Tucker was under pressure to find an engine that would work, discovering that Air Cooled Engines built flat-6 Franklin ...

As the story goes, Tucker wanted this car to reflect post-war optimism, and he didn't think it was a great idea to remind the American public of naval warfare, U-boats, and battleships.

It still has the original Franklin modified helicopter engine (6 cylinders ... The Indomitable Tin Goose: The True Story of Preston Tucker and His Car. Minneapolis: Motorbooks International Publishers ...

The story of the Tucker 48, also known as the Tucker Torpedo, has both. This oddball car, which never became a mass-production vehicle and was doomed by mechanical and financial problems before it ...