<VV>Front vs Rear...........Tucker

[airvair]

FYI The engine used in the Tucker was indeed a Franklin engine, built
for 'chopper use, but converted to water cooling by Tucker (because
Preston didn't like air cooling.) It was mounted to a Cord transaxle for
its use in the Tucker.

The engine operations survived the parent Franklin car company, and was
last known to have been sold to a Polish firm some 10-20 years ago,
where I think it is still being built.

-Mark (Franklin Club member)

"Louis C. Armer,Jr." wrote:
> 
> Hey Lonzo, Tucker cars were water cooled helicopter engines
> manufactured by Lycoming or
> Continental but I don't remember which company. The Cofer family of
> Tucker, Georgia take
> their Tucker for a drive occasionally and it is an awesome sounding powerplant.
> 
> Chuckster
> 
> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>     At 11:23 AM 5/10/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >In a message dated 5/10/2006 10:49:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >pp2 at 6007.us writes:
> >
> >BTW  wouldn't the first American car with an air cooled flat six be the
> >Tucker  even though the Franklin was converted to water cooling for
> >production  ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Padgett,
> >I brought up E.L. Cord because his engine was BEHIND the transmission and
> >differential, air-cooled flat sixes had nothing to do with that,
> >it's that the
> >front of the engine is towards the front of the car.... Remember,
> >his L-29 and
> >  810 & 812s were all front wheel drive.... but you already knew that.
> >:-)
> >Later,
> >Lonzo
> >
> >Lon Anderson  in White Mills, KY
> >CORSA, Corvanatics, Derby City Corvair, Central Ky  Corvair
> >Quart Low Quarterly Editor
> >1961 Greenbrier 110/pg
> >1963  Greenbrier 110/4spd
> >1964 700 sedan 95/pg
> >1969 Monza  110/pg
>