Tucker 1044 in Hemmings Motor News and Highlights from the Oyster Bay Concours
The August 2017 issue of Hemmings Motor News has a small feature on the Tucker 1044. It was also great meeting all the Tucker fans at the Oyster Bay Concours last Sunday.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Hemmings Motor News, August 2017
1948 Tucker 48 joins Hemmings Concours field.
Oyster Bay Concours d'Excellence
A Tucker fan family from South Carolina.
The newly painted mascot
Tucker luggage and a Tucker radio.
Tucker 1044 was awarded the Survivor Award.
Additional Highlights
A Batmobile made a special appearance.
A Bohata designed medieval hot-rod
Dimitri Shvetsov's 1957 Volga Gaz
Richard Falciano's 1954 Buick Special
1957 Ford Thunderbird
1951 Studebaker...Does the bullet nose design look familiar?
Billy Joel's 20th Century Cycles was directly across from Tucker '48 #1044. The shop recently received this banner from Madison Square Garden.
I had a great discussion with Billy Joel's chief mechanic about the Tucker.
As posted in Facebook, he really liked it.
"Spotted this insanely rare Tucker at the car show put on by New York Auto Fest this past weekend in Oyster Bay".
Comments
Thanks for bringing the Tucker Howard. It was a HUGE hit at the New York AutoFest Oyster Bay Concours. Congratulations on winning The Survivor Award at the show.