I found this old Kodachrome slide in a box of cameras and parts at a flea market. The photo is of the rear end and engine compartment of a 1948 Tucker. It's a green one, and seeing as how there were only 8 green cars out of the original 51 made, it's pretty rare. Illinois dealer plates from 1951. Not a great photo, it was badly underexposed. I did what I could to help it.
http://www.primelensphoto.com/images/tucker.jpg I thought that this was a pretty early photo. But, in looking closely at the scan, I noticed a couple of things that make me think it was taken in the late 1950's. One is the fact that the car has been driven quite a bit. There's noticeable rust in places like the hood hinges. There is also some damage to the fire retardant on the inside of the hood. Also, there's a sticker in the back window which looks like a "hot rod" rendering which might have been a decal for the show where the car was being shown (probably wasn't typical until the later 1950's). Anyway, just thought I'd share this for you motorheads. I'm going to send the .jpg to the webmaster at the Tucker Auto Club: http://www.tuckerclub.org/index.php Cheers, and remember, it's Groundhog Day tomorrow! -Brendan ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
