Yes..I know I missed a week. But here is what I missed sharing
4/28 – Ferruccio Lambroghini born in Italy 1916
4/29 Ford makes it 50th millionth car in 1959
Here a big one 5/1 American Motors was formed 1954 – The merger of Hudson Motor Company and Nash-Kelvinator – bring us the great muscle cars – the AMX and Javelin (my favorite – I was introduced to Javelin in high school, when a girl friend’s father get her one as her first car.)
5/2 Chevy becomes part of GM – 1918.
5/3 Willys Jeepseter phaeton hits the market in 1948
5/3 The Gold Packard’s we given to dealers as part of Packard’s 50th Anniversary 1949 – 2000 were produced.
5/4 Milestone in car racing, the first (24 Heures du Mans) 24 Le Mans race was held in France, in the town of ….wait for it…… Le Mans
5/6 De Soto is released to the public – 1928 – by Chrysler.
Chrysler didn’t stop there…the next day in 1928 they bought Dodge!!!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
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-Ashur
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