Monday, July 9, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

7.9.1904
The first Buick Model B is driven from Flint to Detroit by Walter L. Marr and Thomas Buick (son of the car’s namesake David D. Buick) to convince Buick Motor Company principal owner James H. Whiting to approve the manufacturing of complete automobiles
7.9.1919
The Ford Motor Company is reorganized as a Delaware corporation with Edsel B. Ford as President - the Henry Ford family now owned 100% of the company’s stock
7.9.1951
Ronald J. Waterbury, Assistant Chief Engineer of Chevrolet who previously had worked for Oakland, Packard, and Studebaker, dies in Detroit, MI at age 52
7.9.1965
The last 1965 Ford Thunderbird is produced
7.9.1989
Racer Craig Arfons, son of Walt Arfons, dies in Sebring, Fl during a WSR attempt

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


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