Glover Edwin Ruckstell

Glover Edwin Ruckstell (May 5, 1891 – May 28, 1963) was an American racing driver and engineer. He is best known as the inventor of the Ruckstell Axle for use on Ford motor vehicles.

Biography

Ruckstell was born in San Francisco, California to John R. Ruckstell and Eleanor G. Brown. He completed two years of high school and then dropped out. By 1914 he was working as an engineer and a race car driver.

In 1917, Ruckstell became the assistant to Lieutenant Colonel Elbert J. Hall for tests on the Liberty L-12 aircraft engine. As the head of Hall-Scott airplane development, he co-designed the Hall-Scott L-6 Aircraft Engine using Liberty L-12 components as well as the Hall-Scott LM-6 Marine Engine. Ruckstell became a Commissioned Captain of the United States Army Air Service in aircraft production in 1918, where he was in charge of the construction of the De Havilland airplane production at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company.