Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

8.8.1904
The Peerless Green Dragon becomes the first car to exceed 60 mph in Canada
8.8.1919
The Hispano-Suiza “Stork” mascot is patented by designer F. Bazin
8.8.1935
Doc MacKenzie clinches the Eastern AAA racing title by winning the 50-mile feature in Langhorne, PA
8.8.1939
The last Packard V-12 is produced
8.8.1946
Edward Thomas Schafer, Governor of North Dakota 1992-date whose various business ventures include a collectible car dealership, is born in Bismarck, ND

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

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