Thursday, October 4, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

10.4.1902
Frederic Garrett Donner of General Motors is born in Three Oaks, MI
10.4.1924
The Montlhery race track near Paris, France opens with a two-day series of races
10.4.1937
Russell Joseph Saunders of the Freightliner Corporation is born in San Mateo, CA
10.4.1948
Racer Bob Morris is born in Australia
10.4.1956
Tooling is approved for the 1957 Packard Clipper using a slightly modified Studebaker body shell

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

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