Hello
ODK history lovers
Many folks will find it amazing that
Briggs & Stratton started
business as an
OEM – an original equipment manufacturer.
Most think Briggs’ claim to fame was, and is, in being an engine
supplier to OEMS.
That is certainly true, but they did so much more!
Briggs’ 1980’s publication of their history [
The History of
Briggs & Stratton Corporation] was the great statement.
It is an amazing booklet and I covered it …
HERE.
[Read that first].
Note Briggs’ commitment to automotive transport from the earliest of days.
This story is about Briggs & Stratton’s exploring the possibilities
about
automobile manufacture in the late 1970s. History will record
that Briggs was looking toward the future when they produced their
one-off
Hybrid Car in about
c1980. Think … who else was doing this then …?
This is about Briggs & Stratton – a century old survivor – attempting to
make itself relevant in the modern world. That story is on-going…
TO BE CONTINUED ...