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Tucker Tuesday – Tucker 1028

According to the museum:
Preston Tucker was an ebullient 200 pound, 6 foot man who dreamed big. In 1948 Tucker surprised everyone with "The most completely new car in 50 years." A torpedo-shaped fastback 4 door sedan, the Tucker "48" looked like the "car of the future." Engineering was far ahead of Detroit at the time boasting all independent suspension, a rear mounted flat 6 derived from a wartime helicopter engine and the first fully sealed water cooling system. Lack of time and money precluded a curved windshield, disc brakes, torsilastic rubber springs and other innovations proposed by Tucker. Nevertheless the car had novelties aplenty, central Cyclops-eye headlight that turned with the front wheels, and doors cut into the roof to ease entry and exit. Despite its 4200 pound weight the Tucker could manage 0 to 60 MPH in about 10 seconds. Top speed was at least 120 MPH thanks to aerodynamic styling with an estimated drag factor of 0.30, good even today.

Today’s Post includes items seen at the Tupelo Auto Museum

http://www.tupeloautomuseum.com/index.php

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Consider joining the Tucker Club of America

http://www.tuckerclub.org/