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Preston Tucker and his battle to build the car of tomorrow

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781613749555 (kindle edition)
ISBN: 9781613749562 (epub edition)
ISBN: 1613749538 (hardback)
ISBN: 9781613749531 (hardback)
Physical Description: xi, 260 pages :L illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.