Automobile history a brisk march from steam to mass production
The piece traces the evolution of the automobile from early steam road carriages and steam wagons to internal combustion engines and mass production. It credits pioneers including Cugnot, Evans, Lenoir, Selden, Duryea, and Ford, noting U S production growth to about 2.5 thousand makes and 100 million cars and projecting 5 million new cars to add to 36 million on roads.
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Washington
Armgie
Isaac Newton
Cugnot
England
America
Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir
George B. Selden
Duryea
Charles E
J. Frank Duryea
Duryea Brothers
United States
Henry Ford
Ford Auto
Ford Motor Co
Olds
Winton
Maxwell
Stearns
Cortez To Carry Few Fancy Frills On Market Next Year
New York report on John Tjaarda Detroit designer unveiling the Cortez a full sized economical car. It aims for 45 miles per gallon with a $1095 price, lighter and less chrome than 1950 autos. Features include manual windows minimal trim a standard radio and an unusual horn speaker to reach distant directions. The car would be built on a Texas line in about a year.
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New York
Cortez
John Tiearda
Detroit
Tiaarda
Tjaerda
Tjearda
Tjaarda
Texas
Holden: Australia’s low price car may enter US market
In Melbourne General Amaters reports Australia’s G3T Holden, a 60 HP six cylinder four door sedan, has sold 15,000 units since its November 29, 1948 unveiling. It weighs 2930 pounds, achieves fuel efficiency over 320 miles per gallon, seats six, and is priced around 205 Australian pounds in Australia.
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Melbourne
Australia
General Amaters
Gps
United States
Michigan Proving ‘Grounds
America
Canada
Ment
West
Holden
Anid
Gm-Holden
Plastics in Auto Production Speed Tooling Process
Plastics are described as increasingly used in modern automobiles for steering wheels fixes and engine parts. The article outlines a plastic molding method to create master models and plaster dies for final steel stamping dies, speeding production by cutting tooling time by months.
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Keller
Walnuts Added to Car Making for Precision Cleaning
Motor car makers expand material use to walnut shells for blasting tiny burrs from transmission castings. Finely ground shells measure one thirty-second inch, strike at over two miles per minute, and are fed by a turbine wheel through a two-chamber system. Castings move on a revolving table as shell shot covers them in a 140 degree arc, with one firm using about 160 pounds weekly.
Cops On Holiday Help Nab Burglary Suspect In Chicago
Two St Louis police officers on leave used recreation days to travel to Chicago where they located and arrested Leon Smith, 19, an armed burglary suspect who had eluded local officers. Smith waived extradition and was brought back to St Louis. The officers seek reimbursement for travel expenses.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Harry Monroe
Arle Lindsey
Tlinois City
Leon ‘Smith
Smith
St Louis
Baytown Car Dealers City Directory Highlight
A readout lists numerous Baytown automotive dealers with brands such as Lincoln Mercury Packard Nash Oldsmobile Ford and Dodge. It catalogs business names addresses on West Texas Market North Main and Market streets and dialing prefixes for contact.
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Ae Rev Ae . & Fiother
New World
Nicolas Joseph Cugnot
Oliver Evans
Southpaws
EXCEL
Camden, Mich
Camden-Frontier High School
Iva May Vwrade
Viola Dunlap
Sj Providence
Hernandyto
John Brown
Brown In
Fred Dittman
Oldsmobile
Pontiac ¢ CO
Patna
Cadillac
G. M.C
Texas Avenue
Etry Dealer
Homer Moses
Gulf Coast Motor CO
Xour
Sun
Baytown
Bayshore, Motors, Inc
Brags Callaway, Inc
Packard
West Texas
Buck Turner Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet
North Main Dial
Wilts
Nash
West Texas Dial
Fred ‘Dittman
Thad
Felton Ford
Eranta Motor Co
Besoto-Plymouth
West Pearce
Gulf Coast Motor
Dodge-Plemouth
DODGE
Hemphill Pontiac Co
Pontiac-Cs
Dial
Higginbotham Motor Co
Chrysler-Plymouth
Harrington Hoodson Co
Hudson
North
Bain
Studer
Main
B. Holloway
Dathk Saunders Buick Co
BUICK
Franta Motor Co
DeSoto
Plymouth
Pearce
Harrington Hudson
J. B. Hollaway Motor Co
Studebaker
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