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1920 |
Both
John and Horace Dodge die at
different times. They were
the founders of Dodge Bros. |
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Walter Chrysler was hired by
Willy's (Jeep) to help the
company rebound. |
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Ford
buys the DTI railroad to ensure
materials would get to him |
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Harry Osterman, secretary of
Lincoln Highway Association,
flips over the club's Packard on
the Lincoln Highway in Iowa. He
dies in the crash. |
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1921 |
Walter Chrysler sells his Model
A prototype to Durant for cash.
First Chrysler will have to
wait. |
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Lincoln comes with standard turn
signals |
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1922 |
Ford
buys Lincoln for 8 million |
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1923 |
Ford
buys several hundred thousand
acres of forest to ensure enough
wood for production |
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First Ethyl gasoline sold -
Dayton |
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1924 |
One
in seven Americans owns a car |
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1925 |
Walter Chrysler buys Maxwell,
changes name to Chrysler Corp. |
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US Government takes over the
numbering of federal roads. Gone
are names like "Lincoln Highway"
and "National Road," replaced
with numbers like US 30 and US
40.
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1926 |
Daimler-Benz is created when
Benz & Cie and Daimler Motoren
Gesellschaft Merge- June 28 |
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Octane scale introduced. |
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Safety glass introduced |
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Hot
water car heater introduced |
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1927 |
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1928 |
Chrysler buys Dodge |
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Studebaker takes over
Pierce-Arrow |
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Coast-to-coast bus service
debuts |
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1929 |
Opel
Joins General Motors |
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US
auto production hits 5,337,087;
a record not surpassed until the
1950s. |
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First US diesel car - a Packard
with a Cummins engine |
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First US front drive cars - Cord
and Ruxton |
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