RE: [DMCForum] Tucker

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marv,

You are spot on that we were cheated from what could have been.  If you
haven't seen the movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, it is by far very
worth the time to watch.  It came out in 1988.

http://www.tuckerclub.org/

Greg


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From: Marvin [mailto:marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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Subject: [DMCForum] Tucker



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.
# 17077
marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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