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	Oakland automobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Oakland was a brand of automobile manufactured between 1907-1909 by the Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan and between 1909 and 1931 by the Oakland Motors Division of General Motors Corporation.
		Oakland’s principle founder was Edward P. Murphy, who sold half the company to GM in January 1909; when Murphy died in the summer of 1909, GM acquired the remaining rights to Oakland.
		The end of Oakland was announced in 1931 and the Oakland Motor Car Company was changed to the Pontiac Motor Company by its owner GM.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oakland_Motor_Car (510 words)

	Classic car is good fit at court
		On Thursday, her good fortune becomes Oakland County's opportunity as the Hewetts officially donate the 1924 Oakland for permanent display in the first-floor lobby of the county courthouse at 1200 N. Telegraph Road in Pontiac.
		The car was added to the Hewetts' collection, which included a 1930 Essex Coupe with a rumble seat; a 1937 Cord two-door convertible; a 1934 four-door Cadillac convertible; a 1954 Corvette; a 1957 T-Bird; a 1965 Chevrolet Impala, and a 1978 Cadillac Opera Coupe.
		When Oakland County officials dedicated a new wing of the Pontiac courthouse in 1996, the Hewetts, who now live in Rochester Hills, loaned the car to the county to add some history to the first-floor lobby.
	www.freep.com /news/locoak/oakcar27_20040327.htm (444 words)

	We Love Pontiac - History
		As it became clear that motor car sales were going to eclipse carriages, Murphy wisely started the Oakland Motor Car Company, an offshoot of the buggy company, in 1907.
		The division built its last car on Feb. 10, 1942, a flout model, and it is said that this was the last car built by any domestic automaker during the war.
		Motor Trend named the GTO "Car of the Year," and the division sold a record 910,977 cars.
	www.welovepontiacs.com /history.html (6132 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The car, which has been on loan to the county for the past several years, is on display in the north lobby of the Oakland County Courthouse where it will remain.
		The history of the Oakland Motor Car dates back to 1907 when seven local businessmen met in Pontiac to form the Oakland Motor Car Company.
		The Hewett's purchased the car from John Lowery's Tire Company after learning the house they lived in was once owned by George Hannum who was president of the Oakland Motor Car Company from 1920-24.
	www.co.oakland.mi.us /about/news/pr_03_94.html (369 words)

	Encyclopedia: General Motors
		Albert Kahn's General Motors Building, 3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI General Motors (GM) was founded in 1908 as a holding company for Buick, then controlled by William C. Durant, and acquired Oldsmobile later that year.
		An ad for the 1926 Oakland The Oakland was a brand of automobile manufactured between 1907-1909 by the Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan and between 1909 and 1931 by the Oakland Motors Division of General Motors Corporation.
		General Motors bought the internal combustion engined railcar builder Electro-Motive Corporation and its engine supplier Winton Engine in 1930, renaming both as the General Motors Electro-Motive Division.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/General-Motors (4168 words)

	January History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the turn of the century, cars were still beyond the financial means of most citizens, and car racing was a spectacle nurtured by society’s elite.
		Car races can’t have speed limits--not ones than anyone is likely to attend anyway; so Vanderbilt built his own road.
		The car was meant to be a durable workhorse car for the common German.
	clubs.hemmings.com /clubsites/cowtownmopars/HistoryJAN.html (2178 words)

	General Motors - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage
		The Oakland Motor Car Co., predecessor to Pontiac Motor, is founded by Edward M. Murphy on August 28, 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan.
		Brown-Lipe-Chapin, a supplier of differential gears for General Motors cars acquired in 1922, is made a division of General Motors in 1926 and consolidated with Ternstedt in 1962.
		Motors Holding Corporation is established to give financial assistance to worthy individuals who want to become GM dealers but lack the capital.
	www.armyvehicles.dk /gm.htm (9513 words)

	PONTIAC FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The Pontiac automobile line was introduced by General Motors in 1926 as a lower-priced version of their Oakland_Motor_Car line.
		From the late-1970's on to the late-1980's, General Motors was downsizing its North American operations and had little funds to spend on independent brand-specific performance platforms.
		All Pontiac Motor Division (PMD) engines (pre-1980 unified GM) were designed around a low-RPM/high-torque model, as opposed to the ubiquitous Chevrolet_Small-Block_engine known for its smaller displacement and high RPM/high power design.
	www.abait.com /Pontiac (1468 words)

	Name
		They had cars named for them as well, but for some reason, the vehicles failed to catch on and their creators were ground into the oils of automotive history by more popular models.
		The heat of early-day motors caused wood to warp and weakened the glue which held it together.
		He sold his first pressed steel frames to the Peerless Motor Company early in the 20th century and when other auto builders became interested, he offered a house and lot to a foreman who could increase his production to twelve frames per day.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/drew/1063/name.htm (743 words)

	Coachbult.com - Fisher Body Company
		For example, driving a car via its rear wheels put a different set of stresses on the body than pulling a carriage by its front axle; also the higher speeds and greater vibration of motorcars demanded suitable engineering advances.
		Closed car bodies were meeting with customer resistance, not so much because "no one in his right mind would ride behind that much glass," as Henry Ford once opined, but because the car manufacturers were jacking up prices of closed bodies far beyond what they were paying for them.
		The Fishers asked auto manufacturers to sell closed cars more cheaply, but it was years before carmakers passed the Fishers' savings on to their closed-body customers.
	www.coachbuilt.com /bui/f/fisher/fisher.htm (3365 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The history of Pontiac Motor Division goes back to Oakland Motor Car Company, founded by Edward M. Murphy on August 28, 1907.
		Later Pontiac was inclouded in the General Motors, in fact the only line introduced after the formation of GM.
		Shortly after the introduction in GM the factory size became to small and a new plant was built in the northern edge of Pontiac, MI, know as the "daylight plant" because the extensive use of glass skylights providing natural illumination.
	web.telia.com /~u50102742/history.htm (271 words)

	Pontiac Electrical Parts - Electrical Part - Partstrain.com
		Pontiac cars may not have all plush amenities and equipments but they come with a long list of standard parts that make your ride still a pleasurable one.
		Later the Oakland Motor Car Company was placed under the Pontiac division of GM.
		Pontiac cars are known for their youthful driving and aggressive styling that sports cars likewise offer.
	partstrain.com /ShopByDepartment/Electrical_Parts/PONTIAC (513 words)

	Oakland Motor Car -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Edward M. Murphy ran the Oakland Buggy Company in (Click link for more info and facts about Pontiac, Michigan) Pontiac, Michigan, and founded Oakland Motor Car on August 28, 1907.
		Following Murphy's death that September, General Motors took full control of Oakland in 1910.
		General Motors continued marketing cars under the Oakland (A name given to a product or service) brand name until 1932, when G.M.'s Oakland division was incorporated into (Famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)) Pontiac.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/oa/oakland_motor_car.htm (133 words)

	General Motors Corporation
		By 1955, General Motors was the first company in America to make more than $1 billion in a single year.
		Olds Motor Vehicle Company, Inc., the oldest unit of General Motors Corporation, was organized in 1887 by Ransom E. Olds with $50,000 of capital (5,000 shares of stock at $10 per share).
		And on August 28th, 1907, in Pontiac, Michigan, the Oakland Motor Car Company, predecessor to Pontiac Motors, was founded by Edward M. Murphy.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1809.html (989 words)

	Pontiac-Oakland Club International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For those of you that are new to the fascinating hobby of automobiles, the term Oakland may be unfamilar.
		In 1925 Oakland featured a new "companion car" at the New York Auto Show, " Pontiac, the Chief of the Sixes." Considered " as aggressive and powerful" as its namesake, "Chief Pontiac", it was a big hit at the show.
		In 1926, a total of 76,742 Pontiacs were built and it became evident that the Oakland would be superceded by its new cousin, the Pontiac, and that its days were numbered.
	www.poci.org /prmessage.shtml (601 words)

	Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works (Made 1st Pontiac Car - Early GM Company) - Pontiac, Michigan 1907
		On Aug. 28, 1907, Walter M. Murphy, incorporated the Oakland Motor Co. Murphy is said to have chosen the Oakland name for his car venture, located in the Oakland County, MI, city of Pontiac, because crosstown rival Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works already was making a high-wheel motor wagon under the Pontiac name.
		Both the Oakland Motor Company and Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works Company decided to merge together in November 1908 under the name of the Oakland Motor Car Company.
		In January 1909, General Motors Corp. President, William C. Durant, purchased a 50% interest in the Oakland Motor Car Company.
	www.scripophily.net /scripophily/pospwawo.html (622 words)

	Pontiac Sunbird Parts: Pontiac Sunbird Parts for the Repair and Refurbishment of the top-notch Sunbird
		As was predicted, horses were replaced with motor cars by the turn of the century.
		Two years later, the General Motors bought half of Oakland in an exchange of stock and later bought the whole company.
		This car was not a total sensation when it was released in 1982.
	www.innerauto.com /Pontiac_Parts/Pontiac_Sunbird_Part (406 words)

	Pontiac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pontiac is a brand of automobile that is part of the General Motors group.
		In the GM brand lineup, Pontiac is a mid-level brand with a more sporting, aggressive, youthful feel.
		The Pontiac automobile line was introduced by General Motors in 1926 as a lower-priced version of their Oakland Motor Car line.
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	Nascar Racing: Auto Racing, Nascar News, Racing News, Nascar Online, Nascar 2005, Nascar Drivers, Nascar, Racing, Dale ...
		His car crashed through the guardrail, hurdled a fence and struck several spectators including an eight-year boy who was gravely injured.
		Pontiac was producing some wild cars in those days that were tearing up the tracks in the NHRA including the lightweight (aluminum front end) Pontiac Catalina with a 421 Super Duty engine featuring three two barrel carbs.
		In 1964 General Motors clamped down hard on back door high performance parts going to racers and GM was out of the game for the most part during the great Factory Wars of the 1960s that pitted Ford against Chrysler in a no holds barred struggle for supremacy.
	www.racingone.com /column.asp?artnum=18351 (2126 words)

	We Love Pontiacs - Fuel for the Soul
		Everything you want to know about Pontiacs - Current models, future and concept cars, sponsored races, souvenir shop - all in one place.
		We have also listed some of the past Pontiac "Dream Cars" such as the 1988 Pontiac Banshee and the 1950s Firebirds that never made it into production.
		This website is not affiliated in any way with General Motors Corp., nor any of it's subsidiaries or with any other commercial entity that may be listed within.
	www.welovepontiacs.com (329 words)

	Michigan Automobile Catalogs
		The Harrison motor car, "The car without a crank," Model 13, [1906?]
		Oakland Motor Car Co. and General Motors Corp. Pontiac Motor Division
		Oakland eight, the car with superior performance, [n.d.]
	www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/mhchome/autos.htm (881 words)

	ROMFI - Motor Car / Automobile N-O
		MOTOR CARS / AUTOMOBILES ON On ROMFI you will find a growing reference to all the makes and models of motor cars that exist and have existed.
		The aim is to capture data on all models, from the large manufacturers that still exist today as well as smaller makes that people have probably never heard of.
		Motor Cars A / B / C / D / E-F / G / H / I-J / K / L / M / N-O / P-Q / R / S / T / U-Z
	www.ifyoubuildittheywill.com /auto-n.htm (1718 words)

	George and Elsie Mann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was a steam fitter for the Lansing Michigan Gas company.
		After a divorce from his first wife, George moved to Pontiac, Michigan and worked in the inspection department of the Oakland Motor Car Company, now Pontiac Motors.
		Elsie Rose Kath was born in Mt Clemens, Michigan but had lived in Pontiac with her parents for 15 years.
	nuovo.com /mann/ge_mann.html (175 words)

	Series I: Correspondence \|\| Rome-Turney Radiator Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Folder: 10 Date: 1910-12 -- Oakland Motor Car Company
		Folder: 11 Date: 1910-12 -- Oakland Motor Car Company
		Folder: 22 Date: 1907-10 -- Montgomery and Company - Mora Motor Car Company
	clrc.org /digital/rome/seriesibh.htm (16767 words)

	Series II: Financial and Business Records \|\| Rome-Turney Radiator Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Folder: 4 Date: 1915-19 -- Cor - Cz Folder: 5 Date: 1915-19 -- Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Car Co.
		Folder: 6 Date: 1915-19 -- Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Car Co.
		Folder: 14 Date: 1915-19 -- Hurlburt Motors - Ke Folder: 15 Date: 1915-19 -- Ki - Li Folder: 16 Date: 1915-19 -- Locomobile Co. Of America - Ly Folder: 17 Date: 1915-19 -- Lozier Motor Car Co.
	clrc.org /digital/rome/seriesii.htm (5633 words)

	eBay - motor car co, Transportation, Advertising items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Motor Car Tour Through Cuba Packard Motor Car Co. 1909
		CONSTRUCTION OF MOTOR CAR AXLES (1922) TIMKEN AXLE CO
		Elgin Motor Car Co. Elgin Six Victory Scout brochure
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	California Motor Car Co - Automotive - Oakland, CA, 94611-4743 - Citysearch
		California Motor Car Co - Automotive - Oakland, CA, 94611-4743 - Citysearch
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	Oakland Today's' Car Ad 1927
		Shipping outside United States: Quoted at time of purchase
		Description: Oakland Today's' Car Ad 1927 This is an October 29, 1927 advertisement It is a nice fl and white ad from Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan.
		Please note the hood ornament also see how the spare sits on the rear.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,oakland-todays-car,493337.html (107 words)

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