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RSS Video: 1948 Tucker Torpedo surfaces in Jay Leno's Garage


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The story of the Tucker Car Corporation is a tragic one. Its sole model, the 1948 Tucker Sedan, had a huge number of innovations, with a particular focus on passenger safety, but a catastrophic debut and the ensuing media firestorm it created caused severe problems for the brand. Other issues followed, with an SEC investigation and rumors of troublemaking on the part of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

Only 51 Tuckers were completed before the company went bust, making the three-eyed sedans some of the rarest American cars ever produced. With a unique, tail, complete with six exhaust pipes, a Tucker went for $2.915 million at a 2012 auction.

Martyn Donaldson takes Jay Leno's Garage through a brief tour of his Tucker, chassis number 1003, explaining just what was so innovative about these vehicles, along with what drew him to the rare cars in the first place. Scroll down for the full video.

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Preston Tucker's great-grandsons along with Ida Automotive in PA are helping to build a lowered '48 Tucker and making a working, full size version of the original Tucker Torpedo Concept car, which was mearly drawings back in the 40s. However, these drawings are what help sell the idea of a Tucker automobile.


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