1948 Tucker 48
If you’ve never heard of the Tucker Corporation, that’s okay. This minuscule car maker only saw American street lights briefly, thanks largely to negative publicity, some financial fraud investigations, and collusion among the Big Three car makers. But the Tucker 48 automobile that owner Preston Tucker designed and built is an oddly cool car if there ever was one.
With just 51 built, you’ve likely never seen a Tucker 48 on the road. But if you were to be blessed enough to see one, you’d be looking at a high-performance, ahead-of-its-time grand tourer worth over $1,000,000 today. The Tucker 48 was massive, sporting three side windows, a total length of 219”, a total width of 79”, and a weight of 4,200 pounds.
