Monday, June 4, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 2 JUNE

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

6.2.1875
Charles Stewart Mott of General Motors is born in Newark, NJ
6.2.1908
The Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company, makers of the E-M-F, is founded by Barney Everitt, William E. Metzger, and Walter E. Flanders with William E. Kelly as Chief Engineer
6.2.1920
Racer Don Branson is born in Rantoul, IL
6.2.1935
The 2,000,000th Ford V-8 is produced
6.2.1944
GMC receives the Army-Navy “E” award for production efficiency and achievement in supplying war equipment

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

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