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HEMIs Are Cool? The 1948 Tucker, With a Flat-Six Helicopter Engine, Will Eat Them Alive
HEMIs Are Cool? The 1948 Tucker, With a Flat-Six Helicopter Engine, Will Eat Them Alive

9 Feb 2024, 17:18 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / One of the most radical post-war automobiles ever, the Tucker 48, was killed off by the government after just 51 examples were assembled

 
$2-Million Tucker 48 "Torpedo" Shows Up at Car Show, Flexes Helicopter Engine
$2-Million Tucker 48 "Torpedo" Shows Up at Car Show, Flexes Helicopter Engine

16 Feb 2023, 15:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / One of the most innovative automobiles of its time, the Tucker 48 is now a rare classic that changes hads for millions of dollars

 
Preston Tucker’s Speed Shop Explains the Genius Behind an American Tragedy
Preston Tucker’s Speed Shop Explains the Genius Behind an American Tragedy

30 Apr 2022, 11:49 UTC · By: Andrew Nabors / One of the world’s most intriguing and innovative automakers and his creations are the focus of a new project, run by Preston Tucker's great-grandsons

 
$2-Million Tucker 48 Shows Up at Local Cars & Coffee, Engine Refuses to Fire Up
$2-Million Tucker 48 Shows Up at Local Cars & Coffee, Engine Refuses to Fire Up

6 Dec 2021, 13:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Despite the high survival rate, the Tucker 48 is a rare sight. Unless you attend classic car shows, chances are you'll never see a 48 "Torpedo" in the metal

 
Vote the Cars to Make It to the Smithsonian
Vote the Cars to Make It to the Smithsonian

29 Dec 2010, 06:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Smithsonian is one of the best-known museums in the world, with the buildings of the institution housing perhaps the greatest display of human ingenuity and history. As it should, a special sect...

 
Tucker Convertible Not Authentic
Tucker Convertible Not Authentic

5 Jan 2010, 09:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Tucker was a man with a different approach on the auto industry who managed to build Tucker cars in the ‘40s. Unfortunately he only had the chance to build 51 Tuckers, as the story says that a...