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Chuck Carman · 10-28-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryan

The fellas over at Hemmings recently uncovered the fascinating photo above. Your eyes aren’t deceiving - that’s an honest-to-goodness Tucker Torpedo all dressed up to go racing. They seem to think the photo was taken in 1950 at Canfield Speedway...

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That's pretty wild. I was always fascinated with those mutants.

Mike51Merc · 10-28-2009, 02:32 PM

The race car in the photo is wearing a license plate and appears to be owned by a used car dealer by the writing on the door and front fender.

I seriously doubt it was a Tucker publicity stunt. It looks to me that some dealer took an unsellable trade-in (because of the manufacturer's demise) and prepped it for racing.

Obviously we don't know the sanctioning entity of the race, for all we know it could just be some local amateur oval track.

The real question is WHICH Tucker this was and whether it is accounted for today.

10-28-2009, 02:32 PM	#82
Mike51Merc Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NE PA Pocono Region Posts: 1,904	Re: Tucker Stock Car The race car in the photo is wearing a license plate and appears to be owned by a used car dealer by the writing on the door and front fender. I seriously doubt it was a Tucker publicity stunt. It looks to me that some dealer took an unsellable trade-in (because of the manufacturer's demise) and prepped it for racing. Obviously we don't know the sanctioning entity of the race, for all we know it could just be some local amateur oval track. The real question is WHICH Tucker this was and whether it is accounted for today.

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