BAD Co. Car 01 Tucker Torpedo

[@RaceFan73]

The most common mistake made when it comes to these cars is calling them Tucker Torpedo. The prototype was called the Torpedo. The name was never used on the production models. The production model is simply called the Tucker 48. I used to work in a classic car museum here in Maine and car number 28 (Serial # 1028) is in the collection of the museum.

[@specialized29er86]

Imagine the advancements in auto engineering if Tucker had been allowed to continue with his dream.

[@gpiano88]

At his trial, Preston Tucker made a prophetic statement saying: "One day we will find ourselves at the bottom of the heap instead of king of the hill, having no idea of how we got there, buying our radios and our cars from our former enemies". At which point, an ignorant juror laughed incredulously.

[@weldmachine]

Maybe a good thing. As the enemy as they were called at that time. Make them better. Remembering when Toyota first came to America. They laughed at the thought of Japanese cars in our country. Now Toyota is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. Because Japanese were NOT restrained by there own government. They were able to dominate with a free will. Unlike in America. Where new ideas are crashed by dominate government control.

[@truthseeker8483]

@@weldmachine Love Globalism do we? Work for Toyota do we? If everyone buys Toyotas what are American working people supposed to do?

[@sbc388550]

@@truthseeker8483 .......... Very well said Truth Seeker, Thank you. ............... Jim..

[@cvf628]

@@truthseeker8483 Americans should do what they do best. Or the government can put tariffs on car imports raising import prices to make American cars seem more affordable to Americans. Of course other countries will do the same to American cars they import. And there isn't enough of a domestic market in America to support all of the car companies. Then we are back to where we started from with lost jobs. The only way to break the cycle is for America to invest heavily in education and new innovations. Let the other countries lift that barge and tote that bail. But you have to start now because it will take decades before America will reap the rewards of better education. Decades from now, the typical American will live in California but their office would be in Germany and the manufacturing plant will be in Vietnam. - Damn, that's Globalism.

[@truthseeker8483]

@@cvf628 In your utopian dream where an American lives in California but the office is in Germany and the manufacturing plant is in Vietnam what is left for the American worker to do? :-D and how can the American worker pay for a car? or food? or a house? Sure the global corporation owner can live in California with riches beyond imagination but what about the rest of us?

[@cmoore185]

My dad used to tell me of when he got to ride in one in California after WW2. Sadly, the Tucker is a perfect example of big corporations squashing a little guy.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

It's unforgivable that Tucker wasn't allowed to continue building the Tucker car, that the government accused him of fraud. I believe that Preston Tucker had every intention of building cars for people who wanted a new car. It's just that bullshit govt. bureaucracy made it difficult for Tucker to build the car, and the press made it even worse by exaggerating everything that went on, and telling lies about what was going on with the car. Did Tucker make mistakes in the development of the car? I'm sure he did, but then what car maker doesn't when they're developing a new product?

[@TheManzfield7]

Revolutionary and innovative design almost put the "big 3 (Asshole's and Dickhead's) out of business. They got scared and started lying because they're pimp game was about to be disrupted. Long live the name of Preston Tucker and dreamers like him. M.

[@bluwng]

Everyone says media use to have honor and today they are corrupt. Looks like they were always dishonest.

[@skywalker6268]

Car makers still make a lot of mistakes. Recalling vehicles all the time for one reason or another.

[@RJ1999x]

@@bluwng along with the government

[@davidstaudohar6733]

When George Lucas on this car I did the repaint after it was damaged in the filming of the movie 🎥🎞️🎞️❤️ George Lucas was one of the most down-to-earth producers I'd ever met in Hollywood ❤️❤️‼️

[@collinhunter9792]

gosh, 11 yrs ago. thank you for this, beautiful , just beautiful. new zealand here

[@superbmediacontentcreator]

Absolutely flawless presentation... nicely done!

[@mattadrev471]

+Riki B. Eyestarone this guy is on point!

[@dethklokicksbutt]

A car ruined by politics... shame really.

[@OzBloke]

You Idiot Cliff!

[@OzBloke]

Cliff Yablonski OK...but it was 1948 and possibly seemed a better idea than crashing in to a steel dash board and windscreen? And yes, who would think quick enough....all in all though it was a car well ahead of anything else of the era.

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

+Cliff Yablonski Show us your original 67 year old transmission that even works, and has never been rebuilt, yea, that's what I thought.

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

Cliff Yablonski Watch the movie, "TUCKER A MAN AND HIS MACHINE", then get back with me, if you need a link, email me.

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

Cliff Yablonski Also, the fact is 47 of those 50 cars still run, one was wrapped around a tree and totaled, one is unaccounted for and last seen in Memphis, and one burnt up in a warehouse fire, so seems your wrong. That Company didn't go under because the cars were no good, in fact they were revolutionary, it went under because of Politics and the power the big 3 wielded. Without Tucker we wouldn't even have safety features such as seat belts. Watch the movie, see what really happened.

[@glump7744]

I freaking love the Torpedo, it's very sad that only 51 were made though (thanks a lot society.) I was named after Preston Tucker.

[@dillysgirl4ever]

Realistic Fish Head, that is awesome! I like you already.

[@weswestcott4910]

Realistic Fish Head

[@Loulovesspeed]

The Torpedo never existed other than in magazines and newspapers. All the Tuckers built were Tucker 48s.

[@tuckercampbell36]

So was I, such an honor

[@jamesconraadtucker]

Thank you for that excellent tour of such a great and historical car.

[@enigma01011]

what a great looking and advanced car, and in pristine condition! Saw a vid en KZbin of a less looking one from Tucker's grand kids that recently sold for 1,3 miljon dollars so keep it well insured! Just bought a 1:18 model of it, and really love the film about Tucker.

[@maddog57ful]

I received a highly detailed Model of The Tucker Torpedo for Christmas.

[@EchoRhythmMusic]

In the movie Tucker, there’s a picture of Nikola Tesla, while Preston was in the courthouse. Ironic

[@DAUNTLESSDIVERS]

I spent some time with this exact car when it resided in Peninsula Ohio. Such a piece of history!

[@expfighter5112]

Beautiful car, love the color and just the whole thing!

[@Blogengezer]

Excellent walk around. Lots of information in relatively few words.

[@heartland96a]

Thanks for the very complete over view of the car inside and out !

[@garyharris1932]

For years the only building that was built for a dealership in Nashville was for the Tucker 48. The building is still standing. I went and viewed the Tucker.

[@DanielGonzalez-pu6cb]

Beatiful, beatiful,beatiful car!!! It has a inteligent design and very aerodinamic.I like it very much because it has a American style.👍💪👌

[@marke.5609]

There were already states that outlawed 3rd headlight..so Tucker had blank inserts available to comply with the local laws...plus testing showed the center headlight beam was not strong enough to penetrated the others ..so it was kind of redundant . the design team had better ideas that would have been better function for turning illumination..but the Cyclops light already was such a marque trait that Preston insisted it stay.

[@peter359]

What a GREAT video! A special treat to go inside the car and be shown these details, one by one. Made my Sunday morning this did! Thanks Martin, very well done.

[@RobertJ1966]

My name is Bob Tucker. Thanks for restoring that car and the video. Very well done.

[@brandontucker6866]

Lol my name is brandon tucker

[@hyzercreek]

+brandon tucker My name is Mother Tucker

[@davebethel7159]

My dog's name is Elvis Tucker

[@roberttucker805]

Tuckers everywhere!

[@327h7]

I see Dead Tucker’s .

[@randymagnum143]

The truth of what happened to Tucker is far more complicated and involved than what the comments would suggest. Look at tesla, it's happening again.

[@snowlauncher79]

Ironically, there were also some similarities with Nikolai Tesla and his A/C electrical innovations vs. the more politically powerful Thomas Edison and his ideas for D/C electricity. Just an observation based on uncommonly known historical facts.

[@BrightStar3862]

Excellent commentary, & gorgeous paint job. Thanks, TED

[@davidstaudohar6733]

Thank you for using my digital imagery ❤️🇺🇸❤️🎥🎞️🎞️📺🦅

[@johnharrison698]

Way ahead of its time still looks futuristic even today the rear engine wonder

[@MrCudaguy71]

Awesome beautiful car! Great job on the restoration.

[@weldmachine]

Very good to see the car in real life. Much appreciate the love affair, of a single man with a passion to make better. Just finished watching the movie again after so many years. Real makes you believe dreams can come true if you dream big enough. Thanks you so much for showing us the car. Peter.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Thank you for the tour through this interesting car.

[@gooburrum]

Beautiful lines on that car. Thanks for sharing.

[@wb5oxq]

What a wonderful car for its time. More powerful than most cars on the road in that era

[@shwt121]

wb5oxq thats what ive heard....i understand the 6 cyl. in the tucker ptoduced 166 bhp@ 3 hundred & something ft/lb of torque- that is truely amazing !!! I also understand that the front windows would pop out in the event of an accident.......back then every other car had non-safety glass. The center headlight followed which ever way the frt wheels were pointing....... the list goes on... it was an amazingly safe car for its time.

[@vilasboas0306]

Lindo automóvel, parece uma nave espacial. 👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@rickmoro705]

Allways loved the lines on this car Thank You allway's wanted to see one

[@b.abrackus6403]

This is the best, most honest, Tucker presentation l have seen to date...very informative..they were beautiful, and ahead of their time...but yet were deeply flawed in reliability issues...still love Tuckers....l heard one guy say once..Tuckers were basically a prototype that went into production...l believe that given more money and time Preston Tucker would have perfected his products...

[@watsisbuttndo829]

Thats a serious amount of power for that era.

[@karlilapum8528]

Preston Tucker is my great uncle. Great man

[@1967apple]

Thanks for taking the time to post and the information. I have never seen one up close. I thought this was interesting.

[@racer67]

Very elegant! love the shifter!

[@eastcoastroadrunner]

Thank You...best tour I've seen I a Tucker...good job

[@geraldorford]

I saw one of these cars at the Toronto international car show 35 years ago, it was medium brown in colour and in perfect condition valued at one million dollars even back then.

[@georgejordan9516]

this car is worth millions of dollars lol

[@stephenapito8634]

Very cool car! Great video

[@fightclub8927]

The color of this Tucker is Waltz Blue. It was the color of Vera Tucker's favorite dress. BEAUTIFUL!

[@dillpickel5904]

I like the presenter in this video. Good job!

[@u.s.patriot3415]

Very cool presentation. Thank you!🙏🇺🇸👍

[@pasionautomotriz5222]

A beautifully designed car, I really wish to see one physically someday..

[@arthurvigil809]

There's one at the Francis Ford coppola winery in healdsburg California burgundy with light brown interior

[@butchbaker4371]

I'm surprised the windshield wipers worked off of vacaum, as advanced as everything else is. I've seen the one in the Tupelo Museum. Beautiful. God Bless. BB.

[@guarionex1961]

What a beautiful design and ahead of its time!

[@stephenmitchell3569]

Loved the Tucker cars! It's the one car I haven't had the pleasure!! The ones I worked on we're awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻! Wonder how all our super rated cars would hold up three years later if 85 percent of the roads were dirty and gravel???? Great video of a great car!!!

[@KrystalKyleRoxx]

Awesome car you have there. I enjoyed the video. I hope you take care of that treasure for life. Don't let anyone or anything ruin that thing

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

Thanks for the tour

[@davidrussell8918]

I think everone thinks hollywood tells the truth. Preston Tucker was a bad business man, with not enough money to take on his task. He never paid rent for the factory he rented. His check bounced. He had a lot of chances, and blew it.

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

THANKS FOR SHARING THE DETAILS FOR US 🤗👍💚💚💚

[@vincentbelfire2873]

I love these cars. They were Beautiful

[@pxmstr]

excellent vid!!! never saw the inside of a tucker let alone drive one!!!!

[@fabianobernardes8656]

Fantástico, incrível, perfeito ...

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

I love this car. It has style and looks totally hot.

[@anchabatubara]

First car in the world who has featured Safety Belt and Safety Glass

[@vernwallen4246]

The Detriot newspapers insinuated that safety belts made it an unsafe car.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@c.r.parish5908]

Henry Ford was using safety glass in 1919, was mandated for all cars in 1938.

[@davidstaudohar9690]

When we were filming 🎥 filming the brakes went out 3x ,and the car crashed and was damaged, .Francis Copala had me repaint everything but the bonnet, Francis is one of the nicest people I've met ❤ ‼️♦️♦️♦️‼️

[@c.r.parish5908]

Were they disc brakes original to the car?

[@piloux76]

Magnifique 👍👍👍 Tucker Bonjour de France 🇫🇷

[@rodriguescustodio4582]

Tudo nesse carro, É fascinante !!!!!

[@Kodachrome40]

George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola made the Tucker movie. They both owned Tucker’s and probably wrote off the restorations as a production expense.

[@clydo1946]

And you think today's cars have style?

[@mackenziewhethers1257]

clydo1946 no, not really.

[@thedarkartist3231]

No, cars today are like "Look at this car, super safe, goes this much speed, buy one today." And thats it

[@JeniousJustin]

"Good Gas Millage, 0% down, Look you can connect your phone to it! Don't ask about reliability!"

[@sbc388550]

Today's cars are rolling pieces of S^*T. with absolutely NO style what so ever. They are not evolutionary, they are quite the opposite in my opinion.. ...................................... Jim.

[@miked1765]

clydo1946 I agree that modern cars, by and large, lack the styling of the older versions. Yet, to be honest they are considerably safer, more reliable and more efficient to operate. The older cars, as I said, had style and were much easier to work on and could generally be maintained by their owners.

[@brookswade5774]

The torpedo was a prototype that never materialized. Isn’t this actually called the Tucker 48?

[@Loulovesspeed]

@brooks wade - Yes, it is.

[@firstchoice9335]

very nice video got right to the basics about the car

[@danhayden6049]

Tucker was a man with a dream! Make a better car . He was ahead of his time. Sweet car !

[@nahpoli]

beautiful car! thank you!

[@CXensation]

My dream car from boyhood. Would love to have a ride in a Tucker. I would not like to own one, because I am not capable of maintaining it, which would be a real shame to the car.

[@moonspots01]

Wow! Very spartan and crude by today's standards, but still very stylish and attractive with a lot of character! Thanks for the tour!

[@maletero9888]

Dick Burdick had number 50 and a new uninstalled engine in his before he died. Same maroon and tan interior. It was special to see it in person at his museum, before it closed

[@thebalanceofjudgement]

such a nice old car, I'd love to drive it!

[@Builder99]

Good car for the times it came out and the guy did a good job of showing it...

[@HighestRank]

He reminds me of Columbo, car and all.

[@Builder99]

Ha...We all liked Colombo and his car ....Well except for the killers he caught ...

[@HighestRank]

Wasn't there some real issue with his eye also, such as blindness or glass? The cameras were always careful to kinda cover up that fact.

[@fjbutch]

Well presented !!

[@rs2143]

I allways thought they where crudely made but a neet style and look.Nice restoration .

[@Askar_Birmuhammedov]

Even I cried in Kazakhstan after hearing sad story how three corporations killed such car.

[@bgraham928]

Stop crying because they didn't.

[@ramvanbobby3889]

I have a lot of respect for these cars

[@1205juergen]

Fantastic restored oldtimer ....

[@That_AMC_Guy]

The second key lock is to lock the parking brake. One thing I love about Tuckers is the fact that they don't have an AMMETER! The "Battery" gauge is actually a Voltmeter. Cars of this era and well through the 70's have Ammeters. Ammeters need to have full amperage running through them to work and over time corrosion builds up and either the car stops working or the ammeter arcs out and starts a fire. Mr. Tucker was ahead of the curve by 30 years using a simple Voltmeter!

[@SmokinwithKasket]

Mr. Preston Tucker is laid to rest several hundred feet from my grandparents grave at Michigan Memorial Cemetery, Flat Rock, MI. When visiting my grandparents grave I always mosey on over to see Mr. Tucker’s resting spot.

[@shekelsean]

I'm convinced that one day rather than the rarity of cars increasing the value, 3d printers or mechanical metal fabricators will be able to recreate any car you wish, should you have the materials. I think that could be the return of some of the old rate cars like the Tucker Torpedo, or the Stout Scarab or even something like an Edsel Corsair

[@robertdelpino504]

Great video thanks 😊

[@tangobango9653]

My Dad told me about the Tucker, he was very excited about it back then & wanted to buy one. 🥴

[@vw4x4]

Great video... Lots of good info about these cars.... thanks

[@armandofigo]

Great Video Thank you very much.

[@alankoza1917]

Beautiful car .!!!! Cars of today have NO character..

[@Loulovesspeed]

@none of your business - I'm guessing your a person of low character since you don't even know the meaning of the word!

[@kentrockwoodtyler8798]

Cool video, thanks.

[@davidcoudriet8439]

STILL, an awesome car!

[@yummybaconandeggs8804]

Great car and tour. Could you post a video shot from inside the car while driving along the road?

[@tomsmith5947]

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[@bibbler227]

This is a Tucker 48, not a Tucker Torpedo. The Tucker Torpedo was a very early concept that was never built.

[@xenomorf2]

I mean seriously cmon man, just examine the mechanics of this véhicule ,interior and looks,it's an overall marvel ! Dammm I would love to even have the privilege to drive such a beautiful car now ! The car was good,safe,viable and a bit technology advance for its time but never had its chance to bloom was crushed not only in politics arena but mainly from big corporations !

[@nunyabeeswax2638]

Amazing dude, you managed to put most of the people watching this to sleep in the first 10 seconds of the video.

[@68air]

Killer styling! Swamp was deep with crooked politicians back then also.

[@DickotheClown]

Love these cars. A lot of people forget how expensive this car was, adjusted for inflation it was a million dollar car new

[@seed_drill7135]

I remember before the movie when they weren't quite so valuable, you'd occasionally see them at Hershey.

[@someonesomewhere1600]

Beautiful car. Would love to have a ride in it.

[@tony52497]

I watched a movie the other day, about Tucker.

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

Very interesting video and to think how automobile technology may have proceeded. With this type of thinking and designs very likely would have resulted in all other manufacturers having to do the same much sooner than what occured. It's hard to imagine or maybe not today the ways that the company was caused to go out of business. Essentially allegations and investigations were made with the purpose of "screwing the pooch." Using the guise of a legitimate charges it's competators were able to "use the government" and wait out Tucker. What I mean is they by causing the bad press caused the inevitable devaluation of the stock. Which removed the companies ability financially to operate. Besides the resulting cancellation of orders making bridge loans that much less likely. Much in the way Westinghouse and Tesla (ac current) were forced to sell to Edison Electric ultimately forming general electric. Morgan simply told Westinghouse he was going to sue him and knew he would ultimatly lose. However he had the money to do so Westinghouse was tapped and would win but would have lost his company. Lenders other than JP were not willing to extend credit under the assumption Westinghouse and AC would win.

[@dillysgirl4ever]

How much more awesome can you get? The car is absolute perfection in every sense of the word, PLUS the man who created it was 100% total genius! (BTW, Preston's Tiger Combat Car was awesome too - check it out on YT if you get a chance.) Oh - and Martin Donaldson is a serious hottie. IMO. So was Preston.

[@mikefed3363]

Cliff Yablonski Disagree. One of the most amazing cars of its time.

[@jimmyfleetwood1118]

A few years ago they had a Tucker gathering at Pebble Beach. While on the Tour D'Elegance, one of them dropped an axle (do a GOOGLE search for the pics of the axle on the road). I stopped to help in my lowly (but fully drivable) '55 Pontiac, and the owner (I believe the pres. of the club) was rude as could be. I took great joy in leaving them in a cloud of non-emissions controlled exhaust. That experience aside, I think Tuckers are one of the most over rated cars. If they'd been made in larger numbers, no one would pay any more attention to them then any other production American car of the time.

[@tonyruiz2390]

Beautiful Car

[@internettrowel6930]

though the story is a sad story regarding a man and his dream, I do love how many videos will have some ethereal music playing while a Tucker car is being shown, which only proves the ability for people to dream, or even just to want to dream, hasn't died. and that's something.