1968 Tucker 442 New to Me

[Track Addict]

Still here. Trying to muster up the energy to do rear pontoons. Might have my shop tied up with a new downeast boat build for the fall winter so now or never.

Tough when the grass is turning green.

 

[muleman]

Ain't nothing but work when you get into track and old metal work like that. At least you have a good idea what to do. You also know how bad it SUCKS. There, I said it for you.

 

[Track Addict]

Back to Tucker Time! Doors off sent out to have new sliding glass installed.

This Years improvements:

Use and enjoy it!

Linex or Rhino line the roof.
Finish Rear Pontoons.
U Joints.
Maybe get to the Dash, gauges and new stereo. Maybe.

 

[Laurentian]

Get to it Brian ! A chilhod friend of mine knows a guy up my way in St-Sauveur, Qc. with a supposedly mint Tucker.
Will see to it later this fall, and get you all some pics. Am suspecting it is the old Christe Ski hill tucker above.

 

[Snowtrac Nome]

a name like that and they didn't have a krusty snow cat

 

[rzjim]

The Mont Christie Sno Cat above had been restored and is quite nice. I will try to post a pic of it, I'm new on here so haven't done it yet. It lives just down the road from the old ski hill, which was owned by my Aunt and Uncle. I spent many hours grooming with it and so did a good friend of mine. The pontoons are now orange which isn't correct for fiberglass pontoons but it looks great. The other cat is still there and I am planning on doing a restoration of it with my friend, who restores old Hus Ski snowmobiles. He also still has his Bombardier Muskeg that should be done as well.
I was there 5 days ago looking at it all after 18 years of being away.

Jim

 

[rzjim]

Some pics from when my buddy was there this spring. Mine are in my camera and not downloaded yet.
Jim

 

[rzjim]

My other cat.....

 

[DAVENET]

Very nice~!

 

[the old trucker]

Some pics from when my buddy was there this spring. Mine are in my camera and not downloaded yet.
Jim

rzjim I was admiring your B12. It looks great. I am in the process of rebuilding one for myself. Did you do the work yourself ? I would like to see how you have adapted the wheels onto the skis. Do you have any closeups of them and the interior ? Also what did you use on the exterior. Did you make new framing or use the existing. I can buy a "new frame kit" in Que., already cut to shape.

Thanks from
The Old Trucker

 

[Laurentian]

Wow RZ Jim ! So cool.

Hey you ought to start a separate thread as this is Brian's.
I got carried away when I posted the Christie Sno Cat here.

Pierre Ayotte knows the guy who has the Christie Tucker I think,
he mentioned someone in St-Sauveur having a primo one, must
be it.

I skied Christie back in '86 and that little run off the side with
a huge rock in the middle was a blast !

I'll look into the Alta cats later this fall.

Hugh

 

[rzjim]

The B12 belongs the the guy who restored the Christie sno cat in the pics. I don't have any info on it unfortunately.

Jim

 

[Track Addict]

Changed the heater and radiator hoses. New Ujoints.

Looks like i need to change the hydraulic lines. They are going to break soon.

 

[Track Addict]

Hydraulics all replaced. Tucker is out back in its new home i built.

I have a 25 foot downeast boat living in my garage for the winter. Tight but workable. Last year I would keep the tucker in the garage and it would flood every night with the amount of snow and ice the pontoons hold.

Should be better this year.

 

[Track Addict]

Haven't updated in a while. Tucker is running well. Below are some videos of it working:

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[Track Addict]

Got the Hydraulic System all tuned up. New hoses and fittings everywhere. It seems to steer better now but could be my imagination?

Took lots of thinking, routing, fittings, many trips to tractor supply.

At the end of the day they are all stock hoses available pre made so easy fixes going forward.

 

[Track Addict]

Old System was waiting to leave me on the trail as you can see. Those hoses had bubbles and pin holes.

 

[Track Addict]

Finished the roof. It is fiberglass and was badly pocked and pitted. All I can say is his bed liner monstaliner.com is no joke. Does everything it says. Easy to use and a fraction of linex or other sprays.

 

[Track Addict]

As you can see I have a new room mate in he shop for the winter. My father is working on this lobster boat. It is gutted now and a new cummings 370 turbo with all the fixings is on its way.

Had to build a new tucker barn for this year

 

[Track Addict]

As you can see the upside down picture the roof sheds snow. There is a new arctic cat procross under that pile.

 

[DAVENET]

Damn, you've been busy!

 

[Track Addict]

Baby goes to bed at 7 pm. Wife works some nights.

It is also a disease. Once a project gets in my head not happy till it is finished!

 

[Laurentian]

Nice work Brian !
Like the vids, sounds peaceful in the cab.
You doing any grooming for snowmobile clubs ?

 

[Track Addict]

No club grooming. Here is Massachusetts they outlaw anything fun so there is not any snowmobiling in most of the state.

I am lucky to have a few hundred private acres at my disposable that abut my property so just my private trails.

 

[Track Addict]

Little more progress.

Built a redneck paint booth to get the doors and hood done. As you can see after 1.5 years the paint on the doors is a little darker. Hoping the sun can assist that.

Sliders worked out the balls! Nice to have doors and windows that work.

Rookie mistake and we had some water in our guy. Hood has fish eyes and needs to be painted again but I am considering running it for the rest of the season.

Took some links out of the back tracks. Some pics of the boat project taking up my shop are here also.

Off to Rockwood Maine other cat riding. More snow today in Mass!

 

[Track Addict]

This thing needs to hit the tanning booth!

 

[Track Addict]

Door is slated for new skins in life. Someday.

 

[Track Addict]

Decided to deal with repainting the hood in the future which will prob be never. As much as I like a nice paint job, snow, ice , branches, dirt, and cold ones on the hood eventually take its toll.

As a FYI the industrial paint I used is tops for durability and scratch resistance but the shine leaves something to be desired. As you can see after more than a year of used the patient sheen is much different.

Gives me a reason to paint if baby blue in the future!

Took some tricks from the Jeep guys and added billet hood bumpers and pull handle. Hood needed some dressing up.

 

[DAVENET]

For such an expensive product, that's the one thing that always amazed me. Why the eff was there no consideration for keeping the hood from resting against / slamming into the roof. 98% of old Tucker hoods are dented and creased just from that.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Why can't there be some sort of shock system or even a simple cable mounted from the inside of the hood to the engine compartment to prevent the hood from swinging alll the way back and hitting the roof?