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•Here's what you need to know about the Tucker 48
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The Tucker 48 was the subject of Francis Ford Coppola's biopic, Tucker : The Man and His Dream.
Preston Tucker packed a helicopter engine into a sedan in the late 1940s .
The car was called the "Tucker Torpedo," but the title never made it to the production model.
The Franklin O-335 engine was a last-resort option after multiple failed powerplants.
The Tucker 48 lives on with a devoted fanbase, keeping the existing models in near-mint condition.
Coppola 's dramatized retelling of the scandal implicitly takes Preston 's side, arguing against the monopolization of American industry.
Tucker Motors filed for bankruptcy after only producing fifty Tucker 48s , even after Tucker had been acquitted on all counts.
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