On this day, December 26, 1956, Preston Tucker died.

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1. Ypsilanti Automotive Industry History

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The Preston Tucker Company. This Ypsilanti family owned the Ypsilanti Machine Tool Company and was the car company that designed and built the prototypes for the famous Tucker Torpedo car. The premature of collapse of this company was due in part to a lack of corporate funding and questionable pressure from competitors who used the SEC to exert overly aggressive investigative measures to drive Tucker out of business. Thought to be light-years ahead of his time for safety and innovation, Tucker's story was made into a feature motion picture film called “The Man and His Dream” which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

You can visit an old dealership there that is now a museum.