1948 Tucker 48 Under the Hammer at Bonhams
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A 1948 Tucker 48 will be offered for sale at Bonhams’ upcoming auction, “The Tupelo Automobile Museum Auction,” which will be held on April 27, 2019, at the Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi. The pre-auction estimate of this car is $1,250,
1948 Tucker 48 Under the Hammer at Bonhams
A 1948 Tucker 48 will be offered for sale at Bonhams’ upcoming auction, “The Tupelo Automobile Museum Auction,” which will be held on April 27, 2019, at the Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi. The pre-auction estimate of this car is $1,250,000 - $2,000,000 and it will be featured in lot number 491 at the auction. “The prototype (of this car) was built at the Tucker family’s Ypsilanti Machine and Tool Company in Michigan, but Tucker needed much more space to put his dream car into production. He found it in the form of a decommissioned Dodge B-29 engine factory in Chicago, an enormous building that contained more than enough machinery for an automotive assembly line. In typical fashion, he obtained the factory with no money down, persuading the War Assets Administration that he would be a better tenant than the two non-automotive manufacturers that were also after it,” states the auction house. Some of the major details of this car are that it is designed by Alex S. Tremulis; it has 335ci SOHC 6-Cylinder Engine and a single Stromberg downdraft carburetor. Other details include 166bhp at 3,200 RPM; 4-Speed Manual Transmission with Bendix Vacuum-Electric Preselector; Front and Rear Independent Torsilastic Suspension and 4-Wheel Drum Brakes. It is one of the seven Tuckers to undergo endurance testing at Indianapolis and has been mechanically prepared by Tucker expert Richard E. Jones. It is carefully maintained since complete restoration in the 1980s and is featured in the company's film “Tucker the Man and the Car.” Bonhams added some more details of this car and mentioned in its release, “Tucker #1028 was one of 51 cars assembled, 47 of which survive. Factory records show that it was completed on September 19, 1948, with engine number 335-35, which it has to this day. It was the third car built after the relocation of the gasoline tank from the rear of the car to the front, a change necessitated by the installation of an automatic transmission, the Tuckermatic, in car #1026. It was one of seven cars brought by Tucker to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for endurance testing. Between September 19 and October 6, 1948, #1028 accumulated 2,931 miles at the hallowed Brickyard.” It has gone under the ownership of more than one owners including Robert J. “Bob” Turner of Minneapolis, Thomas Goff of Utica, Michigan, Dr. Charles Lehnen and Frank Spain. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more
