| This Day in Auto History: 11.8.1908
Electric automobile pioneer William Edward Ayrton dies in London, England at age 61
11.8.1916
The International Motor Company reorganizes as the International Motor Truck Corporation, with their principal business the manufacture of Mack trucks
11.8.1931
Racer Peter Collins is born in Kidderminster, England
11.8.1954
Ralph L. Busse, retired Vice President of the Timken-Detroit Axle Company and an employee of the firm since 1915-1951, dies at age 64
11.8.1971
William Klein Jr., a chocolate manufacturer and noted collector of classic Rolls-Royce and Bentleys, dies in Harrisburg, PA at age 54
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