tucker engine numbers

[john]

I was wondering if there is a way to correspond Tucker engine numbers with the car they are supposed to be in?

Recently happened upon a Tucker engine?
Can anybody help?
Thanks,
JOHN

[plancor 792]

John, no way to determine if an engine number goes with a Tucker serial number. Engine were marked with a 335_ _ number such as 33523, .some were 10 _ _ , such as 1009, and others had a single or double number such as 9 or 15. Most are 335 followed by 2 numbers and they have no bearing on the serial number of the car. Would like to know the serial number of the engine you found. That number is stamped into the block where the distributor goes into the engine. I have a list of engine numbers and may be able to tell you if it was installed in a Tucker and if so what one.
Richard

[john]

Richard,
Thank you so much for the reply.
I was not sure if there was any way to match up a motor to a Tucker serial number.
You answered my question.
Respectfully,
JOHN

[Tuckeroo]

It's also important to bear in mind that there are more engines than completed cars. Estimates I've seen on engine production range from 90-110, indicating something in the vicinity of 40-60 engines not installed in the cars.

[Larry Clark]

I have copies of different Tucker company inventory records of engines. There is a consistency that the highest number is 33598 (six of the engines have something other than the 335 prefix (proper end digit(s) but different or no first digit(s) as Richard previously stated). Of the supposed 98, the company's records indicate no record of receipt for three engines (leaving 95 engines accounted for). I have not found or seen any company records showing more than 98 engines (the actual bankruptcy records that I have seen and reviewed in the Federal Archives in Chicago do NOT support the stories of more than 100 engines). This said, I am continuing to look for company records on this issue and am open-minded to the possibility of more engines having existed.

I have heard speculation that there were engines yet at the Aircooled plant in some stage of completion, possibly completed, that ended up out on the market. In theory, this should not have happened as Aircooled, as a Tucker subsidiary, was under the jurisdiction of the same bankruptcy court/judge. The records in Chicago should show this. I think what is more likely is that several of the engines in the reports of the 98 engines that were listed as being at Aircooled were sold in place there, possibly with additional engine parts.

Larry

[plancor 792]

I saw an engine that Bill Hamlin had #335110. I have also heard that there is a #335113 out there but I have not seen this engine. I do not know what happened to Bill's engine after he passed away. Most of these high numbered engines were torn down and parts were used on other aircraft engines.
Richard

[Ace Barker]

How many engines were built for the Tucker?

Ace...

[john]

Ace,
I read that Cammack stated 150.
I do not know where his qoute came from.
I do respect his position as a known Tucker enthusiast, as well as the others who have posted replies, shame that his collection is in debate, maybe that has changed now.

We may never know how many were truly built, maybe his mass collection of paperwork contains the true numbers?
One thing is for sure though>>>It would seem that Tucker had definite future plans for the extra engines being built, it is truly a shame that big business and political crap shut him down.
All the best today, John

[plancor 792]

John, what is meant by Dave Cammack's collection is in "debate"? Having done considerable research on Tucker Corporation, that 150 complete engines sounds right to me.
Richard

[john]

Richard,
From my past reading and comprehension of what was printed then, it seemed that a museum, other than Dave's, had plans.

I am not sure, just went on tid bits and articles I had read in the past, maybe it's old news now, I truly do not know.
Does his son or family have possesion of everything and is the museum Dave started still open?
Again, I am truly not sure Richard, I believe thats what makes the Tucker Club and it's Forums special, as it keeps all Tucker enthusiast's current.
All the best today,
JOHN

[plancor 792]

John, Dave has control of everything and his collection can be seen if you call him in advance. When Dave is no longer able to care for the collection it is to go to the Cammack Collection wing of AACA in Hershey, PA. Some vehicles that the family owned are already there. Dave's desire to keep the collection together led him to make this arrangement with AACA several years ago. The Cammack family also provided funds to build a new wing at the museum in Hershey. Larry Clark and I visited Dave and his collection a few weeks back and he is doing well.
Richard Jones