Automobilia under the hammer
Photo: Pierre Verdy/AFP
A Pontiac Torpedo 1948 forming part of the show Collectors’ Motor Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia by Bonhams auction house at the Grand Palais, in Paris.
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Jesmond Micallef
Feb 10th 2011, 11:48
The post war American Automotive Industry has certainly a very interesting story to tell. People needed to celebrate the success as the hardship of the war effort had taken its toll. The US post war automotive era has certainly produced some worthy and rear collectables such as Tucker. Mr. Preston Tucker masterminded his road going creation. A beautifull car powered by a horizontally opposed 6 cylinder engine with aircraft ancestory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Tucker_Sedan