May 2000 Articles & Features  adjust text size:  Trade Secrets
By Bob Cerullo | May 2000  Download PDF  Taking a cue from one
of history's greatest inventors, Bob uses his curiosity to come
up with a unique support system for a subframe swap.  Back in
high school, science was a subject that really rang my chimes. I
actually couldn't wait to get to class to perform experiments
with electricity, chemicals and things mechanical. History, on
the other hand, was something I merely endured, until one day
the teacher started a discussion about Leonardo da Vinci. Up
until then, I associated da Vinci with being a great artist
whose best-known paintings I figured we were going to have to
learn about. Then the teacher switched on a slide presentation
that started out with a color shot of the famous Mona Lisa.  I
got ready for a catnap in the darkened classroom. As I drifted
toward dreamsville, suddenly an illustration of a model of a
primitive helicopter flashed on the screen. I thought, Now wait
a minute. This guy da