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Four-Links – Tucker Carioca, VW Iltis, French road trip, world’s ugliest trucks

Written by webmin

* While researching the post from earlier this week on the unearthed Tucker in Brazil, I came across this interesting bit of info: Apparently, Rob Ida – he of the Tucker replica and street-rodding fame – is working on a full-scale version of the Carioca, the project Preston Tucker was working on when he died. […]

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Tagged audi, BMW, BMW 1602, Carioca, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, four-wheel drive, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, military vehicles, one-offs and homebuilts, Preston Tucker, road trips and cruising, Rob Ida, trucks and Jeeps, Tucker, Tucker Carioca, ugly trucks, UNIC, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Iltis, Volkswagen Type 183, Willys, Willys MB  
 

Long-neglected Tucker exhumed, headed for restoration

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A nearly forgotten Tucker will get a new lease on life, thanks to a land development deal in Brazil. Moldering away for decades in a barn in Caçapava, São Paulo, Tucker #1035 was never really lost, rather stuck in limbo. Imported to Brazil when new, it wound up in the collection of Roberto Eduardo Lee […]

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Tagged barn finds, Brazil, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Daily, museums and collections, Tucker, Tucker 48, Tucker Torpedo  
 

Gilmore Car Museum Expanding Again

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Located in Hickory Corners, Michigan, the 90-acre grounds of the Gilmore Car Museum has seen an explosion of activity within the last two years. It’s a long list, beginning with the recently completed Franklin Automobile Collection and the addition of a new Restoration and Education Center. Also on this list – with groundbreakings scheduled to […]

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Tagged Cadillac, CCCA, Ford Model A, Franklin, Gilmore Car Museum, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Daily, La Salle, Lincoln, Midwest Miniatures Museum, museums and collections, Pierce-Arrow, Tucker  
 

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