Word: carred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Definitely, says Horace E. Campbell, 68, a Denver surgeon and chairman of the Colorado Medical Society's Auto motive Safety Committee. Campbell, writing in the A.M.A. Journal, cites one study showing that 73% of the driv ers held responsible for fatal or dis abling car crashes had been drinking enough to raise their alcohol level to more than .20% before the accidents occurred. Earlier, the Journal had pub lished a study of 83 drivers killed in single-car crashes in New York's Westchester County. Of the 83, 49% had had blood alcohol levels of .15% when they...
Dealer supplies, of course, may well run out before the strike ends. In the meantime, Ford is offering a tempting array of old favorites and one entirely new series. For Ford's Mustang, which has triggered hot competition in the sporty-specialty-car field (see following story), the changes for 1968 are modest: one makes air scoops on the hood standard instead of optional. The '68 Thunderbird is also virtually unchanged except for the substitution of a three-person front seat for two bucket seats...
Chevrolet has performed a face-lifting on its Chevy II, providing it with more graceful lines and a longer wheelbase, both of which go a long way toward eliminating the car's boxy appearance. Coming in for the biggest changes at Chevrolet is the Corvette. Rakishly restyled, with a body 7 in. longer than present models', the '68 Corvette has high-backed seats, hideaway windshield wipers and jet-age gizmos like the "spoiler"-a raised airflow deflector that adds a decorative touch to the rear deck, also helps reduce the danger of spin-outs at high speeds...
...Price. As if that were not far enough out, Britain's Rolls-Royce announced last week that it would introduce a new four-passenger convertible in the U.S. this fall. Heavy on pushbutton controls and fitted leather appointments, the handmade car boasts a gently swelling silhouette designed to appeal to American buyers. With characteristic British understatement, Rolls described the car's horsepower-about 325-as "adequate." That also goes for the price...
...just saw that secret new sports car American Motors built." With that, a sharply pointed pole sails out of nowhere, embedding itself in the speaker's chest. Sinking to the ground, he gasps: "It's called the Javelin...