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Pat · Feb 14, 2017

Get That 88 Up There !! · Feb 14, 2017

pjmolo · Feb 14, 2017

pjmolo · Feb 14, 2017

A now rare Tucker Torpedo (feel free to Google it)

Pat · Feb 14, 2017

pjmolo said:
A now rare Tucker Torpedo (feel free to Google it)

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I wonder what is so interesting in the trunk of that car.

R Clarence · Feb 14, 2017

The motor.....................

R Clarence · Feb 14, 2017

You canna pit-ta whena pit road - she opens!

Pat · Feb 14, 2017

R Clarence said:
The motor.....................

Dwayne · Feb 15, 2017

pjmolo · Feb 15, 2017

So I wonder if they actually raced that thing or was it just used for promotional purposes.

One sold for nearly three million recently.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1948-TUCKER-TORPEDO--115982

kymartin6 · Feb 15, 2017

I was wondering the same as I think there were only like 50 built..... I never recall seeing one raced..... Actually... this is the first time I have seen this photo.....

pjmolo · Feb 15, 2017

kymartin6 said:
I was wondering the same as I think there were only like 50 built..... I never recall seeing one raced..... Actually... this is the first time I have seen this photo.....

A quick search produced this.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2011/07/11/new-nascar-tucker-photo-surfaces/

and this . . .

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/index...in-nascar-and-we-found-the-photo-to-prove-it/

fascinating stuff . . .

kymartin6 · Feb 15, 2017

pjmolo said:
A quick search produced this.

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2011/07/11/new-nascar-tucker-photo-surfaces/

and this . . .

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/index...in-nascar-and-we-found-the-photo-to-prove-it/

fascinating stuff . . .

Yeah...... interesting indeed..... the second article mentions that maybe the Tucker never even started the race... I have a lot of respect for Greg Fielden's reporting.....