1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172 
Do-it-yourself cob from America
Page 48
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
from our American correspondent
A LOW COST, "do-ityourself" cab system was on display last week at the annual American Society of Automotive Engineers' conference in Detroit. The cab, produced by United States Steel for low-volume production, was among exhibits at an exhibition with the theme "Resources conservation".
Known as the Galva system, the US Steel cab has straightline steel members welded at the joints, It is made of square and rectangular tubing. Steel sheets are attached to the tubular frame structure.
Claimed advantages of the cab-building method are said to include more space than with conventional trucks of comparable size and better visibility too. By avoiding the need for expensive metal working equipment in low-volume truck-building operations, the new design is said to provide truck makers with manufacturing flexibility at low cost.
Also on show at the exhibition was a new design of automotive steam engine, said to be competitive in cost and performance terms with internal combustion engines. Although currently fitted to a Volkswa the engine, develope Carter Enterprises said to be cap; development for applications.
The new engine i be equal to the combustion engine power to volume r cost.
A technical sessic conference was t( there are now 107 delivery vehicles at the US and Canad were showing cost over comparative with internal cor engines. The chai the Battronic Corporation told I that it took at least 1 a-half times more to power a gas engin generate enough e to drive a simil vehicle over th distance.