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<blockquote data-quote="TrainTrac" data-source="post: 877272" data-attributes="member: 55399"><p>Preston Tucker included a lot of features in his car that were considered "innovative" for the era, many of them being new safety features. Among them are:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. Seat belts</p><p></p><p>2. Safety glass</p><p></p><p>3. Padded dash</p><p></p><p>4. The <em>perimeter frame</em> surrounded the vehicle for crash protection.</p><p></p><p>5. The steering box was behind the front axle to protect the driver in a front-end accident.</p><p></p><p>6. "Cyclops" center-mounted headlight that turned with the steering.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ideas that never made it off the drawing board:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1. Disc brakes</p><p></p><p>2. Magnesium wheels</p><p></p><p>3. A direct-drive torque converter transmission</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Big Three decided that it would be way to expensive to incorporate these features into their products to keep them competitive, so they basically ran him out of business by using political influence. Ironically enough, many of these features eventually found their way into other companies vehicles over the decades as consumer demand dictated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrainTrac, post: 877272, member: 55399"] Preston Tucker included a lot of features in his car that were considered "innovative" for the era, many of them being new safety features. Among them are: 1. Seat belts 2. Safety glass 3. Padded dash 4. The [i]perimeter frame[/i] surrounded the vehicle for crash protection. 5. The steering box was behind the front axle to protect the driver in a front-end accident. 6. "Cyclops" center-mounted headlight that turned with the steering. Ideas that never made it off the drawing board: 1. Disc brakes 2. Magnesium wheels 3. A direct-drive torque converter transmission The Big Three decided that it would be way to expensive to incorporate these features into their products to keep them competitive, so they basically ran him out of business by using political influence. Ironically enough, many of these features eventually found their way into other companies vehicles over the decades as consumer demand dictated. [/QUOTE]
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