#Tucker 48

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Tucker 48

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1948 Tucker 48

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Boxing Day Boxers: Part 9 – Tucker 48, 1948. AKA the Tucker Torpedo, was powered by a rear-mounted flat-6 boxer motor that was derived from an aircraft engine. The Franklin O-335 was made by Air Cooled Motors and was converted to water cooling by Tucker's engineers. The 334ci (5.4 litre) flat-6 was good for 166hp. Only 51 cars were made including prototypes before the company was forced to declare bankruptcy and cease all operations on March 3, 1949.

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1948 Tucker 48 Sedans - Chassis # 1047

The models were issued by Brooklin Models in 2018. They are 1:43 scale and are crafted in white metal. They represent Chassis N# 1047, which is in the Gilmore Car Museum Collection. The car in the museum is displayed with black wall tires, so I changed one to reflect that. The models are finished in Waltz Blue/200. BRK 222c

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Tucker 48 Sedan

A car ahead of its time.

(National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. January 2023)

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Bill McCoskey's - Reflections on Tucker Motor Company Failure

This is a follow up on yesterdays, “Why Did the Tucker Motor Company Fail?” post. As those of you who visit here frequently will be aware, Bill McCoskey often shares some fascinating insights from his long experience in the car restoration world. Bill’s comments on the Tucker article are so interesting I’m posting them here as an article in its own right. Thanks as always Bill please keep…

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Triclops. 1948 Tucker

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1948 Tucker 48

1948 Tucker 48

On early versions of the 1948 Tucker 48, the fuel filler was tucked inside the metal grille in the left rear fender (arrow). Later in the 51-car prototype-production run, the fuel tank was moved from the rear to the front to make room for the proposed Tuckermatic automatic transmission with its dual torque converters, and a conventional fuel door was incorporated in the left front fender.

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Eli: It's past the goalie!

SMii7y: Yeah, it's also past everybody.

Eli: Oh fuck.

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Tucker 48 Torpedo – 1948

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The Manson's have a habit of dragging Sam to fancy balls where she has to 'be on her best behaviour'

One of these fancy balls was the Wayne Gala.

And it was there she met a young Jason Todd.

The two were immediately besties, ride or die, thicker then thieves.

The whole party shivered in fear as the two formed a friendship, the shivering was mainly because they were standing in front of the burning remains of the most expensive car Bruce owned that they took for a joy ride.

When Sam went home they kept in contact via texts, Emails, phone calls, video calls, letters when one of them was grounded, and the occasion crime spree whenever Sam was in gothem.

They each learnt something from each other even if they didn't want to.

Sam now knew, how to pickpocket, hot wire a car, win a fist fight, and a bunch of facts that were going to carry her through all her English classes.

Jason now knew, how to built a toaster from scratch (Sam learnt that one from Danny), how to know what plants are safe to eat when he's stranded on literally any part of the planet, how to summon a ghost (all amity kids know how), and now knows thousands of recipes that are vegan.

Everything was going alright for them

Then Danny died.

And before Sam could process the fact that she saw one of her best friends die only to come back halfway, the ghosts came.

Then Box Ghost, then Vlad, then Dani, then Frightknight, then Pariah Dark.

Sam didn't get a lot of time to contact her gothem bestie but she managed to find time to talk in the lulls between fights.

Jason was getting busier too, he never told her what he was busy with but she didn't either.

Phonecalls and videos calls gave way to texts that would go unanswered for 48 hours.

But there was always an answer.

And that was the new normal.

Then Jason died.

And Sam's heart broke into a million pieces.

There was a part of her that held to the belief that he'd come back like Danny did, but Sam was realistic and Jason was not Danny.

On the day of the funeral she found out that Joker had gotten free again.

Joker.

The man who killed her friend.

Sam could not avenge Danny, but she could avenge Jason.

And so Sam made a plan to kill the Joker that would span years.

Danny and Tucker decided to help.

Because sitting in on numerous text conversations and calls they became friends, while they were not best friends with Jason like Sam was, he was still their friend.

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Tucker 48, 1948. Albert Richard Sportswear ad from Pic Magazine, May 1948.

source: Alden Jewell on Flickr

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Jamie Goguen captured this photos last year. The massive grizzly was tearing up her generator storage building near Augusta, MT. And when it was tuckered out, it took a nap right there.

One biologist who saw the pictures estimates this male is in the 800 pound range, which is enormous for the Lower 48.

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Things that have happened in the last 48 hours

Tucker Carlson fired from Fox News unceremoniously and without warning, apparently directly at the command of Rupert Murdoch. Reason isn't clear but Dominion claims with wasn't because of their recent settlement with Fox News for over $700 million. Considering all that Fox News hosts get away with saying regularly, something pretty wild has to have happened for them to suddenly fire their number one money maker and the host of the highest viewed tv program in the country, on any channel.

Don Lemon fired from CNN possibly without warning, though CNN claims they tried to meet with him. Possibly due to sexist and/or racist comments, but the reason isn't currently clear and CNN is just not wanting to talk about it

Nate Silver was laid off by Disney and ABC and is no longer part of FiveThirtyEight, which he founded.

Steven Crowder announced that he has been divorced since 2021 when his wife filed a no-fault divorce, openly bemoaned the fact that the laws of Texas allowed her to divorce him without his permission, and then publicly accused Candace Owens of trying to use his divorce to extort him for money.

Candace Owens started commenting back at him, denying the accusations of extortion and has now officially begun another far right media civil war as people are taking sides, because she took the bait. She may or may not have sent him a cease and desist and be planning to take legal action.

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Kiwi Rebel. '48 Tucker n in-line 6.