Tucker Convertible 57 We take a short ride in this car

We visit Benchmark Classics in Madison, Wisconsin and take a 'short' ride in the Tucker Convertible.

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• 1948 Tucker Sedan

[cdegavage]

this is weird i thought tucker was finished in 1948 .. hows this car a 1957 .. its still very a cool car and a part of our history .. this is the only one i ever seen like this .. you guys done a fine job bringing her back . love to seen what she looked like before being restored .

[RideswithChuck]

@cdegavage This is not a 1957, it is body number 57.

[HeyRadialMoon]

What a wonderfully unique car! You dad's reaction to his short rude was so cool. It was easy to see that he was genuinely excited. :)

[RideswithChuck]

It was one of those opportunities in life that one just can't pass up.

[t0x1k187]

I get the idea the owner actually has no idea what work was really done. Just gave some lucky guy a wad of cash to work fabrication and paint on an already rare care made wanna be concept

[blueman7754]

Very nice why did they stop production though?

[BobWXXI]

What you had here was an incomplete prototype of a convertible Tucker was working on as a line extension when the company shut down production in 1948. It's a car that clearly was in the works when Preston Tucker ran out of cash, started as a factory prototype and would have seen production if Tucker Motors had survived, so it's legit and not a fantasy. But it is a work in progress conceived in 1948 that took about 60 years to complete.

[TheFred1952]

if that was the only one it's like having gold bars

[datonz]

@TheFred1952 this one in the video is the only one.

[TheFred1952]

I did not know they made convert how many were made

thanks

[BeetleBerlin]

There is a BIG debate within the Tucker Club about the truth about this car.

[RideswithChuck]

@RideswithChuck No I don't have that information. Oddly enough though, I saw #48 at the Hunnert Car Pileup hot rod show earlier today.

[DougCameraMan]

@datonz Thank you for that information. Any idea whatever happened to cars 53 - 56, if they were ever completed?

[datonz]

@DougCameraMan there were only 51 Tucker completed when the company went under. Numbers 52-56 were incomplete cars, and this was number 57. It was a concept that was started at the factory, but never finished, by the Tucker crew. The rocker panels, rear quarters, bonnet, roof and interior were incomplete on the convertible. The original sedan roof was cut off at the Tucker factory and the doors were also lengthened there.