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Preston Tucker and his battle to build the car of tomorrow /

"The first comprehensive, authoritative account of the amazing rise and tragic fall of Preston Tucker, the visionary entrepreneur who, in the wake of World War II, took on the Big Three automakers to create a revolutionary new vehicle: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be...

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Main Authors: Lehto, Steve (Author)
Group Author: Leno, Jay (writer of foreword.)
Published: Chicago Review Press,
Publisher Address: Chicago, Illinois :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Tucker, Preston, > 1903-1956.
Tucker automobile > History.
Experimental automobiles > United States > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry and trade > United States > History > 20th century.
Summary: "The first comprehensive, authoritative account of the amazing rise and tragic fall of Preston Tucker, the visionary entrepreneur who, in the wake of World War II, took on the Big Three automakers to create a revolutionary new vehicle: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up"--
Carrier Form: xi, 260 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.
ISBN: 9781613749531 (hardback) :
1613749538 (hardback)
Index Number: HD9710
CLC: U46-097.12
Call Number: U46-097.12/L524
Contents: An early morning car crash -- Preston Thomas Tucker -- Harry Miller -- The Tucker combat car -- Andrew Higgins -- Tucker's automobile plans -- The PIC article -- The Tucker Corporation -- Tucker acquires a plant -- Before the stock offering -- The tin goose -- Getting ready -- The tin goose unveiled -- The stock offering -- Post-tin goose -- Gearing up for production -- The first car off the assembly line: #100! -- The accessories program -- The end of the dream -- Bankruptcy -- The SEC report -- The grand jury -- Collier's and Reader's digest -- The trial -- The civil suits -- Preston Tucker speaks out -- Joseph Turnbull testifies again -- The last days of Preston Tucker -- The movie -- After -- The Tucker legacy -- The fleet of Tucker '48 sedans.

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