The Motor World

NZ Truth, Issue 771, 14 August 1920, Page 8

The Motor World

(By "Crank."). There are a few aphorisms which motorists might well take a note of: The manner m which a motorist behaves on the highway indicates whether he is a gentleman through breeding or merely a well-dressed, prosperous larrikin from birth. When m doubt press both pedals and count ten. Always assume that the pedestrian ahead of you is blind, deaf, dumb, drunk or an imbecile; and act as you would If Buch were the fact. Remember that fast driving discloses no skill on your part. Any fool, road-hog or maniac can drive fast. Look upon the road hog as the common enemy of the true Brotherhood of the Open Road. Of course, tho more road-hogs there are the more marked Is the gentleman m the car. , Act' as one and you become distinctive. :: si :: In American bodies there is a very distinct tendency toward severe lines and angular shapes, which, In som« instances, Is running to extremes. No longer do we hear the smooth graceful curves and harmonious streamlines extolled, but instead, sharp bevels, straight lines, and cubist conceptions In genera] have the call. Whether this present craze for box-like bodies will continue, "Crank" is unable to say. In my opinion, , however, bodies will eventually revert to the old order of shapeliness, and the cubist craze will die a natural and untimely death. In any case, why be wedded to American bocSy-touilclers' ideas? We have seen some very Hns examples of coachwork on bodies turned out m New Zealand, bodies which are In every way superior to the Imported article both In design and workmanship. "Crank" will have more to say later anent the motor body-building industry m New Zealand.