A Franklin engine not many around they sat upright and were air cooled amazing they converted them like they did Tucker was destroyed by the big 3 I cant help thinking they did the same to others too .
Yes Franklin, I had a 1947 Stinson 108 had the Franklin engine. Ran good but my A&P kept tellin me to get rid of it because it seemed to have unusually small push rods and could be trouble, never did though.
@@robertwoodroffe123 Yep..I'd day a good chance this is one of the factory "shelf" engines that were auctioned off after the bankruptcy, so never been in a car. But a small chance it was in a produced car, a handful were wrecked and scabbed for parts. I'm sure they were stored With a small amount of motor oil in them back in the day 👍 So I'd think either a shelfer factory motor or one removed from a wreck
Some idiot converted one of the surviving Tuckers into a Ford powered front engine car. I think it's time for someone to buy this engine and put that one back to stock.
AN IDIOT??? LIKE WHERE WAS HE GOING TO FIND ANOTHER TUCKER ENGINE IN THE DAY? IF HE HADNT REPOWERED THE CAR WITH THE FORD ENGINE, AND GOT IT GOING AND USEFUL IT COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY SCRAPPED! BUT YES IT CAN BE RESTORED WITH THE PROPER ENGINE NOW, BUT IN ITS WAY THE FORD POWERED TUCKER IS A CLASSIC ALSO! IT ILLUSTRATES INGENUITY TO MAKE THE BEST WHEN PROPER PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE! REMEMBER IN THOSE DAYS WE DIDNT HAVE THE INTERNET TO FIND THE STUFF WE NEED!
That Tucker had a Oldsmobile engine originally owned by a collector who owned three back in the 1970s. He converted it for his daughter so it was more reliable.
A gentleman by the name of Johnny Janecek in Springfield Oregon owned the Tucker with the replaced engine. I saw the Tucker, but did not look at the engine bay on it so I don't know for sure. I thought Johnny said it was a Buick engine, but it's been 30 years or more since I saw it and Johnny Janecek died years back. I think the Tucker was sold to a private party------ I also never found out which number it was.
@@miguelcastaneda7236 , Negative, Corvair was a GM design never used for a helicopter unless some one tried to convert one for that use. Plenty have been converted for airplanes and work well and I imagine a few have been used on airboats.
Many dont believe it - ford sent him steering wheels door handles etc To help him- nothing nefarious there- someone hated what he represented though- anyway wanted to say not many also know that it had a HELICOPTER ENGINE-prone to overheating due to differential gearing problems as well- politicos had a field day with his iconoclastic/attack the big three/never back down mentality! True Renaissance man - unfortunately he had the misfortune of being borne into one of the most corrupt of eras- being out of place in the wrong decade will crush a MAN-
Did you inform the man yhat he has a treasure worth a fortune, maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars ? . You all knew it, he could refurbished his house for the money you sneaked away from him. Great stuff on RU-vid.
There were only 50 cars built, but a total of 125 engines. The cars are very valuable, the spare engines, not so much. If this engine is the original for one of the cars, it would have more value.
i find the J40 fascinating..that looks to be a real gas engine under the hood..yet when i searched for a gas powered version all i found were pedal versions..sure would like more info on it if possible :)
Someone that I knew in the mid 60’s had a red Lancia sedan. As I recall it was in the style of 1940’s USA it was said to have an engine that appeared to be a combination in line and v type. I also think it was right hand drive as in the UK & had an aluminum body. East of Cleveland Ohio (Chesterland).
I really hope you guys gave him fair prices as he seemed completely clueless as to any value in these items. Last Tucker engine I saw sell went for over $35k.
Harald Pettesen oh please. You really think people are that stupid? His holding onto a tucker engine all these years means he knows what he’s got. I just hope there’s a tucker car out there with a Ford engine and an owner looking for an original motor.
...well, looks like this Tucker engine was set up for a manual transmission...so I guess it's not from #1042..:(...I am completely fascinated with Tucker #1042, as it's one of only 2 with an automatic transmission, and the only unaccounted for example, therefore about the only "barn find" possibility there is with a Tucker...doubt it's around in one piece, but I keep hoping more parts of it will surface...hopefully some substantial parts..or even a rusted, crushed hulk...look at some of those Plymouth Barracudas and Dodge Daytona's that are being "restored"...so anything is possible...Heck, I say dig up #1023, and "re-create" it......
Those emgines were made for a helicopter, one in particular was the korea war medivac helicopter, and howard Hughes help tucker get those left over engine, they were originally built to run vertical, in the helicopter
Most of the 51 tuckers cars are known to accounted for only three are missing one burnt in a fire one wrecked and striped for parts and one unknowned. That engine is supper rare. It has to be the only one not in a car. The only spare engine. Worth at least $50.000 plus.
I saw a Tucker on the road in downtown Stillwater Minnesota in the middle 1990’s. It was towards dark and I saw it leave the gas station with its 3 headlights on and the middle headlight turned along with the front wheels.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions- and smoke crime.. :-(((
It is also called a Staggered V4 to make it shorter for space. i think there ios also a staggered inline 6. The trick was to have the water jackets the right size and a better cooling system with the cylinders closer .
Graeme Williams well, at least they're trying to put these items to use in an automotive historical context. Those parts could complete an old Lancia or Tucker to actually run. The alternative when someone hoards too firmly to let go; that guy dies, and all those vintage pieces get loaded on a scrap truck, sold by weight to a recycler, and is melted down. If you love it, let it find a home with someone that knows what to do with it.
That Franklin flat 6 was used in the Bell-47 helicopter as an air-cooled version. Franklin almost went broke in 1933 but was rescued and changed to Aircooled Motors which was then bought after WW2 (1945) to be Republic Aviation Company. In 1947 that Company was bought by Tucker where he cancelled the Aviation contracts to focus on making it Liquid cooled version for his cars. Tucker Company lasted until 1961 and was sold to revive the name Franklin Engine Company .
I mean seriously cmon man, just examine the mechanics of this véhicule ,interior and looks,it's an overall marvel ! Dammm I would love to even have the privilege to drive such a beautiful car now ! The car was good,safe,viable and a bit technology advance for its time but never had its chance to bloom was crushed not only in politics arena but mainly from big corporations !
The poor guy had no clue what he really had and gave it all away, probably for a few bucks. I hate guys that take atvantage of people who don't know about the true value of thier stuff. An honest person will inform and offer a fair price.
@@5050kas... true, but there are always bargain hunters who think they can buy cheap and sell high. That's what business is all about.... making money. Besides, we have no idea what it was bought for in the first place. The guy might have had it since nobody wanted one.
in all countries of the world (except anglo saxon) did "engine" not exists, only motor for all power building machines with piston, turbine , electric,etc...
Too late, Matt ... Tucker converted it over to water cooling. The additional casing, plumbing, radiator and water would make it weight prohibitive on the little 47. It's worth much more now historically as a Tucker Conversion than as a Helo engine.
One of Tucker's ideas was to make the engines easy to remove. That way if it needed major repairs at a dealer the customer could just drive up, the mechanics could swap in a loaner engine in 20-30 minutes and quickly get the customer back on the road in their own car. No Tucker dealer network was ever created but early on the factory probably did have some of those loaner engines that was never planned to go inside a car.
??? There was a Tucker dealer in Newark N.Y. It was called Twentieth Century Motors and was located at 103 East Avenue. The widow of the dealer gave me a large stash of printed material, Tucker magazines, banners, order blanks for a Tucker etc. The sign that said Twentieth Century Motors still exists in the collections of the Newark Arcadia Historical Society. Too bad that the dealer never got any cars to sell. He ended up being an Airway Sales district manager and was a good one. Now, having said that (and this will get me into trouble) In 1947-48 GM, Chrysler, Ford were doing so well that this mechanical mess did not cause them to lose much sleep. Tucker failed because he was a promoter and dreamer with no money. People hated GM even back then and loved to support the little guy. Remember the story that GM killed a car that could get 100 mpg.? Why didn't Toyota and Honda make this type of car? Because it is impossible.
@@jasonjgr8580 everybody in USA and (kinda)France, Germany ,Italy.Many other (quite big )places where they speak English they call internal combustion and steam power units engines and electric motors motors.The whole world isn't America even though some folk act like it is.
Tell: General MOTORS Ford MOTOR Co. Harley-Davidson MOTOR Co. They make MOTORcycles, not ENGINEcycles. How about Rolls-Royce MOTORcars? A person who drives a car is a MOTORist, not an ENGINEist. Where do you find ENGINE oil? Pennzoil MOTOR oil. Castrol MOTOR oil. Quaker State MOTOR oil. Tell the Society of AutoMOTive Engineers to change their name to Society of AutoENGive Motoreers.
@@algrayson8965 I come from England.There is this thing in language called 'common usage'.How people talk.All my life until my 50's the oil was Engine oil..even though the American dominated oil firms packaged it in cans with 'motor oil' printed there.I don't live there now. The language spoken in USA has developed separately and ,you'll be glad to know,is steadily taking over from my way of speaking.I'm not in an argument over right or wrong.English is packed full of illogical features because of its history..
