FAITH IN PRESSED STEEL
Striking "changes in bodywork design were forecast by various speakers at a well-attended meeting of the Institution of Automobile Engineers in Birmingham. Opinions were expressed that materials such as compressed paper or Bakelite might well, be employed to create, a one-piece moulded body of great lightness and strength. Low cost, lightness, and silent running would be amongst the advantages. A principal of a pressed steel company, however, was not alarmed. The discussion;arose out of a paper read by him on "Pressing for Automobiles," in which ho gave an account of pressed steel, construction and the many advantages it confers. He mentioned that his company was "giving consideration to the question of. bodies for rear-en-:gined cars, which, in his opinion, have :great. ■■possibilities. ; "Elephants display great sagacity reigarding structures," he said, in conclusion, "trusting their great weight ■only.on a most secure footing. One of khoste animals was recently persuaded, 'without difficulty, to walk up a .ramp ;and stand upon a pressed-steel body!"
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 10
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FAITH IN PRESSED STEEL
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 10
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