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1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

Nothing a number of 1000$ bills and time couldn't fix. Neighbors still don't trick or treat to the Tucker house. Some fear awesomeness.

Well worth the investment and still meeting lots of great people along the way. Some think I saved the Tucker but actually Tucker saved me.

This one still needs some track and toon work but other than that ready for some new Tucker projects!
 
Door stops check.
 

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Looks like Tucker got a little jealous of a 85 Honda fl350 NOS straight fin motor swap and demanded some attention.

Radiator leaking. To recore or replace?

I can make anything new fit but would like to keep original.

Thoughts?
 

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Little Bri working on some Lego Tucker prototypes this am.

Of course tracks missing. Like most of my collection!
 

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Here's s throw back pic sent to me I was showing my wife this am. She then proceeded to tell me it's our wedding anniversary and my mothers birthday.

I responded but look how far the Tucker has come!
 

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Pontoon Princess said:
you live dangerously, very
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I CAN'T stop laughing.....:whistling:

I put making syrup ahead of family ham and an egg hunt....

"that was after having Lisa assist me for a twelve hour day of driving a 56' duece and a half from central WI to extreme NE WI... all I heard all day was that she needed to be home before 10PM to make a seven layer salad. Me spouting off, that its only a 20 minute job was not well recieved"

But pales in comparison to the anniversary and birthday observation.

Living dangerously and being deft in mind and spirit, ARE NOT:brows:
 
pretty sure you are packing what is left of you life and moving into the TUCKER, just remember you named your youngest son J.Tucker, it was nice knowing you...and no Brian, you can not live at tuckerville
 
All good here. My wife is amazing and enjoys the entertainment value I bring to her world good or bad.

Need to keep things interesting in life or it gets boring real quick!
 
Little tuckering. Adjusted the valves a few months ago and have had an oil leak ever since. I usually use the thick cork but for some reason the 4 bolt small block Chevy valve covers like to leak. Was good until I touched it.

Got these new felpro perma dry gaskets. Silicon steel in the center to hold firm and spacers to prevent over tightening. Sounds nice we shall see!
 

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ive used them before they tend to swell over time when too much swelling happens they crack usually around the spacers and splooge out the sides and leak. when installed properly its tough to beat the old cork
 
Time will tell. So far leak free after a few warm up and cool down cycles varying rpm.

Got the snoopy sno cone machine out to make some area to run.
 
Got the downeast done you saw in this thread over the years. 3 year project I hope to never experience again. Father started got in over is head so I had to take it on.

In the water fast and rides amazing in rough water. It is now working harvesting Mass lobsters. It was so rough Bri went into survival mode and went to sleep some how:
 

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Pic doesn't do justice that chop is on top of 6-8 footers with the occasional breaker in the mouth. Wet keel works wonders but we had to hold him from sidling off the box.

Back to cats now !
 

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Got my 4 year chip for track addicts anonymous today!

She has come a long way since then. Wife sent me this pic saying aren't you glad I called a POS so you fixed it up?
 

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Boating season ended winter prep begins!

Tackling one pontoon at a time! This time working a spare and will hot swap keep the machine going .
 

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Now will you mount that on the front, back or underneath? :whistling:

Good idea though cause it's going to be a big one this winter and you won't want to miss any of it. :wink:
 
Track Addict said:
will hot swap keep the machine going .
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Uh, I hope your definition of "hot swap" is different from mine. I can't think of how I could hot swap a pontoon. Perhaps a ski with some sort of cradle to hold the axle up. But... :unsure:
 
Brian,Im working on a steel pontoon, and a sprocket myself. Everything is a bit different on the 3/4" roller models. this is the last one on my 2 two pontoon machines. It seems the sprockets had a habit of breaking the centers out where the axles bolt to the drum !!:ermm: Snow is coming this winter, MAYBE !!!:smile::smile:
 
Already did the front two years ago. Another advantage to the two pontoons. Half the amount of tracks, rollers, and toons!
 
Took in another stray cat!

Liquidated most of the vintage Honda collection taking up precious space in the kennel and being under utilized. When the wife heard about it I said "go for a ride and if you don't come back smiling I'll return it."

In the last seven days three cohorts made the same case to their wife's now we have a litter!

Just validates that cats bring out the best in people!
 

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Been chasing this ignition ghost in my Tucker. Thing wont start at random. Finally figured it out. I installed a new MSD distributor and blaster 2 coil. Other night I was warning the cat up to address the radiator leak location and it shut off like someone turn the key off.

After much back and forth with MSD troubleshooting swapped in a spare coil and touched off quick. Only 150 miles what I believe was a high end coil. They think heat from the stock SBC location and vibration could have caused it. Planning to upgrade to a vibration resistant coil and waiting to see if MSD will make good on this barely used part.

And I am fixing the radiator correctly.
 
Pulled the radiator. This thing looks to have been repaired before and in rough shape.

Going to try and source a new replacement
 

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