Me & My Car: Doomed ’48 Tucker dazzled auto press at first ‘Brother, it’s a real automobile!’ report said; one of few ever made was at Blackhawk Museum ...

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

This was not a good day for Preston Tucker. Last-minute problems occurred. Two of the independent suspension arms broke due to the heaver weight of the prototype model. The experimental 589-cubic-i… ...

But for Preston Tucker, this was not enough. He didn't think drivers deserved a refreshed car, or one that even suffered from the dreaded nadir of Old Ideas.. He wanted a revolution. And since the ...

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 ...

In terms of the Fantasy Garage, we've already inducted the car that I consider to be the greatest underdog of them all, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, which by the way. ... Tucker 48. By ...

Now that this 48 is as fresh as it was when it rolled out of the Tucker factory in Chicago in 1948, it will head to Amelia Island, Fla. RM Auctions announced Thursday that it will put the car on ...

So there you have: an impeccable, absolutely gorgeous Tucker 48 in convertible form, the only one known to exist, and it could be yours for $2.5 million. That’s the good news.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — To hear Philip Egan tell it, to have been a part of Preston Tucker’s automotive dream was “fascinating,” “marvelous,” “an unbelievably wonderful opportunity for a ...

The Tucker 48 might not have been able to take flight on a clear afternoon, but the short-lived muscle car would go on to become a favorite of director Francis Ford Coppola, becoming the subject ...

Me & My Car: ‘Parade-worthy tractors’ on display at Forest Home Farms in San Ramon The Tucker 48 had four-wheel independent suspension with no springs using rubber torsion tubes with shock ...