Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 119, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1918 — BODY DESIGNS ARE CHANGING [ARTICLE]

BODY DESIGNS ARE CHANGING

Rather Clumsy Assembly of Straight Lines Now Made Into Continuous Line Shape. In two years the average automobile body has changed from what now seems a rather clumsy assembly of straight lines into a continuous line shape. Automobile bodies today are not really streamline, for to be so they would need to have th£ largest section in front Instead of behind, but all body designers seem to be aiming at the torpedo as an ideal shape.