Auto Factoids for week of 5/3/10 The First LeMans

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 

1948 Jeepster

5/3  The Gold Packard’s we given to dealers as part of Packard’s 50th Anniversary 1949 – 2000 were produced. 

Golden Packard 1949

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. 

1928 De Soto

Chrysler didn’t stop there…the next day in 1928 they bought Dodge!!! 

Thanks for reading. 

Tim