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1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

Paint. Been working on boat which is hitting the water for rest of season Tuesday!

Then back to tucker full time
 

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Headed up Conway and plan on meeting up with another member to pickup the Valley Engineering Powdermaker/Roller I bought in Fryeburg, Me.. Will get pics up.
 
Happy 2 year anniversary 1968 442 tucker. Thanks for
Coming into my life.

Here is your gift
 

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That thing sounds great spooling up on the turbo!

Would that box benefit from padding w/ Mylar face to deaden the sound in the house, or would it still just generate noise from everywhere else?
 
It will. Just temp for this year. Real one will be coussa board which is 30% lighter and more dense than ply. Will also have 2" sound down on top and 1" sides.

Pretty quiet now. Much quieter next year.
 
Progress.

Front housing and springs painted in background. Also test fit the transmission to motor. Not sure why they used the washers in between the first few pics was not cleaned and the last one is cleaned and fits tight and flush. Only thing I can think of is that the round flange did not fit in because it had paint and junk on it. I also measured and the output shaft is not even close to bottoming out.

New motor mounts and I will be putting the rubber back in on the bellhousing mounts. That is how it was and on the bottom of the bell there is two little nipples that stick out that the rubber takes out. If it was metal to metal it would vibrate and the nipple would not allow it to sit flush. Must be a locator pin for factory install.
 

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With the boat gone it is nice although my father just called and said he drilled a hole through the boat into the water and it is leaking!!! Hope it is not coming home soon.
 
You dun good Bluefin. Using the long bolts for the springs and shackles is good because that way the threaded section is not wearing inside the spring and aluminum fifth wheel. You may want to cut the excess from the ends to make it "factory correct" but that is just an aesthetic thing, not to mention weight saving. Lookin fine!!
 
carb rebuilt. Changed road draft tube to pcv. Doing my part to reduce Tucker's carbon track print.

Transmission painted ready to go in.
 

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screw the tree huggers it's all around better for the engine to have a pcv especially with the slow speeds the tucker moves. at 50 mph a draft tube has pretty good suction at 10 there is 0
 
New clutch, bearing, shift fork, master, slave, line.

Amazing how much nicer the clutch feel is.
 

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Clutch adjusted. Swapping out the distributor for a msd street fire. That is the only original part. Cleans up the engine by loosing the coil and resistor and coil wire.

Runs great.
 
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