This Day in Auto History: 01 AUGUST

8.1.1894 Piston ring manufacturer Allen Waller Morton is born in Richmond, VA

8.1.1910 New York state-issued license plates are introduced

8.1.1915 The Ford Motor Company announces that Model T sales for the previous twelve months were 308,213 units, and that they will honor their rebate offer by mailing $50 “Profit Sharing” checks to each buyer for a total payout of $15,410,650

8.1.1919 The 1920 Winton Model 24 and Model 25 are introduced, the marque’s first totally redesigned cars since 1916 8.1.1923 Alexander Y. Malcomson, Treasurer 1903-1906 and a cofounder of the Ford Motor Company, dies in Ann Arbor, MI at age 58

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wic
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