In 1946 Preston Tucker announced the first concept for Tucker Automobile, a wild looking thing called the Tucker Torpedo. The Torpedo featured pontoon-like fenders mounted to the front wheel hubs that allowed the headlamps to swivel and a wild steering wheel mounted gauge cluster, but those nutty features never went into production. Naturally, someone built an homage to Preston Tucker's dream car out of a 70s era Boat-Tail Riviera. Find this
'46-'71 Tucker Torpedo Riviera
currently bidding for $11,100 reserve-not-met with 4 days to go in Brockton, MA via ebay.
I love it when I find a Craigslist advert for a car and the seller identifies the car with a name that nobody else on the internet is familiar with. Who am I to say that this isn't a '47 Pontiac SilverStream...but the internet is pretty sure that Pontiac sold two models in 1947 -- the short wheelbase Torpedo and the larger Streamliner...so what is this? Find this 1947 Pontiac Streamliner or Torpedo offered for $8,500 via Dallas area craigslist. This
post is part of DT's 2016 Birthday Celebration of 100 cars;
enjoy the ride!
