Tucker Torpedo By IDA Automotive

This video is about the history and research for building of the Tucker Torpedo, from scanning to full size 3D pattern.
Thanks to the Petersen Automotive Museum for making the Lawson 3D model available for our scanning crew.
Sponsors welcome

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 1948
• Tucker
• Torpedo
• By
• IDA
• Automotive
• Petersen
• Museum
• 3D
• pattern
• Lawson
• model
• Rob
• Ida
• Concepts
• Perfect
• Power
• USA

[Seattlecarnut]

Please, let me know when it's up and ready to go. I've been interested in the Tucker since I first saw the movie "Tucker: The Man and His Dream".

[idaautomotive]

ok will do. it should be up by tomorrow night.

[Seattlecarnut]

Awesome video! Were you able to finish the project? If you were, have you driven the car? And if so, do you have any videos of that drive? I'd love to see more if you have it.

[idaautomotive]

Glad you liked it. We should be posting another video tomorrow

[505197]

What a great story, and what skills it takes to pull that off. You fellows sure have my respect and admiration.

[wizzard1956]

I, d like to see how you built this beautiful machine , even if it took days to watch the videos, I my self build one offs , and you guys are brilliant in your design concepts , wish I was in my prime , Id be at your door , wanting to be part of the unique family of craftsmen you are, . . . . my works are much milder , but one offs, neverthe less, . . . Im very interested in seeing more of your works of art, . . . in Roswell, . . . . New Mexico , the wizzard

[Seattlecarnut]

Have you ever tried a boxer engine, like a Subaru boxer engine or a Corvair engine?

[Seattlecarnut]

Ok.

[Seattlecarnut]

Northstar V8? Like that used in Cadillacs?

[Seattlecarnut]

Cool. What kind of engine do you plan to use for the car? If I remember correctly, Preston Tucker used a water-cooled boxer six engine at the rear of the car. What did you use for the car? Maybe it's just me, but if I were to build a car like that, I'd want to be faithful to Tucker's original thinking; that is, to put a boxer engine in the rear of the car. Now what kind, that depends on what'll work.

[rekcut48]

Wow! I had no idea. Keep me posted, this is much cooler than the convertible.

John Tucker

[Seattlecarnut]

It's too bad you didn't just take the original car (not the concept, but the production), and improve on it. That must've been awful for grandfather not to be able to buy the Tucker and drive it. Who knows what might have come of the Tucker if Tucker were allowed to continue building cars.