This Day in Auto History: 7.17.1903 Arthur Duray, driving a Gobron-Brillie at Ostend, Belgium, raises the land speed record to 83.47 mph 7.17.1928 The Plymouth Division of Chrysler Corporation is created 7.17.1943 M. W. McConkey, a former patent attorney for General Motors and President of the Hydraulic Brake Company, dies 7.17.1951 General Motors previews its Sabre showcar, a two-seat roadster capable of 180 mph, at the Milford, MI proving grounds 7.17.1956 Dewey H. Campbell, Chief Engineer of the P & G Manufacturing Company and the inventor of the valve gapper, a tool which checks valve gaps on overhead valves, dies

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