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portlandon wrote:
Well if 1 of 51 isn't historic, or worthy of preservation, or of needing restoration than what does?
I would have to agree with that. The thing about Tucker is that they actually went ahead and produced them in a way that would have eventually been a sustainable assembly line. So it's like a very short production run, and thus built up more of a "mystique" faster than it would have otherwise. Plus the entertaining story behind the venture and the "what-if" scenario push the marque beyond a curiosity into a truly desirable collectible.
FWIW I did see a Tuker in person that was basically being stored in a corner of a museum out on I90 in South Dakota. Don't remember the name of the museum but it's easy to find, with signs all along the freeway in both directions. The car is likely long gone by now anyway.
The fact that the car was there was advertised on the museum's billboards, of course, and the lack of any attempt to make it presentable may be an indication of something I've assumed-- many of the very special cars that aren't really ready for the show circuit wind up getting free storage at smaller museums in exchange for the promotional value they bring.
I wonder if anyone on this forum has experience with finding inexpensive storage space by allowing museums to show their car(s) between shows or just during the winter months. Lots of little car museums around. One in the little town of Brooten MN was unabashedly a storage building, but the cars were nice and there were information placards on most.
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