Homebuilt Tucker Torpedo homage could make your driveway ... something

Hundreds of automakers failed in the 20th century, but none still command attention today quite like Preston Tucker. The underdog who had the ideas to beat Detroit but not the muscle, Tucker's 48 Torpedos today command nearly $1 million per copy, and many have wondered over the years what might have been had Tucker been able to stay afloat.

Here then is one answer — a home-built production of what the stillborn Tucker Torpeo coupe might have looked like if Preston Tucker had only a 1971 Buick Riviera to use as a starting point.