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Word: windproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Stock cars are equipped with so many accessories it seems incredible that at the Show a whole floor was devoted to specialties. It would take a car a block long to carry everything that was offered to refine the pleasure of motoring. There were windproof matches, cigaret lighters, electric clocks, radio outlets, pneumatic foot rests, fancy metal tire covers, heated windshield wipers, sunvisors. There was an ejector spring that opens the door at a touch on the handle. More costly was a shock absorber system operated from the dash which lets the driver adjust his car to the roughness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Motion For Sale | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

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