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Preston Tucker
Preston Tucker [1903-56] tried to bring an innovative new car design to the American public in the late 1940s, with an emphasis on safety and performance features. But Preston Tucker's dream was never to reach fruition. Plagued by production problems and, more importantly, investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tucker's car never made it to the consumer market. There is speculation that Preston Tucker was the victim of sabotage, possibly by the large automobile manufacturers who did not want to see Tucker's innovative new car on the market. Although Tucker was found innocent of any wrongdoing and cleared by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the delays and negative publicity forced his company to fold.
Preston Tucker entry at Wikipedia
Tucker Torpedo entry at Wikipedia
"The Indomitable Tin Goose: The True Story of Preston Tucker & His Car"
[Abelard-Schuman 1960] by Charles T. Pearson
Pocket pb [8/88] out of print/used
Motorbooks Intl hardcover [6/74] out of print/used
"Design and Destiny: The Making of The Tucker Automobile" [1990]
by Philip S. Egan, illustrations by Alex Tremulis
On The Mark Publishing pb [2/90] out of print/used
"Tucker: The Man and His Dream"
[Lucasfilm Aug 1988]
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Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Elias Koteas & Christian Slater; nominated for 3 Oscars
Paramount widescreen DVD [10/2000] for $9.98 Paramount color VHS [4/91] out of prodn/used A&M soundtrack CD [10/90] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb 'Teach With Movies ®' page 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com for $14.99 movie tie-in novel by Robert Tine Pocket pb [8/88] out of print/used |
"Automobiles - Tucker" [History Channel undated]
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A&E color DVD+R [5/2006] for $24.95 no info at IMDb; no info at A&E |
Links
RC's Tucker fansite
Tucker Club
essay by Gregory Rehmke
1948 Open Letter from Preston Tucker
'Tucker Corp.' website
Tucker Torpedo page at About.com
Tucker photographs
Smithsonian's Tucker article
Automotive History Online's Tucker fanpage
1:18 scale model car die cast by Yat Ming, burgundy color [wt: 3.2 pounds] for $27.99
1:18 scale model car die cast by Yat Ming, light blue metallic color [wt: 3 pounds] for $28.99
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