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...Lower prices. ¶ Increased speed and power. ¶ Greater number of cylinders (there are new 16s, 12s and more eights than ever before). ¶ Feed pumps for the fuel. ¶ More quiet, less vibration. ¶ Oil flow improvement and oil tempera- ure control. ¶ Ease in gear-shifting. ¶ Fender wells for the spare tires. ¶ Pastel shades in paint...
Price $1,025 up. Oldsmobile. Redesigned Fisher bodies, finer upholstery, downdraft carburetion, an automatic manifold heater, carburetor-intake silencer, improved transmission with a new "quiet second gear." Price...
Oakland. Facilities for shifting from high gear to second at high speeds; prompter pickup, rubber-cushioned chassis...
...Corps program is to be able to send officers and supplies to any Army base in the U. S. or its near possessions in ten hours. Last week Detroit Aircraft Corp. delivered to the Army its bid for fulfillment of that plan: a "cleaned up" Lockheed with new landing gear devoid of all but two exposed struts; a cowled Wasp engine with supercharger. Speed claimed: 210 m.p.h.- "fastest transport plane in the world." To Commander Glen Kidston, rich British sportsman, Detroit Aircraft was to ship this week "the most expensive single- motored plane ever built...
...been done, or ever was done." But her very first voyage started with disaster. While still under tow she ran into heavy weather which thickened rapidly into a hurricane, parted her from her tug and left her riding helpless. The storm whipped her new rigging to shreds. Some gear swinging loose killed her captain. The blow over, she limped back to Liverpool for repairs...