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On This Day in Automotive History: October 13

On This Day in Automotive History
October 13

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Birthdays: Piero Dusio (1899), Elmer Cooper (1922), Ray Brown (1923), Jack Ickes (1936), Jim Brown (1941), Chris Gleason (1943), Ed Crombie (1945), David Ifft (1948), Patrick Neve (1949), Marshall Jewett (1960), Kirby Kurth (1960), Richard Hinds (1962), Tim Sauter (1964), Clayton Haynes (1966), David Kokindo (1966), George Ayoub (1969), Joe Nott (1972), Jeff Bailey (1973), Dwayne Bewley (1973), Peter Dumbreck (1973), Cole Pearn (1982), Ryan Kimball (1983), Will Vaught (1986), Josh Combs (1989), Dylan Blenkhorn (1994), Derrick Hill (1994), Zane Goddard (1999)

1902: The Ohio Automobile Company changes its name to the Packard Motor Car Company.

1917: The Yokohama Rubber Company was founded.

1949: The Engineering News-Record dated today includes an article on "Subsurface Road Conditions Revealed by Geophysical Methods" by Bureau of Public Roads' F.W. Cron and R. Woodward Moore. "The science of geophysics," the article begins, "has provided the engineer and contractor with two new and extremely useful methods for exploring the subsurface. These are the refraction seismic test and the earth resistivity test." The techniques were developed for exploration at depths of hundreds of feet below the surface, but Bureau of Public Roads adapted them so they can be used for construction of highways, dams, buildings, and other structures. The article describes how geophysical methods were used on a project to relocate Fighting Creek Gap Road in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although used primarily to gain information for design, the techniques helped demonstrate how geophysical tests previously used only by research personnel could be applied in the field. The Physical Research Branch provided the equipment, and an engineer, but all other personnel came from the Division of Eastern Park and Forest Roads at Gatlinburg, TN.

2005: The film The World's Fastest Indian was released in New Zealand (home of Burt Munro).

2014: The first episode of Misfit Garage aired.

2017: The song “Blue Tacoma” by Russell Dickerson was released on his album Yours.