The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-24
AUTO SHOW wITn. REVnAI. M PROGRESS IN fIGfHr BODIES g's's
 AND BODY DESIGNS

kBy Charles P. Dursea, Technical Esx-
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 Each mechanical advance, no mat Ser In what line, helps other lines for ward This has never been better H. Illustrated than in the relations Of the ellanlcals propulsion on bad roads a4merican roads in particu1ar-re- allfres so much power that light and powerful motors had to ba designed. Hswas not possible for American pio- neers to use the small and heavy mo- #ers used by early automobile makers Abroads so they had to design and kNlld lighter and more powerful ones 4lle knowledge of and possession of E14eh motors makes nying possible and 1EsEr1ay. be said. with some degree Of ruth that the improvements. made Aecessary by the bad roads of fs this H0antry were more or less directly the cause Of the problem of aerials nayi- gatton being solved by Americans 4l4e same motor made both possible and having seen the automobile fur dish the motor for the flying machine. we now see the flying machine point- Ing out the lines for the motor vehicle.
 Visitors to the Fifteenth National Automobile Show in Grand Central Ralace, New York. January 2-g will note not only that motors are hsSnr made much lighter with smaller fore Apd longer stroke than in forjt1e4, Hears, but will see the influence of the asFopiaae pointing out the lines for Agafomob1le bodies. Boats and air NNtps use smooth stream lines in 'fhef1. heqies and exposed parts, that thev may move with Jess friction and dis. 4HTbance of the air or water. In this inspect the autonobige has been a sin nex, as the constant clouds of dust in Nea1s a marked improyernen4 i,, "t,.,1- : kA Designers are rapidly adoptinp 9n4 stream line body and it's Ilse has bepome almost universal It not o1Iv Acsas to the looks of the ear, but to 1Ae speed and comfort of road travel
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 Beginning at the front. the nat ra- Alafor and protecting dash have all most completely given way to inc curved or pointed radiator, back of which the hood slopes sIightlv o,,t- ward and upward, until 1t blends i,,+c ana becomes part of the cowl Tben the w1ndshields are not so uroroir er f and projecting as they were in nas
 Rars Some of these windshieI5s
 s lncnned so as to offer less air re- tstance, and the tops also have baen Rpnsidered from this wfnd-resi sta nee
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 Dnly few years ago nauda,Iard . aEEen were seen projecting upward 1E1no the air as if to catch as much ES~oSAO40s BuC EO-0aY the OV9 l. a@d or crowned fender Is largely in Rytdences and Is a thing Of bea,,+v 8Mng rounded on top, it does not offer platform for dirt as heretofore. ana Pt ts not liable to be used as work bench with consequent damage to its 1F1ahant enamel It turns down in pfont or the wheel and not only catch Ns any mud thrown to the front to he Blown back in the drivers face. but n9 shields the top of the wheel from Hne air, thereby lessening the wind re- distance.
 sMany people do not consider that
 1s top Of the wheel travels twice las %Ast as the vehicle and it's mud I'd and so offers four times the wind re. .etance. but such is the fact. in the ArY at least By mo1ding the guard Hp as to lessen this resistance, power
 saved and speed gained.
 The smooth sides of the veFicle al-
 zW the wind to stream past with onlv sight resistance. while the absence of p1xes, tires. etc, on the running boards, further adds to this desired faetuz Smooth underbodies or drip pans 2rs further factor in speed