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LE appreciating the clarity of nical detail in Preceptor's )s on vehicular air tension systems, may I Alan his statement ;erning the lack of interest in uspension prior to the 1958 on Motor Show.
te first successful ication of the pneumatic mos for vibration isolation irred during the late Thirties. product was developed by ;tone to fill a need for a more lent suspension system for trucks, trailers and buses. Airide springs, as they were named, provided the means for a suspension that reduced tha amount of road shock and vibration transmitted into the vehicle.
Millions of miles of actual use throughout the world have long since proved the dependability and effectiveness of the airsuspension concept; airmount isolators and airstoke acuators have been a further application and refinement.
One final point, the RO-R Neway suspenson system illustrated in Figure 1 of Preceptors article (CM June 25) does use Firestone airide springs.
J. G. BAYLISS European Sales Manager, Firestone UK Brentford, Middlesex.