1948 Tucker Advertisement, "Here's Why the Tucker '48 is Years Ahead!"
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Preston Tucker promoted his Tucker 48 sedan heavily to interest investors as well as would-be customers. His claims sometimes got ahead of reality. While some of the features in this ad -- rear engine, four-wheel independent suspension -- made it into Tucker's production cars, others -- fuel injection, torque-converter transmission, disc brakes -- were dropped due to engineering or manufacturing difficulties.
Preston Tucker promoted his Tucker 48 sedan heavily to interest investors as well as would-be customers. His claims sometimes got ahead of reality. While some of the features in this ad -- rear engine, four-wheel independent suspension -- made it into Tucker's production cars, others -- fuel injection, torque-converter transmission, disc brakes -- were dropped due to engineering or manufacturing difficulties.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
18 April 1947
Creators
Creator Notes
Copied from the original Tucker advertisement published in THE SUNDAY BULLETIN newspaper, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18 April 1947.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1671.P.D.1271
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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