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[TuckerLoverInTucker]

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OPPORTUNITY: 1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo arriving at the High Museum of Art

ATLANTA, Thursday, March 11, 2010 – Today at 10:30 a.m., in advance of the opening of the High Museum of Art's first-ever automobiles exhibition, a1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo, will be driven onto Arts Center Way by its owners Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cofer of Tucker, Georgia before it is installed into "The Allure of the Automobile" exhibition at the High.

BROADCAST VISUALS:
• Today at 10:30 a.m. of a1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo, onto Arts Center Way at the High Museum of Art before it is installed into "The Allure of the Automobile" exhibition.
• The 1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo is part of the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cofer of Tucker, Georgia. The Cofers have an extensive collection of classic automobiles.
• The curator of the Cofer collection, Cecil McCall, will be present for interviews as will Ron Labaco, the High's curator of "The Allure of the Automobile".

WHAT: A Tucker Model 48 Torpedo will be one of the 18 automobiles that are part of "The Allure of the Automobile" exhibition. The exhibition features some of the world's rarest and most brilliantly conceived cars from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, including masterpieces by Bugatti, Duesenberg, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Ferrari. These cars combine state-of-the-art engineering, meticulous craftsmanship and groundbreaking design to create works of "rolling sculpture." The 18 automobiles on view at the High will include one-of-a-kind, custom-built designs that incorporate remarkable advances in automotive styling and engineering.

WHERE: High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30309, Arts Center Way

WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 10:30 a.m.

INFORMATION AND TICKETS: For more information about the exhibition visit www.high.org or call 404.733.4444 (HIGH)




Not quite sure about them saying Gene Cofer will be driving the car as he passed several years ago.

[TuckerLoverInTucker]

Does explain why I saw it sitting outside the warehouse yesterday. Maybe this is why they had the bodywork repaired on it a few months back.

[cicero]

That is the first Tucker I ever saw. It was at the lumber yard awaiting the truck to take it to California for the filming of the Tucker movie. I have been hooked ever since.

[Tucker Fan 48]

Today at 10:30 a.m., in advance of the opening of the High Museum of Art's first-ever automobiles exhibition, a 1948 Tucker Model 48 Torpedo, will be driven onto Arts Center Way by its owners Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cofer of Tucker, Georgia

If Gene Cofer actually drives that car in please ask him three things for me.

#1 Where is #1042

#2 Where did the "convertible" come from?

#3 Are there any Tuckers in Heaven (besides #1023) or does everyone get one there?

[TuckerCar]

Hence the 2010 TACA Convention in Atlanta...

[cicero]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36477263/ns/business-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

[Clem]

In the posting of March 12, it states approximately five times that a Tucker Torpedo will be on display at the art museum. I am anxious for the convention to arrive so that I can personally observe a Torpedo. The only Tuckers that I am familiar with is the "Tucker 48".

Clem

[plancor 792]

Clem, good talking with you this morning. As we well know, there never was a "Tucker Torpedo". We have tried for many years to get people to not refer to the "Tucker 48" as the "Tucker Torpedo" but they insist. By the way, Preston Tucker also didn't like the proto-type being called the "Tin Goose" and Howard Hughes didn't like his sea plane being called the "Spruce Goose".
Richard