'nuther Tucker

[Harry P.]

Here's the story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/fun/sc-cons-0127-autocover-20110127-48,0,1372588.story

[Rob Hall]

I saw that car up close at the Gooding & Co show last month..rough, but restorable..missing some trim.

[Harry P.]

I'm surprised that they found a previously unaccounted-for Tucker after all these years. I thought that all of them were documented and their whereabouts known.

[MikeMc]

I'm surprised that they found a previously unaccounted-for Tucker after all these years. I thought that all of them were documented and their whereabouts known.

Reread the story Harry....it is #1010 and its owner was known to have stored it........now its sold for $800K

The turquoise sedan is the 10th of 50 pilot cars built by Preston Tucker in 1948

According to Follis, Tucker No. 1010 was bought on July 16, 1948, by Philadelphia Tucker Sales. On Nov. 22, it was returned to the factory (typically for upgrades such as the Y1 transmission) and later sold to the El Monte Tucker Co. in El Monte, Calif.

Fast forward to June 15, 1956, when a classified ad in the Oakland Tribune offered "One of the fabulous originals — Tucker engine — it runs — 4-door sedan — near new condition. Make offer. Olympic 8-4238. By Owner."

Don and Mignonette Wright bought the car four days later and would own it for more than 50 years. By the time the Wrights bought No. 1010, it had been repainted in non-factory turquoise (over the original blue) and reupholstered, said Follis. Don Wright was president of the Tucker Automobile Club in 1980-81, but the family remained secretive about the car and wouldn't sell it, said Follis.

[lordairgtar]

Seein pics of #1010, I wonder why the body # is 1013?

[charlie8575]

What a cool story. It looks good in that turquoise, too.

Charlie Larkin