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2 unusual facts about Stutz


Stutz

Harry C. Stutz (1876–1930), American automobile pioneer and manufacturer of luxury cars and fire engines

Worm drive

In the 1920s the Stutz firm used them on its cars; to have a lower floor than its competitors, the gear was located on the bottom.


Charles Terres Weymann

Weymann brought a Stutz DV16 Blackhawk team to Le Mans 1928 and they finished second in the race – to a Bentley.

Leroy W. Stutz

While a student at Washburn, Stutz was initiated into the Kansas Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta.

Operation Downfall

The 35 landing beaches were all named for automobiles: Austin, Buick, Cadillac through Stutz, Winton, and Zephyr.


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