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Frederick Patterson. Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871 – 1932) was an American entrepreneur, known for running the family business, C.R. Patterson and Sons, and he is the creator of the Patterson-Greenfield automobile of 1915. While in college at Ohio State University, he was the first African American to play on its football team.
Tucker #1052 was a test chassis used at the factory for testing automatic transmission designs. The car consisted of only the chassis, driveline, suspension, dashboard, and seats. The car was completed in 2015 by Tucker enthusiast John Schuler using parts he collected over many years, along with front sheetmetal sourced from Tucker #1018.
C.R. Patterson and Sons was an American automotive company, active from 1893 to 1939 primarily in Greenfield, Ohio and for one year in Gallia, Ohio. [ 1] The first African American founded car company founded by Frederick Douglas Patterson, and named after his father Charles "Rich" Richard Patterson. [ 1] They made the Patterson-Greenfield ...
Dodge Coronet. Years produced: 1949-1976 Original starting price: $1,945 None of Dodge's other muscle cars matched the sales of this beast. A family sedan and wagon regularly packaged with brawny ...
At the end of 1955, Issigonis was recruited back into BMC, this time into the Austin plant at Longbridge, by its chairman Sir Leonard Lord, to design a new model family of three cars. The XC (experimental car) code names assigned for the new cars were XC/9001, for a large comfortable car, XC/9002, for a medium-sized family car, and XC/9003, for ...
Name Introd. Discont. Platforms Gen. Information / notes Runabout / Tonneau [n1 1] 1902 1908 9 The first automobile produced by Cadillac: Model D: 1905 1905 1 Model Thirty: 1909 1911 1 V8 Type 51: 1915 1923 1 Full-size luxury car: Type V-63: 1924 1930 C-body: 1 Full-size luxury car: V-16: 1930 1940 D-body: 2 Full-size luxury sedan, coupe ...
All new cars were black; as Ford wrote in his autobiography, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." [24] Until the development of the assembly line, which mandated black because of its quicker drying time, Model Ts were available in other colors, including red. The design was fervently promoted and ...
1994–1997 Daimler Six and Double-Six X300 / X330 body returns to a more recognisable shape. 1996 Daimler Century limited edition: 100 straight 6, 100 V12; marking 100 years of Daimler Coventry. 1997–2002 Daimler Eight and Super V8 X308 the latter comes with the supercharged V8 engine otherwise found only in the XJR.