12.24.1889 - Henry Grady Weaver, a draftsman with the Haynes Automobile Company in Kokomo, IN 1913-1916, Assistant General Manager of the Sun Motor Car Company in Elkhart, IN 1916-1917, and longtime General Motors Director of Customer Research, is born in Eatonton, GA
12.24.1904 - The (Societa Anonima) Fabbrica Automobili Isotta-Fraschini assumes the assets of the original 1900 Isotta-Fraschini organization 12.24.1920 Automobile parts manufacturer Chester E. Clemens dies near Madison, OH at age 57 12.24.1930 - The unique Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 with custom “windblown” coupe body by Brewster is completed and delivered to owner Tommy Manville
12.24.1949 - Racer Warwick Brown is born in Sydney, NSW, Australia