Even now, most of the company's products are up-to-date twists on technology that has been around since prehistoric times: the wheel and shaping metal into useful forms.

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She applied a vibrating massager and a bag of frozen peas to the arm of her 7-year-old son Max, then rolled over his skin a small metal wheel used by neurologists to test sensitivity.

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During Wednesday, the pace of the rescues increased from one per hour to three, progress that was measured by the spinning of the metal wheel that let out and then shortened the cable attached to the capsule -- a makeshift elevator with only two stops.

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Inside, the cockpit is clearly oriented toward the driver, with a racing-inspired three-spoke steering wheel, a steel bar and metal cage for the shifter, and burnished metal flourishes throughout.

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For some men, the sight of a woman loading trucks with twisted metal and climbing behind the wheel was endearing, while others were enraged.

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The parts feel solid down to the protruded metal star emblem on the steering wheel.

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The driver's side was crushed, the front wheel was hanging off, and pieces of metal were bent in every direction.

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You get the same, real metal door pulls, an identical organically sculpted steering wheel and the same gauge cluster, with ignition to the left of the steering wheel (a carryover from Le Mans racing tradition).

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