While setting up at the car show in Chico yesterday ( I got there early, limited shade at this show) I found a nice place amongst the trees next to a friend with a neat stock 70 Chevy PU. After settling in here comes the rarest car of the show and nestles up against the Mistress .No phone or camera. It's the #21 Tucker and it's still a driver. I would have loved to have a photo of the Mistress and the Tucker rubbing fenders to go along with the her and the Cord I got this winter,if I had any luck at all it would have to be bad luck.

Gene the owner spent the whole day showing the different as specks of the car and was very knowledgeable on any part you would want to discuss,this made for a very interesting show.He is quite a collector and loves Oldsmobiles plus he's in the middle of a restoration on his mothers 56 Olds holiday so we had a little in common. Good thing because I know nothing about Tuckers. I have pictures of his car from last year but nothing that would have been as good as if I could have had the Mistress snuggled up against that million dollar plus car......Tedd

 

Ahhh yea sure you seen one!!!

 

Yea yea I know , heres the car different day....Tedd

I've got some kind of problem won't load pictures

 

Wow, that's too cool Ted, man I wish you had a camera. The only places I see them is in museums.

 

I saw one in captivity once, but I've never had the pleasure of seeing one in the wild!

 

Next time get someone else to take a picture and email it to you.

 

Tedd, that is too bad. I have seen two Tuckers in my life and they were both in museums. One was in the Henry Ford Museum and I believe that one was Preston Tucker's personal car. The other was in the Peterson Museum. That is nothing compared to being parked next to one and actually hearing it run and seeing it being driven.

 

Still trying to post a picture. This was the same car in Durham Ca.

The story goes that the original owner who was a Tucker dealer would only sell the car if Gene would show the car so many people could see it at local shows, so far he has keep his word....Tedd

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/98205045@N06/9534198070/

 

What is that, a red & white Buick convertible in the background?

 

That my friend is my Is my Mistress snuggled up to the Tucker at the show in Chico. I gotta get a print of of that.Thanks for posting, were you there 1971 four4two I did not see your car?.....Tedd

 

Am I crazy or do I remember the Tucker's not being worth much of a premium about 25 years ago - have they skyrocketed or have they always demanded a premium. I believe only around 51 were made so I'm guessing they were always worth something.

 

hi tedd

no i missed the chico show

i found the picture using the internet
i did a google search for
tucker chico 2013 car show

voila there was the picture
it is super cool that robert was there with his camera that day

happy motoring
brian