1media/1948_Tucker_48%202-thumb.jpgmedia/Tucker_02.jpg2020-07-27T12:38:26-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b4793751411plain2020-08-27T10:12:36-07:00Anne-Marie Maxwell326ac6eff123bb3f77fb517c66299be8b435b479Entrepreneur Preston Tucker saw an opportunity following World War II. The Big Three automakers had not put out a newly designed car since 1941, and he knew the public hungered for something different. A lifelong tinkerer, he devised an original automobile whose innovations included seatbelts, a windshield that popped out instead of shattering in a crash, and a center headlight that turned in order to light the car’s path around corners. A crowd of 3,000 gathered for its unveiling, which nearly went awry when last-minute repairs had to be made behind the scenes.