Tucker Torpedo: 70 Years in the Making
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- The Idas are finishing what Preston Tucker and George Lawson began in 1944 - the Tucker Torpedo. Find out more at www.drivingline....
While 51 "Tucker 48s" were made before the company was forced to close, the original Tucker concept never made it further than a small-scale model. Bob and Rob Ida are finally bringing the Tucker Torpedo to life working alongside Preston Tucker's descendants.
Well, is it done yet??, very cool
It’s 2024 I hope Rob and his crazy creative crew have it finished?
Cant wait to see it🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺😃✌️
Project was cancelled at the end of 2018, due to several quarries between Ida and Bob Kerekes.😊
“Never be made again.” That actually hurts.
It hurts even more to never see this one he's talking about in finished form, at least I can't find it. I just watched this expecting to see a finished Torpedo and puff, end of video, THAT IT?
@@robertkees6048 I would love to see one finished.
@@kolinmartz There is a video from 2017 where they are much further along, it's pretty amazing work, maybe there still working on it, it probably takes a decade or more to do a project like that.
Great share guys...I'll be watching for updates!
Thanks Tommy. I'll see Rob on October 8th at the opening of the Tucker exhibit at the AACA Museum and I will post any new info if there is any. I doubt that I will have time to visit his shop again this year, but the next time I'm in that part of New Jersey, I'll be sure to stop in and bring my camera again.
Getting PROJECTS accomplished! Critical path (PERT) Leader-ship, COURAGE! : Most people throw their visions into the Too Hard Basket (THB), some be - cause of lack of financing (rise money) or being un-able to gather enogh supporters (teamwork): The only remaning tricky piece in this project is the Curved Windshield, in security automotive glass that will be expensive. Otherwise made in PLEXIGLAS is a piece of cake!
If you Tuckerites are in need of a really great fix, head on over to Amazon and buy Steve Lehto's book, "Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow." Steve is an attorney with a true gift for tight writing that gets the point across quickly and tells the whole story. Highly recommended, and gives tons of great material they couldn't fit into the two-hour movie with Jeff Bridges.
I once read a tremendous book about the Tucker called "Design and Destiny: The Making Of The Tucker Automobile. By Phillip S Egan, who if I'm not mistaken was the assistant to Alex Tremulis. It was a great read, and written from someone that was a part of the whole thing so it had that insiders feel. I'm guessing you've read it, but if you haven't give it a go it's well worth a read.
@@robertkees6048 Robert, I got the book yesterday, and a quick perusal proves your point: this book is GREAT! Thanks again for the suggestion! Incidentally, 100 years ago today, on May 14, 1921, Philip S. Egan's father ended his time as a freelance artist and joined the Chicago firm of the Potts-Turnbull Advertising Company. Also, it turns out I used to live near Philip Egan (him: Evanston, me: Highland Park). And in a REAL surprise, my former next-door neighbor in Highland Park, who owns the Klairmont Kollection, has (or had) a Tucker! Of lesser import: In the late eighties I lived in Tucker, Georgia where the wealthiest businessman was one of the Cofer Brothers, and he had a Tucker which was used in the movie. It looks like I have an unusual number of connections!
@@adamchurvis1 Hi Adam, I'm glad you got it, I really enjoyed reading it many years ago now. After suggesting it to you, I thought it would be fun to read it again, but it's packed away in a box full of something or other and I'm just not sure where it is right now. Eventually I'll stumble across it and I'm going to give it another read as my memory has faded on much of the details. I do remember being hooked on the whole book and wishing it kept on going when I was done, as I'm fascinated by all aspects of the story.
I think so many of us remain fascinated by the story because of two things, one is it's such a good looking car, especially the rear, so modern compared to what was out in 48; and two, I think it's the idea that it felt so close to becoming a reality. When you review the story and know they actually did make a test production run of the car, it's tantalizingly close, it wasn't just on paper, those were real cars they actually made.
Unfortunately the real reality was they were way short of the funds they actually needed to make it happen on a mass scale, but still there is something tangible to touch and see that they did produce, and they're still here to prove it was more then just a scam or a pipe dream. I imagine if Tucker were around today he would be amazed and very proud to know that the few Tuckers he did produce are worth 1 million dollars and up today.
I also read not to long ago something I didn't know, that he owned one of his cars for seven years till 1956 the year he died. I also read that his mother got one too, but I have no idea if that's true or not. I'd love to read more about those years and how he drove and enjoyed his namesake. His dream died and was auctioned off to the highest bidders, but it must have been pretty cool to have your own car named after you. Tucker 1029 I think. Cheers.
@@robertkees6048 What I would like to see -- bear with me here -- is an all-electric reboot of the Tucker in its exact exterior dimensions and shape, with everything possible done to implement modern safety requirements on the inside of the bumpers, etc, so the look remains exact. I'd like the interior the same way, if possible. Carbon fiber body for lightness. But it simply MUST have whitewall tires. I'm not budging on the whitewalls. :)
@@adamchurvis1 There was or is a company that was going to make 48 Tuckers just the way you mentioned, modern, but with the exact look of the original. I think they made one or two, but the demand and cost proved prohibitive. I wish I had more info for you, but I do remember the exact concept you speak of. I also think they were affiliated with the Tucker family to some degree.
Dang dang dang, so sorry they didnt get to give their father the car.
The first tucker made in Ypsilanti Michigan 48197 Aka ypsi
That Tucker is 1 cool
that's all?
What happened to this project???
Just to add...Never say never! :)