Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1939 — Page 15

MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 1939

All-Plastic Cars Seen By 1945

Transparent Bodies Will Be Lighter and Cheap-

er, Scientists Say.

ETROIT, Sept. 4 (NEA) —Plastic safety glass in the automobile of 1940 points the way to all plastic body construction by 1945 as the newest development of automotive engineering. If the development continues—

and Detroit gives evidence that it will—your 45 may be a transparent, rear-driven number with all moving parts, including the driver, visible from the outside. Plastic bodies may be either opaque or transparent. | Without telling anybody about it, | Henry Ford probably will start putting plastic trunk doors and plastic hoods on his cars before long. The experimental work has been finished. There is a German-made car in New York with the entire body of plastic material. The new lowpriced German car that Hitler has been talking about will have a plastic body. Much cheaper than steel. At the World's Fair in New York, Fisher Body has a car on display| with a complete transparent plastic |

body. Fenders, hood, radiator, doors |

and all sheet metal in the body are| ransparent. The car is as strong as a steel-bodied car and can be| driven. ® & & RIGGS BODY in Detroit has a car with a plastic transparent roof in place of the solid steel roof. Plastics can be bent and shaped | as well as steel. When they find out how to harden the surface | they will make windshields and | window glass of plastics. Again it] will be lighter and cheaper. Also, | it can be curved and bent in a| way that cannot be done with] glass That would make possible a V-type windshield without a center post. | Plate glass companies already are coming part way to meet the competition of plastics with their new plastic safety glass that will be used this vear. This glass wili bend and not break if hit hard. Another new development will be in motor fuels. At least one nationwide chain of filling stations already is set up to handle a 90 octane gas- | oline within the next 18 months. Oil company engineers are work- | ing with car engineers toward engines designed for 110 octane rating gasoline. They will be standard, it| is expected here, by 1943. The thing is practically on schedule. Three years from now filling stations may handle nothing but 100 and 110 octane gasoline. The present car engines will use the new fuel satisfactorily, but the new engines will have much higher economy and efficiency Those 1943 engines will get 35 miles per gallon of gas.

» 5 ” To engine will be much smaller and lighter with higher compression. They will have to go | back to the cadmium bearings of four or five years ago. Oil company engineers now are running exhaustive tests with the new 110 octane and with engines equipped with the new bearings that are necessary to withstand the extra force bv the new gas | These lighter and smaller engines of possibly thee vears hence

fuels

are what it will take to make the! |

rear-engined car practicable. So, give the car manufacturers an ad- | ditional two years after the intro-| duction of the smaller engine and the new fuel to perfect the first rear-engined large-scale production car. That should be about 1945. To get closer home and the 1940 cars. Many cars will have the new plastic safety glass. | Biggest innovation will be the new sealed headlamps, which the industry has gone for 100 per cent. G. E. developed it in co-operation with the car engineers. They have been working on it over three vears. | In the G. E. lamp the reflector

and lens are sealed tight and form THIS CURIOUS WORLD

the lamp bulb in which a vacuum is| created and in which the filament is placed. There is no other bulb. Other lamp manufacturers will use a regular bulb, but their reflectors and lenses will be sealed tight. All units of all different makes will

be the same size and interchange-| |

able. Dealers and service stations]

will carry only one size.

Questions and Answers

Q—How is the “Tenebrae” or “Darkness” celebrated in the Catholic Church? A—By a gradual extinction of the lights on Good Friday afternoon, representing the darkness over Calvary during the crucifixion. On Saturday following the church is kept in darkness, except for a candle over the lectern to read by.

Q—What is the purpose of the National Jewish Welfare Board? A—It has a two-fold purpose: (1) | to advance the religious, intellectual. | phrsical, and social well being and development of Jews, especially young men and women, to stimulate and co-operate with Young Men's Hebrew Associations and Young Women's Hebrew Associations and Kindred organizations, and to assist them in the development of Judaism and good citizenship; (2) to promote the social and religious welfare of soldiers, sailors and marines in the service of the United States. The headquarters address is 200 5th Ave, New York,

Q—In which important college football game in 1938 did a heated , controversy arise because the referee stated it was third down when ac-| tually it was fourth down? A—The incident occurred in the Notre Dame-Carnegie Tech game at Notre Dame, Ind, Oct. 22, Notre Dame winning, 7 to 0. Carnegi= Tech had a yard to go for a first| down when referee John Gettchel | made his unfortunate mistake. When Tech tried for the necessary, gain and failed, Gettchel gave the | ball to Notre Dame on Tech's 47-| yard line, stating that he had erred in telling Paul Friedlander, Tech| quarterback, that it was third down. Friedlander complained that he

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