NPOCP: Actually a Boat Tail Rivera, $9200

"Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager" (Nighthawkwill7) 07/10/2014 at 15:58 • Filed to: Npocp

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I kind like this even though it's not a legit Tucker.

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GhostZ > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 07/10/2014 at 16:02

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It's not even a good not-legit tucker. Cool car, but don't call it a 'tucker replica' just because you gave it a third eye. I'd believe it more likely that it was used in some scifi movie before I'd believe that it was a tucker.

lone_liberal > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 07/10/2014 at 16:02

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That hood is just so damn long and out of proportion that it ruins it for me. I'd pay more for a Riv than for that.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lone_liberal 07/10/2014 at 16:05

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This is worth remark - Rivieras have gotten pricey lately.

Roundbadge > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 07/10/2014 at 16:05

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CP. No friggin way. It hurts my soul to see that someone could be that cruel to a boattail Riv.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Roundbadge 07/10/2014 at 16:07

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It saddens me to know that a Boat Tail was butchered for this which is why I don't completely like it.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 07/10/2014 at 16:11

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Call that ANYTHING but a Tucker. The Tucker was a genuine beauty, that.....well, it was too until someone fucked it up with that "kit"

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 07/10/2014 at 16:16

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How can it be a replica when so much of the original Riviera shape remains. CP because it's nowhere near the actual tucker.

ranwhenparked > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager 07/10/2014 at 19:02

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I've seen pictures of this before. Apparently, what the builder was trying to do was to build something that looked like the earliest concept sketches, as published in magazine ads in '46, but before Alex Tremulis refined the general idea into an actually producible car.

Preston Tucker had wanted separate fenders that turned with the wheels, but was easily persuaded to drop the idea.