[Keith Seymore]

I'm reminded what a team effort all that was.

I was forever going to the fender guy and asking for hole modifications: first - for a hole to flow air through, and then subsequent re-asks for bigger holes and shape changes. It got to the point if he saw me coming down the hallway he would duck into a conference room and hide out.

My development guy is the one that thought of the button thing. He's also the one that developed the noise tuning devices that we incorporated.

My supplier engineer from Delphi became a close lifelong friend that I am still in contact with, nearly 30 years later. His whole family were antique auto enthusiasts. I was sure by the time I was done with him he would be drinking Coca Cola and driving muscle cars. The reality of what happened is I bought a '31 Ford and would drink Mountain Dew with him.

I say all this to say: it's not just one guy. There are several close knit members on the team, and several layers of management within engineering, and several other discplines (purchasing, planning, logistics, containerization, assembly representatives, etc) that these decisions have to get through.

Even when you hear "Harley Earl did this" or "Bill Mitchell did that", or Larry Shinoda, or even Mac McKellar, you have to remember there was a whole team of people underneath them doing the "actual" work.

Or - maybe the guy really was a doofus and was more concerned about chasing a little white ball around than he was with car stuff. Those guys are the majority, I'm afraid.