I was at the Volo Auto Museum this morning (second time this week) and as I walk into the diecast store, I hear a couple guys talking about Tuckers. The store owner says, “Did you hear about that missing Tucker they found?” Assuming he was referring to 1010 and the claims Gooding has made lately about it being missing, I assert that its whereabouts were always known.
The other guy (customer) says, “No, I was watching the (ABC 7 Chicago) news three days ago and they said there was a fire in a couple barns near Champaign, IL. They could only extinguish the fire in the one barn that had a propane tank near it. And when they were done they found a Tucker and used a bulldozer to push it out.”
I said that’s impossible, they’re all accounted for (or at least in principle). Then this third guy comes out of the woodwork and educates us all that they are not all accounted for; there are 47 known to exist. I ask him where he got his information, expecting him to say the TACA website, in which case I would tell him that I control the site. But he hits me with an even stupider comment, “I saw it in the movie. Tucker had to make 50 cars to take to the courthouse.”
At that point I decided to exit the discussion, but noted that there was no way it was a Tucker and it was very likely another Studebaker misidentification. I then promptly get on my phone to search for the news story.
As I’m walking away, I hear one of the guys say (referring to me), “Everyone’s an expert.”
So true. So true.
Oy. I really need to start wearing my glasses like I am supposed to...