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This Day in
Automotive History

Picture of Brian Corey

Brian Corey

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Cheap Time Capsule – 1988 Buick Electra Park Avenue

February 2, 2022
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February 1, 1901 – Langston Hughes, American poet & road trip pioneer, is born

February 1, 2022
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January 31, 1942 – Civilian auto production wraps up – WWII efforts begin

January 31, 2022

January 30, 1970 – Automotive TV Host Chris Jacobs’ birthday

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January 27, 2022 – 40 millionth Ford F-Series truck for US sales leaves assembly line

January 27, 2022
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January 26, 1979 – The Dukes of Hazzard premiers

January 26, 2022
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January 25, 1941 – NASCAR racer Buddy Baker is born

January 25, 2022

Woody Wagon For Sale: 1977 Ford Country Squire – $7,800

January 24, 2022

January 24, 1957 – The 10,000,000th Plymouth

January 24, 2022
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January 23, 1980 – Automotive designer Giovanni Michelotti dies

January 23, 2022
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January 22, 1990 – Cord & Duesenberg designer Gordon Buehrig dies

January 22, 2022
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January 19, 1978 – The last German VW Beetle

January 19, 2022
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January 17, 1953 – The Chevrolet Corvette debuts

January 17, 2022

January 13, 1942 – Ford receives Soybean Car patent

January 13, 2022
Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp after winning the first Indianapolis 500

January 12, 1879 – Ray Harroun, first Indy 500 winner, is born

January 12, 2022
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Drive it Home – 1966 Plymouth Fury For Sale – $6,000

January 12, 2022

January 11, 1923 – Carroll Shelby is born

January 11, 2022
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January 10, 1942 – Ford earns WWII Jeep contract

January 10, 2022
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