, ▁but ▁the ▁T ucker ▁Corporation , ▁now ▁without ▁a ▁factory , ▁buried ▁in ▁deb t , ▁and ▁faced ▁with ▁numerous ▁law su its ▁from ▁T ucker ▁deal ers ▁that ▁were ▁angry ▁about ▁the ▁production ▁del ays , ▁thus , ▁was ▁no ▁more . ▁ ▁Spe cul ation ▁and ▁controvers y ▁surrounding ▁the ▁T ucker ▁Corporation ▁Despite ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁the ▁trial , ▁spec ulation ▁has ▁continued ▁with ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁T ucker ▁genu in ely ▁intended ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁new ▁car ▁and ▁bring ▁it ▁to ▁market , ▁or ▁whether ▁the ▁entire ▁enter prise ▁was ▁a ▁sh am , ▁designed ▁for ▁the ▁sole ▁purpose ▁of ▁collect ing ▁funds ▁from ▁g ul li ble ▁invest ors . ▁T ucker ▁collect ors ▁of ▁the ▁T ucker ▁Autom obile ▁Club ▁of ▁America ▁have ▁am ass ed ▁over ▁ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁draw ings / blue print s , ▁corpor ate ▁documents , ▁and ▁letters ▁which ▁they ▁believe ▁suggest ▁that ▁T ucker ▁was , ▁in ▁fact , ▁developing ▁the ▁manufact uring ▁process ▁necessary ▁to ▁mass - produ ce ▁the ▁T ucker ▁' 4 8 . ▁ ▁They ▁also ▁point ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁investigation , ▁T ucker ▁had ▁h ired ▁over ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁employees , ▁including ▁teams ▁of ▁engine ers ▁and ▁mach in ists . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁trial , ▁the ▁T ucker ▁V P ▁Lee ▁Tre ese ▁test ified ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁ 9 0 % ▁ready ▁with ▁industrial ▁mach in