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Since birth, I've been trained to root for the underdog. Blame my socialist/communist liberal Jewish Montreal roots if you must, but there is something just so much better about the little guy beating the big guy. George Washington defeating the full might of the British Empire. Joe Namath beating Johnny Unitas. Rocky . Rudy , etc. In terms of the Fantasy Garage, we've already inducted the car that I consider to be the greatest underdog of them all, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe , which by the way kicked Ferrari's ass. And of course who can forget the Honda 1300 Coupe 9 ? This week's nominee, the Tucker 48, would have been an even better underdog tale. Sadly however, Detroit and Washington tag teamed Preston Tucker's "Car of the Tomorrow" into submission before it ever had the chance to fight. Sigh... galleryPost('tucker48', 9, 'Tucker 48'); If you want to know more about the controversy, watch the movie, Tucker: A Man and His Dream . The long...
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