Documentary Tells the Real Tale of the Tucker Torpedo/48 [w/Videos]
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Documentary Tells the Real Tale of the Tucker Torpedo/48 [w/Videos]



Of all the great cars that could have been, the Tucker is right there at the very top of the list. Only around 50 cars were ever made, despite the fact that the company had the largest single-space factory in the world (at the time) at their disposal, which had been previously used to build the Wright R-3350 Cyclone engines for B-29 Superfortress bombers during WWII.

I think America would have not started trailing Europe and other parts of the world in terms of automotive technology (which it did, and is only now just starting to catch up – fact) if the Big Three would have left Preston Tucker (and others like him) alone to make his (far more advanced) car.

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