Talk:Preston Tucker

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What the heck? Someone please fix this. First it includes a large, badly-formatted paragraph of unrelated information; then everything is deleted except a date of death. I suspect vandalism. I won't touch it without a second opinion, though. -- Erik Carson 16:13, 2004 May 16 (UTC)

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[edit] Clarity

The article reads that the Tucker factory was "shuttered". This is a little colloquial and doesnt shed much light on what happened. On what grounds was it seized, ann why did he not get it back after the trial?

Dear Wikipedians,

I learnt that Preston Tucker's life and fate was so connected with Tucker automobile that no separate entry for him is practicable. I think the lines about him should be transferred to Tucker automobile and this stub should be cancelled. OK?

--Millisits 14:55, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Dear Readers of this page, I cannot see any reaction to my above proposal, so I am going to make it soon. Of course, Preston Tucker would be a good redirect to Tucker automobile. --Millisits 16:26, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I added a cleanup tag to this article, it's a hideous mess. Several issues I noted:

  • the "open letter" is repeated twice in the article
  • the article starts out with chronology and then goes back to ground it covered to cover it again
  • I sense possible copyright infringement issues with much of the article
  • This article has no sources

Basically I think some experienced editors need to have at this article, perhaps I'll give it a try if I have time.

--Wgfinley 14:45, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

The following item should be considered for revision as there is no clear reason to cite the U.S. Attorney's political affiliation. If it is established that he was prosecuted for political reasons, a connection should be made and some references cited.

24.166.31.246 04:56, 4 November 2007 (UTC)Tony Silva

"Tucker's innovative business idea was investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the liberal Democratic United States Attorney Otto Kerner, and led to an indictment of Tucker and six other Tucker Corporation executives for fraud on June 10, 1949."

[edit] Cleanup Started

I did a major gutting of the article, most of the deleted section was narrative related to the Torpedo and rightfully belongs in the Torpedo article. I did splice some parts from it though here and there where useful. I brought in a part or two from the Torpedo article to have this make sense for now. My idea is a thorough rewrite but for now I wanted to "take out the garbage" and start with a somewhat clean slate.

I've been in touch with the Tucker Club of America and they have been supportive of a rewrite and are going to contribute some photos and other images to make this a much better article. They will also help fact check it for accuracy. I hope to begin working on the rewrite soon. --Wgfinley 22:21, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] preston tucker

i think it would be helpfull to know exactly how he died, what kind of cancer did he have ? and was he sick for along time ect..

Lung cancer. He was a heavy smoker. The government probably killed him with all the stress they put on him trying to shut him down. Economizer 19:41, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Government scam

What a scam the government pulled on this guy. This is a classic case of competitors teaming up with government in order to crush a competitor who had a superior product. Economizer 19:37, 11 September 2006 (UTC)