POST-WAR CARS
DRIVERS' DEMANDS
MORE PRACTICAL TYPES (9 a.m.) ■ NEW YORK. Jan. 2,
American motorist's want their postwar cars to have clearer vision, less chrome and more practical gadgets. Suggestions obtained by the Society of Automotive Engineers in a nationwide survey of motorists included an automatic lyre-pump connected with the engine, the elimination of the centre support in the V-type windshield, a front light at foot-board level to light up the sides of the road, the replacement of the antiquated and dangerous hand-controlled windowraising device with an automatic device, the elimination of all gadgets not vital to the car's safe operation, a rear windshield wiper, and a 1 method of ventilation when all the windows are closed during a downpour. The use of the engine's heat to prepare hot food during a long trip, and a back seat that can be converted into a bed are also proposed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21602, 3 January 1945, Page 2
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