BOUGIE AC Lithographed sheet metal circa 1950. Some scratches and superficial oxidation, small perforations in the red margins, deformations. 73 x 34 cm. French cyclist Albert Champion.around 1900 he founded the Champion Spark Plug Company in Boston.in 1908, Albert Champion founded the Champion Ignition Company which manufactured spark plugs in Flint, Michigan. In 1909, the company changed its name to AC Spark Plug Company after Champion's initials.in 1927 General motors bought all the company's shares from the heirs.(source: wikipedia.org) n.