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Automotive innovations foreseen for 1947 48 models
Walter Davenport cites a Detroit study predicting bold postwar car designs. Expected changes include rear engine placement, curved windshields, unbreakable glass tops, foldable metal tops, smaller yet powerful engines, fenderless bodies, wider rear windows with wipers, built in jacks, radios operable by foot, interior glass fibers and plastics, sand spreaders, built in refrigerators, and more. Prices rise 15 to 20 percent, with junior prewar-model lines planned by Ford and Chevrolet.
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