Wednesday, August 16, 2006

This Day in Auto History: 16 AUGUST

8.16.1906 - The first production Mason, financed by Edward R. Mason and designed by Frederick S. Duesenberg, is completed at the Mason Motor Car Company factory in Des Moines, IA

8.16.1925 - Edward Y. Davidson Jr., Illuminating Engineer for the Macbeth-Evans Glass Company of Charleroi, PA, dies in Chicago, IL at age 27

8.16.1947 - Racer Giancarlo Martini is born in Lavezzola, Italy

8.16.1983 - Automobile advertising pioneer Ross Roy dies in Grosse Pointe Shores, MI at age 85

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

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