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Of interest In the Clayton Dewandre futuristic double-decker.
That the company does not yet intend to compete in bodywork.
Of metal. finishing by spraying in an electrostatic field at a potential of 100,.00) volts or more.
• That the spray particles become charged and rush to coat the "work," which has an opposite polarity.
That X-ray pictures can now be taken through a foot of steel, using a 2,000,000-volt mobile unit.
That it is road transport rather than railways that has enabled the Russian Army to drive back the enemy.
That the M.O.S. has purchased 30 Mack 44-ton, six-wheeled, oil-engined coal wagons with twin-ram telescopic hydraulic tipping gear. That many ietailers wish to retain permanently at least some degree of transport pooling.
That so far there are no signs of any increase in the number of tradesmen's delivery vans on the roads.
. Of working bearings being submerged in a bonderizing solution to give them longer life.
Of more simple methods of battery recharging that should lead to a wider adoption of electric vehicles.
That Russia may require for agriculture and *general use some 500,000 post-war Ivehicles of the Jeep pattern.
Of a thirsty driver with a load of beer saying that he could sympathize with a ship-wrecked sailor adrift on the ocean.
That presumably he Was referring to ' water, water everywhere." 0 That the issue of road permits should not be reckoned a mere side issue.
That ultra post-warmindedness may incline to neglect of the job on hand.
That plastic foam, made by the U.S. Rubber Co., has one-seventh the weight of cork.
That galvanizing by a gaswelding process, may become highly popular for many products.
Of queries as to which are the more susceptible to fire— commercial vehicles or private cars ?