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Tag: Tucker Torpedo

Jul 07 2019
Current Treasures of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles

Last month, Roz and I went to Los Angeles to visit our youngest daughter Dana. It was also an opportunity to tour the amazing Petersen Automotive Museum. Here are some treasures on display and hidden in the Petersen Vault.
Aug 01 2018
FuelCurve.com: Ida Automotive Inc- Where Excellence Takes Shape

FuelCurve.com has posted a profile on Rob and Bob Ida and Ida Automotive Inc where Tucker 1044 is being restored.
Jul 28 2018
HemmingsDaily: Auto renderings exhibit to focus on early Tucker designs

Daniel Strohl of Hemmings has posted an article on the early designs that inspired the Tucker automobile.
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.
Oct 07 2017
Tucker 1044 Participates at the Unveiling of the Tucker Torpedo Concept Car at the AACA Museum

The Tucker '48 #1044 team was honored to participate at the unveiling of the Tucker Torpedo Concept Car last Wednesday at the ACCA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Oct 05 2017
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.
Sep 20 2017
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.
Jul 03 2017
Mystery Foto #26 Solved: The Two-Tone Tucker 1046 in 1956 at Sebring, Florida

My favorite assistant John Cuocco discovered this vintage image of an unusual two-tone Tucker.
Mar 11 2017
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.