Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

11.5.1895
Raymond Fernand Loewy, an industrial designer long associated with the Studebaker marque, is born in Paris, France
11.5.1903
Arthur Duray, driving a 100-hp Gobron-Brillie at Dourdan, France, raises the land speed record to 84.73 mph
11.5.1926
The Buick 1927 “Goddess” mascot is patented by designer William Schnell
11.5.1955
Johan A. Carnie of the Dodge Truck Division, Chrysler Corporation dies
11.5.1959
Racer Elton Sawyer is born

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

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