Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
August Samuel Duesenberg (December 12, 1879 – January 18, 1955) was a German-born American automobile and engine manufacturer who built American racing and racing engines that set speed records at Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1920; won the French Grand Prix in 1921; and won Indianapolis 500-mile races (1922, 1924, 1925, and 1927), as well as setting one-hour and 24-hour speed records on the ...
Duesenberg Family (Fred, second row, left; August, second row, right) Friedrich "Fred" S. Düsenberg (or Frederick "Fred" Duesenberg as his name was spelled after his arrival in the United States) was born on December 6, 1876, in Lippe, Lippe-Detmold, Germany, to Konrad (Conrad) and Luise Düsenberg.
August Duesenberg and Fred Duesenberg, German-born American automobile pioneers, designers, manufacturers and sportsmen; Henry Ford, American founder of Ford Motor Company; Samuel Goldwyn, American film mogul, raised by relatives; John Hancock, American merchant, statesman and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution; Howard Hughes ...
He joined the automobile workshop of Frederick and August Duesenberg in Des Moines, Iowa. For the next year, he worked sixteen-hour days at $3 a day, developing a Mason race car, named for Duesenberg's chief investor. In July 1913, Rickenbacker received dispensation from AAA to compete in his hometown Columbus 200-mile race.
Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company, Inc. was an American racing and luxury automobile manufacturer founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, by brothers Fred and August Duesenberg in 1920. The company is known for popularizing the straight-eight engine and four-wheel hydraulic brakes .
At age 25 he became chief body designer for Duesenberg, where he designed the Model J. He joined the Auburn Automobile Company of Auburn, Indiana, in 1934, producing the famous 1935 851 Boattail Speedster, based on the work of Alan Leamy. [3] (A kit copy of this car was driven by the lead character in NBC's "Remington Steele".)
Here's everything you need to know about Oppenheimer's two children and what has happened in the 56 years since their father's death. J. Robert Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine, daughter Kit and son ...
August Duesenberg – automobile pioneer manufacturer [131] [132] [133] Fred Duesenberg – automobile pioneer designer, manufacturer and sportsman [131] [132] [133] Edward Filene – businessman, social entrepreneur and philanthropist [134] Harvey Firestone – founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company [135]