This Day in Auto History: 10.3.1896 The Paris-Marseille-Paris race ends during its tenth day with M. Mayade winning in his Panhard et Levassor 10.3.1928 The Ford Motor Company announces its entry into the bus business 10.3.1937 Harry R. McMahon, founder in 1914 and President 1914-1936 of the Standard Steel Spring Company, dies in Coraopolis Heights, PA at age 64 10.3.1945 The first post-World War II Chevrolet automobile is produced 10.3.1955 William F. Pioch Sr., a manufacturing engineering consultant to the Ford Motor Company and an employee of the firm since 1912, dies

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