.