1893 -- Duryea -- 1st car built in the USA
1898 --Winton -- 1st US Car Sold
1901 -- Autocar -- 1st Shaft -Driven US Car
1901 --Olds--1st Volume-Produced Car
1903-- Winton -- 1st Car to Cross US
1903 Rambler -- 1st Standard Windshield
1905 -- Ignition Locks and Packard Magneto Ignition
1906 -- Front Bumpers Appear
1907 -- First Service Station in the US; First Demountable Rims
1908 -- Rambler -- First Spare Tire
1911 -- Cadillac -- First Self-Starter
1913 -- Ford -- First Moving Assembly Line
1914 First Spiral-Bevel Rear Axles
1914 -- Maxwell -- First Adjustable Seat
1916 -- First Hand-Operated Windshield Wiper; First Standard Stop lights on Some Cars
1917 -- First Battery under Hood
1919 -- City of Detroit has first 3 colored traffic lights
1921 -- Hudson/Essex Closed Stell-Bodied Car
1922 -- First Carburetor Air Cleaner
1923 -- Duco Paint Finish; Packard 4 wheel Brakes
1924 -- Tetraethyl Lead Gasoline Additive
1924 -- Ballon Tires Standard; Thermostatic Control of Cooling System; Chrysler High Compression Engine, 7 Bearing Crankshaft
1925 -- First Hydraulic Shock Absorber
1926 -- First Chrome Plating
1928 -- Safety Glass Windshield Standard
1928 -- Fuel Pumps Introduced
1929 -- First Downdraft Carburetor and Auto Radio
This blog will expand on themes and topics first mentioned in my book, "The Automobile and American Life." I hope to comment on recent developments in the automobile industry, reviews of my readings on the history of the automobile, drafts of my new work, contributions from friends, descriptions of the museums and car shows I attend and anything else relevant. Copyright 2009-2020, by the author.
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