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	Automobile: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		An automobile, usually called a car (an old word for carriage), is a wheeled, self-powered vehicle, meaning it carries its own engine.
		While steam-powered vehicles were devised as the late 18th century, it is generally claimed that the first automobiles or cars with an internal combustion engine were completed almost simultaneously in 1886 by two German inventors working independently, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz.
		The large scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable automobiles was developed by Henry Ford in the 1910s.
	www.encyclopedian.com /au/Automobile.html (954 words)

	History De Ford Of The Car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tucker ' 48 premiered of June to the 19 of 1947 in the plant of Tucker before the press, to distributors, distributors and runners.
		Finally, before the crowd of 5000, the curtains were divided and the automobile of Tucker rolled under the incline of the stage and to its area of the vision where it remained for the rest of afternoon.
		Of June the 10, Tucker and seven of their associate faced an accusation of the magnificent jury in 31 accounts - 25 for the fraud of the mail, 5 for the violation of rule of the SEC, and one in the conspiracy to defraud.
	ford-car.thestas.com /car-ford-history.htm (1662 words)

	Preston Tucker Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Preston Thomas Tucker was born September 21, 1903, on a peppermint farm in rural Capac, Michigan.
		Tucker himself hinted darkly that the Big Three automakers and their supporters were behind the attempt to destroy him because of the threat he represented to their domination of the market.
		Tuckers are now prized by car collectors (around 47 are still known to exist), most of whom are active members of the Tucker Automobile Club of America.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/preston-tucker (1765 words)

	Tucker Auto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This sedan is the 39th of 51 samples the Tucker Corporation built in 1948.
		The automobile has its engine in the rear, an area where the front passenger can crouch during a collision, and a center headlight that turned with the steering wheel.
		Tucker Automobile, 1948, conceived by Preston Tucker (1903-1956)
	www.150.si.edu /150trav/imagine/m611.htm (137 words)

	Le Magazine, August 2006 - As We See It: Inventor Of Safer Automobile
		Tucker’s car had three welded roll bars to protect the passengers in case the vehicle rolled over, steel bulkheads in the front and rear to protect against front and rear collisions, and a wraparound safety frame to protect against side collisions.
		Tucker’s was one of the first cars with independent suspension to reduce the risk of the driver losing control of the steering.
		Tucker was constantly forced to switch course as the federal government did everything in its power to incarcerate him and destroy his company.
	www.lef.org /magazine/mag2006/aug2006_awsi_01.htm (1275 words)

	The Showroom of Automotive History: 1948 Tucker
		Preston Tucker was one of the most recognized figures of the late 1940s, as controversial and enigmatic as his namesake automobile.
		Tucker may have been an unfortunate pawn in a bureaucratic war between the housing agency and the WAA, but the battle continued until January of 1947.
		Finally, before the crowd of 5000, the curtains parted and the Tucker automobile rolled down the ramp from the stage and to its viewing area where it remained for the rest of the evening.
	www.hfmgv.org /exhibits/showroom/1948/tucker.html (1381 words)

	Free Speaker - Preston Tucker: A Generation Too Late
		By selling stock in Tucker Corporation to the public, Tucker was inviting them to join his enterprise, to become part-owners and accept the risk of ownership--by sharing the profits of success, or the losses of failure.
		Tucker: a Man and His Dream is the story of a dream extinguished by politicians and government bureaucrats who worked hand in hand with servile newspapers, corrupt journalists, and probably the big three automakers--Ford, General Motors and Chrysler.
		Tucker biographer Charles T. Pearson explains the political economic system Preston Tucker had to battle, and entrepreneurs still battle today; "During the Roosevelt Administration there developed a system of government by decree, under which even minor officials practically made and enforced their own laws.
	www.economicthinking.org /Americanhistory/tucker-greg.html (1965 words)

	History Channel Classroom: Automobiles,The Tucker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The story of the manufacture and development of the automobile and its social and cultural impact is one of the principal historical narratives of the twentieth century.
		The Tucker was an innovative new car design in the late 1940s, with an emphasis on safety and performance features.
		The innovation of the Tucker automobile was its safety features, features that automobiles of the period did not have.
	www.history.com /classroom/guides/tucker.html (401 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Tucker: The Man and His Dream at Epinions.com
		Tucker had some ambitious ideas for the time, and this film illustrates what an impossible undertaking this truly was.
		Jeff Bridges portrayed Tucker as a larger than life character, and as such the camera looks up at him much of the time in order to make him seem that much "larger." Bridges plays the role with gleeful abandon and his enthusiasm is contagious.
		Tucker seems a little nutty, but you are seriously rooting for him to succeed throughout the film.
	www.epinions.com /content_208672886404 (514 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian:Tucker Auto
		The Tucker never entered full production, but its design epitomized automotive trends that were new and significant in the immediate postwar years: avant-garde styling, innovative mechanical features, awakening interest in passenger safety, and efforts by small manufacturers to capture a larger share of the new-car market.
		The Tucker was an exaggeration of these trends and evidence that the desire for change was strong enough to move some fairly radical ideas from the drawing board to the production stage.
		Tucker #1039 (the 39th of 51 Tucker cars made in 1948) was forfeited in a narcotics arrest in 1992 and was transferred by the U.S. Marshals Service to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in 1993.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmah/tucker.htm (523 words)

	Tucker automobile
		The Tucker was an American automobile with advanced design features conceived by Preston Tucker, produced in Chicago in 1948.
		Innovations included a rear-mounted air-cooled engine, the fastback, independent four-wheel suspension, and several automobile safety[?] features, including a pop-out windshield, a steerable front light to see better while turning, disk brakes, seatbelts, and padded dashboard.
		Egan, Philip S. Design and Destiny: The Making of the Tucker Automobile, Phillip S. Egan, Illustrated by Alex Tremulis, On the Mark Publications, paperback, 1989, ISBN 0924321008.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Tucker_automobile.html (118 words)

	CATCHING DREAMS: PRESTON TUCKER'S FIGHT FOR FREE ENTERPRISE
		Tucker revels in the honor of living in a country so great that this opportunity is available to all.
		Their creation may look like everything Tucker had promised, but despite its appearance and the fact that the engineers were able to save the concept of the rear engine; the car really couldn't be further from the original conception that had gained so much publicity.
		Tucker's resilience is a silent shot at those who call him a failure, and his reprisal is his unfaltering faith in the belief that "it's the idea that counts, and the dream."
	www.quebecoislibre.org /05/050515-12.htm (2017 words)

	The Tucker
		Preston Tucker wrote an open letter to the automobile industry in the United States.
		This was the car that the Tucker corporation used as the standard that all the following cars had to meet.
		Presumed lost by Tucker aficionados, the car was discovered in 1991, and purchased from the original owner, who also owned the parking garage.
	oldcarandtruckpictures.com /Tucker (730 words)

	March History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tucker, made famous by the 1988 film Tucker starring Jeff Bridges in the title role, was one of the car industry’s most spectacular post-war failures.
		Tucker was indicted by the Securities and Exchange Commission before he could begin to mass-produce his automobiles.
		Tucker loyalists espouse the theory that Tucker was the victim of a conspiracy planned by the Big Three to sabotage independent manufacturers.
	clubs.hemmings.com /clubsites/cowtownmopars/HistoryMAR.html (5908 words)

	1948 Tucker "Torpedo" four-door sedan - Only 51 made - Click on photo for much more info.. photo - Ken Leonard photos ...
		Few people knew that Preston Tucker was a veteran of the automobile industry, with sales experience at Dodge, Studebaker, and others, when in 1948 he surprised the world with "The Most Completely New Car in Fifty Years".
		Ironically, Tucker Corporation still had the funding to proceed with production, but Preston Tucker was a disheartened man, and with the public support for his new car gone, the decision was made to auction everything off.
		Tucker's favorite color and Preston Tucker chose this color personally in a special tribute to her.
	www.pbase.com /image/17158573 (1193 words)

	Tucker Automobile Club of America - Member 1440 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I have a fascination with the Tucker automobile, its innovation, and the politics which sadly put Tucker out of business.
		Tucker #1019 was on display and I was able to see it.
		Second and probably unfeasible is to sit in a Tucker.
	www.suarezweb.com /tuckerclub/taca1440.htm (396 words)

	:: The Official Tucker Club of America ::
		Preston Tucker was a car-crazy kid who hung around auto speedways and grew up to create an automobile--the Tucker--that was years ahead of its time.
		He was a man of pioneering spirit, ingenuity and daring, who revolutionized Detroit in the 1940s with his stunning "Car of Tomorrow." It was streamlined, futuristic and fast--the car every American dreamed of owning, at a price most people could afford.
		A man of endless enthusiasm, Tucker publicized his model all over the country to wild acclaim.
	www.tuckerclub.org (122 words)

	The Tucker Automobile meets the Mills Jukebox
		Preston Thomas Tucker (1903-1956), among his other accomplishments attempted to build the This "Car of Tomorrow", what was to be called the "Tucker 48".
		Tucker had powerful enemies which included the major automobile manufacturers who considered him a threat.
		Around the same time Tucker was attempting to build his automobiles in Chicago, Mills was producing jukeboxes not far away.
	tomszone.com /Tucker.html (772 words)

	Tucker Starring Jeff Bridges,Martin Landau directed by Francis Coppola (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tucker’s ideas have threatened their way of business and he eventually looses control of his company.
		In 1976 Coppola announced that he was in the development stages on a biopic based on the life of Preston Tucker that would star Marlon Brando as Tucker.
		All in all Tucker: A Man and His Dream is a great film, and despite the mediocre turnout at the box office, it easily holds a place among Coppola’s very best.
	www.ambidextrouspics.com /html/tucker.html (589 words)

	1948 Tucker Sedan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1948 Tucker Sedan or Tucker '48 Sedan (also nicknamed the Tucker Torpedo) was an advanced automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly produced in Chicago in 1948.
		Tucker was joined on stage by his family, with his daughter smashing a champagne bottle on the "Cyclops Eye" and soaking her father.
		The Tucker story and legacy were recounted in the 1988 movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tucker_automobile (1336 words)

	Amazon.com: Tucker--The Man and His Dream: Video: Jeff Bridges,Joan Allen,Martin Landau,Frederic Forrest,Mako,Elias ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, the rotating gun-turret used on top of the vehicle, the "Tucker turret", was used on American bombers, such as the B-17 and B-24, thoughout the war.
		The tragedy of Preston Tucker is that of a visionary who saw all the way back in the late 1940s what really needed to be done with the automobile--e.g., seat belts, fuel injection, disk brakes--and then did it and then got completely destroyed by the powers that be because of it.
		Tucker envisioned a car so far ahead of its time that the stodgy, rod-up-their-butts, too stupid for their own good politicos and corporate blowhards couldn't handle it and subsequently used every means at their disposal to bring Tucker down.
	www.amazon.com /Tucker-Dream-Francis-Ford-Coppola/dp/6301217861 (2304 words)

	Tucker automobile
		I learnt that Preston Tucker's life and fate was so connected with Tucker automobile that no separate entry for him is practicable.
		The Tucker Automobile company was formed in 1946 and was based in the an old Dodge plant in Cicero (south Chicago).
		There were only 51 Tucker Automobiles produced, but 251 Tucker cookie jars were made.
	www.etc-france.com /tucker-automobile.html (321 words)

	math lessons - Tucker automobile
		Innovations included a rear-mounted engine, the fastback, independent four-wheel suspension, and several automobile safety features, including a pop-out windshield, a steerable front light to see better while turning, disc brakes, seatbelts, and a padded dashboard.
		Though never implemented, Tucker planned for the mass-produced car to be powered by an air-cooled engine from Franklin.
		The company was the subject of a 1988 movie called Tucker: The Man and his Dream.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Tucker_automobile (176 words)

	TUCKER (1988) Movie Poster
		Tucker is the supposedly real-life story about entrepreneur Preston Tucker (Bridges), who tried to build the "Car of the Future" after World War II, only to be crushed by the Big Three automakers and their (mostly political) cronies.
		Folklore says that the Tucker automobile was so advanced in areas of performance, safety, and style that it would have revolutionized the automobile as we knew it, and the Detroit establishment was scared-to-death of it and summarily crushed it's introduction into the marketplace.
		The scene where Howard Hughes summons Tucker to his home-turf to clue Preston Tucker in on a helicopter engine that will work his car, and on the dark-forces he is fighting, is surprisingly eerie.
	www.sd455.com /movietucker.htm (426 words)

	Home of The Tucker Automobile Pages
		The automobile I am talking about is the Tucker '48, or the Tucker Torpedo.
		Preston Tucker was a car-crazy kid who hung around auto speedways and grew up to create his automobile that was years ahead of its time.
		Tucker publicized his model all over the country to wild acclaim.
	www.familyfirst.com /home_of_the_tucker_automobile.html (440 words)

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		It is interesting to note that Automobile does not at all mention the SSX nomenclature, and they...
		Over the lion's share of the automobile's history, most cars had an internal-combustion engine in front of the driver powering the wheels in back of him.
		Year-to-date, sales were down 6.8 percent, to 171,488 automobiles compared to 184,090 sold in the same period in 2003.
	espanol.lycos.com /info/automobile.html (577 words)

	1948 Tucker 48
		Tucker built successful race cars with legendary constructor Harry A. Miller, and was the father of the Tucker Tiger, a crossbreed of a Jeep, a tank and a race car, a vehicle able to go an unheard-of 118 mph.
		Tucker once took a dog in trade on a car deal, earning him a reputation as one of the original "outside the box" thinkers, a reputation that would lead to jobs with Studebaker, Ford, Stutz, Chrysler, and Pierce-Arrow.
		Tucker's dream was to build an entirely new car there, one that would encompass not only radical styling but also the latest in technology and safety, at an affordable price.
	www.businessweek.com /autos/content/apr2006/bw20060427_095453.htm (1684 words)

	1948 Tucker Guestbook
		The Tucker Tornado is the most amazing thing I have ever beheld and I wish that the Big 3 would have more information available on their influence with the Tucker automobile.
		Tucker for fighting in what he believed in and I would very much like to know what the one major thing was, that inspired him to go on after all the roadblocks that were thrown at him.
		Tucker on the History chanel,and the famed movie I have wanted to see one of his cars in person and if I get a chance I would like to drive one I love this car and would love to own one.
	www.hfmgv.org /exhibits/showroom/1948/rem.html (13023 words)

	America on the Move \| Tucker automobile
		It had padded disc brakes, independent four-wheel suspension, and an area where the front passenger could crouch in the event of a collision.
		Still, the most striking feature of the Tucker is its avant-garde styling, which provides an impression of futuristic speed and power.
		It was seized in 1992 by the U.S. Marshals Service following a narcotics investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and transferred to NMAH the next year.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_1182.html (182 words)

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