Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Tucker Tin Goose at a 1947 Exhibit
Matt Lynch challenged you to identify this Tucker.
Mystery Foto questions:
- Identify this specific Tucker. Provide a rationale. Hint: This Tucker has several design features seen only on this automobile.
This is the Tucker Tin Goose built in 1947 as the Tucker '48 prototype. It is the only Tucker that does not have "suicide doors." The 50 pilot production Tuckers had their rear doors hinged at the back (C-pillar) rather than the center piece between the doors (B-pillar).
In addition, the Tucker Tin Goose did not have front turning signals.
- When was this photo taken?
Likely in 1947 after its Chicago unveiling on June 19, 1947. The Tucker Tin Goose was only Tucker displayed in 1947.
- Where was this photo taken (currently unknown)?
Still unknown but not likely the June 19, 1947 unveiling.
Four possible locations according to Steve Lehto's book Preston Tucker and his Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow:
-July-August 1947: New Products Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
-August 1947: New York Museum of Science and Industry, RCA Building, Rockefeller Center, New York
-1947: Chicago
-1947: Milwaukee
- What was the nickname for the women showing the Tucker at this exhibit?
The women were called "Tuckerettes" by the press.
- What was the brand name for the Tucker luggage?
The brand for the Tucker luggage was Indestructo.
Comments (19)
Congrats to Mark Schaier, Jim Ryan, Steve Vilardi, Steve Lucas, Art Kleiner (see below Kleiner's Korner), Tim Ivers, Michael Howe, John Dore, Robert Walko, Alex Kidwell, Dan Maciejewski, Ken Northcraft, Jimmy Mayhugh, and Robert Jones for correctly identifying the Tucker Tin Goose.
Kudos to Steve Lucas and Art Kleiner for the knowing the Tucker "Indestructo" brand for its luggage.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Close-Ups
The Tucker Tin Goose as seen in May 2017. Compare the position of the door handles with the pilot production Tucker 1013 in the background.
August 1947
Advertising the Tucker Tin Goose Exhibit
Kleiner's Korner (Submitted by Art Kleiner)
Comments
The car is the original Tin Goose prototype, the rear doors opens forward, the hubcap of different designs than the later ones, the front bumper grill painted black. The other things unknown to me?
This Tucker is the Tin Goose, #0000 a prototype. This Tucker did not have suicide doors. The rear doors hinges are attached to the B Pillar.
Mystery friday Foto # 6… The Tucker in this photo is #1037. Not the Tin Goose. As per a page ion The Tucker Auto club site. Photo taken on June 19, 1947 at Tucker plant in Chicago. Name of women showing the Tucker at this exhibit… Tuckerettes. I just made that up. Don’t really know answer. The luggage brand was Tucker.
The door handles have to be the giveaway. It must be the Tin Goose Tucker 48 #1001 prototype. The location does not appear to be the White Castle in Lynbrook.
That is the Tucker prototype car #1000 also known as the “Tin Goose”. It was the only one made without suicide doors in the rear. Photo may have been taken on June 19, 1947 at its public debut at the Tucker factory on Cicero Avenue in Chicago, IL. I think the women were called Tuckerettes. The luggage was manufactured by INDESTRUCTO.
Identify this specific Tucker. Provide a rationale. Hint: This Tucker has several design features seen only on this automobile.
Prototype named the Tin Goose.
When was this photo taken? 1947
Where was this photo taken (currently unknown)?
What was the nickname for the women showing the Tucker at this exhibit? Hmm- how the Tuckerettes?
What was the brand name for the Tucker luggage? Indestructo
The Luggage was sold by The Tucker corporation accessory program. The Luggage was Tucker Luggage.
the nickname for the women showing the Tucker at this exhibit were TUCKERETTS
Photo was taken at the Tucker Unveiling Event, Chicago, Illinois June 19, 1947
Looks like the prototype Tucker ‘Tin Goose’ built in 1947 and debuted June 19th that year
at the Tucker plant, the former WWII aircraft building in Chicago.
Partly financed by sales of “Tucker Luggage”.
Wild guess, this is Howard’s Tucker, #1044 in original green
From the Tucker ‘48 Automobiles Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/tucker48/
Michael Howe Given the extended lower bumper and colored grill, the Tin Goose?
John Dore yep, Tin Goose - based on the position of the rear door handles too
Robert A. Walko Production models had suicide doors. So, yeah, Tin Goose.
Alex Kidwell Tin goose
Dan Maciejewski The car aside, Tin Goose was the only Tucker displayed like this, a press display if you will
Ken Northcraft: Tucker Tin Goose
Dave Wardamasky nicer wheel covers than what it now wears
Jimmy Mayhugh Tin goose. It has no turn signals in the front as well
Robert Jones Yeah, Tin Goose
Strange, two different hubcap designs on the Tin Goose shown at different times? WHY?
Ofter wondered if the 49 Studebaker borrowed Tucker’s design.