Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

9.14.1903
The Packard Motor Company begins removing the machinery at its Warren, OH facility for transfer to the new factory in Detroit, MI
9.14.1923
General Motors holds the first meeting of its General Technical Committee, formed to prevent problems within the corporation similar to those encountered during the development of the copper-cooled engine
9.14.1939
The Graham-Paige Motors Corporation contracts with Hupmobile to build its Cord-based Skylark, also acquiring the right to manufacture its own Cord-based car, the Hollywood
9.14.1953
Bayard D. Kunkle of General Motors dies at age 70
9.14.1960
The Organization of the Petroleum exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded in Baghdad, Iraq

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

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