almost realized his ambition of producing a "completely new" passenger automobile after the war. He and his business associates leased a former Dodge aircraft plant in Chicago for this purpose.

Automotive history is filled with quirky, forgotten creations, as well as controversial figures. The story of the Tucker 48, also known as the Tucker Torpedo, has both. This oddball car ...

A note from the Tucker Automotive Club of America, however, states that it knows of no such car ever having been made by the Tucker Corporation. The statement says, in part: Allow us to clarify ...