Which car manufacturer began by buy a car with inheritance money, and then tore it apart and rebuilt it?

I think his last name was Tucker, I don't remember his first name. There was a movie about him called Tucker A Man and HisDream.

Preston Tucker

Yes Preston Tucker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Tucker

I was just thinking it was from a movie, played by Jeff Bridges in Tucker. He also played a similar role in Sea Biscuit.

I'm interested to see there are different answers.

I know that Lamborghini use to make Tractors and started building cars to stick it too Ferrari after Ferruccio Lamborghini sent a letter to Ferrari about their design and they responded what would he know, he builds Tractors.

preston tucker

he also helped design armored cars for the militery and gun turets for the navey called the tucker torpedo