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Prolechariot. In Peking, the Communist press announced the production of a new, de luxe Chinese motorcar-an eight-cylinder, air-conditioned sedan with silk rug carpeting and a scented mahogany dashboard...
...officer who served on his staff, and Holloway adds to the impression when he tells his officers, in a neo-British accent, to "go bird-dog this thing," or "go with the speed of a deer and do it," or "let's get our tails over the dashboard on this thing." His Navy nickname is "Gentleman Jim." His press nickname is "Lord Jim." His private Navy nickname is "Lord Plushbottom...
...gripe," says Minneapolis Physician George Riley Martin, who swapped his 1954 Chevy for a small Simca, "is that American cars are getting too complicated. They're too full of gadgets that are always going wrong. My windshield wipers kept breaking, and they practically had to tear out the dashboard to get at the things. You're getting fins and chrome, and every time that you bash a fender a little bit, the whole side of the car has to be replaced...
...Riesman (in an article co-authored by Auto Expert Eric Larabee) proclaims that "many can safely sample the jet-age aura by having a design 'based' on the Sabre jet-as the 1956 Plymouth. So, too, can the consumer be in tune with the future through his dashboard, which looks like an intergalactic control panel...
...cars, OIdsmobile boasted of a dashboard transistor radio that could be taken out and used as a portable. Last week Oldsmobile sadly admitted that it was too portable. Across the U.S. the radios were being stolen at a fast clip as owners forgot to lock them in. Olds promptly devised a tougher dashboard lock and anti-jimmying device, which it will install on its cars from...