1954 Martin “Tri-Car”, an urban delivery van designed for New York in cooperation with James V. Martin.  He spent his life trying to cure traffic congestion and urban parking issues by designing compact, fuel-efficient commuter cars.  Just goes to show- any more than 50 years ahead of your time and you’ll spend your life a failure, considered crazy by society.  It’s like Bob Dylan versus the one-man-band:  Play the guitar and the harmonica at the same time and everybody thinks you’re a musical genius, but add some knee cymbals and a kick drum and women will cross the street to avoid you.

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