Tag: Rob Ida
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Tucker 1044 Conservation Report I: The Original Andante Green Uncovered
I met with Rob Ida, Mike Tucker and Sean Tucker at Ida Automotive last Saturday in Morganville, New Jersey. Here is a progress report on Tucker 1044.
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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.
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Update: Tucker will be a Featured Marque at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Tucker '48, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance has announced that Tucker will be a featured marque at their 2018 program.
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Hagerty.com: A new Tucker, true to the original, debuts at SEMA
Mike Austin reports on Rob Ida's "new Tucker" that was exhibited this week at the 2017 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas. Tucker '48 #1044 received a shout-out in the article.
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The Tucker Torpedo Revealed at the AACA Museum in Hershey
The still under-construction Tucker Torpedo was revealed on Wednesday at the "Night at the Museum gala at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The concept car for the Tucker '48 automobiles is being built by Rob and Bob Ida and Sean Tucker, great-grandson of Preston Tucker.
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Hemmings: Rob Ida’s Tucker Torpedo to debut at AACA Museum’s “Night at the Museum”
If you are heading to the Hershey Annual Fall Meet this year, I encourage you to attend the "Night at the Museum" gala at the AACA Museum to see the revealing of the under-construction Tucker Torpedo.
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Documenting 1947 New York Region Tucker Sales and Dealerships
I recently acquired an original Tucker Corporation document that provided information on New York Region dealerships and sales as of December 5, 1947. The document supports the belief that the Tucker '48 was on its way to becoming a success.
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The Dream of the Tucker Torpedo Concept Car Is Becoming A Reality
The Tucker Torpedo was the original concept car that Preston Tucker used to excite the public with a "real car of the future". Although designer George Lawson provided a series of drawings and a 1:4 plaster scale model in 1946, a full scale-model prototype was never built...until this year.
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Tucker 1044 Receives a Big Welcome at Waterfront at Roslyn
It was a beautiful day on Saturday to finally take the Tucker 1044 out of the Waterfront at Roslyn garage. This historic car was greeted by a group of family, friends, Tucker fans, midshipmen from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and Sean and Amanda Tucker.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…