Tucker Torpedo

Metalflake Green•2011

✦Uncommon · 52

12Variations

2009–2012Years

5Series

T9721Toy #

Colour: Metalflake Green
Material: n.a
Base: n.a
Wheels: White Line Black 5SP
Interior: Tan
Window: Clear
Series: Treasure Hunts 1/15
Made in: Malaysia
Tampo / graphics: Black, Gold & White tampos on sides & across top

Treasure Hunt

Notes

New in Mainline / Base code(s): D21, D22, D23

About the Tucker Torpedo

Preston Tucker was a maverick. Immediately following WWII he published the preliminary design for his "car of the Future". By 1947 the Tucker 48 (initally called the Torpedo) was in production, boasting many innovative safety features including seat belts, plus a hugely powerful rear-mounted flat-6 water-cooled engine, a slippery aerodynamic body, rubber suspension and a "Cyclops' Eye" third headlight coupled to the steering linkage. So why were only 51 examples produced before the company folde

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