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They are not satisfied, however, with their Hondas, which are underpowered for the workout they get on a patrol through the boondocks. "If we had a Harley motor in a frame like this," says Tomusho, "we'd really have something." The foursome would prefer tough scramblers, "with big drive sprockets, knobby wheels-and more vroom." Maintenance is also a problem because of the dust, and spare parts have to be bought in local Vietnamese shops; the U.S. Army does not stock them...
Trouble for Detroit. Nearly one-third of Japan's auto exports is sold in the U.S., where Toyota Motor Co.'s Corona and Nissan Motor Co.'s Datsun, both priced below $2,000, are now familiar sights. Last year, 110,000 Japanese cars-more than twice as many as in 1967-went to American buyers. Now two more manufacturers have entered the U.S. market. Fuji Heavy Industries is offering its low-priced $1,300 Subaru, and Honda, already known for its motorcycles, is pushing a $1,400 minicar. A third manufacturer, Toyo Kogyo, expects to make...
...smaller second motor-a plain steam turbine-will power the car's auxiliary systems and cut the time required to fire the boiler to 15 seconds or so. Although Lear's car has not been road tested (the auxiliary motor is not completed), the main power plant has been "run in," and Lear claims that it can generate up to 500 h.p. More important, since the fuel used to fire the boiler is burned rather than exploded (as it is in a gas engine) the car will leave practically no products of incomplete combustion behind to pollute...
...steamer in the Indianapolis 500, perhaps next year, to help get his message across to Detroit. In fact, there are signs that Detroit has got the message already. Ford has signed an agreement with Massachusetts' Thermo Electron Corp. for joint development of a small steam engine, and General Motors has contracted with Oakland's Besler Developments, Inc. to install a steam motor in a Chevrolet for testing...
Warmth. There was none of that now. Eric and Tim fooled around silently with the jeep. Tommy was smoking and still. Phoebe and Nora went to the station wagon, turned on the motor and the heat, and sat silenly inside. The sun began to set. And at 4:15, a Milford cop car pulled up, its blue roof light flashing...