Word: motor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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BERT THOMPSON Hupp Motor Car Corp. Detroit, Mich...
...half dollar contract, Glenn L. Martin had also the personal satisfaction of having built a plane with features that Navy experts had said could not be successfully worked out. Seeking the Navy contract, Mr. Martin had designed a plane which, using a Pratt & Whitney Co. air-cooled motor, could carry four men, bombs or a torpedo to the weight of one ton, and yet have a ceiling* of 12,500 feet and make 120 miles an hour with a flying range of 800 miles. Naval experts refused to authorize construction of this plane, believing that no plane could be built...
John Daniel Hertz of Chicago, who stirred up a new demand for motor cars by permitting people who rented his machines by the mile or hour to drive the machines themselves (Driv-ur-Self [TIME, June 21, 1926]) last week extended the idea to motor trucks. The Yellow Truck & Coach Mfg. Co., General Motors subsidiary which he heads, now rents one-ton trucks to people who need a light truck either occasionally or for some emergency. In Chicago the Driv-ur-Self truck rates are 22c to 25c a mile...
Rumored Specifications. With what purported to be bona fide information, Detroit newspapers last week described the new motor car to be produced by the Ford Motor Co. as having for standard equipment a self-starter, five wire wheels, speedometer, windshield wiper, gasoline gauge, oil gauge, dash light, Houdaille shock absorbers and four-wheel brakes; 34-h.p. engine; gearshift transmission; 104-inch wheel base; selling-price from $450 for the touring model, to $490 for the Fordor sedan and coup...
Rumor Discounted. Edsel Ford promptly declared: "No statement as to the details of the new cars has been made by the Ford Motor Co. As a matter of actual fact, the specifications for the new models are not yet complete and it would be impossible for anyone, even in the Ford organization, to discuss them with accuracy and with authority...