In 1954, Bob Gurr was in the fast lane -- albeit a scaled-down version -- to success.
The man who would go on to become a Disney Legend five decades later was hired by Walt Disney months before the opening of Disneyland to take part in the creation of the Autopia car attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the park.
Gurr had worked previously for the Ford Motor Company, so Disney figured Gurr would be a perfect fit. There was one slight problem: Gurr worked in design at Ford, not mechanics.
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