Mystery Friday Foto #49 Solved: Sean and Mike Tucker with Domino’s Founder Tom Monaghan
John Tucker, Jr. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Mystery Foto questions:
- Identify the three people and link them to either the Tucker #1044 or the Tritan A2 Aero2 #5
A young Sean and Mike Tucker, Preston Tucker's great-grandchildren, along with Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza at a car show event at Domino's Farms in the late 80's. Sean and Mike along with Rob Ida restored Tucker #1044, and Tom Monaghan is responsible for the Tritan A2 Domino's pizza delivery car concept.
Sean Tucker; " I do remember sitting in Tom Monaghan's big leather baseball mitt chair in his office!"
Mike Tucker; "Very Cool photo! I vividly remember the baseball mitt chair as well."
Kudos question: Which city also links the three people? Provide an explanation.
Ypsilanti, Michigan was the location for the first Domino's store and hometown to Preston Tucker, Sean and Mike's Great-Grandfather.
Congrats and Kudos to Steve Lucas for completely solving this challenging mystery photo!
Enjoy,
Greg O. & Howard Kroplick
Tom Monaghan
Young Sean and Mike Tucker
Comments
The people are John Tucker, Jr., the grandson of Preston Tucker, and John’s twin sons, Sean and Rob. Tucker 1044 is one of the Tuckers produced by Preston’s company in 1948.
John Tucker, Jr. lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Likely, his sons have ties to this city.
Ann Arbor is the site of Triitan Ventures, the manufacturer of the Tritan A2 Aero 2 #5.
Both vehicles reside at The Waterfront!
I think the photo shows Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza, along with Sean and Mike Tucker, great grandsons of Preston Tucker. Monaghan and Domino’s is the connection to the Tritan A2 while Sean and Mike (along with Rob Ida) rebuilt Tucker 1044. The city that links the three is Ypsilanti, MI where Monaghan opened his first pizza store and was the hometown of Preston Tucker. It is also where Sean and Mike founded the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Collection.