In a message dated 6/3/03 12:26:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
idcb@airborne.com writes:
> >"In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, travelled from his home in
> >Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt,
> Germany. On
> >his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused such
> a
> >sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring competition,
> under
> >the name of "Mercedes" after his favourite 9 year old daughter."
>
>
> By that logic you could count Studebaker, since it was the name
> of the founder.
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Nope. The first gas powererd Stude was built in 1904.
I still win. :-)
Allen Hefner
Phila. Region SCCA Rally Steward
'77 MG Midget (#51 FSP)
'75 MG Midget (The Project)
'99 Ford Contour SE Sport (24v V6)
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