Friday, August 25, 2006

This Day in Auto History: 25 AUGUST


8.25.1880 - Albert Gerry Partridge of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is born in Jamestown, NY

8.25.1910 - Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz form the Walden W. Shaw Livery Company, ancestor of the Yellow Cab Company

8.25.1922 - Fred Gilbert Secrest of the Ford Motor Company is born in Lakewood, OH

8.25.1941 - The Packard Twentieth Series is introduced

8.25.1958 - The Volvo PV544 is introduced

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