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In his book “American Automobile Makers: The very first Forty Years,” author John B. Rae distinguishes among “the men whose approach to automobile manufacturing was in the engine towards the automobile as an alternative to in the car for the engine.” Although lots of early automakers came from the manufacture of bicycles, horse-drawn carriages along other non-automated industries, some of the crucial early innovators began as a machine shop and factory owners using the gear and mechanical know-how to construct engines for automobiles. Such legendary auto pioneers as Ransom Eli Olds and Henry Ford have been machinists by trade.

The truth is the development of an automobile sturdy, reputable, and cheap enough for the mass marketplace is an additional story of parts than of design and assembly. The background of those men who had been machinists and mechanics led to an essential choice to go together with the internal … Read More ...