True. I always wondered why a car company today wouldn't manufacture a modular automobile where everything is plug and play and make long term profits off of the parts and building a reputation for being the best automobile company in the world?
It's interesting to me that we didn't move in that direction...god only knows how much more resourceful we'd be with automobiles. Instead, when something is wrong with a car, we have to "take it in". Even doing your own oil change is out of the ordinary.
His biggest mistake was not building a prototype before looking for capital. If he would of had a car to show investors. He would of had the financing. As it was, selling dealerships and such. He was always behind and short on cash to do what he needed too.
I had the privilege of getting to see one of these great automobiles in person when I was 10. I remember everything about it. It was located at a museum in Stone Mountain Georgia, sadly the man who own it died and the museum is gone but I will always get to say I saw and touched a tucker 48
I saw one of these about 15 yrs ago in a guys garage in the town that I live in and it was a red one. It was unmistakable when I drove by especially with that centre headlight..
In light of the historical facts of how, gotta be number one, both ford and chevy were they went after Tucker with out a dout. And there by stifled his competition. Because the government was so involved in this process they will not owe up to it.
I consider it damned unforgivable that the Tucker corporation was shut down. I believe that Preston Tucker had a great thing going, and had every intention of building cars. But as usual, Big govt. refused to let him build.
I wonder if Tucker could have been successful if there was an intentionally crappy car built and sold first instead of going straight for the throat. The "big three" might have gotten comfortable, and not realized what just entered right in front of them.
Excellent movie about Tucker. Not only did he make a car but was a contractor for the government making assemblies. He also made the first tank with a turret for firing that had a top speed of 80mph; of course the Army didn't want that but stole his ideas for the turret.
It is so sad how Preston was railroaded. Our government allowed this to happen. Now, look at all the illegal goings on and they get away with it. They flaunt it in our faces thinking they are untouchable. God Bless You boys the great grandsons. What a car !
Nothing was done to prevent corporations from abusing individuals they did the same thing to DeLorean Donely way to get around big corporations to go somewhere else Honda Nissan Mitsubishi Toyota they started out in Japan they got big in Japan and then moved over here there’s no way an American company can start up making cars large scale I have to come from somewhere else The big American automotive companies still have politicians in their pocket and Ontell their powers taking from them America will continue to suffer And not unleash it’s full potential
These Tucker bros should do what DMC is doing. You can buy a new DeLorean right now in 2019. They should just revive the Tucker and sell it as a modern reproduction.
@@joshdholsinger933 Looks like they are unavailable, even if you have the money. "But even if you can afford the high-six-figures price, the chances of scoring your own new-old Tucker are slim to none. Ida's got a hot rod business to run, and while he probably loves all the time he gets to spend working on such a special project, he told Hagerty that he'd "probably say no" if you called up the shop and asked for one." hedrive.com/news/15949/this-beautiful-tucker-48-is-really-a-carbon-fiber-replica-with-a-550-hp-twin-turbo-v-8
Engine Was A Helicopter Mtr.,Because BIG CAR MAKERS MADE SURE That Reg.Piston Engs.Were Not Avail. To TUCKER.Who Wanted A Car Driven By LOUD ASS HELI MTR? That's Why They Didn't Sell Well.
It is also Worth noting that the 1948 Tucker torpedo was the first to have things we take for granted today pop out safety glass Seatbelts and lots more
Back in the 1960's my Dad took me to see one of these Tuckers that the owner had in a warehouse up on the third or forth floor in the Twin Cities. The warehouse had big freight elevators that a car would easily fit in to get it off the ground floor. Its not the kind of car you would ever forget and I remember them commenting how the middle headlight would swivel when the steering wheel was turned. Of coarse the big three had their bought and paid for politicians shut down the Tucker company.
@@AlanVonGoodleef I give my middle finger to AMC... When I was a kid in the 70's my dad had a '64 Rambler 330 wagon. The engine had no PCV system, and just a vented oil filler cap - dad called it "blow-by." I called it a mess! The entire engine compartment was COVERED in oil - and while helping my dad change the starter once, it slipped out of his hands and split my finger wide open. But the Javelin was pretty cool tho, lol
Open Eyes. I can agree with you on the first part. I had a 68 Javelin SST . I kick myself in the Ass for getting rid of it. But we do stupid stuff wen we are young
@@AlanVonGoodleef Yea no doubt! I could've bought a '69 Camero SS convertible in '79. White w/the orange stripes down the hood and trunk lid, 396 cu in - but I bought a '73 Chevy van instead - I was more interested in the "slow ride"...😉
One would've thought, that seeing as most complaints about TH-cam videos are concerning un-needed background music, posters would have taken notice by now. But no. So many people are still under the mistaken belief, that music on a video is a must. So, posters, PLEASE take note. Background music destroys what would be a perfect video. Desist with the music.
Funny he mentions the "smell" of the interior. I get it. Cars prior to being mostly plastic had a completely different smell inside . Hard to explain unless you are old and remember that aroma. It's like trying to explain what TV sets prior to about 1965 "smelled like" when they were turned on. That aroma of hot vacuum tubes against a wooden cabinet. If a TV was running for over 30 minutes there was this smell of hot electrical parts and wood. Not really strong but you definitely could smell it.
Wow theres so much I could write here! In the mid 90s A silver colored Tucker was on display here a the Montreal museum of fine arts, my friend blown away like me then turned to me and said "Elton! I touched a Tucker!" That was almost 10 years after watching the movie "Tucker A Man and his Dream"., which I still watch every year religiously (im 43 yrs old now). The fact that Preston's great grandsons were there (twins no less) with that amazing gold Tucker ( same exact shade of gold as the 61 Monarch painting I finished last year) was absolutely priceless! Keep it up boyz.
A lil view of how safe the tucker 48 was The entire front end from the headlights to the doors was a crumple zone (like in modern cars) the motor mounts where designed to send the engine under the rear seat, and it had airbags that came out of the doors Incase of a side collision (not as safe as thought because the bags where covered in asbestos dust to keep from sticking) integrated roll cage, suspension bench seats attached via vulcanized rubber to absorb some force, pop out glass
@@mr.robinson1982 Well the official story is he had issues with the nose candy - but OTOH he was probably backed into a corner too... And he did some GREAT STUFF when he was with Pontiac! With the GTO he was probably single handedly responsible for the birth of the muscle car era...
How they did it, was to warn the steel manufactures. They would not buy their steel to build their cars if they sold their product to Tucker. Steel production had a hard time keeping up with the demand of steel for the Detroit automakers. They did not want to lose those accounts. That's how the big 3 really hurt him. What scared them wasn't his designs. But his safety features. They were afraid of the cost to make the changes in their cars. Although years later they had no choice in the matter.
@Robert Dark Since the war, no car companies can pump out new models since the early 1940s. Thats why independent and startup carmakers like Tucker seen this opportunity.
The Tucker looks a lot like the prewar Czech "Tatra 87", a rear engined v8 and 3 headlights, and very fast. Tatra also made a car that was the inspiration for the VW Beetle.
The AACA museum in Hershey, Pa has three Tucker’s, most of the blueprints, many experimental engines, and half a display set up as a Tucker dealer would have been. It’s an amazing museum.
Bought by Chrysler by now, then bought by Fiat per government mandate. Mahindra might be building the same product but marketed as a toy till the lawyers come.
The demise of the Tucker was caused by multiple factors. One was Tucker's lack of expertise in the logistics of manufacturing on a large scale. The plant he purchased was clearly too big for his current abilities. But another was the clandestine participation of "plants" from the "Big Three" who committed subtle acts of sabotage. Heavy portions of the assembly line were located over structures that couldn't support them, for example. My father worked for Tucker and invested in it. At one point he worked on setting up the assembly line; at another he drove the cars on the test track, working out bugs with the transmission. He was convinced it was an excellent car, but also saw how things were often done that, in his mind, could only have been done deliberately to cause delay and extra expense. Yes, the Big Three had other competitors, but none had the cutting edge technologies and mindset that really threatened their continued dominance. And to conclude the Big Three had no collusion with Washington is pure naivete.
You have to have a lot of money to build a car company from nothing. It’s not the building and design that the problem it’s everything else. I am a business owner myself, I could design a car for sure but I don’t have it in me to deal with the business side of that I’m much more of the brains and it takes someone that likes business to build something huge like that.
Preston Tucker actually wanted seat belts and the investors thought that customers would see it as an unsafe car since it had safety restraints. Instead he compromised to have that big giant space under the dash for people to jump under during a crash😂😂😂
The 1948 Tucker was not called the Tucker 48 that is the name his Grandsons call the remake they build the 1948 Tucker was the Tucker torpedo the papers at the time called it the Tin goose
My gosh! I've literally just finished watching 'Tucker A Man and His Dream" and admit that I'd never heard of the man or his cars. Tucker's sin was that he offered a superior competitor to the The Big Three's inferior products. This reminds me of what happened to Leyland Australia in the 1970's when they produced the Force 7V - way ahead of it's GM, Ford and Chrysler competitors. These big Detroit based companies used the Federal Government of the day to kill of what would have been (and in fact is - some examples still exist) a vastly superior car to what was available in Australia at the time. What a pity the big guys always step on the little guys.
Really,,, the P38 was a lemon. Pogo stick suspension [that Crapadores later used] underpowered engines, ugly fat arsed styling. The big 3 produced far more advanced and stylish cars with a far better engine range. The Force7 was a bit better looking,, but was ever only made as development cars and then Leyland Oz ran out of money. Tucker NEVER had any money, a flim flam man. Though the car was a better quality than, finish and appearance that the P38. Elons cars were subsidised by Govt, the reason he survived. We are told eleektrikity cars will save the planet. This ofcourse is a total lie.
This reminded me of the Avro Arrow. A revolutionary fighter jet, built in Canada, that was way ahead of its time. This to was mothballed due to pressure from the US and was at that time, the fastest fighter jet in the world.
So would I. Holds its value, no batteries to replace and worry about polluting the water table, easy to repair, no electronics to replace, and draws attention like flies...what's not to like except the insurance?
The irony is just too much. I just watched the Tucker movie two days ago. Shows the backwards attitude that prevails in America. Because of this government. How more advanced we would be if Preston Tucker was left to go. How many lives would have been saved? Because of the improvements he made. I love this country but because of one or two people in it you can be stifled.
When people complain about capitalism, and all the problems capitalism causes, I have to remember what FDR said during the Great Depression. He said "It is not that free markets have failed in our time, but that they have not yet been tried." If FDR didn't believe capitalism had yet been tried in 1930, what would he think about America as we know it today? If we go back 100 years to the year 1920, how many car companies existed in America then? More than 100. How many car companies are there in America today? In 1920 there were more than 100 motorcycle manufacturers, how many are there today? There were even more than 100 manufacturers of aircraft, how many are there today? Tucker was one of countless examples of people put out of business by anti-capitalists. "Capitalism" means "free markets," and in a "free market" anyone and everyone can work and compete. But how free are markets in America today? You cannot build anything without negotiating literally mountains of red tape. Every design, every material, every construction must be officially approved. To open a factory today to build a car takes a decade or more, and more time and money is spent on red tape and legal fees than construction and machinery. It was during WW2 that big business and a big wartime government consolidated their interests, and began making it impossible for new competitors to rise. The federal register, which now numbers millions of pages, and countless rules and regulations exists for the guise of protecting consumers and limiting the power of business. But the opposite is true. The new regulations do not affect businesses which are already extant, and who can afford to lobby for loopholes and exemptions, it is all but impossible to start a car company today.
Maybe they called it capitalism but it was just still whatever the robber barons practiced, a free market for the few and crony capitalism for the rest.
ya completely ignored the gear shift..... the aircraft throttle style controls on the left steering column.... "this car is special..... but we arnt going to show you anything that makes it special"
Huh? Whatever you think of Tesla to say they did't innovate/change the zeitgeist is beyond bizarre. They are the company that has effectively changed how many companies are thinking of the future of car power. Also things like over the air updates, the screen and direct sales rather than a dealer model are hard to just call marketing wank.
Electrics have been around for more than 100 years, so Tesla is not an innovation in any way. It's just an update on existing technology and utilizing modern tools to market the car (which also happens to be a somewhat poor quality product). You are absolutely correct: there is no comparing Tesla to Tucker.
@@paulparoma you are right that EVs have been around for more than 100 years, but to suggest that Teslas are the same as EVs of 100 years ago would be absurd. You might say modern smart phones are still the same as 1970s Motorola bricks... Things like their supercharging network/speeds, the screen etc are quite removed from the EVs of 100 years ago. Even if you don't like them (and I don't dispute Tesla has some major service issues) it is basically impossible to suggest that Tesla Motors is not having the greatest impact from any American brand started since Tucker and has changed what people want/expect from cars.
Jay would LOVE to see what's in my garage, i own the very 1st prototype dooze. people don't even know it exists. I also have 2 other extremely rare proto's.
@eimb1999 why not? I'm seen some shitty cars pass inspections here in Pa, a fiberglass replica would have to have a special title, and that might be it
Volvo had a penchant for safety long before Tucker came around. They were one of the first automakers to laminate the front windscreen for added protection. But I guess thinking is hard.
Isn't it funny that the big three now don't even have factories in America anymore and sell some of the worst cars in the last 20 years? Now we get our next Ford vehicle from Mexico instead of the hardworking, unionized hands of an American worker.
Hi from Michigan: If you would like to see a Tucker 48. There is one at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
He probably was right about shady associates of the big 3 conspiring against him. It was proven Firestone, GM and several others conspired to push buses in and trolly service out. Using shell companies phony buyers etc.. so it wouldn't come back whom was actually doing these transactions. However by the time this was taken serious and proven buses actually were viable and so much infrastructre altered there was no real going back. Now highway, road upgrades engines etc.. was occuring as well. However each company had a dog in the fight, Gm supplying engines, Firestone tires plus the others simply bought the transit systems for personal gain. The judge of coarse for no actual purpose felt the need on the record to do a "in not so many words. " Thus disagree with the jury yet not over-rule them and instead apply inconsequential fines. Little bit of hedging his bets technically not disagreeing with the public. Yet also not giving the companies any real consequences outside of paying their respective councils.
You got it. Funny, when he ran for President & spoke at rallies, Ralph Nader told that bit about GM buying out the mass transit companies all across America. I voted for Ralph each time but guys like that just don't seem to win. Ever. 😳
Everyone always blames the big three because it makes a good story, which is bolstered and dramatized by the movie, but the honest truth is that Tucker was selling dealer franchises, stock and accessories for cars that weren't in production. Tucker started selling dealerships and stock in 1946 and by by 1949, when the factory was closed down, he had never reached normal production. Only 37 cars were finished when the trial started, but loyal employees finished an additional 13 cars to bring the number to 50. Dealers had actually started suing Tucker before the SEC trial had started. Had Tucker made it to full production, these cars would have been very expensive, as much as a top of the line Cadillac, and he had only planned to build 60,000 a year. Tucker wouldn't have run the big three out of business.
Okay so this video _should_ be fantastic! But - The music is so loud that I can't hear the people speaking clearly without having my headphones so loud it hurts my hearing There's an "effect" on the video showing the car that makes me think my glasses are dirty The videographer is clearly new to this Such a fantastic car deserves a little extra credit. Totally want to watch a re-upload of this.
I'd like to ask Elon Musk how the hell does he just... succeed? He says he wants to do something and he just does it! As you see, Tucker had a hard ass time doing that.
Bill Gates says he was lucky. Lucky to be interested in computers, in the early days of programming, and lived near a college that let him play on their mainframe. Some people get lucky. Problem is, the lucky ones usually claim they have special skills instead of just admitting they go lucky.
I clicked on this video expecting to learn about the Tucker 48, but instead what I found was a PR piece for Tesla Motors. Why not talk about the car's unique suspension or about the other motor Mr. Tucker had planned for his car? Why do I need to hear how brilliant Elon Musk is in this video?
@@randomunavailable ironic how you ,yourself are guilty of not being able to conversate. Perhaps sometimes, it's better to shut your piehole instead of others to do so.
@@MichelLinschoten I talk you listen, you talk I listen, that's conversation. You haven't listened to a word I said, you're simply off on your temper tantrum.
Tucker was a salesman who made a fortune during the war on his gun turret patent. He went into the car business underfunded (massively underfunded) and his IPO went nowhere because not enough investors trusted him. The big 3, and the little 5 were all running 3 shifts making every car they could given the rationing of materials after the war. Every car the established companies made had two cash-ready veterans fighting over it, willing to pay over invoice for it. So we are lead to believe that in this climate the Big 3 are afraid of an underfunded dreamer, with an empty building, with one small corner filled with guys hand-forming body panels and hand-making cars, at one price point, the price of which isn’t even established because he can’t manage costs or stop “improving”? I don’t buy it. Yeah, the big 3 did some bad against him, legally. Last I heard that’s called “competition” and no one gets left alone from competition based on the brilliance of their ideas. At the same time Henry J. Kaiser took the remains of the Graham-Paige company, and with Joe Frazier started Kaiser-Fraizer corporation. Within a year he was producing hundreds of thousands of cars a year, in a real factory, with a stamping plant (something Tucker didn’t have) its own engine plant (Continental) and most importantly, a nationwide dealership body that they were shipping cars to every month, eating some big 3 lunch. GM was so afraid of K-F they sold them Delco-Remy electrical components and Guide brand lighting parts. After 10 years in the business K-F threw in the towel on the auto business, having lost $100,000,000. By now the little 5 were struggling, by 1960 there would only be two small companies left, and their numbers weren’t impressive. Let’s talk about the Tucker car. Yes, it was revolutionary. As a C-grade US knock-off of a Tatra it was different. There were no roads, save for a few stretches of roads out west where the Tucker’s performance could be exploited. The freeway system was 10 away in the future. They are amazingly competent as cars, given their kluge build qualities. The movie is a good movie, it has what every good script needs, a good guy and a villain. It’s not accurate telling of history.
That was actually Tucker safety exactly as he envisioned it. That area was designed to be able to do just that in a wreck, duck into the crash protected passenger floor well to protect the passenger.
But Americans had shown they wouldn't pay for safety; until many, many years later they did not rank it highly among the features they were looking for in a new car. From the '30s thorough '60s, tops were always ride comfort, low cost of operation, styling, power, features, and resale value. Tucker's design showcased at most two of these, and failed outright at another two.
@@50zcarsman Four, at least. Styling, power, and features and ride comfort. It had a 589 CUI H6 engine, a headlight that swiveled to help you see where you're turning, and it isn't hard to see that it has good styling. Low cost of operation is debatable, But likely.
This is so cool! I've always wanted to build my own car too, unfortunately a patent does not ensure a contract and it's just very expensive to hire companies to build new parts. I'd like to meet the great grand sons of Preston Tucker to talk about engines and inventions. Subscribing now.
My father is almost 87 years old, and he has always been fascinated with the Tucker Torpedo, as have I, but neither of us have ever seen one in person (there were only 50 made). Would you ever express interest in bringing it to the Iola Old Car Show?
You guys are rightly proud. This thing makes the Rolls Royce Phantom seem like a made-in-China consolation Prize. BTW, Musk had a footwell load of money which helped of course.
the way the big 3 responded to the tucker is probably the clearest indictment of why they got DESTROYED when japanese cars started coming in. All the sudden they couldn't use corruption to take out their competition and that competition was offering cars that people actually wanted to buy.
That was1983, your statement fits the china era in this country since 1999, the have sent us cheap crap and America keeps buying it,because it is cheap,they manufacture anything cheaper than we can make it here,why? Labor cost,now we will pay more,all of America, because of trump tarrifs,China does not pay this cost,we do. Sad.
Ok, this is just perpetuating the myth. Tucker failed because he never managed to get ready to start full production of cars. All of the surviving cars are hand-built prototypes, produced at great expense with pre-war Cord transmissions. In fact, Tucker's advertised price probably would have bankrupted him, if he had worked out his technical issues. The Government shut him down because of clearly shady financial dealings, that eventually cost a lot of ordinary people a lot of money for nothing. As for the cars, they were never the car of the Future. Putting a huge engine in the rear would have resulted in terrible handling (as in Tatras) and the other features were unimpressive or unimplemented. The huge space in front of the passenger was actually a safety "crash zone" where you were supposed to duck into in case of a collision. The big three were never afraid of Tucker, because his cars looked impractical and his business looked shaky and unready. But, hey, keep the myth going. Conspiracy theorists will never let it go anyway.
The big threee weren't innovative? The automatic transmission, airbags, bulit in radio, mass produced OHV high compression V-8 and alternator are just some of the innovations introduced by them. If they didn't have innovative products immediately after WWII it was probably because their factories were completely converted to wartime prodcution. If you want to see a really innovative car from the same time period then check out the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 from 1949. The Tucker was interesting, but as someone pointed out it was completely undercapitilzed and that is what doomed it. There is no evidence that the big three actuallly conspired against it but like many myths, people believe this anyway.
Unfortunately underdog stories are more interesting than facts. The Tucker underperformed, and apart from some of the safety features, wasn't any more advanced than cars from the prewar years. It failed because it wasn't a particularly fantastic car in practice. This video fails to even mention his 589 cu engine that was only supposed to produce 150hp! But somehow managed to make 90. He managed to "settle" for an aircraft engine that was better, producing more horsepower than his original projected amount for a bit over half the cu. He subsequently purchased the engine company and cancelled all contracts with aircraft companies. This man blames the big 3 for his downfall.
The idea of taking the engine out easily to fix things would stretch the life of cars today by a lot.
True. I always wondered why a car company today wouldn't manufacture a modular automobile where everything is plug and play and make long term profits off of the parts and building a reputation for being the best automobile company in the world?
@@dbranconnier1977 ; Ford did this to the Model A
They took broken engine out and replace it with working one.
Why? Because manufacturers make money from servicing and selling you another car when yours is toast
It's interesting to me that we didn't move in that direction...god only knows how much more resourceful we'd be with automobiles. Instead, when something is wrong with a car, we have to "take it in". Even doing your own oil change is out of the ordinary.
Tucker as also desperately under capitalized, that is what really sunk the company. Too bad someone like Howard Hughes didn’t come the rescue.
@eimb1999 Tucker needed money, not advice.
The big 3 got rid of their competition…….
Bextar636 Exactly.
His biggest mistake was not building a prototype before looking for capital. If he would of had a car to show investors. He would of had the financing. As it was, selling dealerships and such. He was always behind and short on cash to do what he needed too.
who think owned the banks , control the banks you control all life in a country why germany rose up
I had the privilege of getting to see one of these great automobiles in person when I was 10. I remember everything about it. It was located at a museum in Stone Mountain Georgia, sadly the man who own it died and the museum is gone but I will always get to say I saw and touched a tucker 48
dont forget tuckers tank he made armored and capable of 80 mph plus
If you notice, cars passing the Tucker on the side, while on the road. True engineering if ever I saw.
I saw one of these about 15 yrs ago in a guys garage in the town that I live in and it was a red one. It was unmistakable when I drove by especially with that centre headlight..
The headlight turned with the car. You'd think that would be a feature on cars today
In light of the historical facts of how, gotta be number one, both ford and chevy were they went after Tucker with out a dout. And there by stifled his competition. Because the government was so involved in this process they will not owe up to it.
So, what if I wanted to put a bicycle in the trunk with the hood a little propped open?
Tucker got railroaded horribly.
I consider it damned unforgivable that the Tucker corporation was shut down. I believe that Preston Tucker had a great thing going, and had every intention of building cars. But as usual, Big govt. refused to let him build.
What happened to the reasonably priced, good gas mileage, family car? It was called Plymouth Volare.
I wonder if Tucker could have been successful if there was an intentionally crappy car built and sold first instead of going straight for the throat. The "big three" might have gotten comfortable, and not realized what just entered right in front of them.
What happened to the paint on the roof?
(Old people need the music tuned down in order to hear the conversations. ;) )
That movie "Tucker" starring Jeff Bridges was pretty good.
They made a movie about this car?
@@nancygibson4380 Yep, late 80's (Tucker: The Man and His Dream; 1988)
Coppola made it .he owns one
Hold that tiger hold that tiger
Excellent movie about Tucker. Not only did he make a car but was a contractor for the government making assemblies. He also made the first tank with a turret for firing that had a top speed of 80mph; of course the Army didn't want that but stole his ideas for the turret.
I firmly believe if Preston was left to reach for the sky, we would all be driving a Tucker or Tucker sub brand.
100%
There was a similar car in WW2 Europe called a tatra. Killed a lot of Nazis. Poor weight distribution and swing axled aren't a good combination.
It is so sad how Preston was railroaded. Our government allowed this to happen. Now, look at all the illegal goings on and they get away with it. They flaunt it in our faces thinking they are untouchable. God Bless You boys the great grandsons. What a car !
Nothing was done to prevent corporations from abusing individuals they did the same thing to DeLorean Donely way to get around big corporations to go somewhere else Honda Nissan Mitsubishi Toyota they started out in Japan they got big in Japan and then moved over here there’s no way an American company can start up making cars large scale I have to come from somewhere else The big American automotive companies still have politicians in their pocket and Ontell their powers taking from them America will continue to suffer And not unleash it’s full potential
Wtf? I get it, but wtf?
And they still get away with everything they do,they ARE untouchable. 😑
@@IsaiahAmos017 Tesla?
Why couldn't Mr tucker sue the SEC for destroying his business by wasting his resources to defend himself againt false charges.
These Tucker bros should do what DMC is doing. You can buy a new DeLorean right now in 2019. They should just revive the Tucker and sell it as a modern reproduction.
They are look them up Tucker 48 brand new reprouduced Tucker torpedo
@@joshdholsinger933 How difficult would it have been to provide a link?
@@joshdholsinger933 Looks like they are unavailable, even if you have the money. "But even if you can afford the high-six-figures price, the chances of scoring your own new-old Tucker are slim to none. Ida's got a hot rod business to run, and while he probably loves all the time he gets to spend working on such a special project, he told Hagerty that he'd "probably say no" if you called up the shop and asked for one." hedrive.com/news/15949/this-beautiful-tucker-48-is-really-a-carbon-fiber-replica-with-a-550-hp-twin-turbo-v-8
Engine Was A Helicopter Mtr.,Because BIG CAR MAKERS MADE SURE That Reg.Piston Engs.Were Not Avail. To TUCKER.Who Wanted A Car Driven By LOUD ASS HELI MTR? That's Why They Didn't Sell Well.
It is also Worth noting that the 1948 Tucker torpedo was the first to have things we take for granted today pop out safety glass Seatbelts and lots more
A senator from Detroit was on the payroll of GM, and he played a major role in trumping up allegations against Tucker. Talk about corruption.
Senator Furgerson. SOB!
@@guitarman7169 Senator Homer Furgerson.
Nothing has changed
Howard Hughes was another brilliant mind stifled by govt corruption
"Trumping up". Goes right with the corruption.
Back in the 1960's my Dad took me to see one of these Tuckers that the owner had in a warehouse up on the third or forth floor in the Twin Cities. The warehouse had big freight elevators that a car would easily fit in to get it off the ground floor. Its not the kind of car you would ever forget and I remember them commenting how the middle headlight would swivel when the steering wheel was turned. Of coarse the big three had their bought and paid for politicians shut down the Tucker company.
That ending is what we call "lobbying" and it is somehow legal in America but illegal everywhere else.
Nothing has changed
I got to swivel the headlight on one of them on a Tucker that was part of a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian.
A real shame Tucker never was able to get his wonderful car in the mainstream. I guess it's just another case of corporate greed and paranoia.
also it's too bad that American Motors closed'
@@AlanVonGoodleef
I give my middle finger to AMC...
When I was a kid in the 70's my dad had a '64 Rambler 330 wagon. The engine had no PCV system, and just a vented oil filler cap - dad called it "blow-by." I called it a mess! The entire engine compartment was COVERED in oil - and while helping my dad change the starter once, it slipped out of his hands and split my finger wide open.
But the Javelin was pretty cool tho, lol
Open Eyes. I can agree with you on the first part. I had a 68 Javelin SST . I kick myself in the Ass for getting rid of it. But we do stupid stuff wen we are young
@@AlanVonGoodleef
Yea no doubt! I could've bought a '69 Camero SS convertible in '79. White w/the orange stripes down the hood and trunk lid, 396 cu in - but I bought a '73 Chevy van instead - I was more interested in the "slow ride"...😉
You forgot government corruption......
Lose the 'music', would help those of us who are hard of hearing. The 'music' adds nothing of value.
I agree
I wholeheartedly agree! It's hard to hear the narration with the background music blasting out!
One would've thought, that seeing as most complaints about TH-cam videos are concerning un-needed background music, posters would have taken notice by now. But no. So many people are still under the mistaken belief, that music on a video is a must.
So, posters, PLEASE take note. Background music destroys what would be a perfect video. Desist with the music.
I love the music maybe there's way to compromise to those like Mr. Benner and those that enjoy the music?
The jazz needs to be turned down, or off; hard to hear them talking.
Funny he mentions the "smell" of the interior. I get it. Cars prior to being mostly plastic had a completely different smell inside . Hard to explain unless you are old and remember that aroma. It's like trying to explain what TV sets prior to about 1965 "smelled like" when they were turned on. That aroma of hot vacuum tubes against a wooden cabinet. If a TV was running for over 30 minutes there was this smell of hot electrical parts and wood. Not really strong but you definitely could smell it.
i remember that smell from some post war cars from when I was young
@@davidtucker3729 yeah, it was a totally different aroma. No plastic.
radios too
@@pl747 yes, warm tube radio aroma
How did those cars smell then?
Wow theres so much I could write here! In the mid 90s A silver colored Tucker was on display here a the Montreal museum of fine arts, my friend blown away like me then turned to me and said "Elton! I touched a Tucker!"
That was almost 10 years after watching the movie "Tucker A Man and his Dream"., which I still watch every year religiously (im 43 yrs old now). The fact that Preston's great grandsons were there (twins no less) with that amazing gold Tucker ( same exact shade of gold as the 61 Monarch painting I finished last year) was absolutely priceless! Keep it up boyz.
If the movie "Tucker A Man and his Dream" starred Jeff Bridges, who I saw, it made me very angry.
A lil view of how safe the tucker 48 was
The entire front end from the headlights to the doors was a crumple zone (like in modern cars) the motor mounts where designed to send the engine under the rear seat, and it had airbags that came out of the doors Incase of a side collision (not as safe as thought because the bags where covered in asbestos dust to keep from sticking) integrated roll cage, suspension bench seats attached via vulcanized rubber to absorb some force, pop out glass
What a beautiful car.
This is a real piece of Americana.
Tucker wasn't the only victim in the car industry
The consuming public is the REAL VICTIM...
You are speaking of Jon Delorean
@@mr.robinson1982
Well the official story is he had issues with the nose candy - but OTOH he was probably backed into a corner too...
And he did some GREAT STUFF when he was with Pontiac! With the GTO he was probably single handedly responsible for the birth of the muscle car era...
I would like to see if Tucker survived and became big.
There's speculation the big automakers at the time put Tucker out of business. They were basically scared of his design.
Jman G True.
How they did it, was to warn the steel manufactures. They would not buy their steel to build their cars if they sold their product to Tucker. Steel production had a hard time keeping up with the demand of steel for the Detroit automakers. They did not want to lose those accounts. That's how the big 3 really hurt him. What scared them wasn't his designs. But his safety features. They were afraid of the cost to make the changes in their cars. Although years later they had no choice in the matter.
@@danor6812 Once again a lot of people died from corporate greed.
: Also,the Big Car Mfgrs.Made Sure the Piston Engs.Were Not Avail.To Him.Who Wanted A Car W/ Loud Ass HELI Eng.?
@Robert Dark Since the war, no car companies can pump out new models since the early 1940s. Thats why independent and startup carmakers like Tucker seen this opportunity.
The Tucker looks a lot like the prewar Czech "Tatra 87", a rear engined v8 and 3 headlights, and very fast. Tatra also made a car that was the inspiration for the VW Beetle.
I've always assumed the Tucker and a Lincoln concept were inspired if not copies of the Tatra
The beatle was designed in the mid 30s, I think it was designed before the tatra
The AACA museum in Hershey, Pa has three Tucker’s, most of the blueprints, many experimental engines, and half a display set up as a Tucker dealer would have been. It’s an amazing museum.
Was just there last week during the big car show. I bought a Tucker keychain for my mechanic in their gift shop. 🙂.
Yes, and they have the most rare one, the only automatic one
@@festyguy7405 TUCKERMATIC ONLY 20 MOVING PARTS
Guys: noisy interviews and the music's too loud to hear dialogue.
Search how to enable loudness equalization on your device, it'll help with that issue.
@@ngybrid I'm aware of compression and limiting, thanks, but it's not my device; it's their editing.
@@vicdmise Yup, the background music are indeed too loud for the video.
Must be your ears because I can clearly hear their voices over the music.
@@ricardomolina4605 Same here, people whining over nothing.
Got 2 minutes in before my brain couldn't stand the talking + the loud jazz music. Who signed off on this?
Had Tucker survived and thrived, imagine what their vehicle lineup would look like today.
Like all cars, similar to any other
yea like any other car of today...like shit.
Like a 2023 Edsel
Bought by Chrysler by now, then bought by Fiat per government mandate. Mahindra might be building the same product but marketed as a toy till the lawyers come.
The demise of the Tucker was caused by multiple factors. One was Tucker's lack of expertise in the logistics of manufacturing on a large scale. The plant he purchased was clearly too big for his current abilities. But another was the clandestine participation of "plants" from the "Big Three" who committed subtle acts of sabotage. Heavy portions of the assembly line were located over structures that couldn't support them, for example. My father worked for Tucker and invested in it. At one point he worked on setting up the assembly line; at another he drove the cars on the test track, working out bugs with the transmission. He was convinced it was an excellent car, but also saw how things were often done that, in his mind, could only have been done deliberately to cause delay and extra expense. Yes, the Big Three had other competitors, but none had the cutting edge technologies and mindset that really threatened their continued dominance. And to conclude the Big Three had no collusion with Washington is pure naivete.
There is nothing quite so reassuring as an intelligent mind. 😀😊
You have to have a lot of money to build a car company from nothing. It’s not the building and design that the problem it’s everything else. I am a business owner myself, I could design a car for sure but I don’t have it in me to deal with the business side of that I’m much more of the brains and it takes someone that likes business to build something huge like that.
Did Tucker buy the manufacturing plant or was it leased from the government?
I'm at 3:23. Can barely hear the dialogue with the background music blasting.
Why is the music so loud? Why music at all? Music off now, can hear the engine, video finished. Good content, almost enjoyed that.
Interesting but the music was too loud and distracting. Difficult to hear the speakers, when the brass is blowing!
No kidding. Spent all his money on equipment but has no idea how to use it. Trashed the whole video with obnoxious music.
3 Goldberg's doing the review...……..
Preston Tucker actually wanted seat belts and the investors thought that customers would see it as an unsafe car since it had safety restraints. Instead he compromised to have that big giant space under the dash for people to jump under during a crash😂😂😂
The 1948 Tucker was not called the Tucker 48 that is the name his Grandsons call the remake they build the 1948 Tucker was the Tucker torpedo the papers at the time called it the Tin goose
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LOUD JAZZ MUSIC
My gosh! I've literally just finished watching 'Tucker A Man and His Dream" and admit that I'd never heard of the man or his cars. Tucker's sin was that he offered a superior competitor to the The Big Three's inferior products. This reminds me of what happened to Leyland Australia in the 1970's when they produced the Force 7V - way ahead of it's GM, Ford and Chrysler competitors. These big Detroit based companies used the Federal Government of the day to kill of what would have been (and in fact is - some examples still exist) a vastly superior car to what was available in Australia at the time. What a pity the big guys always step on the little guys.
It is a pity but it should be a serious crime.
Wow I've never heard of a Leyland force. Very odd looking car
His sin was that he promised too many people too much with too little time to get it done
Really,,, the P38 was a lemon. Pogo stick suspension [that Crapadores later used] underpowered engines, ugly fat arsed styling. The big 3 produced far more advanced and stylish cars with a far better engine range.
The Force7 was a bit better looking,, but was ever only made as development cars and then Leyland Oz ran out of money.
Tucker NEVER had any money, a flim flam man. Though the car was a better quality than, finish and appearance that the P38.
Elons cars were subsidised by Govt, the reason he survived. We are told eleektrikity cars will save the planet. This ofcourse is a total lie.
Definetly one of the most beautiful car of its era. And too advanced for its time. 😎👍
Yeah, I like atonal saxaphone jazz noodling under the dialog I'm trying to understand... nawt.
this is interesting, but the music when people are talking is killing me!
As a Tucker aficionado, I found this very entertaining. The Tucker Brothers are a hoot. Must be Fun to go drinking with
Please for the love of our viewing experience don't make the background music so damn loud.
It’s not that loud so stfu
This reminded me of the Avro Arrow. A revolutionary fighter jet, built in Canada, that was way ahead of its time. This to was mothballed due to pressure from the US and was at that time, the fastest fighter jet in the world.
I'd choose a Tucker over a Tesla any day.
As a toycar....sure...main commuter ehhh yah nope.
How about a Tesla Tucker? Tucker body with Tesla power train. I'd buy one in a heartbeat!
@@AmishSpecialForces it's already been done but not with a Tucker. Mercury and Ford. I'm sure there's others.
@MR. PICKLES, then it hasn't been done....
So would I. Holds its value, no batteries to replace and worry about polluting the water table, easy to repair, no electronics to replace, and draws attention like flies...what's not to like except the insurance?
The irony is just too much. I just watched the Tucker movie two days ago. Shows the backwards attitude that prevails in America. Because of this government. How more advanced we would be if Preston Tucker was left to go. How many lives would have been saved? Because of the improvements he made. I love this country but because of one or two people in it you can be stifled.
Yup, right you are! Just ask Ralph Nader!
When people complain about capitalism, and all the problems capitalism causes, I have to remember what FDR said during the Great Depression. He said "It is not that free markets have failed in our time, but that they have not yet been tried." If FDR didn't believe capitalism had yet been tried in 1930, what would he think about America as we know it today?
If we go back 100 years to the year 1920, how many car companies existed in America then? More than 100. How many car companies are there in America today? In 1920 there were more than 100 motorcycle manufacturers, how many are there today? There were even more than 100 manufacturers of aircraft, how many are there today?
Tucker was one of countless examples of people put out of business by anti-capitalists. "Capitalism" means "free markets," and in a "free market" anyone and everyone can work and compete. But how free are markets in America today? You cannot build anything without negotiating literally mountains of red tape. Every design, every material, every construction must be officially approved. To open a factory today to build a car takes a decade or more, and more time and money is spent on red tape and legal fees than construction and machinery.
It was during WW2 that big business and a big wartime government consolidated their interests, and began making it impossible for new competitors to rise. The federal register, which now numbers millions of pages, and countless rules and regulations exists for the guise of protecting consumers and limiting the power of business. But the opposite is true. The new regulations do not affect businesses which are already extant, and who can afford to lobby for loopholes and exemptions, it is all but impossible to start a car company today.
Maybe they called it capitalism but it was just still whatever the robber barons practiced, a free market for the few and crony capitalism for the rest.
Background music annoying and distracting hard to hear conversation and narration.
ya completely ignored the gear shift..... the aircraft throttle style controls on the left steering column....
"this car is special..... but we arnt going to show you anything that makes it special"
The gear shifting mechanism is of a pre-selector gear box, the same that was used in the late 1930s Cord.
The same selector was call "electric hand" on 1930s Hudson's and Terraplanes
They attacked Preston Tucker........(Just like Trump) !!
The big three got nervous as it would have made even their high end models look like outdated.
HURR JUST LIKE TESLA LOL
Yea except tuckers used real innovation and engineering, not social media hype and marketing wank
Huh? Whatever you think of Tesla to say they did't innovate/change the zeitgeist is beyond bizarre. They are the company that has effectively changed how many companies are thinking of the future of car power. Also things like over the air updates, the screen and direct sales rather than a dealer model are hard to just call marketing wank.
Tucker never built expensive unreliable cars the would lose more then half of their new sales value. Shortly after purchasing it.
Electrics have been around for more than 100 years, so Tesla is not an innovation in any way. It's just an update on existing technology and utilizing modern tools to market the car (which also happens to be a somewhat poor quality product). You are absolutely correct: there is no comparing Tesla to Tucker.
@@paulparoma you are right that EVs have been around for more than 100 years, but to suggest that Teslas are the same as EVs of 100 years ago would be absurd. You might say modern smart phones are still the same as 1970s Motorola bricks... Things like their supercharging network/speeds, the screen etc are quite removed from the EVs of 100 years ago. Even if you don't like them (and I don't dispute Tesla has some major service issues) it is basically impossible to suggest that Tesla Motors is not having the greatest impact from any American brand started since Tucker and has changed what people want/expect from cars.
@@naguoning found the fanboy
Interesting. Amazing car. But can you turn down the music so I can hear the speaking?
I believe 2 blue tuckers in Australia.. have seen both driving on public roads to my astonishment.
@Jimmy J I guess Holden had to make them RHD? Hope they didn't F*#K up the interiors.
I'm just half way surprised this thing isn't sitting in Jay Leno's garage.
Jay would LOVE to see what's in my garage, i own the very 1st prototype dooze. people don't even know it exists. I also have 2 other extremely rare proto's.
Jay Leno has one of those cars already
It would be neat if someone could make a kit car for the Tucker, since there was so little of them produced
Their is
There is a gentlemen that produces nearly exact replicas. Rob Ida Customs, hes only made three or four and he charge about 4-500k a piece.
@@henrydehavilland5620 its only for the body though
@@henrydehavilland5620 400-500k is a little pricey for a kit car, I meant like a fiberglass body, put your own drivetrain underneath it and all
@eimb1999 why not? I'm seen some shitty cars pass inspections here in Pa, a fiberglass replica would have to have a special title, and that might be it
They really did a hit job in Tucker.
Had to bail out before the end because of the horrible music.
Not when it overpowers the dialogue.
@Gappie Al Kebabi It's garbage and it's too loud.
@Gappie Al Kebabi fast hard rock is best. jazz is slow boring shit.
Cool video about a cool car! Those Tucker brothers seem like such happy and nice guys! Wish them the best.
I think it's an absolute tragedy what happened to Tucker.!!!
Wasn't the Tucker the 1st car to have seat belts?
besides whatever is on the Tucker those innovations are on cars NOW
Too bad this guy was not allowed to make that awesome car. Corruption and greed suck
And as with today and always, Bribery never fails.
This was A Volvo before Volvo knew what safety was and it was a tucker lol
um no
Nathan Brame umm yes ! Look at the time
Line... lol Volvo wasn’t even state side by then ...
Volvo had a penchant for safety long before Tucker came around. They were one of the first automakers to laminate the front windscreen for added protection. But I guess thinking is hard.
Kula Cnt stupid ass go read the conversation ... I won’t even say more then that
Sound dubbing 101 "don't mix brass instruments with human voice".
The music makes it hard to hear the dialogue.
why is that music so damn loud while they explain the car?
Isn't it funny that the big three now don't even have factories in America anymore and sell some of the worst cars in the last 20 years? Now we get our next Ford vehicle from Mexico instead of the hardworking, unionized hands of an American worker.
Thank the unions for that
Hi from Michigan: If you would like to see a Tucker 48. There is one at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan.
• Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
I think i is a very bad joke to have a TUCKER 48 in a FORD Museum. Or, ... it is on purpose to show everyone that FORD killed TUCKER!
I think there also is a Tucker at the Gillmore Car Meusum in Galesburg/Kalamazoo Mi.
Also one in Dick's Classic Garage, San Marcos TX.
He probably was right about shady associates of the big 3 conspiring against him. It was proven Firestone, GM and several others conspired to push buses in and trolly service out. Using shell companies phony buyers etc.. so it wouldn't come back whom was actually doing these transactions. However by the time this was taken serious and proven buses actually were viable and so much infrastructre altered there was no real going back. Now highway, road upgrades engines etc.. was occuring as well. However each company had a dog in the fight, Gm supplying engines, Firestone tires plus the others simply bought the transit systems for personal gain. The judge of coarse for no actual purpose felt the need on the record to do a "in not so many words. " Thus disagree with the jury yet not over-rule them and instead apply inconsequential fines. Little bit of hedging his bets technically not disagreeing with the public. Yet also not giving the companies any real consequences outside of paying their respective councils.
You got it. Funny, when he ran for President & spoke at rallies, Ralph Nader told that bit about GM buying out the mass transit companies all across America. I voted for Ralph each time but guys like that just don't seem to win. Ever. 😳
Everyone always blames the big three because it makes a good story, which is bolstered and dramatized by the movie, but the honest truth is that Tucker was selling dealer franchises, stock and accessories for cars that weren't in production. Tucker started selling dealerships and stock in 1946 and by by 1949, when the factory was closed down, he had never reached normal production. Only 37 cars were finished when the trial started, but loyal employees finished an additional 13 cars to bring the number to 50. Dealers had actually started suing Tucker before the SEC trial had started. Had Tucker made it to full production, these cars would have been very expensive, as much as a top of the line Cadillac, and he had only planned to build 60,000 a year. Tucker wouldn't have run the big three out of business.
Very good video. More like this instead of the other crap you guys have put out in the past.
Okay so this video _should_ be fantastic! But -
The music is so loud that I can't hear the people speaking clearly without having my headphones so loud it hurts my hearing
There's an "effect" on the video showing the car that makes me think my glasses are dirty
The videographer is clearly new to this
Such a fantastic car deserves a little extra credit. Totally want to watch a re-upload of this.
What a car! Note the plush headliner...
I'd like to ask Elon Musk how the hell does he just... succeed? He says he wants to do something and he just does it! As you see, Tucker had a hard ass time doing that.
Bill Gates says he was lucky. Lucky to be interested in computers, in the early days of programming, and lived near a college that let him play on their mainframe.
Some people get lucky. Problem is, the lucky ones usually claim they have special skills instead of just admitting they go lucky.
Tucker!! the one auto maker who ACTUALLY!! had the people in mind and not just corporate profits!
I clicked on this video expecting to learn about the Tucker 48, but instead what I found was a PR piece for Tesla Motors. Why not talk about the car's unique suspension or about the other motor Mr. Tucker had planned for his car? Why do I need to hear how brilliant Elon Musk is in this video?
It's spelled conversation, an art lost to every generation after X.
@@randomunavailable And I want to hear a conversation about the details of the Tucker 48, not how fucking brilliant Elon Musk is!
@@gustavbabic5004 You get that too if you can keep your mouth shut for 10 minutes.
@@randomunavailable ironic how you ,yourself are guilty of not being able to conversate. Perhaps sometimes, it's better to shut your piehole instead of others to do so.
@@MichelLinschoten I talk you listen, you talk I listen, that's conversation. You haven't listened to a word I said, you're simply off on your temper tantrum.
What are they saying ! The jazz !! 😫
Amazing vehicle. You better beleive the Big 3 were nerveous.
It is amazing, not a single tattoo on anybody. That is so unusual.
I have 12. But you cant see them if I have a t-shirt on.
Would be great to hear what they’re saying. all I can hear is jazz 🙄
Great interview! Though the dream was murdered by the feds, it still lives on. ✨
Many dreams murdered by the Feds.
Tucker was a salesman who made a fortune during the war on his gun turret patent. He went into the car business underfunded (massively underfunded) and his IPO went nowhere because not enough investors trusted him. The big 3, and the little 5 were all running 3 shifts making every car they could given the rationing of materials after the war. Every car the established companies made had two cash-ready veterans fighting over it, willing to pay over invoice for it. So we are lead to believe that in this climate the Big 3 are afraid of an underfunded dreamer, with an empty building, with one small corner filled with guys hand-forming body panels and hand-making cars, at one price point, the price of which isn’t even established because he can’t manage costs or stop “improving”?
I don’t buy it.
Yeah, the big 3 did some bad against him, legally. Last I heard that’s called “competition” and no one gets left alone from competition based on the brilliance of their ideas. At the same time Henry J. Kaiser took the remains of the Graham-Paige company, and with Joe Frazier started Kaiser-Fraizer corporation. Within a year he was producing hundreds of thousands of cars a year, in a real factory, with a stamping plant (something Tucker didn’t have) its own engine plant (Continental) and most importantly, a nationwide dealership body that they were shipping cars to every month, eating some big 3 lunch. GM was so afraid of K-F they sold them Delco-Remy electrical components and Guide brand lighting parts. After 10 years in the business K-F threw in the towel on the auto business, having lost $100,000,000. By now the little 5 were struggling, by 1960 there would only be two small companies left, and their numbers weren’t impressive.
Let’s talk about the Tucker car. Yes, it was revolutionary. As a C-grade US knock-off of a Tatra it was different. There were no roads, save for a few stretches of roads out west where the Tucker’s performance could be exploited. The freeway system was 10 away in the future. They are amazingly competent as cars, given their kluge build qualities. The movie is a good movie, it has what every good script needs, a good guy and a villain. It’s not accurate telling of history.
That was actually Tucker safety exactly as he envisioned it. That area was designed to be able to do just that in a wreck, duck into the crash protected passenger floor well to protect the passenger.
But Americans had shown they wouldn't pay for safety; until many, many years later they did not rank it highly among the features they were looking for in a new car. From the '30s thorough '60s, tops were always ride comfort, low cost of operation, styling, power, features, and resale value. Tucker's design showcased at most two of these, and failed outright at another two.
@@50zcarsman Four, at least. Styling, power, and features and ride comfort. It had a 589 CUI H6 engine, a headlight that swiveled to help you see where you're turning, and it isn't hard to see that it has good styling. Low cost of operation is debatable, But likely.
Good lord that jazz background.
Dude turn the background music down it’s so distracting
This is so cool! I've always wanted to build my own car too, unfortunately a patent does not ensure a contract and it's just very expensive to hire companies to build new parts. I'd like to meet the great grand sons of Preston Tucker to talk about engines and inventions. Subscribing now.
My father is almost 87 years old, and he has always been fascinated with the Tucker Torpedo, as have I, but neither of us have ever seen one in person (there were only 50 made). Would you ever express interest in bringing it to the Iola Old Car Show?
You guys are rightly proud. This thing makes the Rolls Royce Phantom seem like a made-in-China consolation Prize. BTW, Musk had a footwell load of money which helped of course.
he is govt sponsored tucker was not.
@@murrayterry834 - Exactly.
Hey man you have the music volume so high, you can barely hear the people talking! Terrible man.
That car is huge. It’s unfortunate that Tucker went under. Beautiful interior too.
If tucker was born in some other country his company would be on top one in the world for innovation
Why do these muckers put background music in to keep you from hearing them talk. Grrrrrr
the way the big 3 responded to the tucker is probably the clearest indictment of why they got DESTROYED when japanese cars started coming in. All the sudden they couldn't use corruption to take out their competition and that competition was offering cars that people actually wanted to buy.
That was1983, your statement fits the china era in this country since 1999, the have sent us cheap crap and America keeps buying it,because it is cheap,they manufacture anything cheaper than we can make it here,why? Labor cost,now we will pay more,all of America, because of trump tarrifs,China does not pay this cost,we do. Sad.
Ok, this is just perpetuating the myth. Tucker failed because he never managed to get ready to start full production of cars. All of the surviving cars are hand-built prototypes, produced at great expense with pre-war Cord transmissions. In fact, Tucker's advertised price probably would have bankrupted him, if he had worked out his technical issues. The Government shut him down because of clearly shady financial dealings, that eventually cost a lot of ordinary people a lot of money for nothing.
As for the cars, they were never the car of the Future. Putting a huge engine in the rear would have resulted in terrible handling (as in Tatras) and the other features were unimpressive or unimplemented. The huge space in front of the passenger was actually a safety "crash zone" where you were supposed to duck into in case of a collision. The big three were never afraid of Tucker, because his cars looked impractical and his business looked shaky and unready.
But, hey, keep the myth going. Conspiracy theorists will never let it go anyway.
The big threee weren't innovative? The automatic transmission, airbags, bulit in radio, mass produced OHV high compression V-8 and alternator are just some of the innovations introduced by them. If they didn't have innovative products immediately after WWII it was probably because their factories were completely converted to wartime prodcution. If you want to see a really innovative car from the same time period then check out the Oldsmobile Rocket 88 from 1949. The Tucker was interesting, but as someone pointed out it was completely undercapitilzed and that is what doomed it. There is no evidence that the big three actuallly conspired against it but like many myths, people believe this anyway.
Unfortunately underdog stories are more interesting than facts.
The Tucker underperformed, and apart from some of the safety features, wasn't any more advanced than cars from the prewar years. It failed because it wasn't a particularly fantastic car in practice. This video fails to even mention his 589 cu engine that was only supposed to produce 150hp! But somehow managed to make 90. He managed to "settle" for an aircraft engine that was better, producing more horsepower than his original projected amount for a bit over half the cu. He subsequently purchased the engine company and cancelled all contracts with aircraft companies. This man blames the big 3 for his downfall.
The Chrysler Turbine car was the one the world missed.