Monday, July 9, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

7.6.1891
Automotive engineer Earle Steele MacPherson is born in Highland Park, IL
7.6.1907
The first 1908 Packard Thirty Model UA is produced
7.6.1914
Dodge Brothers, Inc. grants its first retail franchise to J. D. Picksley Cheek St. of Nashville, TN
7.6.1930
Racer Ian Burgess is born in London, England
7.6.1942
Robert F. Runge, Vice President of SKF Industries, Inc. since 1920, dies at age 56

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

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