While I was doing a trivia quiz I found a question about a car I had never heard of,the Tucker Torpedo,aka,Tucker 48. Some of you may have seen a movie about it in the 80's "Tucker:The Man and His Dream",directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola had a childhood connection to the Tucker as his father had invested $5,000 in Tucker stock and ordered a car he never received. Preston Tucker was ahead of his time in many ways and one theory on his downfall involves the big car companies interference. The Tucker featured a third centered headlight which swiveled to light the way around corners, a rear engine,padded dash,seat belts and several other unheard of features for that time period. His innovations were way ahead of his time, only 51 Tuckers were built,47 of the originals still exist today,and when they are sold they fetch up to $2.9 million. The Tucker production plant in Chicago today houses a Tootsie Roll factory and shopping center.
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