TUCKER TIME: We started yesterday to tell readers the story of
Lance L. Lewis of Emporium who became the proud owner of parts of
the Bradford Tucker, No. 1018.
Later, he wrote a story on the acquisition which appeared in
“Old Cars Newspaper.” By happenstance, an article in the same
newspaper told of the restoration of Tucker No. 1001, commissioned
by David Cammarack of Alexandria, Va.
We pick up Lance’s story:
“Mr. Cammack read my article, saw that I intended to have the
Tucker parts at the National AACA Show in Hershey that year and he
looked me up there and purchased everything I had. He had three
restored Tuckers that were in the 1988 movie, and he has seven
Tucker motors on wheeled stands, one of which is out of the
Bradford Tucker, and one of which is an unconverted air-cooled
helicopter original.
“I am most grateful to have had a part in the whole affair. I
met great people, made a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition and became
acquainted with a classic automobile that has the greatest survival
rate of any ever manufactured (47 out of 51).
“Preston Tucker created a phenomenon, as so accurately depicted
in the book ‘The Tin Goose.’ The man and his creation are truly
fascinating, to the point that the whole Tucker Company saga is
being showcased in universities as an example of what can happen
when government intervention goes awry.
“David Cammack has donated his entire collection to the new
Antique Automobile Club of America Museum on Route 39 near Hershey,
but for now it is still on display at his ‘warehouse’ in
Alexandria, Va. He admits individuals to view it, or will take
groups, as long as they are limited to 12 people.
“I would be more than happy to accompany anyone who wanted to
tour his facility.”
COLD ONE: Pat Franco of Rew says, “I’ve had my hummingbird
feeder up for two weeks and haven’t seen any or had any water go
down in my feeder. But the swallows are back. I had a dozen of them
follow the tractor around while I was moving last week at State
Line Supply. The bugs must be out also as they were picking them
up. The weather channel said cool like last summer for this
year.”
