Word: twinning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Trends. Three 1930 boating trends were discerned: 1) Hearty price-cutting all down the line. 2) The entry of cheap inboard runabouts into the outboard class. 3) Increased power and better accommodations in the fast express and commuting cruisers. Many of the 39 large boats shown have adopted twin-screws...
...Manhattan dealer or collector. The present owner, the Earl of Durham, last August refused $750,000 for the same picture. It was learned that the price now would be $1,000,000. A reason for the deal was surmised: The third Earl of Durham died 16 months ago. His twin, the fourth Earl of Durham, died a year ago. Inheritance taxes subtracted $4,500,000 from the value of the Durham estate, now estimated...
Cadillac. Bidding strongly for logo's luxury trade was a new model by Cadillac. Autophiles who once gloated over Packard's mighty "Twin Six" gathered around the enclosure which contained the new Cadillac engine, regally mounted. Composed of two blocks of eight cylinders (each with carburetor) set at an angle of 45° instead of the usual 90° for a V-type, the engine will develop from 165 to 185 h. p., send the V16 gliding along with electric smoothness. Ready in April, the V16 will sell from...