This Day in Auto History: 12.2.1902 Leon Levavasseur is issued a French patent for his V-8 engine, the world’s first operational engine with this configuration 12.2.1928 The 1929 Auburn Series 6-80 and 8-90 are introduced 12.2.1937 Racer Chris Bristow is born in London, England 12.2.1949 Charles Henry Wondries of the Studebaker Corporation dies in Pasadena, CA at age 61 12.2.1969 American Motors and Kaiser Industries Corporation sign an agreement whereby KIC would sell their Kaiser-Jeep operation to AMC

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