BANGOR — John Barron of Bangor attended the grand opening of the Cammack Tucker Gallery in October at Hershey, Pennsylvania. The story of the Tucker automobile and Preston Tucker’s vision to create it are told through the David Cammack collection on display at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum.
Cammack, who was a supporter of the museum, wanted his extensive collection of Tucker automobiles, parts and other memorabilia to be open to the public and chose the museum to be its caretaker. He died in 2013. It has taken the museum most of a year to prepare the exhibit for opening to the public, according to a museum press release.
The collection includes three 1948 Tucker vehicles, the factory Tucker test chassis, thousands of engineering drawings and blueprints, original Tucker parts, several engines and other artifacts and displays.
Barron, who shares an interest in the Tucker automobile, delivered a base of a Tucker radio that was in a Tucker box, which he donated to the museum during the grand opening, said Stan Sipko, museum curator.
A total of 51 Tuckers were built by hand in Chicago, 47 of which are known to still exist, according to information at the museum’s website, aacamuseum.org.