Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

9.17.1903
Lester L. Whitman and Eugene I. Hammond arrive in New York City to complete the third trans-United States automobile trip which included a route from Windsor to Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada to give the journey an international flavor
9.17.1919
Henry, Clara, and Edsel B. Ford become sole owners of the Ford Motor Company
9.17.1929
Racer Stirling Craufurd Moss is born in London, England
9.17.1940
The Packard Custom Super Eight 180 is introduced
9.17.1960
Edgar W. Smith, an executive with General Motors 1919-1954, dies in Morristown, NJ at age 66

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

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