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PackardV8 wrote:
Thanks for the pics John. Did u ever actualy see the car move under its own power???? Has ANYONE ever seen a Tucker move under its own power???? Faster than 15 mph???
Tom McCahill tested the Tucker in 1948. The test was published in Mechanix Illustrated magazine that year. He said it made every other car in America look like Harrigan's hack with the wheels off. Performance, ride, handling were sensational.
In 1956 he recalled:"When I tested this car, and I tested several of them in the spring of '48, it was the best-performing automobile in America, by far."
In the years since, I have read several articles in old car magazines regarding various Tuckers. One theme comes up over and over. The owner bought the car planning on keeping it for shows and maybe parades. But once they drove the car, they liked it so well they found themselves driving it all the time.
Several Tuckers have between 100,000 and 200,000 miles to their credit.
For McCahill's views, as of 1971, look here:
http://www.oldride.com/library/1948_tucker.html Note that McCahill drove Mr. Hamlin's Tucker 105 MPH on the California freeway.
It would have gone faster but that was as fast as he felt like driving the then 23 year old car with 150,000 miles on it.
Considerably more than 15 MPH.
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