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When you get inside and start looking at details the superiority of the old car becomes apparent. Although many of the choicest specimens to be seen around the university lack a self-starter, it must be admitted that this device has its merits. However, the simplified dashboard of a modern car can only excite a feeling of contempt in the mind of a true old car fancier...

Author: By Robert Marsh, | Title: Venerable Heaps Journey Homeward | 8/16/1951 | See Source »

...people present who did not care which car won was President Andrew J. White of Boston's Gale Hall Engineering Inc. He alternated driving both cars because the competition was also a test of Gale Hall's dashboard "Mile-o-Meter." The meter shows the driver the rate at which he is using gas, thus warns him when he is driving uneconomically (e.g., stopping & starting too fast) or his engine is wasting gas. The meter has a rubber tube to the intake manifold; the manifold pressure controls a needle on the dashboard dial, which shows the rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW PRODUCTS: Gas Gadget | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

...Rolls-Royce town car. Most eye-catching entries were Daimler's linden green five-passenger convertible ($13,025) and a six-passenger black sedan ($7,150) which has collapsible tables for the rear-seat passengers, a cosmetic shelf behind the rear side-window, and a dashboard pushbutton to draw shades across the rear window. Runners-up were the Javelin Jupiter ($2,548) of Jowett Cars, Ltd., a dashing convertible that would do 95 m.p.h., and the rakish Jaguar two-seater convertible ($3,945) with a maximum speed of 130 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Britain's Entries | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

...Gold Cup race, the foot throttle in "Wild Bill" Cantrell's boat went out of whack. The 1,710 horses in his mahogany-hulled boat relaxed; My Sweetie came almost to a stop. Wild Bill, a veteran of Indianapolis' 500-mile auto race, quickly reached under his dashboard for the gasoline-control rod, finished the heat with one hand on the wheel and the other on the throttle rod. After that, the last two heats were easy. After repairs, Wild Bill and My Sweetie not only won the race but set a new record (78.6 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Amphibious Bill | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

...week. Nash had spent about $15 million in development work and retooling for its new "Airflyte" line. The new Nash silhouette is long, wide and low, with a racy air-scoop grille. A single "Uniscope" mounted on the steering column holds the speedometer and other gauges normally on the dashboard. The Nash owner can still sleep in his car, but the new beds can be made up (by lowering the bisected front-seat backrest) into either a single or double bed, without disturbing the rear trunk-compartment. The new Nash costs more than the old one ($275 more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Like Old Times | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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