The Tucker Factory: How Chicago's Deadliest Car Was Killed by 51 Vehicles and a Federal Indictment

October nineteen fifty federal bankruptcy auction Chicago Tucker Corporation plant eighty-two acres single roof Tucker forty-eight sedan most advanced passenger car ever built sold three hundred eighty dollars man who built cars acquitted all thirty-one federal criminal charges nine months earlier fifty-one number Tucker forty-eight sedans produced before United States government shut enterprise down Chevrolet Flint Michigan produced more before lunch Tuesday against that arithmetic fifty-one not production run rounding error forty-seven survive today sell three million dollars government that sold them three hundred eighty Preston Tucker acquitted everything convicted nothing car proved right by every safety regulation that followed

The Strangest American Engine Ever
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The Strangest American Engine Ever

The Downfall of Howard Hughes and His $2.5 Billion Empire of Airplanes and Madness
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The Downfall of Howard Hughes and His $2.5 Billion Empire of Airplanes and Madness

Preston Tucker & his connection to Kansas City
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Preston Tucker & his connection to Kansas City

Why Pierce-Arrow Collapsed - The Prestige Brand That Couldn't Survive the Great Depression
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Why Pierce-Arrow Collapsed - The Prestige Brand That Couldn't Survive the Great Depression

Before the Jet Age: The Dangerous Dawn of Global Air Travel. Inside the Dawn of Global Flight
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Before the Jet Age: The Dangerous Dawn of Global Air Travel. Inside the Dawn of Global Flight

The SAAB Factory: How Trollhättan Lost Sweden's Most Loved Car Brand to GM's Boardroom in 14 Years
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The SAAB Factory: How Trollhättan Lost Sweden's Most Loved Car Brand to GM's Boardroom in 14 Years

Studebaker's Last Stand Against GM's Dominance
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Studebaker's Last Stand Against GM's Dominance

The Silent Schwinn Factory: How America’s Bicycle Empire Faded Away
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The Silent Schwinn Factory: How America’s Bicycle Empire Faded Away

Why the 1948 Tucker 48 Was 30 Years Ahead of Its Time
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Why the 1948 Tucker 48 Was 30 Years Ahead of Its Time

Henry Ford Full Documentary For Sleep
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Henry Ford Full Documentary For Sleep

Rare 1910s Footage: How Everyday Americans Lived and Worked | Restored Archival Film
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Rare 1910s Footage: How Everyday Americans Lived and Worked | Restored Archival Film

Britain Sold Palestine to Pay Its WWI Debt. The Balfour Declaration Was a Banking Deal!
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Britain Sold Palestine to Pay Its WWI Debt. The Balfour Declaration Was a Banking Deal!

The Tragic Story of Rolls-Royce: The Car Built for Kings That Killed Its Creator
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The Tragic Story of Rolls-Royce: The Car Built for Kings That Killed Its Creator

1961: Man Robbed Ray Charles Because He Was Blind — Bumpy Made Him Wish He Was Blind Too
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1961: Man Robbed Ray Charles Because He Was Blind — Bumpy Made Him Wish He Was Blind Too

The Silent Studebaker Factory: How America's Oldest Automaker Watched Detroit Win
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The Silent Studebaker Factory: How America's Oldest Automaker Watched Detroit Win

Before Hydraulics: How Caterpillar Killed the Steam Engine (1931)
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Before Hydraulics: How Caterpillar Killed the Steam Engine (1931)

How Just One Mistake Destroyed The World's Greatest Engine Company
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How Just One Mistake Destroyed The World's Greatest Engine Company

How One Signature Ended America's Most Powerful Textile Empire: Lowell, Massachusetts
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How One Signature Ended America's Most Powerful Textile Empire: Lowell, Massachusetts

The Forgotten Story of the Stout Scarab - The World's First Minivan That Vanished Without a Trace
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The Forgotten Story of the Stout Scarab - The World's First Minivan That Vanished Without a Trace

How Just One Mistake Destroyed Detroit
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How Just One Mistake Destroyed Detroit