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One of the most prized possessions of Henry Ford is his first automobile. It was built in 1892 in the brick barn before which Mr. Ford stands with James Bishop in Detroit, Michigan on December 6, 1936. (Photo by AP Photo)

One of the most prized possessions of Henry Ford is his first automobile. It was built in 1892 in the brick barn before which Mr. Ford stands with James Bishop in Detroit, Michigan on December 6, 1936. (Photo by AP Photo)



Cpl. Edward Dickenson, center, who accepted and then rejected Communism while a prisoner of war in Korea, fulfilled one of his prison camp dreams, November 23, 1953 in Cracker's Neck, Va., when he bought an automobile, one of the first things he did since getting home last night. Oscar Fraley fills up the tank as Dickenson's half-brother, Jim, looks on. Cpl. Dickenson got car from Jim, who was a prisoner of the Germans in World War II. (Photo by Gene Herrick/AP Photo)

Cpl. Edward Dickenson, center, who accepted and then rejected Communism while a prisoner of war in Korea, fulfilled one of his prison camp dreams, November 23, 1953 in Cracker's Neck, Va., when he bought an automobile, one of the first things he did since getting home last night. Oscar Fraley fills up the tank as Dickenson's half-brother, Jim, looks on. Cpl. Dickenson got car from Jim, who was a prisoner of the Germans in World War II. (Photo by Gene Herrick/AP Photo)



Exhibition Motorcycle Rider Evel Knievel, former movie stunt man, jumps his cycle between two ramps, a hundred feet apart, to open a Sports Cycle Exhibition at the Civic Center, November 23, 1967, San Francisco, Calif. Knievel is planning to jump the Grand Canyon with a jet engine on his cycle, wings and a parachute some time the next year. (Photo by AP Photo)

Exhibition Motorcycle Rider Evel Knievel, former movie stunt man, jumps his cycle between two ramps, a hundred feet apart, to open a Sports Cycle Exhibition at the Civic Center, November 23, 1967, San Francisco, Calif. Knievel is planning to jump the Grand Canyon with a jet engine on his cycle, wings and a parachute some time the next year. (Photo by AP Photo)



Five University of Michigan editors, co-owners of a 1929 auto, bring the car to George H. Gabler, left, Washtenaw County scrap chairman at Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 10, 1942, and ask him to “send it to war”. The aged vehicle weighs 4,250 pounds and has six “middle-aged” 7x20 tires. The owners, all staff members of the Michigan “Daily”, are from left to right: Harry Levine, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Homer Swandlers, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Hale Champion, Ann Arbor; Ed Perlberg, Standish, Mich.; and Myron Dann, Detroit. (Photo by AP Photo)

Five University of Michigan editors, co-owners of a 1929 auto, bring the car to George H. Gabler, left, Washtenaw County scrap chairman at Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 10, 1942, and ask him to “send it to war”. The aged vehicle weighs 4,250 pounds and has six “middle-aged” 7x20 tires. The owners, all staff members of the Michigan “Daily”, are from left to right: Harry Levine, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Homer Swandlers, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Hale Champion, Ann Arbor; Ed Perlberg, Standish, Mich.; and Myron Dann, Detroit. (Photo by AP Photo)



Flanked by his two daughters, Egon Bruetsch sits in his new three-wheel car for which he developed a plastic body in Stuttgart, Germany, October 10, 1954. He claims it weighs only half as much as a normal metal body. The car seats three persons. (Photo by AP Photo)

Flanked by his two daughters, Egon Bruetsch sits in his new three-wheel car for which he developed a plastic body in Stuttgart, Germany, October 10, 1954. He claims it weighs only half as much as a normal metal body. The car seats three persons. (Photo by AP Photo)



The famous Seven Hills of Rome, present citizens of the Italian capital with a serious problem of transportation. The Germans looted most of Rome's motor buses, and the taxis have been requisitioned by the Allied commission leaving only a few trolley-buses and street cars which do not connect all parts of the city. Many strange contrivances are therefore to be seen running the streets, helping to convey Romans from place to place in the capital. The three wheel truckbed vehicle is called “motofurgoncino” and carries passengers who stand and sit in the back, in Rome on October 11, 1945. During rush hours two passengers, one on either side, ride with the driver. (Photo by AP Photo)

The famous Seven Hills of Rome, present citizens of the Italian capital with a serious problem of transportation. The Germans looted most of Rome's motor buses, and the taxis have been requisitioned by the Allied commission leaving only a few trolley-buses and street cars which do not connect all parts of the city. Many strange contrivances are therefore to be seen running the streets, helping to convey Romans from place to place in the capital. The three wheel truckbed vehicle is called “motofurgoncino” and carries passengers who stand and sit in the back, in Rome on October 11, 1945. During rush hours two passengers, one on either side, ride with the driver. (Photo by AP Photo)



Cars stacked like dominoes form a fence around a junk yard on Interstate 45 north of Ferris, Tex., October 11, 1972.  (Photo by Ferd Kaufman/AP Photo)

Cars stacked like dominoes form a fence around a junk yard on Interstate 45 north of Ferris, Tex., October 11, 1972. (Photo by Ferd Kaufman/AP Photo)



Haitians pull a car atop a pushcart in Port-au-Prince, October 11, 1994. The price of gasoline has fallen to about $6 US per gallon since U.S. forces occupied Haiti. Before, gasoline had cost as much as $10 U.S. per gallon. (Photo by Eric Draper/AP Photo)

Haitians pull a car atop a pushcart in Port-au-Prince, October 11, 1994. The price of gasoline has fallen to about $6 US per gallon since U.S. forces occupied Haiti. Before, gasoline had cost as much as $10 U.S. per gallon. (Photo by Eric Draper/AP Photo)



Tailgators are shown at the Princeton-Pennsylvania game October 12, 1963. Tailgating for a pre-game picnic is growing in popularity with American football fans. (Photo by AP Photo)

Tailgators are shown at the Princeton-Pennsylvania game October 12, 1963. Tailgating for a pre-game picnic is growing in popularity with American football fans. (Photo by AP Photo)



In this October 14, 1960 file photo, people visit the National Auto Show at Cobo Hall in Detroit. In 2013, more than 795,000 people, including 5,200 journalists from around the world attended the show. (Photo by AP Photo)

In this October 14, 1960 file photo, people visit the National Auto Show at Cobo Hall in Detroit. In 2013, more than 795,000 people, including 5,200 journalists from around the world attended the show. (Photo by AP Photo)



The “Power Mower of the Future” is demonstrated in Port Washington, Wis., October 14, 1957. The lawnmower has a five foot diameter plastic sphere in which the rider sits on an air foam cushioned seat. It has its own electric generating system for operating running lights, a radio telephone, air conditioning and even a cooling system to provide a chilled drink on a hot day. It can be used for many purposes. It can mow the lawn, weed it, feed it, seed it, spray for insects, plow snow and haul equipment. It can even be used as a golf cart. (Photo by AP Photo)

The “Power Mower of the Future” is demonstrated in Port Washington, Wis., October 14, 1957. The lawnmower has a five foot diameter plastic sphere in which the rider sits on an air foam cushioned seat. It has its own electric generating system for operating running lights, a radio telephone, air conditioning and even a cooling system to provide a chilled drink on a hot day. It can be used for many purposes. It can mow the lawn, weed it, feed it, seed it, spray for insects, plow snow and haul equipment. It can even be used as a golf cart. (Photo by AP Photo)



Topping a hill of 70 percent grade near Oakland, Calif., October 18, 1931, Windy Lindstrom of Oakland rode into the 1931 National Professional Championship for Motorcycles of 61-cubic inch displacement. Lindstrom placed second in the 45-inch class. (Photo by AP Photo)

Topping a hill of 70 percent grade near Oakland, Calif., October 18, 1931, Windy Lindstrom of Oakland rode into the 1931 National Professional Championship for Motorcycles of 61-cubic inch displacement. Lindstrom placed second in the 45-inch class. (Photo by AP Photo)



The 10,000-pound, 19-foot-long Mercedes-Benz automobile of Adolf Hitler gives workmen some trouble as they unload it from a freight car in Rosslyn, Va., October 19, 1945. W.H. Griffith, far left, a civilian automotive inspector at nearby Ft. Myer, gives the heave-ho signal. Hitler's car, along with Hermann Goering's, was brought over for the forthcoming Victory Loan Drive and will be driven through the country. (Photo by Harvey Georges/AP Photo)

The 10,000-pound, 19-foot-long Mercedes-Benz automobile of Adolf Hitler gives workmen some trouble as they unload it from a freight car in Rosslyn, Va., October 19, 1945. W.H. Griffith, far left, a civilian automotive inspector at nearby Ft. Myer, gives the heave-ho signal. Hitler's car, along with Hermann Goering's, was brought over for the forthcoming Victory Loan Drive and will be driven through the country. (Photo by Harvey Georges/AP Photo)



A young girl demonstrates the plastic container fitted to the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle car to provide extra luggage space around October 20, 1959. The case was on show at the International Plastics Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Horst Faas/AP Photo)

A young girl demonstrates the plastic container fitted to the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle car to provide extra luggage space around October 20, 1959. The case was on show at the International Plastics Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Horst Faas/AP Photo)



A typical customs post on the Ulster border, Northern Ireland on October 24, 1932. (Photo by AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)

A typical customs post on the Ulster border, Northern Ireland on October 24, 1932. (Photo by AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)
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