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by Kathy Wolfe
How much do you know about the manufacturers
of our favorite...
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The Neatest Little Paper Ever Read
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Readers Weekly
Nationwide!
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TIDBITS® SAYS: GENTLEMEN …
START YOUR ENGINES!
by Kathy Wolfe
How much do you know about the manufacturers
of our favorite automobiles? Tidbits enlightens
with some facts about the history of famous cars
and their makers.
• Ransom E.
Olds started manufacturing vehicles
in 1897 in Lansing, Michigan.
The Oldsmobile
soon became one of the country’s top-selling
automobiles.
Although Henry Ford is often
credited with creating the first auto assembly
line, it was actually Olds who was responsible.
(Ford’s innovation was the first moving assembly
line.
) Olds used the concept to mass-produce
the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, beginning in
1901.
The assembly line quintupled his output
from 425 cars in 1901 to more than 2,500 the
following year.
Differences of opinion with his
business partner led to Ransom Olds’ exit, and
General Motors purchased Oldsmobile in 1
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