[DMCForum] Tucker

["Marvin" <marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Watched the tv presentation on Tucker - "Behind the Headlights" on Speedvision.

Very interesting similarity to John DeLorean and his project. They used the term "dream" in several areas of the show. Tucker and DeLorean had the same fate. Someone wanted them both out of business. The story implied the big 3 automakers of the time were very concerned about the advances in engineering and style of the Tucker, and how it may affect their sales and their futures. Tucker apparently had commitments for 1,000,000 cars prior to the government intervention, seizure of his books, and charges of fraud, etc., for which years later, he was found not guilty. Among the charges were falsely promoting and taking money for a car that he did not build, a car that would not run. It was proven, of course, that he did build the car - about 36 initially, and they did run.

DeLorean and Tucker were men of vision, passion, enthusiasm, drive, and both had a dream. Both were under capitalized. Both were almost "there"! 

The automobile passionate public was cheated by both failures.

Marv.
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marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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