I Am kind of geeked I know its not mopar but i couldnt pass up the deal I was looking around the internet and of course ended up on craigslist and just bought a Original 1948 TUCKER Radio for $50 its a piece of Detroit History. Someone didnt know what they had.

 

Awesome, any pics?

 

wow that's awesome! is there anything interesting about it (besides that its from a tucker haha)?

 

Yeah its only worth about $600 ive seen others go for about $1500 and its one that came out of one of the 51 cars ever built. they only know where 48 of the 51 cars are and #18 is not really a true Tucker it was in a accident in 1953 it was destroyed they restored the car out of original body parts but nothing on the car matches numbers. #51 is not a true tucker they made that out of extra parts after the factory was shut down so there is no documents for it. #27 was rolled by The Tucker corporation durring a test run and is still currently unrestored and in pieces.

 

I still need to catch the Tucker movie.

 

That alone is enough to get my interest. What a find! I have a Tucker sales brochure that I found in an antique mall years ago. Fascinating history behind that car.

 

Come on guys, I know about tucker. I meant technologically, is there anything neat about it?

 

lol i uploaded a picturre of one ill still get picks of mine when i get it there is a little more to it then just the radio you have the speaker box to that sits it aside from the rest

 

That's so cool! Its a shame they didn't last its amazing how far ahead of their time they were.

You gonna wire it up?

 

What are your plans for it?

 

it looks in good shape

 

I do want to Wire it up and install it in a wall or somthing in my car room Im thinking about getting one of those thermostat covers with a lock on it to keep peoples hands off it.

 

Not going to lie, I'm jealous.

I'd just keep that thing or throw it into a mopar..


Where did you find it???

 

out of Arizona a guy had it on craigslist he said that he had gotton it from a friend that got it out of a junk yard luckly the car he got it out of was not a Tucker or a Mopar.

 

that is insanely lucky. i think it would be awesome if you wired it up to boom box speakers and used it as your shop radio!

 

Great score. Does it have tubes? It must right. I don't believe that Tuckers were made in Detroit either. Now all you need is a good deal on the rest of the car.

 

The First Car was put together in Michigan in Tuckers Garage the rest were put together in chicago