▁been ▁built . ▁ ▁A ▁corps ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 ▁loyal ▁employees ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁factory ▁( some ▁without ▁pay ) ▁and ▁finished ▁assembly ▁of ▁another ▁ 1 3 ▁cars ▁for ▁a ▁total ▁production ▁of ▁ 5 0 ▁cars ▁( not ▁including ▁the ▁prototype ). ▁ ▁At ▁trial , ▁the ▁government ▁cont ended ▁that ▁T ucker ▁never ▁intended ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁car . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁trial , ▁the ▁SE C ▁report ▁on ▁T ucker ▁was ▁class ified ▁as ▁" secret " ▁and ▁T ucker ' s ▁att or ne ys ▁were ▁never ▁allowed ▁to ▁view ▁or ▁read ▁it , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁le aked ▁to ▁the ▁press ▁never theless . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁trial ▁proceeded , ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁SE C ▁brought ▁several ▁witness es ▁( most ly ▁former ▁T ucker ▁employees ) ▁to ▁highlight ▁the ▁rud iment ary ▁methods ▁used ▁by ▁T ucker ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁car ; ▁the ▁early ▁susp ensions ▁were ▁installed ▁three ▁times ▁before ▁they ▁worked , ▁and ▁early ▁parts ▁were ▁taken ▁from ▁j unk y ards ▁to ▁build ▁the ▁prototype . ▁ ▁Answer ing ▁back ▁in ▁T ucker ' s ▁defense , ▁designer ▁Alex ▁T rem ul is ▁test ified ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁common ▁industry ▁practice ▁to ▁use ▁old ▁car ▁parts ▁for ▁prototype ▁builds , ▁and ▁pointed ▁out ▁this ▁had ▁been ▁done ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁developing ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁Old sm obile ▁under ▁General ▁Mot ors . ▁ ▁T ucker ▁Vice ▁President ▁Lee ▁Tre ese ▁test ified ▁that ▁T ucker