Who is YOUR car hero?

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Originally posted by ABH:
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I would have to say Eli Whitney. Many people only know him for his invention of the cotton gin, but he also invented the concept of interchangeable parts, which made the concept of the assembly line possible.

True, but Henry Leland, of Cadillac and Lincoln fame, proved it worked with cars.

In 1908 in front of the Royal Auto Club, three Cadillacs were taken apart, and with the parts thoroughly mixed up, put back together and driven. Until then, alot of filing and hammering and sawing were required to get the parts to fit.

My picks:

Henry Ford for putting the world on wheels.
Edsel Ford for the Continental MK I.
W.C. Ford for the Continental Mk II.
Lee Iacocca for getting the Mustang to market.
John DeLorean for the GTO.
Larry Shinoda for his work on the split window Vette.
Bob Tasca for the 428 Mustang.
Shelby, Don Yenko, Baldwin-Motion, Mr Norm, Nicky Chevrolet.
Alex Troutman for not allowing the Probe to succeed the Mustang. </font>[/QUOTE]Loyal to Ford eh?