The First New York Public Showing of Tucker ‘48 in August 1947
Tucker '48 made it first New York appearance in August 1947 at the New York Museum of Science and Industry located in the RCA Building in Rockefeller Center. On display was the Tucker '48 "Tin Goose" prototype. I recently purchased several original items associated with this showing from a collector whose father attended the event.
These items include: promotional ads, four original photos of the Tucker Tin Goose and an original Tucker Prospectus signed by Preston Tucker.
Be Safe, Stay Healthy, Save Lives,
Howard Kroplick
The original exhibit was scheduled for August 7-14, 1947.
The New York Times, August 8, 1947
The New York Times, August 10, 1947
Bert Pierce wrote this review of the Tucker during the exhibit.
Due to popular demand, the showing was extended to August 15-16, 1947.
Original Tucker Tin Goose Photos Purchased at the Showing
Original 1947 Tucker Corporation Prospectus
Comments
The Tin Goose original pictures and newspaper stories are wonderful to look at and read. Great find and addition to your collection.
The Tin Goose is in the Swigart Museum in Huntingdon PA. I have it on my list of places to visit.
They also relied on a 1941 Oldsmobile that served as a sort of body buck for the prototype, Tucker Tin Goose.
As each part of the new Tucker body was finished the original part from the Olds was junked, so when they got through about the only parts that remained from the original body were the roof, which had been completely reshaped, and door handles, window mechanisms, locks and hardware - parts that were the same whether they came from another automobile or from the manufacturer’s bins.
Ah - the N. Y. Mus. of Sci. & Ind.! I spent my every free moment there as a pre-teen, even getting locked in twice and leaving a sickbed to attend the final auction in Manhattan (the wall of gears and levers is up here at Boston’s Mus. of Sci.). The top two factory photos sure look like that’s the Dodge Chicago WWII aero engine-cum-Tucker plant in the background, the seldom photographed side or back wall. Sam, III