Tucker auctioned for the 2nd time since 1950

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It’s not very often that a Tucker Torpedo makes it to the market, so let’s have a closer look now that it happens. 51 of them were built; 47 survive, with the car in question being number 44. When new in 1948, it was painted green with a green wool interior and not sold until the infamous auction of the Tucker Corporation assets in 1950. Buyer was a mister Rifkin of Schaumberg, Illinois, who also brought home the ‘Tin Goose’ prototype that fateful day. Rifkin repainted it in red, brought it to a show in Washington in 1950 and sold it to mechanic L. Rocco. Rocco advertised it for sale again in October 1952, but it didn’t sell, and so he kept it until his death in the early 1960s. The car changed hands two more times before ending up with Tucker-fan Lester Schaefer in Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania. He changed engine and transmission and repainted the car once more, now in brown, and sold it to Millard Groh in Ohio, who never drove more than 15 miles in it. Until now, that is! Next weekend it will be lot number 160 at RM Sotheby’s sale in Arizona.

(Words editor, pictures courtesy RM Sotheby's)   

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