Here is a little Christmas triva for ya... After a decade of fits and starts, during which time the diesel engine failed to take hold as a commercial success, a stroke of marketing genius by Clessie Cummins helped save the Company. Cummins mounted a diesel engine in a used Packard limousine and on Christmas day in 1929 took W.G. Irwin for a ride in Americas first diesel-powered automobile. Irwins enthusiasm for the new engine led to an infusion of cash into the Company, which helped fuel a number of speed and endurance records in the coming years - including a grueling 13,535-mile run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1931. Such feats earned Cummins foothold as an engine supplier to the trucking industry.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:11:38 +0000
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