Tucker 1044
The 44th Tucker built of the 50 Tucker '48 pilot production cars and the 1947 Tucker Tin Goose
A profile of Tucker 1044 and a history of its ownership:
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Mar 31 2018
Tucker 1044 Selected to Appear in the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Roz and I are very proud to announce that Tucker 1044 has been selected to appear in the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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Mar 28 2018
1947 Tucker Franchise Plan Sales Tool Part I: Opportunity Knocking on the Door
A 45-page sales tool used by the Tucker Corporation to sell franchises to automobile dealerships in 1947 has recently become public. Part I documents the first 12 pages promoting that "Again...Opportunity is Knocking At the Door..."
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Mar 24 2018
Updated Tucker Topics: Have Tucker 1044 Will Travel
Topics Topics, the official Tucker Automobile Club of America publication, featured a cover article on Tucker 1044. Editor Kevin Leavesley documented the many 2017 adventures of Tucker 1044 on Long Island.
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Mar 07 2018
Tucker 1044 Conservation Report III: Putting 1044 Back Together
Last Saturday, I met with Sean Tucker and Rob Ida at Ida Automotive in Morganville, New Jersey to review the progress on the "conservation" of Tucker 1044.
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Feb 14 2018
Updated Roslyn Times: Historian’s love of past extends to cars
Amelia Camurati reports on the Kroplick automobile collection in this week's Roslyn Times.
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Feb 12 2018
Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Tucker Tin Goose at a 1947 Exhibit
Matt Lynch challenged you to identify this Tucker.
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Jan 31 2018
Tucker 1044 Conservation Report II: Highlights from the Memorable Open House
It was a wonderful fun day at the Tucker 1044 Open House last Sunday at Ida Automotive in Morganville, New Jersey. Over 200 people enjoyed meeting John R Tucker Jr., Mike Tucker, Sean Tucker, Ty Tucker, Bob Ida and Rob Ida.
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Jan 13 2018
Updated: Hemmings Classic Car Cover Article: Tucker On the Road in the Ultimate Driveable Dream
Tucker 1044 is featured on the cover of the March 2018 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. Within the issue, executive editor Richard Lentinello describes his "most historically significant" riding experience and David Conwill provides a wonderful six-page article supplemented with Richard's amazing images.
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Jan 06 2018
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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Dec 30 2017
The Top Twenty-Five 2017 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
In celebration of the upcoming New Year and the 318 posts (6.1 per week) placed on the website this year, here's a list of my top 25 posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com in 2017.
Deep and rich automotive details here. This whole series could easily be a part of the increasingly popular luxury auto…