Word: carly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back Pay. In Mount Vernon, Wash., James Ferguson rescued a woman from her overturned car, strained himself, sued her for damages...
Just as 13 of 1958's models have aluminum grilles, so 1960's cars will spread out to more and more uses for aluminum. General Motors, which has been working toward a small, compact car (TIME, June 23), will finally get it on the road late next year. Main feature: an aluminum engine, which will save 150 Ibs., in turn reduce overall engine weight 30% by means of lighter mountings, braces, etc. Up to now every aluminum engine required either a ferrous liner or a chromium coating for cylinder bores; both were expensive to make and troublesome...
...coming around to the theory that costs even out in the long run, since aluminum costs less to machine and process. Moreover, it has many other advantages-no chip, no pit, no peel, no rust. But the biggest advantage of all is in performance. In recent tests with two cars identical except for a difference of 400 lbs. in weight, the lighter car accelerated and decelerated from 20% to 25% faster. In terms of gas consumption G.M.'s aluminum-engined 1960 model is expected to get considerably better mileage than the 1958 Chevy. And as more and more aluminum...
Snobility. In London, a sensitive father ran a classified ad in the Times for a "sports car, preferably foreign, wanted for weekend by respectable middle-aged civil servant to raise son's status at preparatory school where most fathers have Jaguars...
Hubdown. In St. Paul, Ronald Engel was stopped for speeding, explained that he had just washed his car and was drying...