Jim Rockefeller created the Rockefeller Yankee, a fiberglass bodied production sports car in 1951. The first was sold at the 1953 Auto Show in

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...

. He had a lifelong passion for science and mechanics. He used his knowledge not only to teach others, but to build and reconstruct several houses in

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, where he retired.

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*http://www.inventorpat.com/yankee.htm *http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/fiberglass-car-marques/rockefeller-yankee/the-rockefeller-yankee-poor-mans-porsche-motorsport-may-june-1953/ American inventors 2007 deaths Year of birth missing {{US-inventor-stub