Tucker Torpedo Convertible Photos

Tucker Torpedo Convertible to be auctioned off

Those of you scratching your heads, sit tight, as all will be explained. In March of 1949, the last of the 51 Tuckers ever built rolled off the Chicago-based assembly line. Preston Tucker's vision for a great American automobile was dead. Undeniably beautiful, wildly powerful (377 pound feet of torque made for quite a barnstormer at the time) and a couple of decades ahead its time (safety innovations, driver-centric controls, an active headlight), the Tucker Torpedo stands as a monument to what could have been, but simply wasn't. While Tucker might have only completed 51 cars, he... Read More