Thursday, June 14, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 14 JUNE

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

6.14.1892
Erwin A. Weiss of Packard is born
6.14.1913
Henry Banks, racer and USAC official, is born in London, England, although he moved to Royal Oak, MI as an infant
6.14.1928
The first Plymouth is produced
6.14.1942
Racer Jim Busby is born in the United States
6.14.1956
The Zavod Imieni Molotova (Molotov Automobile Plant) in Gor’kiy, USSR, manufacturers of the luxury ZIM, changes its name to the Gor’kiy Automobile Plant, with its product now called the Volga

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick

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