Preston Tucker and his battle to build the car of tomorrow
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Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016].
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9781613749531, 1613749538
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016].
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Book
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xi, 260 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
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English
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9781613749531, 1613749538

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"After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building weapons, the car companies had not made any cars for years. And then, in stepped Preston Tucker. This salesman extraordinaire from Detroit had built race cars before the war, and had been a defense contractor during it. Now, gathering a group of brilliant automotive designers, engineers, and promoters, he announced the building of a revolutionary new car: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up. Tucker's car would include ingenious advances in design and engineering that other car companies could not match. But the Big Three did not take Tucker's threat lightly. While Tucker raised money, leased a plant in Chicago, lined up franchises worldwide, sold millions of shares of stock, and built the first of his cars, the SEC, headed by a former Detroit man, began investigating him. Tucker fought on, showing his cars around the country while investigators seized his books. And when the SEC leaked a report to the press that Tucker was going to be indicted for a scheme of massive fraud, Tucker's stock crashed and America came to believe that he was nothing but a huckster. Steve Lehto has here tackled Tucker's amazing story, relying on a huge trove of documents that no other writer to date has used. In this book, Lehto finally answers the question automobile aficionados have wondered about for decades: exactly how and why the production of such an innovative car was killed"--,Provided by publisher.
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"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"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lehto, S. (2016). Preston Tucker and his battle to build the car of tomorrow . Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lehto, Steve. 2016. Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow. Chicago Review Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lehto, Steve. Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow Chicago Review Press, 2016.

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Lehto, Steve. Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow Chicago Review Press, 2016.

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