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A Rare Look at Tucker Cars
Collector David Cammack owns three of the 47 remaining cars in existence designed by Preston Tucker, which he puts on display in a secluded museum in Virginia (04:30)
Video: Austin and Meredith Bragg
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Comments (3)
Thank you for your article and video!! In 1948 my dad owned a used car lot at 639 Van Ness Ave.(Auto Row) in San Francisco. One half block to the South at the corner of Golden Gate Ave. there was a tire and muffler shop that my dad did a lot of business with. I cannot recall the names, but the owner had invested in a Tucker agency , which never came about, but he had a silver metalic blue Tucker which he always parked prominantly in front for all to see and admire It was a thrill for those of us in the business there to actually be able to get our hands on one. I recall that this one had a three speed manual transmission, but were not most of them built with an Oldsmobile hydromatic ?. I was also priviledged to demo the three wheel Davis car in it's process of introduction to the automotive community .Fun trips down memory lane.
Posted by Roth Brashear on February 4,2013 | 02:34 AM
Through work I used to go into LA and meet with the manager for the Company we both worked for, a Mr. Mitch Tucker, son of Preston Tucker. His office had the poster of the feature film about the Tucker and his cars. Fascinating to see this video of the collection. Interesting to have met the son. Interesting to watch the film of Preston's struggle to produce the cars so ahead of their time. Great piece of history.
Posted by Clive Gifford on March 22,2012 | 05:39 AM
I really enjoyed listening and seeing this article! I take Smithsonian and the stories and articles are just as informative as this "Tucker Cars" short movie really made my day! I was raised in Cincinnati,Ohio and got to know alot about the "Crosley vehicles"/trucks" and appreciated Mr. David Carmacks hobby and his sharing of his thoughts!
Thank you Mr David Carmack for sharing!
Judith Hughes
NC
Posted by Judith Hughes on September 17,2011 | 01:16 PM