Six Working Tailpipes.(Escape Roads)(Preston Tucker is developing a technically innovative sedan with the help of leading car designers)
AutoWeek, January, 2005 by Brierley, Brooks
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Byline: BROOKS BRIERLEY Preston Tucker had great ambitions for his new automobile. A stock sale in mid-1947 raised nearly $20 million; 2000 dealer franchises brought in another $8 million. A vast aviation engine plant in Chicago-by some measures, the largest factory in the world-was leased from the government.
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Plans were to build 1000 cars a day. There were four contributors to the Tucker's exterior design. Former GM stylist George Lawson did the initial drawing in 1946. Then Alex Tremulis created the final shape. Industrial design firm Lippincott & Margulies detailed ...
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