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On this day March 9

1932 — First Ford V8 Model B is built

1964 — Production of the Ford Mustang begins

1987 — Chrysler agreed to acquire American Motors Corporation (AMC) for about US$1.5 billion

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To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth. It's futile to gaze at the world through a car window.

—Albert Einstein

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The Ford Taurus is a full-size, front-wheel drive automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. Initially a mid-size car, it was introduced in December 1985 as a 1986 model, replacing the rear-wheel drive Ford LTD. Most Tauruses have either been built in Chicago, Illinois (until April 23, 2004, at which time the plant was retooled to build the Five Hundred) or in Ford's Hapeville Plant in Atlanta, Georgia.

The original Taurus was a milestone design for both Ford and the entire American automotive industry, as well as a very influential vehicle in the marketplace. During its 20 years of production, Ford has sold over 6.7 million Tauruses worldwide. Between 1992 and 1996, the Taurus was the best-selling car in the United States, prompting Honda to grow the US version of the Accord to a similar size. The Taurus eventually lost its best-seller status in 1997 to the Toyota Camry. (more...)

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Buick Roadmaster wagon

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200S will come to Detroit

2012-1-4 , The new Chrysler 200s will make its official debut at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. The 200S is a Chrysler 200 that MOPAR has given a new body kit to. The kit includes a large chin spoiler, some new trim for the fog lights and grill, some black chrome 200 badges, 18 inch alloys, a new trunk lid spoiler and coil-over suspension that helps lower the cars center of gravity.

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On this day March 9

March 9: Shushan Purim in Jerusalem and Susa (Judaism, 2012)

1776 – The Wealth of Nations by Scottish political economist Adam Smith (bust pictured) was first published, becoming the first modern work in the field of economics.
1925 – The British Royal Air Force began Pink's War, an air-to-ground bombardment against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, British Raj, without the support of the British Army.
1932 – Éamon de Valera, one of the dominant political figures in twentieth century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.
1945 – World War II: A bomb raid on Tokyo by American B-29 heavy bombers started a firestorm, killing over 100,000 people.
1977 – Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in only two deaths.

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For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
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I hereby award Sfoskett this Workingman's Barnstar for his work in adding images and info to exotic car articles. Nrbelex ^(talk) 05:18, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hereby I award you the Chair HKDRT in lieu of the Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar, as I find it more relevant :D
- Bravada

I'm known as sfoskett or pedxing almost everywhere. The former is my real name, the latter is a standard login taken from Max Headroom. I was made a Wikipedia admin in 2005.

Disclosure:

I work for myself at Foskett Services, and help organize the community at Gestalt IT
I also write for IT industry publications and speak at industry conferences

My Wikipedia articles tend to stick to the following topics: