Tucker '48 · Chicago, 1948
The first completely new car in fifty years.
Preston Tucker built a car to take on Detroit. His great-grandsons, Sean and Mike Tucker, help keep the story alive. Shop official Tucker gear, watch the films, and meet every car.
Tucker '48s on the banking at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, autumn 1948.
Official Tucker T-shirts
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Shipped from Pennsylvania, each with a certificate of authenticity.
Preston Tucker's Speed Shop
The films.
Barn finds, first starts, dyno runs and footage nobody has seen since 1948. Every Tucker we film gets its own page in The Cars.
The shop
More Tucker gear.
Shirts, jackets, badges, prints and original Tucker collectibles. Many come signed by Sean and Mike Tucker.
From the archives
From the factory records.
Original Tucker Corporation records from our own archive, the Cammack collection at the AACA, and other sources: factory memos, dealer letters, test reports and engineering drawings. From time to time we open one and tell the story behind it.
- Now showing: the road test report from Indianapolis, October 1948. Seven new Tuckers, and what the engineers wrote down about each.
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The Tucker Garage
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