Tucker photographed leaving a Vegas convention

Via: http://www.laubly.com/1948tucker.htm

Classifieds, all sorts of amazing finds; Duesenburgs, '35 and '39 Bugatti type 57-c, Tucker, Lincoln

Amazing what I found in the classifieds

Above, Dean Moons car

A Tucker

E Rickmans car ( he was Hot Rod magazine staff photographer for years )

A boat tailed Auburn that once belonged to Cary Grant

A Barris custom that was a Car Craft feature

Hot Rod magazine cover car

Crower Cams owner's Hudson, which I think is the above photo

Stutz Bearcat Roadster, still legendary 90 years after it was built

Bill Stroppe's winning race car, (if you don't know who he is: http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2008/10/01/hmn_feature16.html )

I didn't waste my time showing you all the ads selling cars that were freatured in Hot Rod, most as cover cars and show winners... there were so many.

Classifieds in old magazines turn up incredible cars, Phil Hill's Ferrari, Tucker #8, and Old Yaller III, 1 of 16 XK-SS, Shelby GT 350, Fangio C type

You do realize what a treasure you'd have, if you'd bought Mickey's Bonneville record setting car ... or if your parents had and you inherited it!

1953 Gran Prix winner, driven by Fangio you aren't going to top that easily

Briggs Cunningham 1962 Le Mans

1959 Pebble Beach 1st in Class Chrysler Ghia

The above and below were both sold by the same guy

See also: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/breedlove-bonneville-javelin-record.html and a 427 AC Cobra http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/from-1969-hot-rod-magazine-classifieds.html

Here is the gallery of Lucas, who has before and after photos of the Tucker in the lost museum

From the framed prints on the wall being removed we can see that time passed. If I am correct, the top photo was 2004, the bottom was 2008. I could be wrong.

http://picasaweb.google.com.br/lcorreard

Remember: "we lost one, but let it be remembered by saving others" (Adam Rosenbaum, Portland Maine) http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/11/we-lost-one-but-let-it-be-remembered.html

Once upon a car museum... in Brazil, the owner died. The heirs fought over the inheritance, it's unknown what became of the lost museums' treasures

Current state above of the museum

V12 engine and trans

In the good days when the museum was open

1932 BP-3 Alfa Romeo, Gran Prix

1929 Willys Whippet

1929 Cadillac pickup

1925 Packard 8 Phaeton

1931 Packard 845 Super 8 Cabriolet

http://www.carrosantigos2004.blogger.com.br/2004_10_01_archive.html

The following is from the email I received from "CarrosAntiago" Nik!

Roberto Lee was the father and the mother of the idea that old cars must be preserved in Brazil.

He build in Caçapava, São Paulo, a museum that for many years received visitors from all the country. People who knew him at the time say he was always there receiving friends and anyone who wanted to visit some of the classic cars he collected for years.

Roberto traveled all around Brazil saving rare cars from being destroyed in a time that we still had a lot of them to be saved. The proof is that in his collection you can see a Tucker.
The problem is that Roberto has been assassinated by his wife in the mid 70s and since them the collection was destroyed by many people who even stole parts, cars, and bikes. It seems the daughter’s didn’t have the same opinion about it and then they are fighting for his fortune since then.

Meanwhile, the treasury is being lost.

The post is because we here in Brazil recently received new photos from the area and what was left from there and what we see is a shame. A shame to our memory, to the history of the automobile and to the legacy of Roberto Lee, he was a gentle and good man.

There was a prototype car made in Brazil in the early 60s, named Carcará (name of a small eagle from here), which is lost since the 70s, that seemed to be at Roberto’s museum. The car has a wonderful story, and is very important to OUR automotive records (traveled at 210km/h with a 3 cylinders engine, Latin America record for the category until today) but seems that was stolen after Roberto’s death.

The new pictures are here. http://picasaweb.google.com.br/lcorreard/MuseuDoAutomVelDeCaApava2008#
And the old ones from when the cars were still around and in good shape here. http://picasaweb.google.com.br/lcorreard/MuseuDoAutomVelDeCaApavaANTIGAMENTE#

I will try to go to Caçapava after Christmas. If I do get close of the cars to photograph them. I will let you know.
Best regards from the friend that also LOVE your web site, Nik.

PS: Are you crazy? The blog takes me a lot of time and you still want me to write it in english????

YES!