http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker there was this one at least, not a whip maker but a buggy maker did make it into auto manufacturing. it also reminds me of when seiko started making quartz watches after the watch manufacturing industry turned it down.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker
there was this one at least, not a whip maker but a buggy maker did make it into auto manufacturing.
it also reminds me of when seiko started making quartz watches after the watch manufacturing industry turned it down.