Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

10.9.1899
The world’s first full-sized gasoline-powered buses, two 12-hp German-built Daimlers, go into service in London, England
10.9.1919
Hare’s Motors, Inc. is formed to coordinate the management of Mercer, Locomobile and Simplex
10.9.1931
The last Pontiac Fine Six is produced
10.9.1953
The Chrysler Corporation sells its New York City real estate including the art-deco Chrysler Building
10.9.1962
The 1,000,000th Volkswagen Transporter is produced

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

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