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Between October 1992 and December 1994, Hector Quevedo, along with his son Hugo, drove a 1928 Model A 22,000 mi (35,406 km) from his home in Punta Arenas, Chile to Ford headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. The car required minimal service, including a flat tire and transmission work in Nicaragua, and is now housed in the Henry Ford Museum. [25]
By 1929, the Essex was third in U.S. sales, behind Ford and Chevrolet. [8] Essex sales remained strong into 1931 before sales began to trend downward. For 1932 a redesigned Essex debuted and was named the Essex-Terraplane, a play on the word aeroplane. For 1934 the Essex name was dropped and the car was marketed as the Terraplane.
Primarily developed for the popular Ford Model A automobile (1927–1931), [3] [4] the Ford Model A engine was the engine almost universally installed in that automobile, [1] of which 4.8 million were built by 1932, [1] [2] in a wide range of styles and configurations: Coupe, Business Coupe, Roadster Coupe, Sport Coupe, Convertible Cabriolet ...
Nash Special Six Series 430 Coupé 1929 Nash Standard Six Series 422 Convertible Coupé 1929 Before retiring, Charles Nash chose Kelvinator Corporation head George W. Mason to succeed him. Mason accepted, but placed one condition on the job: Nash would acquire controlling interest in Kelvinator, which at the time was the leading manufacturer of ...
The company responded to the increasing number of low-priced cars—including the $600 Ford Model N, the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout at $650, [7] the $485 Brush Runabout, [8] the Black at $375, [9] the $500 Western Gale Model A, [10] and the bargain-basement Success an amazingly low $250 [7] —by introducing the Model 25, their cheapest four yet. [11]
Cord was a brand of American luxury automobile manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company of Connersville, Indiana, from 1929 to 1932 and again in 1936 and 1937.. Auburn was wholly owned by the Cord Corporation, founded and run by E. L. Cord as a holding company for his many transportation interests (which included the Lycoming engines, Stinson aircraft, and Checker Motors).
During the 1930s, automobile production by the Big Three (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) increased, while all the other domestic automakers were damaged and saw their total market share drop from 25% in 1929 to 10% by 1939. [22] with many of the premium-type brands disappearing, such as Cord, Durant, Franklin, Peerless, Pierce-Arrow, and ...
The Ruxton was a front-wheel drive automobile produced by the New Era Motors Company of New York, New York, United States, during 1929 and 1930. The car was the brainchild of William Muller and was built in the Board Machine plant in Philadelphia, Moon Motor Car factory in St. Louis, Missouri, and Kissel Motors of Hartford, Wisconsin, who also ...