Two of my favorite people worked together.
I’ve read about Ford’s attempt to make car bodies out of soybean-derived plastic. I’ve seen pictures of Henry demonstrating the strength of a plastic trunk lid on an otherwise normal ’40 Ford. I’ve never seen this unique modernistic car before!
Ford commissioned Carver to develop the chemical process for the plastic, then got his own designers and engineers to form the futuristic body and frame. Eugene Gregorie designed the body, and the frame was a tubular unibody as seen later in Euro sports cars like the gullwing Mercedes. The body anticipates postwar shapes. The running gear seems to be a regular Ford V8.
Polistra's Mill 