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| 10th June June 10th 1947 Saab introduced its first car, the model 92001, the Ursaab prototype. Saab had been primarily a supplier of military aircraft before and during World War II. With the end of the war, company executives realized the need to diversify the company's production capabilities. After an exhaustive planning campaign that at one point led to the suggestion that Saab manufacture toasters, But company executives decided to start building motor cars. Saab director Sven Otterbeck placed aircraft engineer Gunnar Ljungstrom in charge of creating the company's first car. June 10th 1954 General Motors announced its research staff had built the GM Turbocruiser, a modifed GMC coach powered by a gas turbine; engine consisted of a single burner with two turbine wheels (one used to drive the centrifugal compressor, second delivered power for the transmission to the rear wheels of the vehicle). Source: The History Channel Wikipedia Saab 92001, The Ursaab  |
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| 11th June June 11th 1895 Charles E. Duryea received a patent for a "Road Vehicle", first US patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile. June 11th 1939 Racer Jackie Stewart, popularly know as the Flying Scotsman was born in Dumbarton, Scotland. June 11th 1994 TOYOTA Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology was Established on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kiichiro Toyoda, founder of Toyota Motor Corporation. Jackie Stewart  TOYOTA Commemorative Museum  Last edited by SirAlec : 10th June 2008 at 21:59. Reason: left a word |
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| 13th June June 13th 1978 Ford Motor Company Chairman, Henry Ford II, fired Lee Iaccoca, the mustang designer, from the position of president, ending a bitter personal struggle between the two men.  |
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14th June 2008, 20:16
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| 15th June June 15th 1924 Ford Motor Company manufactured its 10 millionth Model T automobile. June 15th 1937 Harold T. Ames, of Chicago, IL, chief executive of Duesenberg, received a patent for a "Headlight Structure"; retractable headlamps (defining detail on Cord 810).  Source: The History Channel Wikipedia model-t-restore.com Last edited by SirAlec : 14th June 2008 at 20:18. |
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15th June 2008, 21:47
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| 16th June June 16th 1917 Harry Miller completed the Golden Submarine, the first of his expensive custom-made race cars that would change the shape of things to come in American auto racing. The Golden Submarine carried an unimaginable ticket price of $15,000 at its completion. Its gold color was the result of a combination of lacquer and bronze dust. Built for Barney Oldfield, America's most brash race-car driver, the Golden Submarine had an enclosed cockpit. Oldfield, who helped design the car, thought the closed cockpit would make the car safer if it rolled; he'd lost his close friend, Bob Burman, in a crash the year before. The Golden Submarine was the first American race car to possess an all electrically welded steel chassis. Also unique to the sub was the liberal use of aluminum in engine and body components. The engine--the component that would later define Miller's career--contained four cylinders and a single overhead cam. It put out 130hp at 290 cubic inches of piston displacement, and, most remarkable for its time, it only weighed 410 pounds. Consider that the car's competition carried engines that produced around 300hp at over 400 cubic inches of piston displacement.  Source: The History Channel Wikipedia philspeed.com |
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16th June 2008, 22:24
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17th June 2008, 20:53
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| 18th June June 18th 1923 The first Checker cab was produced by the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company. The Checker name came from a Chicago cab company that in 1920 began buying cars manufactured by the Commonwealth Motor Company. 18 June 1936 Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme, New Zealand car racer and the 1967 Formula One World Champion for the Brabham team was born in Moteuka, New Zealand. 1982 Checker Cab  Denis Clive "Denny" Hulme  Source: The History Channel Wikipedia checkertaxistand.com |
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18th June 2008, 19:50
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| 19th June June 19th 1949 NASCAR staged its first Grand National event at the Charlotte Fairgrounds, the event marked the birth of NASCAR racing as we know it today. June 19, 1940 Shirley Muldowney, the "First Lady of Drag Racing" was born in Schenectady, New York. She was the first woman to receive a licence to drive a top fuel dragster by the NHRA. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982. June 19th 1965 Luc Donckerwolke, famous Belgian car designer was born in Lima, Peru. He started his design career in 1990 with Peugeot. He also worked for Skoda (1994-98 where he helped design Octavia and Fabia. After that he shifted to Audi where he helped design Audi A4 and R8. He was head of design at Lamborghini from 1998, where he was responsible for the 2001 Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0, 2002 Lamborghini Murciélago and 2003 Lamborghini Gallardo, winning the 'Red Dot Award' in 2003 in recognition for his work on them. He also worked with Walter de'Silva to produce the 2006 Lamborghini Miura concept. In September 2005, Donckerwolke was appointed SEAT Design Director overseeing the design of future SEAT models. Luc Donckerwolke  Shirley Muldowney  Source: The History Channel Wikipedia dragracecentral.com Last edited by SirAlec : 18th June 2008 at 19:56. |
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18th June 2008, 20:19
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| 20th June June 20th 1945 Shekhar Mehta, the only five-time winner of the Safari Rally, was born in Uganda. The most grueling rally race in the world, the Safari originated in 1953 at the behest of the Royal East African Automobile Association. He was born in 1945 to an Indian family of plantation owners in Uganda, and began rallying behind the wheel of a BMW aged 21. In 1972 he and his family fled Idi Amin's regime to Kenya. Through the most successful period of his career he drove Nissan/Datsun 240Z car. June 20th 1987 First Junior Go-Kart race was run at the three-quarter-mile cross-country course outside of Easton, Maryland. Racer William Smith won this event in his 50cc Yamaha Green Dragon. Shekar Mehta  Nissan 240Z, which is still in the exact state in nissan warehouse in Japan  Source: The History Channel Wikipedia |
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18th June 2008, 20:40
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21st June 2008, 22:19
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| 22nd June June 22nd 1915 Joseph Lewinka, of Philadelphia, PA, received a patent for an "Automobile-Body"; design. June 22nd 1934 Ferdinand Porsche contracted with Automobile Manufacturers Association of Germany (RDA) to build three prototype "people's cars". The contract was a direct result of Hitler's personal request to Porsche that he design such a car. Nazi Ad. from c.1939 says "Five mark a week you must put aside - If in your own car you want to ride!"  Source: The History Channel Wikipedia |
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23rd June 2008, 00:40
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| 23rd June June 23rd 1951 Michèle Mouton was born in Grasse, France. She is the most successful and well-known female rally driver of all time, as well as arguably the most successful female in motor racing as a whole. She was the first and so far the only woman to win a round of the World Rally Championship, the Rallye Sanremo in 1981. June 23rd 1991 Bertrand Gachot, Johnny Herbert, and Volker Wiedler won the 24-Hours of Le Mans driving a Mazda. It was the first time an automaker outside of Western Europe had won the prestigious title.The 1991 Mazda was also the first car to win Le Mans with a Wankel rotary engine. The engine consisted of four rotors with three sequential spark plugs per rotor. The Mazda drove 4,923 kilometers at an average speed of 295kmh. Michèle Mouton with her Audi Quatro S1  1991 Le Mans winner Mazda 787B  |
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