Collector David Cammack owned three of the forty-three remaining Tucker cars still in existence, and the largest collection of spare engines, parts, drawings and memorabilia. Cammack left it all to the AACA Museum when he passed away in 2013. He wanted the collection to be accessible to the public, and the Museum is doing just that and is now putting the finishing touches on its new 5,200 square foot gallery devoted to it. It will open on the evening of October 8, 2014, during the AACA Fall Meet at Hershey, Pennsylvania.

To learn more about the collection and the Tucker, view the video (above) produced in the fall of 2009, which is courtesy of the Smithsonian Museum. In his own words, Cammack tells much of the Tucker story and also discusses his collection that started in 1972 when he purchased his first car. You will also see his museum that was located in Old Town, Virginia, where he displayed the collection for a number of years.



The thirty two-foot diameter, five foot high raised centerpiece of the new Cammack Gallery.

The illustration (above) shows the center piece at the new exhibit where visitors can view both the Tucker’s engine and chassis development. Featuring a central floor of architectural glass, visitors will be able to view the differences between a Tucker and a 1947 Cadillac chassis. The center is surrounded with Tucker engines showing the evolution of the unique powerplant. A stage-like platform (below) has also been created to display one of the three Tuckers.

The in the video below, Mark Lizewskie, Executive Director of the AACA Museum tells about the process of moving the collection, which was housed in a building located in an interior section of a city block in Virginia. The transfer of the Cammack collection entailed loading and transporting the three 1948 Tucker’s, the factory test chassis number two, thousands of engineering drawings, original parts, several prototype engines as well as many other artifacts and displays.

The vehicles include Tucker #1001, the first of the production prototypes, Tucker #1022, and Tucker #1026 that was the only one equipped with an automatic transmission. You can learn more about the Grand Opening to be held on Wednesday evening, October 8, 2014, during the AACA Hershey Fall Meet at the AACA Museum.