[Fot] Fwd: 1948 TUCKER UP CLOSE.

[John Hasty]

Not TR, but very interesting; so taking the chance that the anti purest/political hoards might descend upon me, I post this bit of auto history.

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Subject: FW: 1948 TUCKER UP CLOSE.

 There was a Tucker dealer in a converted parts store on my way to school.  I remember the people looking at it.  For one thing I think the styling was a bit too unusual for the day.  It looked like a later model Studebaker?  It was different.   It did have some new features, but Tucker didn’t have enough capital to make it work or even try.  Then there the rumors that the “BIG 3” sabotaged the project, it makes a good story but I doubt if the big 3 were concerned with Tucker, they didn’t think a one model car would do much business.  Just a few years earlier, in the 30s there were a lot of brands and they all died a financial death

The movie was good.




1948 TUCKER UP CLOSE.


http://www.laubly.com/1948tucker.htm