Many of the features planned for the Tucker, a car that was considered outlandish in its day, have become standard equipment on modern cars. Disc brakes and fuel injection are commonplace.

The photos here are of the Tin Goose, taken behind a barn in Pennsylvania. Near it rested the front half of another Tucker—#1018—one of the few 48s, which no longer exists intact.

The car is fitted with a 455 Buick V8 gasoline engine mated to an automatic transmission, said to work like a charm most of the times. However, the owner says a tune-up would be useful along with ...

Few classic cars are as controversial as the Tucker, which promised to revolutionize the industry back in the day. The company went belly up before it could begin volume production, meaning few ...