Many times in the post-war era, a visionary carmaker has come along with plans to offer a car so unique and innovative that no legacy automaker could offer anything like it. The DeLorean Motor Company ...
Preston Tucker designed the car, but only 51 were produced at the Chicago factory before he faced trial for securities fraud, ...
"If I had a set of wings, man I know she could fly." So sang Mike Love in the Beach Boys classic "Little Deuce Coupe." Well, Preston Tucker was one step ahead of Mike back in the late 1940s, when he ...
If you’re a car enthusiast, you know that some models, despite their rarity and unique features, tend to slip under the radar ...
Built by the Tucker Corporation in 1947 and 1948, the Tucker 48 was one of the most innovative vehicles of its time. However, negative publicity from early production issues and a government ...
Preston Tucker was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1999, quite an accomplishment for somebody who only built 51 cars. What was it about him that made him so indispensable as an innovator?
Preston Tucker’s curious creation, the Tucker ’48 would likely be relegated to a few footnotes in automotive publications and obscure web links, were it not for faithful collectors and historians who ...