First, the story.
I fell in love with cars when I was 2 years old, I was able to name cars at that age as my mom and I were walking down the street. By the age of 6, I was asking my father to buy me car magazines and being a kid in Israel, I wasn't able to read anything but I loved flipping through the pages. When I was 7 years old, while looking at the classic cars section I came across a car that I instantly fell in love with but not being able to read the text, I didn't know what it was.
Fast forward to 1988, I was living in Brooklyn NY and while channel surfing, I saw that beautiful machine in a movie and come to find out it was a Tucker 48 (AKA Tucker Torpedo). Knowing the story behind the car just made it that much more desirable and I HAD to see one, but with only 51 ever made, the chances were slim.
Fast forward once again to 2014, 33 years since I first come across the Tucker, my wife and I stumble upon the Tallahassee Car Museum while trying to get out of the bad storms. We enter the museum and I see it, in all of its green glory. One of the the greatest automotive stories, a car WAY ahead of its times with features that were never before seen but are still being used.
As phone geeks, we can all appreciate forward thinking and innovation. This car is an example of forward thinking and innovation at its finest.
The top speed for the Tucker was an incredible 120 MPH which was amazing for its time. To show off its speed, Preston Tucker taunted the police and led them on a chase while out running them easily during the chase. This car was a pure speed marvel.
Taken with an HTC One M8 running Android 4.4.3