Wednesday, December 17, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

12.17.1909
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway holds its grand opening, complete with the ceremonial laying of the last “golden” brick by Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall
12.17.1925
“The New Stutz Vertical Eight, with Safety Body”, the first Stutz designed during the Frederic E. Moskovics era, is unveiled to dealers
12.17.1945
William F. Milward, designer of the Charron-Laycock automobile, dies at age 66
12.17.1956
Great Britain begins emergency gasoline rationing because of the Suez Canal crisis in Egypt
12.17.1973
A Buick Apollo with a reworked 1960’s V-6 engine is driven by Chief Engineer Phillip C. Bowser from Flint, MI to the General Motors’ building in Detroit, MI where President Edward N. Cole drives it to the former Kaiser-Jeep Corporation plant in Toledo, OH - the end result was Buick’s return to the V-6 engine and one of the more successful reactions to the OPEC crisis

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