Design and Destiny: the Making of the Tucker Automobile

Egan, Philip S.

ISBN 10: 0924321008 / ISBN 13: 9780924321009

Published by On the Mark 1989, 1989

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Description of events and happenings of the Tucker saga. Illustrated by: .

Seller Inventory # AM10943

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design and Destiny: the Making of the Tucker Automobile
• Publisher: On the Mark 1989
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0924321008
• ISBN 13: 9780924321009
• Binding: Softbound
• Condition: Fine(1)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Tucker

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Synopsis

Design and Destiny: The Making of the Tucker Automobile: The Tucker 48 (named after its model year) was an advanced automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly produced in Chicago in 1948. Only 51 cars were made before the company folded 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 allegations were proven baseless in court with a full acquittal). Speculation exists that the Big Three automakers and Michigan senator Homer S. Ferguson also had a role in the Tucker Corporation's demise.