Tucker insisted on making the first car the way he had described it to the press. Many people told Tucker to skip the more radical components. Since day one, ...

A Detroit motorcycle policeman during prohibition, a lifelong salesman and a motorhead since the first car he saw scared his grandfather’s horses in 1906, Preston Tucker lived life at full speed ...

Preston Tucker's troubles with regulators persisted, and on June 10, 1949, ... On June 10, 1949, as workers struggled to build the first 50 cars, Tucker was charged with fraud.

Read the full story on Modern Car Collector In the ever-evolving world of automotive innovation, not every revolutionary idea results in lasting success. History is paved with the stories of carmakers ...

ARUNDEL, Maine — You can meet the Tucker Family at the Maine Classic Car Museum on Saturday, Sept. 27, and hear the inside ...

Studebaker was the first with an all-new car in 1947, but even that car used much of the existing technology. When the Big Three automakers resumed car production, they were basically building ...

A Detroit motorcycle policeman during prohibition, a lifelong salesman and a motorhead since the first car he saw scared his grandfather’s horses in 1906, Preston Tucker lived life at full speed ...

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The car is Tucker serial #1047 -- the 47th car off the assembly line. The car is finished in "Waltz Blue," named after and matched to the favorite dress of Preston Tucker's wife.

Studebaker may have been the first automaker to return to the marketplace with an all-new car after World War II ended, but it was the Tucker that grabbed the headlines -- and the imagination of ...

Mr. Tucker Builds His Dream Car No new cars had entered the civilian market during World War II. When a puff piece about the Tucker ’48 appeared, 150,000 people wrote to the manufacturer.