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Yat Ming Scale 1:18 - 1948 Tucker Torpedo

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paint job is fantastic, interior and engine are perfect, trunk even has luggage. suiside doors are my favorite part, true collectors item!

Ordered a few Yat Mings as well as the Shelby collect. This Tucker is right up there with the Shelby Collect brand.
Amazing detail, right down to the logo on the rear hood.
Super Paint Job! Clear Coat appearance
Didn't remember that the Tucker was rear engine.
This car was so far ahead of anything made in the late 40's.
No brainer on this one if you like the era.

This is not a toy but a 1:18 scale die cast model of the 1948 Tucker Torpedo, one of the most advanced cars ever built. The model is not the highest end version of a die cast model but it is a good model for its price. Presents well, details are good. Paint job is fair to good. Missing the shifter stalk on the steering column, an important detail that should have been included.It captures the look of the Tucker well although the gas cap is in the wrong place for the majority of the production run of Tuckers. I'd recommend this to anyone who is not a fanatic about the Tucker's details but just wants to see the car in a collection to be inspired by the visionary design that was killed by lawsuits and corrupt political agendas.

The '48 Tucker Torpedo is an important part of American automotive history, and it is fitting that the industry came up with a nicely crafted 1:18 tribute to it. Tucker took on the Detroit Big 3 following the close of World War II, basing his business on the proposition that the American driver would vote his/her purchase dollars for innovation and safety, rather than more of the same prewar stock. The Torpedo featured such important safety precautions as structural rigidity, pop-out safety windows and seat belts. Rear-engine rear-drive put the motor weight over the traction tires for superior control.

Only 50 Torpedoes were built. Some of the facts are open to speculation, but there are those who suggest that the Big 3 stood in the way of Tucker acquiring steel, and big financiers stood in the way of production of the car Tucker envisioned. (Catch the movie "Tucker, the Man and His Dream" if you can.) You'll be impressed by the way this individual tried to launch a new automotive age.

Yat Ming has done a fine job with the die cast model, consistent with their other price midrange products.Tucker - The Man and His Dream

I ordered this model Tucker as I remember sitting in one as a child. Preston Tucker traveled the country trying to book advance orders. He had three to display, but only one had an engine and could be driven. Detroit automakers were fearful of the vehicle as it was years ahead of anything they had, so they exerted their influence over Congress and Tucker was forced into bankruptcy.

Magnificent detail. Far superior to the hot wheels 1:18 ferrari we also ordered from a different supplier. Really incredible.