Tucker question

[DAVID CLARK]

TUCKER WAS GREAT<br>
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[chris]

for aney one to call tucker a con-man is so wrong that I feel sorry for them. tucker did advertise the car of tomarrow but so does all the auto makers even if they havent bult them yet. now crysler is thinking about makeing a car called the tucker it loks like the 48 but different. he had bult the 50 cars befor the dead line!!! so Mr. Tucker is NOT A CON MAN like annie stated. he was ready to buld and supply cars to all dealers but the government dident like change and I think the big 3 had a lot to do with this. not to menchen Mr. benington him self. so tucker is a geneous for what he did he built the car he sed he would and was ready to mass produce them that does not make him a con man at all. I get a little pissed when people say tucker was a con man he is a hero in many aspects many people owe there lives to tucker due to his turents so Tucke searved the people and his contry. <p></p><i></i>

[Rosco]

You got it in one. Tucker was a good engineer and he was also a good salesman.<br>
He had people lining up fpr the apple before he even planted the tree.<br>
Sadly, he went so close to pulling it off. <p></p><i></i>

[chris]

to who it may concern. the third light never took hold cuz the big three are to cheep.and for a person to say that they are better I would like to see them buld a car and try to mass produce it. or try to make one better than the tucker 48. <p></p><i></i>

[chris]

wondering if aney one wants to sell there tucker.<br>
e-mail me cschoenemann@hotmail.com <p></p><i></i>

[chris schoenemann]

why do you think that where did you get your info from. <p></p><i></i>

[tuckermatic]

Tucker's main problem was lack of money. He started his auto company the same year Enzo Ferrari started his, and there are many parallels in their lives. Both were successful industrialists before getting into the car business, and both had racing in their blood. Where they differ is in the markets they each tried to enter. Ferrari from the start knew his buyers had to be wealthy; Tucker thought he could make cars for the common worker. Had he catered to the high end of the market, he may well have survived long enough to move downscale let his rich clientele subsidize development of lower priced cars. Ferrari never did try to move down, except for the 246 Dino, but Tucker was forced to go upmarket in order to seek profitability. Both men are legendary today, and vintage Ferraris cost about what a Tucker would bring. <p></p><i></i>

[Eva G]

I think Preston Tucker was a brilliant man and a dreamer. He wanted to built cars and he wanted his cars to be safe. He didn't care about people that were just interested in high insurance payments or people that tried to change his idea of a perfect car. He was ahead of his time and he did a great job for automobile-standard and -safety. <p></p><i></i>

[Robert]

Preston Tucker was a visionary and way ahead of his time. He took the practical lessons learned from his experiences around the racetracks such as the Brickyard, and being in the automotive industry, and applied them to what he believed to be the "ideal" car at that time. Practical, reasonably priced, safe, reliable and even economical. He did some serious thinking over the years prior to him taking the plunge. It so happened that these ideas, not only being common sense, made them "cutting edge" or "revolutionary", not only for the time, but years after. He was a serious promoter, and was ruputed to be an excellent salesman. Preston showed determination to see his dream come true. Even before the trial that ended the Tucker Corporation had finished, he was already planning a comeback. It isn't uncommon for some great businessmen to fall down on their first time out. (Of course in Tucker's case he had help with that) Then they come back and become a success. Both Ford and Durant didn't do it first time. Even Samual Colt (founder of the firearms company) went broke and out of business before making his comback years later. Tucker had a desire to bring to the people of his country a great car and believed the people were being short changed by the auto industry. I personally believe, that if cancer had not have taken him as soon as it did, he would have staged a comeback and would have been a success. Was he a dreamer? Yes. Eccentric? Probably, many geniues are. Was he a success? Certainly. His ideas changed the automotive industry for the better and the lives saved through the adoption of his safety features is a tremendous legacy. Preston Tucker was a true American.<br>
Respectfully,<br>
Robert <p></p><i></i>