Originally Posted by
Guy Hill
This car could have a significant provenance of recognition and appreciation to anyone familiar with the Ford engineering executive staff in 1956. If the partial research details above are correct and confirmed with respect to ownership, this vehicle when new was likely in the hands of one Earl S.MacPherson, Chief Engineer of the Ford Motor Co., 1952-1958. Mr. MacPherson is credited with the innovative automotive suspension design bearing his name that has endured to the present and is commonly known today as "MacPherson strut suspension." It is the most common basic suspension design employed today as it is very compact, lightweight and efficient compared to earlier suspension configurations. The modern era of front wheel drive and smaller proportioned vehicles with innovative body types and shapes ( minivans and CUVs) would not be possible without his ground breaking engineering contributions to the integration of body, suspension and chassis.