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This patriotic American flag motorcycle license plate is a beauty for vehicle or decor. tns-lp-26
11 3/4" x 6" 

   The oldest of the GM motor companies is Oldsmobile.  The original company was started in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds.
   On July 22, 1908 the Fisher Body Company is incorporated by Albert, Fred and Charles Fisher and is located in Detroit.
    January 20, 1909 General Motors purchases a 1/2 interest in Oakland Motor Car Co.
    July 29, 1909 General Motors purchases Cadillac for $5.5 million. Henry M. Leland and his son, Wilfred, are invited to continue operating Cadillac. They do so until 1917, when they leave to form Lincoln Motor Co.
   AC Spark Plug joins GM. Known as Champion Ignition Company in 1909, the name is changed to AC Spark Plug Company in 1922 and made a division in 1933.
    In May 1916, Durant creates United Motors Corp., a combination of five parts and accessories manufacturers that include Hyatt Roller Bearing, led by Alfred P. Sloan, and Dayton Engineering Laboratories, led by Charles F. Kettering. Sloan is named president of United Motors.
   Durant announces that Chevrolet owns 54.5 percent of GM's outstanding shares and takes over the GM presidency from Charles W. Nash, who had been GM president from 1912 to 1916.
General Motors Corporation is incorporated under Delaware law (Oct. 13) and acquires all stock of General Motors Company.
    Durant purchases an interest in the Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor Co. of Stockton, California. The following year he recommends that GM enter the farm equipment business and directors approve purchase of Durant's interest as well as acquisition of the rest of the company. In 1922, Samson Tractor, by now a division of General Motors, is liquidated because it is unprofitable.
   General Motors buys the operating assets of Chevrolet Motor Company in May.
   United Motors Corporation (UMC) becomes part of General Motors Corporation. UMC is dissolved in 1919 and individual businesses continue as part of General Motors. United Motors Service, Inc., created by Sloan in 1916 to handle sales for the UMC manufacturing divisions, is included in this acquisition and becomes a division of General Motors in 1944. In 1971 United Motors Service Division is renamed United Delco Division and in 1974 it is absorbed into AC-Delco Division.
   Durant invests personally in Guardian Frigerator, a company trying to manufacture a new product, an electric ice box.
   General Motors acquires 60% interest in Fisher Body Company.
   General Motors purchases Dayton Wright Company, an early airplane manufacturer. In 1929, its assets are sold to Fokker Aircraft Corporation.
  

Chevrolet

   Louis Chevrolet incorporates the Chevrolet Motor Company of Michigan in November of 1911, with William Little and Edwin Cambell. They headquarter in Detroit.
   Durant announces that Chevrolet owns 54.5 percent of GM's outstanding shares and takes over the GM presidency from Charles W. Nash, who had been GM president from 1912 to 1916.

Buick

  May 19, 1903 sees the founding of  Buick Motor Company, by David Dunbar Buick.  On September 11, 1903 Buick started building the first Buick engine plan with funding from Flint Wagon Works, and operations are moved from Detroit to Flint.

Cadillac

   In 1902 Cadillac Automobile Company is organized in Detroit by Henry M. Leland, a precision manufacturer of automotive components.
   In 1910 Cadillac becomes the first American manufacturer to offer closed bodies as standard equipment, revolutionizing motoring convenience by providing cleanliness and all-weather comfort.

Pontiac

   The Oakland Motor Car Co., predecessor to Pontiac Motor, is founded by Edward M. Murphy on August 28, 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan.

Oldsmobile

   Olds Motor Vehicle Company, Inc. was started by Ransom E. Olds in 1897.  In 1999 Olds Motor Vehicle and Olds Gasoline Engine Works of Lancing merge and form Olds Motor Works.  The first factory specifically for automobile manufacture in the United States is built by Olds in Detroit on Jefferson Avenue East.

GMC

    General Motors acquires the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company of Pontiac, Michigan, the predecessor of GMC Truck, and Reliance Motor Truck Co. of Owosso, Michigan. A Rapid becomes the first truck to conquer Pikes Peak in 1909.
   General Motors Truck Company (later known as GMC) is organized on July 22, 1911, to handle sales of GM's Rapid and Reliance products.

    In 1923 Walter Percy Chrysler, already owner of the automobile firms “Chalmers” and “Maxwell”, registered his own automobile factory. He began to produce Chrysler series cars in 1925. Soon “Maxwell” and “Chalmers” ceased to exist, and were replaced by “Dodge” and “Plymouth”, which marked the birth of “Chrysler”. Chrysler is the third largest automobile producing company in the United States, also exported under the brand names “Dodge” and “Plymouth”. In 1998, the company merged with DaimlerBenz, forming DaimlerChrysler, with a production plan of nearly 4 million cars per year. January 1999 saw the production of new models of the joint program. The creation of the international firm Daimler Chrysler saw a growth in popularity of the Chrysler brand, which is planning to expand its production program by producing more compact models, is taking a bold step onto the world market. The Chrysler logo has changed several times, becoming more and more complex, but in the end has reverted to its original logo in the form of a seal. http://www.chrysler.com
 

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