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gibraltar72

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4. My cousin knew Preston Tucker.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 01:09 PM

Dec 2020

He went to school with his son in Ypsilanti Mi. They played in the barn that Tuckers were stored in. The son would tell him at school when they were going to test drive one and they would try to be there to go for a ride. To him those were magical days.

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On this day, December 26, 1956, Preston Tucker died. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 OP

Ypsilanti Automotive Industry History safeinOhio Dec 2020 #1

I've seen one of his cars Clash City Rocker Dec 2020 #2

Didn't Jeff Bridges star in a movie about Tucker several years ago? I seem to remember watching a catbyte Dec 2020 #3

My cousin knew Preston Tucker. gibraltar72 Dec 2020 #4