Harold T. Ames filed a patent application for his retractable headlamps on this day in 1934. The headlamps were a defining feature of the Cord 810. Today, retractable headlamps don’t appear on any production automobile. But while the retractable headlight may be thing of the past, another invention that debuted exactly a year later is most certainly here to stay. On July 19th, 1935, the first automatic parking meter in the U.S., the Park-O-Meter invented by Carlton Magee, was installed in Oklahoma City by the Dual Parking Meter Company.
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07/19, 2:29 PM
posted by:
tino
07/19, 2:41 PM
posted by:
Fleming in Tennessee
America has such a rich history…..we should never forget it!
07/19, 2:51 PM
posted by:
Running Water
Yeah, a rich history.
Like when America used to own slaves !
And when America damn near killed off an entire race of people and took their land !
All to get RICH.
So yeah, I guess America does have a RICH history.
07/19, 2:54 PM
posted by:
Mike
and indian tribes all lived in peace as well….
long live slave reparations!!!! I want my tax dollars paying for someone else’s great gradfather…
Is everyone on this board an idiot? I am done with this thread.
07/19, 3:48 PM
posted by:
Madcapp
It appears Running Water has had a little too much fire water today. Par for the course I suppose.
07/19, 4:01 PM
posted by:
Phil
Isn’t this threat about cars? Don’t post your stupid political opinions on this board.
07/19, 5:08 PM
posted by:
MIKE
damn Yanks!!!
07/19, 5:12 PM
posted by:
Raul
do us all a favor and stop posting comments MIKE
07/20, 10:58 AM
posted by:
JS
That Cord 810 looked awesome. I loved retractable headlamps when I was a kid. Well, I still like them. The Ferrari 456 GT is the last car I remember that had them, and it looked great.
07/20, 1:08 PM
posted by:
cenotaph
The C5 Vettes had them. I want to say that some current car uses them, but I can’t seem to come up with any.