Postwar-1970s
After WWII, cars became a symbol of success and pride among middle class Americans and automakers strove to build bigger, flashier, more powerful machines than ever before. They definitely succeeded, and often it was the outliers and unconventional manufacturers who drove the trends that we recognize as emblematic of the era. When new realities set in during the 1970s, some of America’s now-defunct automakers were among America’s most popular.
1948 TUCKER 48
Whether you think of it as the center of a conspiracy, a pawn in securities fraud, or simply an ambitious pipe dream, chances are you do think of the Tucker from time to time. Preston Tucker was a well-respected visionary in automotive circles in the 1930s and ’40s. Among other things, he was the man behind the Ford-Miller effort at Indy in 1935. His collaboration with Harry Miller went beyond that, however, with the famed race car designer contributing extensively to Tucker’s plans to build the ultimate road car. Unfortunately, Miller died in 1943, but Tucker gathered other talented men and
