# Can I Have Some Money? There's a "Tucker" for Sale on eBay **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 6, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761 "2009-02-06T23:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/1 "2009-02-06T23:09:36Z")
A bodyshop bought the infamous Tucker convertible, and is trying to finish the job, and has [put it on eBay.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250369129631&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=) The starting bid is $1 million, with the “Buy It Now” price of $5 million. I doubt if they’ll get a single bid. According to an article in a recent issue of _Old Cars Weekly_, they bought the car and are working on building it as a way to attract attention their operation. I’m thinking that because they’re offering it for sale on eBay now (and you can see photos of the car in its present state [here](http://tuckerconvertible.com/index)), that their finances have taken a big hit, and if they **don’t** get the money soon, they’ll not be around much longer. (Which means that the car will probably wind up selling _really_ cheaply at the bankruptcy auction.) Wonder how much money one could make selling rides in the thing at car shows? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/2 "2009-02-06T23:33:28Z")
I’ve read some of the Tucker links you’ve posted before, are they that (in)famous that you could make money selling rides in one? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/3 "2009-02-06T23:40:59Z")
Do ya need only the 1 million there **Tuckerfan** , or should I send you the whole 5 big ones so you can use the “buy it now” option? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/4 "2009-02-06T23:59:42Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’ve read some of the Tucker links you’ve posted before, are they that (in)famous that you could make money selling rides in one? _They_ couldn’t do it, because they’re convinced that the car’s legit (it ain’t), and would be appalled at the thought of having the unwashed masses climbing around in the thing, or driving it around (since the car has no miles on it). Me? I agree with Leno in that cars, even ultra-rare collector cars, should be **driven** , so I’d have no problem bringing it to car shows and charging $5 bucks a head for a ride. (Might charge $5 to sit in the car and have your picture taken with it, and then $10 for a ride.) > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Do ya need only the 1 million there **Tuckerfan** , or should I send you the whole 5 big ones so you can use the “buy it now” option? A million should do it, though if you want to make a promisory note to cover the cost of it at the bankruptcy auction, that’ll work too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/5 "2009-02-07T00:17:02Z")
**Tuckerfan** , what makes you say this one isn’t legit? You obviously know the history far better than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/6 "2009-02-07T00:32:19Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > **Tuckerfan** , what makes you say this one isn’t legit? You obviously know the history far better than I do. Alex Tremulis and Phil Egan, who were designers for the Tucker Corporation, have **both** said catagorically that no such vehicle was contemplated by the company at that time. (And Tremulis was the **head** of the design department, so he should know.) The history of the car is pretty well known, and the original owner bought the body of a four door Tucker at the banruptcy auction, never completed it, and the next owner of the car is the one who spent at least a decade claiming it was a “secret” prototype. People who know more about the car than I do, have been able to track down enough information to prove that most of the parts on the car were purchased by the second owner, and not with it originally. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/7 "2009-02-07T00:40:31Z")
And I was about to send you a million bucks to buy it… thanks very much for the response. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/8 "2009-02-07T00:50:22Z")
Wouldn’t have mattered; somebody else would have sniped it with a bid of $1,000,005 with two seconds remaining. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/9 "2009-02-07T00:51:44Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > And I was about to send you a million bucks to buy it… thanks very much for the response. Hey, the car’s worth _something._ The club considers #1051 to be a real Tucker, even though it was assembled in the 1980s. The actual value for the convertible is probably around $100K or so (the engine alone is worth around $15K). If I had the money, I’d buy the car, without worrying about ever getting the money back out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/10 "2009-02-07T01:29:08Z")
Wow. Legit or not, it’ll be a real head-turner. Did they beef up the frame to handle the loss of stiffness when the top was cut off? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/11 "2009-02-07T01:48:17Z")
Most Esteemed Sir! My father, who is being passed away, was Minister of Automobiles for the Republic of Barboon. We are most excited to be telling you that he owned the original prototype for the vehicle to be named after its creator’s revered maternal person, the _Mother_ Tucker. (We pull our eyelash with respect). We note that you are a person of considerable economic stability, by the casual manner in which you discuss, so we are not to be hesitate informing you of this happy opportunity! Please contact us with information for facilitate this most happy event, goats be upon you! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/12 "2009-02-07T02:03:16Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Wow. Legit or not, it’ll be a real head-turner. > > Did they beef up the frame to handle the loss of stiffness when the top was cut off? Good question! And since the Tucker was designed as a unibody, welded to a steel frame, there could be a _number_ of problems with the car. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/13 "2009-02-07T04:15:57Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > If I had the money, I’d buy the car, without worrying about ever getting the money back out of it. When you get _any_ money, I’d like to invite you out to my garage for a little… _presentation_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/14 "2009-02-07T04:56:52Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Can I Have Some Money? [Have you looked in the couch](http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/funny-pictures-cats-look-for-money-in-your-couch.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-have-some-money-theres-a-tucker-for-sale-on-ebay/484761/15 "2009-02-07T05:06:23Z")
Lolcatz links are forbidden. There was a memo.