Let's switch to some Red
No, Tucker never made a fire engine, though this '48 Tucker is certainly red enough, clothed in Tango Red paint, not an original color. This is one of 2 Tuckers completed decades after the original 50, plus the 1 prototype, left the factory in '48-9 before bankruptcy shut down the amazing enterprise. Rear engined, rear drive with expected automatic transmission, and numerous interesting innovations, and like the '36-7 Cord, there were too many unfinished design conundrums, and major engineering problems, especially with engine/transmission issues that remained unsolved before Tucker actually began selling the cars. The idea made Francis Ford Coppola a lot of money from the movie Tucker, and the center 'cyclops eye' third head light that turned with the steering wheel, remains the most visible mark of the marque.
This RED RED car was completed on Chassis 1052, 65 years after the doors closed on the original factory, and was constructed from NOS Tucker parts on the original chassis used by the factory to test transmissions.
I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia summary on the Tucker car! Very fascinating reading.
Let's switch to some Red
No, Tucker never made a fire engine, though this '48 Tucker is certainly red enough, clothed in Tango Red paint, not an original color. This is one of 2 Tuckers completed decades after the original 50, plus the 1 prototype, left the factory in '48-9 before bankruptcy shut down the amazing enterprise. Rear engined, rear drive with expected automatic transmission, and numerous interesting innovations, and like the '36-7 Cord, there were too many unfinished design conundrums, and major engineering problems, especially with engine/transmission issues that remained unsolved before Tucker actually began selling the cars. The idea made Francis Ford Coppola a lot of money from the movie Tucker, and the center 'cyclops eye' third head light that turned with the steering wheel, remains the most visible mark of the marque.
This RED RED car was completed on Chassis 1052, 65 years after the doors closed on the original factory, and was constructed from NOS Tucker parts on the original chassis used by the factory to test transmissions.
I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia summary on the Tucker car! Very fascinating reading.