Tag: Tucker '48 Automobiles
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Update #1: The 12 Tuckers at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
The past several days at Pebble Beach have been a memorable, unforgettable experience. For the first time ever, Tuckers were selected for the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance including the Tucker 1044.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com News Links (Updated: 6/29/2018)
This feature provides the latest news relevant to viewers of VanderbiltCupRaces.com.
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RM Sotheby’s to Auction Tucker 1046 at Monterey on August 24, 2018
Tucker 1046 will be auctioned next month in Monterey. Here are details from RM Sotheby's.
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Automobile Magazine: Saving Preston’s Tucker
Automobile Magazine has posted a wonderful article on Tucker 1029, formerly owned by Preston Tucker and now owned by Mark Lieberman, the previous owner of my Tucker 1044.
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Updated VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Rare 1947 Tucker Franchise Plan Sales Tool
A 45-page sales tool used by the Tucker Corporation to sell franchises to automobile dealerships in 1947 has been discovered. Only two of these 11" x 18" portfolios are known to exist.
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Mystery Foto #3 Solved: The #66 Tucker ‘48 Special Racer at the 1947 Indy 500
Chuck Rudy Jr. challenged you to identify this special race car.
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Profile Series: Tucker 1006- The Green Tucker in California
In the seventh of our profile series on the 51 Tuckers, the green Tucker 1006 located in California is featured.
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Book “Motor City Barn Finds”: Obsession with a Barn-Find Tucker
I have always been a big fan of Tom Cotter's Barn Find books. You can imagine my surprise when I discovered that Tucker 1044 was profiled in his 2017 book "Motor City Barn Finds: Detroit's Lost Collector Cars".
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Updated 1/24/2018: Profile Series: Tucker 1029 Preston Tucker’s Tucker
In the sixth of our profile series, Tucker 1029, owned by Preston Tucker and recently sold at the January 2018 RM Sotheby's Auction, is featured.
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Video of the Week: Tucker Torpedo by Ida Automotive
The video of the week features Rob Ida discussing the Tucker automobile and his grandfather Joe Ida's connection to Preston Tucker in 1948.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…