Pioneering Features cutting-edge concepts by the standards of the time. These included:
•Disc brakes
•Fuel injection
•Seat belts
•Four wheel independent suspension
•A user-friendly instrument panel
•A padded dash
•Rotating headlights that saw around curves
•Tubeless tires
•A crash frame similar to today’s unibody construction
•Direct drive torque converters instead of a conventional transmission
•A power train that could be removed and replaced in half an hour
•Magnesium wheels
•And a parking brake locked by a separate key to discourage theft
•Fuel injection
•Seat belts
•Four wheel independent suspension
•A user-friendly instrument panel
•A padded dash
•Rotating headlights that saw around curves
•Tubeless tires
•A crash frame similar to today’s unibody construction
•Direct drive torque converters instead of a conventional transmission
•A power train that could be removed and replaced in half an hour
•Magnesium wheels
•And a parking brake locked by a separate key to discourage theft
A 1948 TUCKER TORPEDO! THE ORIGINAL DESIGN HAD THE LARGEST FLAT HEAD V-6 MANUFACTURED. 9.6 litres!! Later on he changed his design to an air cooled, rear engine automobile. He also used the concept of a "hemi-head" combustion chamber and overhead valves.
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