RUNNING-BOARDS.
FAST DISAPPEARING There is a trend towards lower and wider motor car bodies and the practically complete abandonment of the traditional runnging board indicated in early surveys of Amoreian cars for 1939. In some cases designers have not been able to overcome completely their longing to retain the running board, and there they have retaimed a vestige of it for the purposes of style contour. The integral construction of body shell and frame is developing, and the gear levers will disappear generally from tills floor hoards, being replaced either by the stubby type mounted on the dashboard or beneath the steering column. Colourful plastics will be used to a greater extent, and one manufacturer, it is said, is contemplating its use for his new radiator grille.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 40, 26 November 1938, Page 9
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