(NYT32) UNDATED -- Oct. 27, 2006 -- ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 29, 2006 -- AUTO-TUCKER-ADV29-2 -- Jeff Bridges (and Tuckers) in the 1988 movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream. Sixty years later, the ...

Much of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1988 film “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” is set in Chicago — including a number of scenes set in the meticulously re-created Tucker Auto Plant, as well as ...

The Tucker had performance as well, accelerating from zero to 60 in about 10 seconds and a top speed of 120 mph.” The premier automotive expert at that time was a writer named Tom McCahill for ...

The Tucker automobile was perhaps the most independent of all car makes. The first Tucker car was produced in 1948 by the Tucker Corp. Preston Tucker conceived the car, which was named for himself ...

The Only Tucker 48 Convertible Prototype On Earth Is A $2.5 Million Piece Of Automotive History. Tucker Corporation wanted to build 60,000 vehicles of the innovative 48 annually but eventually ...

GODFREY — Chuck Tucker grew up in his parents’ service stations, with the sights, sounds and activity sparking a decades-long automotive career that culminates Monday when he opens his own ...