Most Americans would probably not know what to do with their lives without their cars. Automobiles have become an integral part of modern living. The engineering and machine impressiveness of automobiles is often taken for granted these days. Taking your car for granted does not mean you should forget to take care of it. Regular maintenance checkups at at body repair shops is important to keep your vehicle running smooth and efficiently.

The history of the automobile is a long and often humorous one… here are some automobile historical facts you may not have known.

1. The predecessor to the automobile was a self powered vehicle used to haul cannons and weighed 8000 pounds. It was first constructed way back in 1789!

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2. The first man in the United States to be arrested for speeding was a driver named Jacob German, who got busted on Lexington Street in Manhattan on May 20th, 1899. He was flying by at 12 miles an hour.

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3. The fastest speed ever recorded for a speeding ticket was for a car going at a whopping 242 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed limit zone. That sure is a long way from 12 mph!

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4. On an average day in the United States, there are about 65 tickets issued every minute.

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5. The first car radio was not invented until 1929. It was introduced by the Galvin Manufacturing Company and was called the Motorola 5T71.

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6. Taking your car to an auto body paint shops are a common way to customize and accessorize a vehicle. Modern auto body paint shops can whip out anything from a new coat of varnish to a crazy array of artistic decals and designs. But, the first auto body paintings started at the turn of the century, were done mostly to add exterior protection, used black almost exclusively and took as long as 40 days to complete!

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7. More paint talk… the spray gun was developed for paint application in the 1930s and was discovered to be incredibly faster than using brushes. The spray gun was actually developed by of all things, a dentist.
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8. And finally, the Lamborghini brand was founded by tractor manufacturer Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963. He began developing his own cars in response to an insult by the Ferrari company when he asked for a better clutch replacement in his own vehicle. Ferrari famously called him a tractor maker, and could not know anything about sports cars.

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