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Childe Harold Wills (June 1, 1878 – December 30, 1940) [1] was an American engineer and businessman. He was an early associate of Henry Ford, one of the first employees of the Ford Motor Company, and the chief contributor to the design of the Model T. After leaving Ford, he began his own automobile company.
Wills Sainte Claire was an American automobile brand manufactured by C. H. Wills and Company, in Marysville, Michigan, from 1921 to 1927. Childe Harold Wills, the company founder, was a perfectionist and his automobile company focused on very high quality cars.
23 de sept. de 2018 · Boundless energy, vast intellect and a profound farsightedness in matters both mechanical and social ultimately were not enough to ensconce C. Harold Wills in the top echelon of industry titans. Yet his legacy includes manufacturing and design principles that took American cars to a heretofore unkn...
Childe Harold Wills spent the years 1900-1903 working for the Boyer Machine Company and nights as a draftsman for Henry Ford’s new organization. When the Ford Motor Company was formed, Wills was made production manager and chief engineer. He gained fame from his development of the use of vanadium steel for commercial purposes, and is credited ...
But the man who rightfully receives much of the credit for the design and engineering of the most successful car of the era and beyond is Childe Harold Wills, better known as C. Harold or C.H. C. Harold Wills and the Model T. 1910 Ford Model T.
6 de oct. de 2020 · Jay Leno’s 1922 Wills Sainte Claire Is a V8 Pioneer Built by Ford’s Right-Hand Man. Leno’s freshly restored pride and joy cost more than two houses when new. by Máté Petrány | PUBLISHED Oct 6,...
5 de oct. de 2020 · It was built by Model T transmission designer Childe Harold Wills, after his departure from Ford Motor Company. Wills left Ford right in the thick of Model T production during the 1910s, and that’s perhaps one reason why the car he built catered to the polar opposite end of the market.
