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This day in car history: American automaker is acquitted of mail fraud, SEC violations

On January 22nd, 1950, Preston Tucker, founder of the Tucker Car Corporation, was found not guilty of 25 counts of mail fraud ...
The Drive

Preston Tucker’s Personal Tucker 48 is Going to Auction

Automotive history has a lot of stories to tell and one of the most intriguing is the story of Tucker. A short-lived brand in the 1940s named for its founder Preston Tucker, it had one model that was ...
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Preston Tucker’s own Tucker 48 to fetch at least $1.25 million at RM Sotheby’s

The Tucker 48 is perhaps one of automotive history’s greatest flops. What started as a big post-World War II ambition to take on Detroit’s booming “Big Three” (General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford) ...
Motor Authority

Preston Tucker's personal 1948 Tucker expected to command more than $1M at January auction

The Tucker Corporation was merely a flash in the late 1940s pan, but it remains an incredibly intriguing story in American automobile history. The company's turmoil, conspiracy, and demise is a story ...
autoevolution

Stories about: Preston Tucker

21 Apr 2025, 14:40 UTC · By: Razvan Calin // The car is a Tucker 48 that was not finished on the assembly line; it was completed in the 80s, and the builder’s family sold it to Preston Tucker’s ...
The Drive

The Sheer Audacity of Preston Tucker and the Car that Should Have Been

Some people have likened historic automotive industry figure Preston Tucker to Elon Musk. Tucker has been described with words like “a gifted entrepreneur and technological visionary who challenged ...
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Preston Tucker and his battle to build the car of tomorrow / Steve Lehto ; foreword by Jay Leno

An early morning car crash -- Preston Thomas Tucker -- Harry Miller -- The Tucker combat car -- Andrew Higgins -- Tucker's automobile plans -- The PIC article -- The Tucker Corporation -- Tucker ...