PLASTIC BODIES
British companies are said to have scored a major advance in the formulation of a suitable plastic for the mass-produc-tion of car bodies. In the past, plastic has been economic only for smallscale production, when steel is not economic. The discovery is said to have been made by scientists of 1.C.1. and the
Pressed Steel division of British Leyland. Reports from Britain say the car bodies will not need painting, repairs will be cheap and simple, and the total cost of the body could be up to $3OO less than that of a conventional steel body.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32636, 18 June 1971, Page 7
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