Tuesday, July 25, 2006

This Day in Auto History: 25 JULY



7.25.1905 Racer Georges Grignard is born in Paris, France

7.25.1925 Automotive historian Jack Curtis Fox is born in Los Angeles, CA

7.25.1948 Earl D. “Ed” Sirrine, former Sales Engineer for the Autocar Company, dies in Marianna, FL at age 61

7.25.1983 William Balderston, a longtime executive of the Philco Corporation who was a leader in the automobile radio movement, dies at age 86

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick
Photo Credit: http://www.statsf1.com/cars/photo/93/13.jpg

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