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In the USA it is not enough to have the best mousetrap, you have to bribe the hell out of Congress and the political parties (soft money) to challenge the establishment. Oh well, you never win by misusing the govt. because the big three wasted their advantage and are now facing extinction; I only wish Preston Tucker was around to see his prophecies come true.
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The big 3 are dum Tucker cars are really great
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@andgate2000 It was made by hand in '48 and likely has been unused and not stored well. It's called lot rot, when a vehicle just sits ignored. It likely needed a full restoration just to make it drivable.
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The big fish eats the litle fish!
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this is one of the 57 cars that are still out there. the other 3 are toast
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Why does a car with only 3000mis on it need restoring? Did they trash it?
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Really really beautiful part of automotive history!
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Thanks for posting this; I am still a big fan of Preston's.
God Bless America...
-Will-
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@wynn2003 - Tuckers failure had nothing to do with big car companies sorry. As a matter of fact one of the big three sent Tucker the steering wheels used until their design dept could design and build one of their own. The whole they couldn't buy steel because of the big three was movie fiction added for drama and Hollywood suspence.
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I read something interesting in that there were maybe 35 or 38 actually made at the factory by the Tucker workers and all the rest were assembled after the auction by the people that bought partially assembled cars and the extra parts needed to finish them, I wonder if most Tucker fans know that, I didn't.
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probably the best car of its time
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Nice vid. I'd like to hear it run down the road a bit more, but good nonetheless.
I've been a huge fan of the Tucker for decades now... but wasn't the engine originally derived from Air Cooled Engine Company?
In any event, still an astonishing car by any standards. Four wheel independent suspension, four wheel aircraft-type disc brakes, rear engine and drive... hell, the prototype even had fuel injection at one point (couldn't get it sorted, though) and something akin to hydrostatic drive.
Alisterwolf66 4 years ago
Thanks for the comments. This car was amazing, the only one I've ever seen. And this one won best of show at this concours. It's one of histories great what ifs.
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