The car that killed its own company. Meet the Tucker '48. Built in the late 1950s with revolutionary features decades ahead of its time: seatbelts, a center headlight that turned with the wheels, rear-mounted engine. Big automakers feared Tucker would change everything, so government pressure crushed the company after only 51 cars were made. Today, those rare Tuckers are worth millions, but the brand died because innovation threatened the wrong people. Sometimes being too far ahead kills you. |
FacebookAuto Viral
The car that killed its own company. Meet the Tucker '48. Built in the late 1950s with revolutionary features decades ahead of its time: seatbelts, a center headlight that turned
Auto Viral. . The car that killed its own company. Meet the Tucker '48. Built in the late 1950s with revolutionary features decades ahead of its time: seatbelts, a center headlight that turned with the wheels, rear-mounted engine. Big automakers feared Tucker would change everything, so government pressure crushed the company after only 51 cars ...
6.3K views1 month ago
Tucker 48 Preston Tucker Biography
Preston Tucker’s grandson, Mike Tucker, talks about his recently acquired Tucker 48 and what it can do: https://www.wgal.com/article/rare-tucker-48-car-driven-by-preston-tuckers-great-grandson-susquehanna-valley/69208650 #cars #classiccars #rarecars | WGAL News Channel 8 Susquehanna Valley, Pa.
Preston Tucker’s grandson, Mike Tucker, talks about his recently acquired Tucker 48 and what it can do: https://www.wgal.com/article/rare-tucker-48-car-driven-by-preston-tuckers-great-grandson-susquehanna-valley/69208650 #cars #classiccars #rarecars | WGAL News Channel 8 Susquehanna Valley, Pa.
FacebookWGAL News Channel 8
69.1K views1 month ago
Part of the Cammack Collection at America's Transportation Experience / AACA Museum, Inc. in Hershey, PA is Tucker 1026, the only Tucker 48 originally equipped with the Tuckermatic automatic transmission designed by Warren Rice! Nostalgic Motoring Ltd. @topfans.IDA Automotive Maine Classic Car Museum Supercar Blondie #Tucker #tuckercar #tuckertorpedo #1940s #1948tucker #artdeco #artdecostyle #lucasfilm #vintagestyle #collectibles #chicago #thedude #BigLebowski #hotrod #automotive #carmuseums #ca
Part of the Cammack Collection at America's Transportation Experience / AACA Museum, Inc. in Hershey, PA is Tucker 1026, the only Tucker 48 originally equipped with the Tuckermatic automatic transmission designed by Warren Rice! Nostalgic Motoring Ltd. @topfans.IDA Automotive Maine Classic Car Museum Supercar Blondie #Tucker #tuckercar #tuckertorpedo #1940s #1948tucker #artdeco #artdecostyle #lucasfilm #vintagestyle #collectibles #chicago #thedude #BigLebowski #hotrod #automotive #carmuseums #ca
FacebookPreston Tucker LLC
54.5K views2 months ago
67K views · 2.9K reactions | On display at America's Transportation...
67K views · 2.9K reactions | On display at America's Transportation...
FacebookPreston Tucker LLC
22.7K views1 month ago
Top videos
Remembering the Tucker Torpedo: A Futuristic Classic Car With a Cyclops Eye and an Aircraft Engine
Remembering the Tucker Torpedo: A Futuristic Classic Car With a Cyclops Eye and an Aircraft Engine
motorbiscuit.com
Jun 15, 2022
Tucker - Historic Vehicles
Tucker - Historic Vehicles
historicvehicles.com.au
Jul 13, 2022
MikeTucker48 on TikTok
0:32
MikeTucker48 on TikTok
TikTok48miketucker
225.9K viewsApr 1, 2023
Tucker 48 History
Random Music Trivia to Blow Your Mind Follow for More Random Facts! #reelsinstagram #reelsfb #reels #history #weirdhistory #weirdfacts #interestingfacts #trivia #nowyouknow #music #musicvideo #musiclover #rock #pop | Cody Tucker
Random Music Trivia to Blow Your Mind Follow for More Random Facts! #reelsinstagram #reelsfb #reels #history #weirdhistory #weirdfacts #interestingfacts #trivia #nowyouknow #music #musicvideo #musiclover #rock #pop | Cody Tucker
FacebookCody Tucker
295.8K views2 months ago
A Tucker 48! This rare classic is just one of 51 to leave the factory! It's on display at LeMay - America's Car Museum. #classiccar #tucker48 #Tucker #iconiccar | This Day in Automotive History - Drive History
0:13
A Tucker 48! This rare classic is just one of 51 to leave the factory! It's on display at LeMay - America's Car Museum. #classiccar #tucker48 #Tucker #iconiccar | This Day in Automotive History - Drive History
FacebookThis Day in Automotive
13.1K viewsJun 3, 2023
This happening to all our childhood malls 😞 #abandoned #history #shopping #deadmall #retailapocalypse Full episode on Livingston Mall goes on YouTube tonight at 6pm est | Tucker F. Upper
1:18
This happening to all our childhood malls 😞 #abandoned #history #shopping #deadmall #retailapocalypse Full episode on Livingston Mall goes on YouTube tonight at 6pm est | Tucker F. Upper
FacebookTucker F. Upper
4.4K views1 week ago
Remembering the Tucker Torpedo: A Futuristic Classic Car With a Cyclops Eye and an Aircraft Engine
Remembering the Tucker Torpedo: A Futuristic Classic Car With a Cy…
Jun 15, 2022
motorbiscuit.com
Tucker - Historic Vehicles
Tucker - Historic Vehicles
Jul 13, 2022
historicvehicles.com.au
MikeTucker48 on TikTok
0:32
MikeTucker48 on TikTok
225.9K viewsApr 1, 2023
TikTok48miketucker
1948 Tucker Model 48 — Audrain Auto Museum
1948 Tucker Model 48 — Audrain Auto Museum
May 2, 2020
audrainautomuseum.org
Original 1949 Tucker Automobile Hits The Dyno - Street Muscle
Original 1949 Tucker Automobile Hits The Dyno - Street Muscle
48 viewsJun 23, 2020
streetmusclemag.com
#FeatureFriday - 1948 Tucker 48 Advertised as "The first completely new car in 50 years," the #Tucker48 featured ingenious engineering that included a rear-mounted, aluminum 335 c.i. six cylinder Franklin helicopter engine, all-independent suspension, safety glass, and much more. Despite high hopes, only one prototype and 50 production models ever left the Chicago factory before the Tucker Corporation went bankrupt amid an SEC investigation. This #Tucker is on display at #LeMayACM on loan from t
0:24
#FeatureFriday - 1948 Tucker 48 Advertised as "The first completel…
1.6K viewsJun 9, 2023
FacebookLeMay - America's Car Museum
122K views · 2.6K reactions | On this date in 1947, Preston Tucker...
4:57
122K views · 2.6K reactions | On this date in 1947, Preston Tucker...
122.3K views1 week ago
FacebookHagerty Drivers Foundation
From testing at Indy to resting in Tupelo - Tucker 48 chassis 1028 | …
Mar 26, 2019
hemmings.com
Remembering the Tucker 48, One of the Most Innovative Sedans Ever …
Sep 13, 2021
autoevolution.com
Tucker: A man, his dream, his cars, a scandal — and a Chicago film cl…
Feb 10, 2019
suntimes.com
The Tucker 48 Nearly Had an Engine Larger than the Dodge Viper
Apr 10, 2017
roadandtrack.com
17:43
The Mystery of the Tucker 48: Innovation or Just Hype?
2 months ago
YouTubeIron Haul
1:02
The Tucker 48: Detroit's Revolutionary Phantom
291 views1 month ago
YouTubeMuscleCarMike
0:39
Tucker 48: Safety Ahead, Crushed by Detroit's Fear
611 views1 month ago
YouTubeLegendary Rides Garage
2:32
How Many Tucker 48s Were Made? - Car Collector Enthusiasts
1 views3 months ago
YouTubeCar Collector Enthusiasts
2:55
The Rare Tucker 48: A Family Legacy Driven by Innovation
1 month ago
YouTubeCelebrity & Sports Buzz
6:31
A short history of the Turbine engine and why we don’t use the…
4.3K viewsMay 25, 2022
YouTubeChris VS Cars
7:27
1948 Tucker 48 Torpedo 335 Sedan # 30 & Helicopter Engine on My Ca…
18.2K viewsMar 16, 2019
YouTubeLou Costabile
Twin-Turbo Tucker Replica Fabricated by Rob Ida
2 months ago
hotrod.com
Tucker cars at the AACA Museum exhibit | AACA auto museum Cars
5.6K viewsNov 1, 2021
YouTubejamzDOTnet - Cars, DIY, and Adventures
The Tucker Automobile
137 viewsFeb 22, 2014
C-SPAN.org
17:27
I Mounted This HUGE Engine To My Paramotor!!!
187K viewsFeb 19, 2022
YouTubeTucker Gott
1946 Tucker Torpedo Prototype II (Replica)
10.1K viewsMay 9, 2020
YouTubeEckhart Rakasiwi
34:25
THIS Is the Most Underrated Car Invention in 2023 | The Torque Co…
467.8K viewsJun 28, 2023
YouTubeThe Car Care Nut
Four of Preston Tucker's Original 1948 Tucker '48s Driving Togethe…
3.5K viewsJun 12, 2024
YouTubePreston Tucker's Speed Shop
4:31
A Rare Look at Tucker Cars
108.6K viewsOct 19, 2009
YouTubeSmithsonian Magazine
1:21
REVealed: 1948 Tucker 48
27.8K viewsNov 25, 2019
YouTubeGoodingChristies
2:15
"Christian's Automobile" (1957)- The Dixie Hummingbirds
262.6K viewsJun 27, 2008
YouTubeJayEm86
6:18
Original Tucker #1034 Dyno Test
197.9K viewsMay 22, 2020
YouTubePreston Tucker's Speed Shop
See more videos
Static thumbnail place holder