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...ingenuity. Most had once been stock Detroit or foreign coupés, roadsters, and sedans. But no auto dealer would recognize them now. They all mounted mammoth, supercharged power plants-a 650-h.p. Chrysler engine in a 1932 Ford (standard h.p.: 60), a 545-h.p. Chevrolet engine in a Volkswagen (standard h.p.: 45). Front-engine cars had their engines moved back on the frames to increase traction; useless headlights, bumpers, fenders, fans and fan belts were removed to lighten weight. Gear and axle ratios were changed for more "dig," and bodies were "channeled" or cut down to lower the center...
...from the fellow who wears a cap and sweater to work. He just sees in any expansion of foreign trade a jeopardy to his own employment." Adds Detroit's Democratic Representative John Dingell: "It's awfully hard to convince a Ford worker when he sees a Volkswagen going down the street that he ought to be for free trade...
Mother and uncle are now married, the Claudius family steel plant bulges with orders from the Volkswagen people, and it's time to tip the duller members of the audience off: this is a modern Hamlet...
...around a major drawback of the trailer (in most states, the law forbids occupancy while the car is in motion). Dodge division of Chrysler Corp. has produced the "Motor Home," which looks like something between a Greyhound bus and an oversized Volkswagen truck, makes the trailer an integral part of the car, and permits a trailer wife to cook breakfast, take a shower, or snooze, while her helpmate reels off the miles...
...first breach was made by Allan Lightner Jr.. State Department Assistant Chief of the Berlin Mission, and his wife, who drove their military-licensed grey Volkswagen up to the Friedrichstrasse checkpoint for East Berlin, found their way blocked by East German police. After a go-minute wait, during which they refused to show their identification to the Vopos. eight M.P.s, their rifles at the ready, walked across the border to Lightner's car, escorted the slowly driven automobile around the corner, returned the Lightners to the U.S. sector...