This Day in Auto History: 7 JUNE

1908 Packard Thirty Model

This Day in Auto History:

7.6.1891 Automotive engineer Earle Steele MacPherson is born in Highland Park, IL

7.6.1907 The first 1908 Packard Thirty Model UA is produced

7.6.1914 Dodge Brothers, Inc. grants its first retail franchise to J. D. Picksley Cheek St. of Nashville, TN

7.6.1930 Racer Ian Burgess is born in London, England

7.6.1942 Robert F. Runge, Vice President of SKF Industries, Inc. since 1920, dies at age 56

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick
Photo Credit Brass Auto