"With a great degree of affection," he dubbed it "the Tin Goose." Skipping the clay model was possible in part because Tucker had hired a friend named Herman Ringling, renowned for his ability to ...

After the prototype "Tin Goose," only 51 more -- including one built from leftover parts -- Tucker 48 automobiles were eventually built. Despite securing the largest manufacturing plant in the ...

the firm that Tucker had employed to build his first prototype, the Tin Goose. Unfortunately, removing the top had weakened the structure significantly so Lencki engineered a new frame from ...

Except for the "Tin Goose" prototype, of course, which had a terrible but massive 589-cubic-inch (9.7-liter) mill. With the latter problematic and underpowered, Tucker turned to Air Cooled Motors ...

Design and Destiny: The Making of the Tucker Automobile. Orange, CA: On the Mark, 1989. Pearson, Charles T. The Indomitable Tin Goose: The True Story of Preston Tucker and His Car. Minneapolis: ...

But in 1946, new cars made headlines, such as Kaiser-Frazer, the 1948 Tucker "Tin Goose" and the short-lived Edsel. Henry Kaiser had been building ships for the war at speeds much faster than ...