Subdeacon Joe Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Way ahead of its time, AND a little too far ahead for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 I remember watching a 1988 movie with Jeff Bridges called "Tucker: The Man And His Dream." Of Course the big 3 American auto manufacturers just blasted the movie as fiction. It was a good movie. Don't know if it can be found on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Seamus Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 47 minutes ago, Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 said: It was a good movie. Don't know if it can be found on the internet. IMDb says it's on Freevee and Tubi among others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 I’ve read much about Preston Tucker and this venture. It’s an entertaining movie, but plays very loosely with facts. His head of engineering, who I recall was his son-in-law, had said the company was severely underfunded from the get-go and was unable to develop the car as conceived. He said many corners were cut just to get a few cars built and those had multiple teething problems. Tucker was a huckster making bold claims in order to raise cash, but he couldn’t back up those claims. That led to being charged with securities fraud for which he was later acquitted. His SIL said the venture collapsed for lack of funding and unfulfilled promises, not some Big 3 collusion/conspiracy. Although they were not unhappy about the failure. I’ve not watched the OPs videos, so perhaps this was covered already. The engines were leftover helicopter engines made by Franklin. Adapting them to cars was an inspired decision, giving them a marketing bonus and saving millions in development and manufacturing costs. Too bad they couldn’t pull it off. It truly was ahead of its time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Imagine a central headlight that would follow the steering wheel on a turn in additional to the two regular ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Coulda been interesting. That was one of the proposed features that had to be scrapped before production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 32 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Coulda been interesting. That was one of the proposed features that had to be scrapped before production. Money, money, right after the War! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Anyone remember Cop Rock? Hideous show that all the critics said was "ahead of its time." It was from the same people that brought us Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blues so it had to be good right? Some things are not ahead of their time. They just sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 “Ahead of its time” is bestowed only with 20/20 hindsight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Anyone remember Cop Rock? Hideous show that all the critics said was "ahead of its time." It was from the same people that brought us Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blues so it had to be good right? Some things are not ahead of their time. They just sucked. I swear, he was a regular John Lord on the keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 My parents had a friend who got a Tucker dealership. After he had it a while they send him a life sized cardboard cutout for his showroom. When he gave it up he tried to get his Ford dealership back and Ford him to go tamp sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 There is a simple tenant in Economics and Business. If a business endeavor is underfunded at the start, it WILL fail. Same same applies to manufacturing endeavor. Unfortunately, the Tucker was dead from day one. Just a matter of how soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 When you put down a deposit on a Tucker you got a set of leather luggage. Lots of Tucker luggage in circulation. Just few, if any, delivered cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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