Oooh! They Seemed to Have Lowered the Price!

[Tuckerfan1053]

When the car originally went up for sale, the asking price was $5 mill, as I recall. Now they're offering it for the low, low price of just $3.99 million! http://www.autotraderclassics.com/find/ ... nId=368257

[Phantomrig]

I could see it selling for a few hundred thousand but not for a few million. It is a very attractive car though.

[TuckerCar]

It's also frustrating that they have it listed as a Torpedo. But yes, it is a pretty car.

[Randy Earle]

I'm a gentleman, so I'll reserve posting my opinion on the benevolent owner. My grandfather would have called him a "SNAKE OYL SALESMAN"

[Coach_B]

If you go to the sellers actual website it is listed at $2.5mil. Thats HALF OFF!!!! My guess is at some point it will be at one of the big auctions with a much lower reserve.

[Phantomrig]

My guess is at some point it will be at one of the big auctions with a much lower reserve.

Hay the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction should be coming is a month or so.

[TuckerCar]

Well that was what we were all told on this site a few years ago by some mysterious poster.

I think they are going to have a difficult time getting one of the legit auction houses (Barrett-Jackson, RM, Russo & Steele, Mecum) to take the car on with the cloud of uncertainty that surrounds it.

[Prototype]

Well that was what we were all told on this site a few years ago by some mysterious poster.

I think they are going to have a difficult time getting one of the legit auction houses (Barrett-Jackson, RM, Russo & Steele, Mecum) to take the car on with the cloud of uncertainty that surrounds it.

I could not agree with you more, but then again, Barry White and Boyd Coddington both have sold quite a few of their "bondo-clone-resto-mobiles" for pretty decent prices considering that they started out as junkyard finds! If the convertible does make it across the auction block, I doubt it will see "Market Value" like a genuine Tucker would. Cars sold with a salvage Title (which I'm guessing this car has, considering the nature of the "57" body number) rarely command premium prices. I know because I have had come to me to restore a car with a salvage title. After explaining that they will never get even near what the car is worth, let alone a "restored" price. I usually see them listed in the classifieds for sale a few days later saying "I just don't have the money to mess with it anymore or Wife says it must go". I know this is not the case here, but my take on this Con-vertible story. The car does look nice though, but after seeing pictures of how it was built, you couldn't give it to me!! Just my opinion!

[TUCKER]

Well this 1027 Tucker shure got a new beautiful look but still would have been worth more as 1027 than its new number 57. Just my opinion.