page_title: Gus Monckmeier
section_title: Inventions, later life and death
hierarchical_section_title: Gus Monckmeier / Inventions, later life and death
caption_attribution_description: English: Patent drawing: Bearing cap finishing device
context_page_description: Gustav Carl Frederick Monckmeier was a German-American racecar driver and inventor. He is today best known for his participation in the 1911 and 1912 1,000-plus-mile Around Lake Michigan reliability races, which he recreated in 1961.
context_section_description: After his career with Staver finished, Monckmeier settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he began marketing a "Universal Piston Inserter" of his own design.  His US 1585309 "Wear-compensating bolt" was used in the development of the automotive disc brake.  While most of his inventions were for automotive applications, he also registered a US 2259390 "Portable collapsible clothes drier" and US 2632629 "Pawl actuated cable lift" in common use today.
  By the 1920s, Monckmeier had relocated to Tipton, Iowa, then to Davenport, Iowa, in order to market his inventions as the Ever-Tite Manufacturing Co., which also offered plating and machining services.  They may also have produced goods for the US Government during the Second World War.
  In 1961, he recreated the 1911 Around Lake Michigan run with reporter Hal Foust, detailed in a four-part series of articles in The Chicago Daily Tribune.
  Monckmeier died of a heart attack on October 14, 1962, aged 73.
caption: Bearing cap finishing device.
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