Dave Cammack's "The Evolution of the Tucker" exhibit with The Tuckers and Idas.

[@davidwrobel8089]

Keep these fascinating tidbits of automotive history coming, it really needs to be preserved.

[@JimKraut]

Mr. Cammack was a sweetheart. In addition to giving me and out of town guests tours ("you need at least two hours",) he showed me the railroad layout on the second deck. It is a wonderful exhibit in the AACA Museum in Hershey PA

[@timcarpenter2441]

The gentleman giving the tour is a font of knowledge. I love his wit and down to earth style that recognises the innovation without putting it onto a pedestal.

[@waynekaminski5438]

I never personally stepped into either Dave's old shop in VA, or the new wing where his collection ended up in PA. From the videos I have watched, I like Dave's layout better than what ended up in Hersey PA. All of this priceless collection may have been lost forever had it not been for Dave Cammack and his tremendous drive and meticulous focus on all things Tucker.

[@rodclark5831]

Beautiful, thank you all for being.

[@retroolschool]

its always impressive to see how far imagination and creativity can go. Preston Tucker would be proud!

[@brianochs2297]

Wow That's probably 1of the coolest things that I have ever seen. What a awesome collection that is so cool major major history. Probably the best engineered car ever

Fascinating collection, Tucker and Miller could see the future.

[@dansorrell4113]

Hi Dave ..So cool you have a lot of tucker stuff.. I wish that I lived closer.Thank you..

[@kellycolvin7728]

I miss Mr. Cammack so much! What an intelligent, gracious and amazing guy. I learned so much from him and his was the first Tucker I was allowed to touch

[@backspace3514]

I wonder what Tucker would think of the camera work. Mr Cammack shows great knowledge

[@DavidSmith-ht1ye]

Nice cars!!!!! I really enjoyed this video!!! Car #1001.1022, and 1026 are really nice!!! Great job Mr. Dave Cammack!!! He knew everything about Tucker Cars!!!!

[@walrus1234]

Sweet Jesus this gentlemen its a walking Wikipedia with tucker cars awesome

[@stephenhoosick7434]

Great video,,,Thanks for sharing

[@bradfordbyron]

Unfortunately, we have a deplorable habit of suppressing innovation, imagine where we would be if individuals such as tucker, or Tesla, had been permitted to bring their ideas to fruition

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Deplorable doesn't begin to describe it. I've never understood why some people, particularly those in govt. seek to suppress people from doing these things, often accusing them of fraud, or insisting that Tucker had no intention of producing cars. Since most of us weren't there, sadly, we have no way of knowing.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

If you don't support corruption in the form of deliberate harassment & fraudulent charges brought on by tyrannical government & greedy, manipulative corporations going against individuals who are trying to be innovative, then STOP saying "we". Because it's NOT We the People who are doing these despicable things.......it's THE government & the big corporations they work for.

[@terriecotham1567]

Thanks for posting and thanks for all the time you gave in putting this out for all to see on the tuck and a little of the history in the USA,

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I wonder which number Tucker I saw in downtown Stillwater Minnesota around 1995 to 1997. I was just after sunset and I saw it leave the one gas station in the downtown. It’s 3 headlights were on and I watched as the middle headlight turned side to side as it turned onto the street.

[@scofab]

Very neat to see this, thanks for sharing.

[@VegardMinde]

My God, this must have been space age material in 1948. U.S.A really was the greatest country on earth once. And that old dude is so cool!

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Kind of amazing what they used to be able to do with a slide rule and a "Can-Do" attitude.

[@danialhowe9814]

youre right. im an automotive designer and this hits me right in the heart. as to what this country as and is becoming we all suspect out best days are behind us. im 52 i i would give away all my worldly possessions to go back to the early 1980s to do it all again

[@dennisford2000]

Um still is. Don't believe schools

[@edkelley1649]

No such thing as space

[@cindyzaragoza2736]

thank you I always say I was born in the wrong time. I would have loved to work for Mr Tucker

[@rallydogmakes3861]

Yes sir

[@lookingupwards8652]

This is so interesting i love the cutting edge technology for the time

[@skeltonknaggs1600]

Cool video!! Important part of American automobile history

[@kerblammo1600]

I'm going to miss Dave Cammack very much. I toured his collection many times and still learned new information every time, including from this video, so thank you for posting. The name "Tin Goose" was originally the name of the Ford Tri-Motor plane (as the Model T was the "Tin Lizzie.") How it came to be applied to the first Tucker "show car" prototype is a mystery. It wasn't made of Tin and Preston Tucker didn't like the name and was said to have called it "The Red Car" instead.

[@eeblatter]

I assumed it was a take from the Hughes Spruce Goose plane made a little earlier.

[@randalll.2094]

Very informative and interesting! Would have liked to hear something about that famous or infamous Tucker convertible. That is very interesting also!!!! I think the Tin Goose was named so, because of all the lead on the body when it was made.

[@packingten]

Mr Tucker was a brilliant man.

[@uski59]

Amazing innovations Mr Tucker had, imagine what he could do today.......love that vacu- shift setup, no gear jamming there.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Those parts came from Auburn/Cord/Deusenberg. 10-year-old tech by the time Tucker re-appropriated it and often not the most ideal. But there was no easy way to get a shift linkage to the transmission. I'm sure a person today could reengineer it with modern parts and it would be perfectly reliable. I've witness a few Tuckers where, they'll shift it into second, release the clutch and the car will coast to a stop, grinding itself to death trying to engage second.

[@tonidmc]

Wonderful person, very interesting!

[@mrvdubbinit]

simply amazing

[@sapiscnn]

i was in the movie , very interesting story, i met the grandson and he said he thought the movie more the truth than the crap the government put out about his grandfather. he thanked me and said he was grateful to francis for telling the story.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

The movie takes a few liberties ... but.... it sort of has to condense a bunch of facts into a 2-hour film. The thing is... life is often more interesting than anything that can be cooked up by a Hollywood screenwriter. The one myth I wish the movie would have tried to disspell was that the Big Three in Detroit weren't out to hurt Tucker. Quite the opposite. There's a lot of Big Three Production parts in a Tucker. The interior door buttons are Kaiser/Willys. The steering wheels came from Ford. The air cleaner comes from a Cadillac. I'm sure the generator, starter, regulator, coil and ignition and carburetor parts are all off-the-shelf, readily available items. It really came down to about three very powerful men who simply did not like Mr. Tucker and they made it their lifes' work to do everything in their power to derail him.

[@julianwalls1077]

​@@That_AMC_GuyTucker was likely buying parts from dealer rather then going directly to manufacturers ..what bubble to you reallty live in you never worked for a big business. I worked USA oil company and about of stuff they got up too behind the scenes would make your head spin... As automotive historian myself I found evidence it's not just big car manufacturers were against but media was as well in support of big 3. Tom McGill was the journalist who was only guy to road test when new in 1947 I don't think the car test was a comprehensive one. Tom worked for Popular Mechanics I have not found that issue but in 1971 he wrote a retrospective article in Popular Mechanics about the test of Tucker .he said the most powerful publishing group in 1947 was Readest Digest who laid out thick that publication that road tests a Tucker would be black balled..😢

[@mikeklaene4359]

We visited that museum earlier this year. Impressive car.

[@dogismyco-pirate]

Nicely done!!

[@kevinhoffman6592]

Wonderful piece of history . Remember me and my grandpa talking about Tucker and he said he really would have bought one if the company wasn't put out of business .

[@vincenzostagliano5011]

Awesome info

[@rallydogmakes3861]

That's awesome the Colection is probably worth about 500 million especially having 3 1/2 tuckers

[@2right4words]

I was surprised that the Gov't prosecuted Tucker, considering the fact, that he Gave the patent for his turret to the Gov't.

[@terriecotham1567]

You have to under stand how Gov' Can work at times. When he was producing his Turret for the war he was kind a hero as so many on the home front were just like all the WAAC pilots that flew the aircraft or woman that work building then in the home land so men could fight. But his new ideals of cars were going to take customs from the big three costing them R&D and time to keep up with him. When you look at the tucker it was quite a car even with some of the things they had to work out Disk-brakes. Seat Belts, Pop out Windshield and a head light that would help light the road in a turn was all new. as so many of his ideals Having the rear engine would have help in the snow and the fact that the front tires would all ways stay flat on the ground in turns was a safety factor He was looking like the Steve Jobs of his time but they close him down out of greed and power and it still that way to day at times. I was told that the tucker got 20 MPG and when you look at the size of the car and its all steal body that quite good . After all the best SUV, only get a round that now with all the high tech computers , F&I. along with plastic parts all over it But then you have to look back at Smoky Yunick and his hot - vapor engine that got 60 MPG made over 150 HP with points and Cab. And it still pass all the EPA test with no Conver in the Exz- System. It was only two cylinders no cooling fan and only 2 quits of water in the cooling system . He sent the air/fuel mixture through a three stage heating system after it left the Carb- so that when it reach the engine it was rase to a temp of 440* F. you can fine the prints and story on line The big three all had people in his shop as he was in a class all his own when it came to racing and engines, But most have never heard of his engne even thow it made the cover of one of the US most know publications for advance in aviation and other things and still a leader to day. Just a note to thank on

[@ronniewatkins]

@@terriecotham1567 Smokey and Tucker were mechanical geniuses cut from the same cloth!!

[@charliebrown6514]

Never trust governments

[@gmyatko]

boy did he know his stuff. Interesting

[@louisedwards6681]

Really WOW🛢️⚙️🔧🔩

[@robertklein9190]

In the early 50's in Syracuse there was a car lot on Erie Blvd. East that had three Tucker's for sale. As a kid about ten they were pretty impressive , not the cyclops headlight, but the colors and the Stingray style doors. My father thought they might have been test mules which he saw on Rt. 15 down by Nedrow running flat out.

[@dposer10]

i love that you show this stuff, but please leave your camera focus alone, it was seriously causing me to get a headache

[@daveogarf]

DUDE! STOP the Frantic Zooming!

[@pappabob29]

Agree!! Great subject!! Terrible camera/sound work. Too bad !!

[@kerblammo1600]

Just as Howard Hughes detested the similarly monikered "Spruce Goose" which was not made out of spruce and had Hughes demand it be referred to properly as the HK-1 (Later H4) Hercules. It appropriately made a cameo in Tucker: The Man and his Dream.

[@skipedwards1751]

kerblammo1600 a

[@randyfrakes7876]

If the government, and the Big 3 auto makers hadn't conspired to put Tucker out of business, these guys would probably be billionaires, you have to wonder what they think.

[@kevinloving606]

And in 2018 Elon Musk is giving the big 3 a run for their money wait until the Model X and 3 start taking over the roads

[@phantomwalker8251]

should of given it to toyota,but then,japan was ruled by u.s. any way.

[@timnorth2713]

What is stopping one from building another by using these bits as samples? The transmissions sound amazing. We are so stuck in our "use what is available" mentality, we have lost our imagination. I would invest all I have to put together a vehicle using these ideas.

[@mrfudd13]

When we see how much engineering dodging and weaving Tucker had do do to even get ANYTHING into production, it's clear he was a genius and a wizard at adapting engineering from anywhere and everywhere into his cars. No wonder he couldn't pull the whole enterprise off with all he tried to do. Yes, he failed trying to do far too much, but what he accomplished is awe-inspiring.

[@paulwhite6250]

Preston Tucker could have made a big difference in our lives if he didn’t have a large ego. I’m sure the big three had good connections with the SEC as well.

[@tommitchell8425]

What a treasure trove

[@CORVAIRWILD]

I believe Mr Cammack passed away. What has become of his collection? I believe he had 3 Tuckers, and a massive trove of documentation of every description. I went the the Hershey Pa Auto Museum 2 years ago, I think some of his artifacts were on display, like the 1st experimental engines, the Cadillac frame, various documents etc.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

The AACA museum in Hershey, PA bought the Cammack collection and built an entirely new wing onto their museum to house everything. It's complete and open to the public now according to their website.

[@EarlGuyton425]

Machanic of 50 years experience and age 64. What you have there is the integral design engine same kind as your volkswagon beetle of the early times, except the tucker is much larger in bore and stroke. Most baby boomers and all MILS and the off spring of the MILS think engines have improved over the years when in reality any engine made today is based on the first OHV engine which existed in the late 1920s. As an example of engines not improving at all, but rather declining instead, I could use the oldsmobile 303 1949 OHV V8 and use in any large car or pickup or SUV today and get better results and it would last longer. And that is JUST one of 3 engines of 1949 that would work better for today in 2020.

[@tjejojyj]

Great video. How many of his innovations were used or became standard elsewhere? AFAIK most of the design details mentioned are not found in other cars.

[@lauraheidorn4767]

Tim Bo first U.S car to have a seat belt in it.

[@SegoMan]

@@lauraheidorn4767 safety Glass disc brakes rack and pinion steering syncromesh tranny the list go's on and on the big 3 said his car was unsafe as it had so many safety features. Now all of these features are standard on all cars..

[@That_AMC_Guy]

@@SegoMan All things, aside from synchromesh the Tucker does not posses. Sadly. More accurately, let's say items Preston Tucker wanted for his car, that never came to fruition but were adopted by Detroit in later years were: - Fuel Injection - Disc Brakes - Tubeless tires - Safety features such as padded dashboards, safety glass, seat belts, roll bars and crash chambers. - Automatic Transmission - Independant Suspension / Good handling characteristics. - Good engine power AND good fuel economy (something we are only NOW achieving) One thing to point out is how the Tucker doors open into the roof line. Something we didn't see on a production car until the 1963 Corvette......

[@ms90sbabyy]

LaSalle engine in the thumbnail is what that looked like

[@smithjones3548]

Tucker was way ahead of his time with his innovations in automobile design, and was screwed over by the "big 3" manufacturers. I have no loyalty to Ford, GM, or Mopar products.

[@louisedwards6681]

I do ,,,,, because I make a living Rebuilding their crappy Transmissions,,SJ 💲

[@faithflix]

Let's give the cameraman some slack- he's obviously a car guy with a camera, not a pro videographer. This held my attention regardless- the the innovation and genius of Tucker was amazing. Here is a professionally produced interview of Dave Cammack: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpammHmblsmIj5Y

[@Hemidakota]

One can see that Tucker was ahead of its time versus Detroit or the rest of the world.

[@estpst]

I want a Tucker

[@davidwrobel8089]

It is a really travesty the Tucker was seemingly squashed, there is much good design here. It is intriguing to think how far this promising car company could have achieved if things were a little different. 🤔

[@miguelcastaneda7236]

First engines weren't they actually helicopter engines adapted

[@bobcrow1462]

If you like to read about guys from the "greatest generation" that would try anything to advance the state of racing and technology in automobiles, study: Smokey Yunick. You can still find used copies of his 3 volume book called: "Best Damn Garage in Town". He authored many articles and wrote several other technical books including "Power Secrets by Smokey Yunick".

[@jbsjunk]

I always understood that this an was air cooled engine not water-cooled.

[@cesteres]

Precursor to Koenigsegg Regera.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Where exactly did the nickname "tin goose" come from? I can't imagine Tucker himself would've come up with the nickname.

[@FletcherFinance]

It was a takeoff of the "Spruce Goose" built by Hughes Aircraft. It's official name was the HK1- Hercules.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Many folks were a bit taken aback at the time because they were told that this car was all new, space-age and more wonderful than you could ever imagine!! So, you can understand their animosity towards it when they found out the Tucker prototype started life as a '46 Buick or Oldsmobile. Tucker had some very talented people go to town on it, but the fact remains that the prototype was borne of a pedestrian production car. But then again, most people have absolutely NO idea what it takes to actually build a car. They think it's easy.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

@@FletcherFinance I've heard of the *"Spruce Goose".* I've seen pics of the airplane.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

@@That_AMC_Guy You have to start somewhere. It starts out as one thing, you continue working on it, tinker with this, change that, and it evolves into something completely different from what it started. The prototype may have started out based on a Buick or an Oldsmobile, but as Tucker continued testing the car and changing its design, it evolved into what became known as the *"Tin Goose",* or the *"Tucker Torpedo".*

[@That_AMC_Guy]

@@jasoncarpp7742 That's all fine and good. Now, you go back to 1947 and tell the people of America that. It didn't go over so well back then.

[@dennisford2000]

B29 bore and stroke6&1/8"

[@hairycat6095]

did anyone notice the heads ? it's a hemi

[@pdolph1]

If it was a hemi the pistons would be domed. If you want to find a early hemi look at a ford NA made for ww2 tanks .

[@chrischaf]

paul dolph As far as I know, "Hemi" refers to the hemispherical shape of the combustion chamber in the cylinder head. The pistons themselves may be dome topped or not, depending on the usage. Obviously, compression ratio on a short stroke engine would be pretty low with a hemi head and a flat top piston, but if you are using a long stroke, and/or forced induction (as in turbo, or super charger) that can change the equation. Also, keep in mind, street cars of the 30s/40s tended to have very low power per liter. For example, Cadillac build a 368 cu in (6.0 Liter) V-12 engine and a 452 cu in (7.4 Liter) V-16 engine. Big ol monstrous things, but they were only putting out around 135 and 175 horsepower respectively. Part of that was due to the crazy-low (by modern standards) compression ratios, which were only around 5.3:1. Compare that to a Chrysler 426 Hemi made in the late 60s/early 70's. 426 cubic inches brings it in right around 7 liters, so right in between the size of those two, but it's putting out around 400-ish horsepower. Over twice the horsepower of those older engines, but also at almost twice the compression ratio, which was something like 10.25:1 for the "street version". Anyway, the point being that a flat-ish top piston may not be the most *efficient* piston design when using a hemi head, but that doesn't mean it is never/was never done. Besides, if they'd made the tucker engine any more efficient, it would have been more powerful, which would have been bad considering they were already blowing up conventional trannies from having too much power/torque. I went looking for the tank engines you mentioned. I *think* you must have meant the Ford GAA engine. Pretty neat engine. Saw a hilarious picture of one stuck into a mustang. Half the engine is sticking up through the hood of the car. lol. Looks like one of those crazy Hot Wheels cars with the crazy over-sized engines:D A google image search for "ford gaa mustang" should bring it up;)

[@That_AMC_Guy]

While the valves are opposed like a Hemi, the combustion chamber is more a twisted wedge shape and the pistons are not domed, either. It's more akin to a Big Block Chevy

[@mrmped1]

Would have loved to here more, instead of music at the end.

[@randymagnum143]

Look at that mess to run the valve train! Tucker was his own worst enemy.

[@randymagnum143]

Franklin had the biggest gov't contracts for aircraft engines after Wwii. Tucker bought them and canceled the contracts, effectively putting them out of business.

[@mikebmg6262]

great video worst camera man. stop with the zoom!!

[@GereDJ2]

Good Gawd, get a cameraman and mic this guy speaking.

[@crapcbm]

interesting but horrible camera hand ...

[@21stcenturyozman20]

I might have found this video interesting if only the sound hadn’t been so piss-poor. Gave up after a few minutes.

[@MrGGPRI]

589 ci. would tear-up any trans of the day; laughable..

[@rossbryan6102]

A REAL STRONG TRANSMISSION IN THOSE DAYS WAS THE PACKARD 3 SPEED! IT ALSO HAD A WARNER OVERDRIVE AVAILABLE ALSO! I HAD ONE BEHIND A FULL CAM OLDS J-2 ENGINE!

[@neilmacleod5371]

Take that guys fucus control away , he knows not how to use it

[@normanpatterson6012]

I hate an uncontrollable cameraman