This Day in Auto History: 08 September

9.8.1880 - The Imperial Oil Company, Ltd. is incorporated in Canada

9.8.1923 - The Daniels Motor Car Company is declared bankrupt

9.8.1941 - The first 1942 Chevrolet is produced

9.8.1954 - Richard Simonsen, a longtime Australian importer of General Motors cars and parts, dies in Perth, Western Australia at age 49

9.8.1960 - Racer Aguri Suzuki is born in Tokyo, Japan

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