ARUNDEL, Maine — You can meet the Tucker Family at the Maine Classic Car Museum on Saturday, Sept. 27, and hear the inside ...

The Tucker on display at the National Museum of American History. Cade Martin. Francis Ford Coppola’s car connection began at birth, or even before.

This oddball car, which never became a mass-production vehicle and was doomed by mechanical and financial problems before it was even built, may not seem a likely candidate for changing the course of ...

The man was Preston Tucker, a successful car man with executive sales experience at Dodge, Studebaker and other companies. He was good at raising money, as he did from Henry Ford to build an Indy ...

Preston Tucker, for whom the car was named, started his car company in 1947, and it produced only 51 of these giant, oddball, rear-engine luxury cars before going belly-up in 1948.

The newsletter can be obtained by getting a club membership, which costs $20 a year. The address is Tucker Automobile Club of America, 4411 Oak Park Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 44109.

For a child growing up in Michigan in the early 20th century, working in the automobile industry probably seemed only natural. Preston Thomas Tucker, born in 1903 in Capac, Michigan, began working ...

The film sparked renewed interest in the Tucker automobile and a boost in the value of the remaining cars. In 2008, a low mileage Tucker fetched over $1 million at auction.

As the story goes, Tucker wanted this car to reflect post-war optimism, and he didn't think it was a great idea to remind the American public of naval warfare, U-boats, and battleships. Engine ...

In 1946 the Tucker Automobile advertised a drive system that eliminated the need for a rearend. They put the engine in the rear mounted sideways so that the crankshaft rotation and the wheel ...

The car was produced in Chicago, Illinois, for a very short period of time, in 1948. Only 51 cars rolled off the production line and only 47 survived to this day, which makes them super exclusive.