1 9 4 6 , ▁cont ing ent ▁on ▁him ▁raising ▁$ 1 5 ▁million ▁in ▁capital ▁by ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁ ▁T ucker ▁needed ▁this ▁money ▁to ▁get ▁going , ▁so ▁he ▁began ▁raising ▁money ▁by ▁s elling ▁deal ership ▁rights ▁and ▁floating ▁a ▁$ 2 0 ▁million ▁stock ▁issue ▁through ▁the ▁Chicago ▁bro ker age ▁firm ▁F loyd ▁D . ▁Cer f . ▁ ▁With ▁over ▁$ 1 7 ▁million ▁in ▁the ▁bank ▁by ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁the ▁T ucker ▁Corporation ▁was ▁up ▁and ▁running . ▁ ▁While ▁T ucker ▁ultimately ▁got ▁the ▁plant , ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁move ▁in ▁until ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁because ▁of ▁del ays ▁caused ▁by ▁counter - c laim s ▁and ▁disput es ▁over ▁the ▁plant ▁between ▁T ucker ▁and ▁the ▁L ust ron ▁Corporation . ▁That ▁delayed ▁T ucker ▁by ▁almost ▁a ▁year , ▁during ▁which ▁time ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁car ▁continued ▁at ▁his ▁Michigan ▁machine ▁shop . ▁T ucker ▁planned ▁for ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁cars ▁a ▁year , ▁with ▁ 1 4 0 ▁per ▁day ▁produced ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁ 4 ▁months ▁and ▁ 3 0 0 ▁per ▁day ▁produced ▁after ward . ▁ ▁T ucker ▁suffered ▁another ▁set back ▁when ▁his ▁b ids ▁to ▁obtain ▁two ▁steel ▁mill s ▁to ▁provide ▁raw ▁materials ▁for ▁his ▁cars ▁were ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁W AA ▁under ▁a ▁shr oud ▁of ▁question able ▁politics . ▁ ▁T ucker ' s ▁specific