Zach8200

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.

76 Doba

Awesome, any pics?

samuelcosmo76

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

Zach8200

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.

76 Doba

I still need to catch the Tucker movie.

D Dodge

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.

samuelcosmo76

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

Zach8200

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

samuelcosmo76

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?

Crazy4Carz.Com

What are your plans for it?

67 GTX

it looks in good shape

Zach8200

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.

blue 68 gts

Not going to lie, I'm jealous.

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


Where did you find it???

Zach8200

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.

samuelcosmo76

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!

bboogieart

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.

Zach8200

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