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21/06/2021 6:58 am
I saw the 24 Forum had the Tucker posted last week.
48 Tucker (Signature Series)
The Tucker 48, commonly referred to as the Tucker Torpedo, was an automobile conceived by Preston Tucker while in Ypsilanti, Michigan and briefly produced in Chicago, Illinois in 1948. Only 51 cars were made including their prototype before the company was forced to declare bankruptcy and cease all operations on March 3, 1949, due to negative publicity initiated by the news media, a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, and a heavily publicized stock fraud trial (in which the allegations were proven baseless and led to a full acquittal). Tucker suspected that the Big Three automakers and Michigan Senator Homer S. Ferguson also had a role in the Tucker Corporation's demise.
Preston Tucker and His Dream Car
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Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
21/06/2021 8:16 am
Excellent!
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
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21/06/2021 8:30 am
Good post, Frank! It is an interesting car, and it could have raised more interest if it had made it into production. The movie version of the Tucker tale is visually well done (We had Dalmatians, too), but I just can't buy the "get Tucker" as a prime GM goal. After all, at the same time Crosley and Kaiser were coming into their attempts.
Anyhow, here are my two Tuckers:
(I like both!) David H 
21/06/2021 9:19 am
The TUCKER will forever be a car that fascinates me. It's amazing how future thinking Preston Tucker was, and he got taken down for it.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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