Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car by Steve Lehto (.ePUB)
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Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow by Steve Lehto, Jay Leno (Author) (Foreword)
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Overview: And then in stepped Preston Tucker.
This salesman extraordinaire from Ypsilanti, Michigan, had built race cars before the war, and had designed prototypes for the military during it. Now, gathering a group of brilliant automotive designers, engineers, and promoters, he announced the creation 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.
With a rear engine, rear-wheel drive, a safety-glass windshield that would pop out in case of an accident, a padded dashboard, independent suspension, and automatic transmission, it would be more attractive and aerodynamic—and safer—than any other car on the road. But as the public eagerly awaited Tucker’s car of tomorrow, powerful forces in Washington were trying to bring him down.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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