Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1898.

 

9/3 Ferdinand Porsche was born (1875). The Ford Fiesta was launched (1976) as well if anyone cares.

 

My wife has a late model Ford Fiesta. It's a tiny car.

 

Unlike the Olds Fiesta.

 

I once asked a girl if we could ciesta in her fiesta.. there was no ciesta.

 

On this day......

Henry Ford the 2nd was born. 1917.
The Edsel went on sale in 1957.

Fiestas are really not very nice. No offense. I had an Escort 40 years ago. It was a step up from the Fiesta but not a lot.

 

I need to tell Mama that this is the Fiesta we need. 😁



Figured I'd post this too. On September 5th,1980 Mothers Against Drunk Driving was founded.

If you search for automotive history facts be wary of the website. I did a Google search and there were a lot of spam sites. Here's a better one.

https://www.carsandracingstuff.com/

 

On this day.....

The BUB Seven hit 350.884 Miles per hour becoming the first two wheeled streamliner to crack the 350 mph barrier (2006)

A video of part of the run.

 

I did some serious acrobatics with a girl in her Nissan Pulsar back in high school. I was at least 6'2" then and she was the center of the girl's varsity basketball team at 5'11". There was not enough room in that car for two tall people to do the wango tango.

 

As long as yer date doesn't need a flatbed, things are good.

On this day.......

Production of The Ford Thunderbird begins. 1954.