Wednesday, April 25, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 25 APRIL

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

4.25.1901
New York state passes the first automobile licensing laws, requiring owners to pay $1.00 registration fee and make their own plates
4.25.1925
Maserati’s first car, the Tipo 26, makes its racing debut by winning its class in the Targa Florio with co-designer Alfieri Maserati at the wheel
4.25.1938
Automotive ball bearing manufacturer Judd W. Spray dies at age 51
4.25.1957
Racer Cor Euser is born in Haarlem, the Netherlands
4.25.1967
The Kuhlman Electric Company is reorganized as the Kuhlman Corporation, manufacturers of automobile parts

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

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