Origin of name Chrysler?

The above statement is one of the most jingoistic statements that I've ever
seen.
And I write that as an American.

Most great ideas, inventions or great cars didn't happen in a vacuum or in
isolation.
Each inventor/developer borrowed ideas from others.

Chrysler, Duryea, Ford, Olds and many other American car
inventors/developers and businessmen
borrowed ideas from other developers around the world. If you think not, you
do not truly know
the history of the auto industry.

Carl Benz of Germany was the first "auto" maker in the world to offer cars
for sale in 1889,
long before the first American car was offered for sale. Word of this spread
across the Atlantic
and American experimenters began their activity, with the Duryea Bros
offering their first cars in the 1890's.

Europeans were building cars with driveshafts, four wheel brakes and
steering wheels when
American developers were still using chain drives, 2 wheel brakes and
tillers. Of course soon
after experimentation began, Americans also added their contributions. For
example, Kettering's
electric starter was one of the major developments. Cadillac's demonstration
of interchangeable parts
was another milestone.

The knowledge that crossed between developers certainly did add to the
history of America
and of other countries. That knowledge was certainly trans-Atlantic.

Doug

 

Doug, AKA "sparks065" actually offered:

The point was that the subject of the original response, that was
authored by me, was intended to encompass ONLY names of American Automotive
genius, to keep the scope of the thread to a manageable perameter.

No one said they DID.

Really!!??!! So, . . . . guys like Thomas Alva Edison, and his
neighbor Henry Ford, had their own heroes, ehh??

Again, . . . . . "DO YA THINK????"

WOWIE! -- ZOWIE! Good thing they were there, to teach those dumb
ool' Americans how it's done, ehh??

Good thing we had the EuroEngineers, . . . . otherwise we dunces
across the water could never have made it on our own, ehh???

Folks, I'm sure Doug has the best intentions, here, . . . . in his
attempt to manipulate history in HIS opinion, but the subject matter was
Chrysler and the OP seemed to be somewhat of a novice, obviously "foreign" to
the history of Chrysler, and in answering him, my intent was to include a bit
of WPC's ancestry and work ethic, . . . . NOT whether he was among those
emigrating from another part of the world. NOT whether he studied other great
engineers, . . . . (of course he did), . . . . NOT who his friends or heroes
were, . . . . . not whether he liked spinach, . . . . or even whether he hired
Breer, Skelton, and Zeder, because he truly needed them, or whether he was
stumped to complete the tasks alone. Some folks just can't help themselves,
when there's a chance to denegrate America, and/or her great history.

Thanks Doug, for the small window into your world.


God Bless,
Dan'L

Fun to Read: http://www.25thaviation.org/johnkerry/id15.htm
http://www.johnkerrytruth.com/
http://www.usvetdsp.com/main.shtml

 

(I hope I got the attribution right)

If the intent was to list Great American Automotive Geniuses, then
that's what you should have at the beginning of the list.

It still takes Not Invented Here syndrom to dizzying new depths, but
at least it doesn't imply that all great automotive geniuses were
American.

 

Dan,

I was simply replying to YOUR statement, to quote:

"as they held NOTHING for the history of my country."

unquote

I stand by my view that your statement above is one of the most narrow views
that I've heard.

How is saying that ideas came from many areas of the world, a denigration of
America??
Do you feel denigrated in life if someone also compliments the fellow
standing next to you????

Doug

 

IIRC, your point was that they represented some 'Great American Spirit'
(whatever that is), whereas my contention is that they were 'just' great
automotive engineers, representing themselves, period.

DAS

 

Please allow me the suggested privilege of pre-stating my intent in
this post:

"I intend to turn the discussion over to the nit-pickers of the group!"

There! Having satisfied the suggested preliminary topical labeling
requirements, a few facts need to be aligned before I can complete my
opbjective:

First, DAS wrote that I left something out:

But Doug thought I should have included MORE:

In order to complicate the issue to the stage of "completely anal," , . . . .
Doctor Joe thought it could have been better articulated, when commented:

What you folks have communicted to the O.P. is that the name
Chrysler, and it's history isn't nearly as important as an ability to argue
some infantile point of how YOU would have answered the question. Be my guest.
I give up! I know NOTHING, compared to you, when it comes to the name
"Chrysler." I hereby defer to the experts in the area of Automotive history,
Mr. Schmetterling, Dr. Phieffer, and Mr. Doug.


God Bless,
Dan'L

Fun to Read: http://www.25thaviation.org/johnkerry/id15.htm
http://www.johnkerrytruth.com/
http://www.usvetdsp.com/main.shtml