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Ferris Wheel Auto Parking

PARKING is the great problem of modern American life, at least in cities and wherever there are great numbers of people. The very term, derived from military language (the “park of artillery”) has come to have a thousand applications. At the present time, a considerable number of potential car owners are deterred from purchase by the apparently unanswerable problem of parking their machines when at work or shopping, etc.
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If only modern exhaust pipes looked like this… Pimped out cars could have spinning ones that look like Gatling guns or the pipes could all move in and out in a pattern.

Device Makes Automobile Exhaust Gases Harmless
EASILY attached to the exhaust of an automobile, a patented exhaust oxidizing receiver device (above) is said to cause a dissolution of the carbon monoxide gases, reducing them to an absolute minimum so that they are harmless to human beings. During tests of the device, a live animal was subjected to the exhaust fumes of a running auto equipped with the receiver for a period of 60 minutes and blood tests of the animal failed to reveal any ill effects. It is believed that use of the device would eliminate the numerous cases of headaches, illness and deaths which are attributed to breathing carbon monoxide while motoring in heavy traffic or when warming up an auto engine in a closed garage.

Car Exhaust Operates Upholstery Cleaner

BY THE use of a new auto upholstery cleaner the inside of your auto can be] kept as spick and span as your living room. This new invention known as the “Motor-Vac” cleaner resembles the standard household implement, having similar hose and nozzle, but power is taken from the motor exhaust.

No bag is used, the debris being discharged from the engine exhaust, which also creates the suction to draw the dirt out of the fabric.

It looks like it’s under the water, not floating on it.

Scottish Engineer Builds Auto That Speeds Over Lake at 7 m.p.h. Clip
A COMBINATION motor boat and automobile, capable of a speed of 40 miles per hour on land and 7 miles per hour in the water, has been invented by a well known Scottish engineer after a long period of experimentation to produce a practical and serviceable vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »

New Accessories that Add Pleasure to Motoring

This four-in-one wrench can be adjusted to fit any standard rim bolt.

The two gaskets required in the ordinary spark plug are eliminated in a two-piece plug, shown at left, the porcelain insulator and upper part of shell being in one.

A new ventilator for Fords (above, at right) does away with direct draft on face and head, protects coilbox, and can be locked in any position. Read the rest of this entry »

Novel Camping Trailer Opens Into Comfortable Quarters
A NOVEL camping trailer has been produced in London which is hailed with delight by lovers of the outdoors because of the comfort it provides. The trailer, compact when closed, is attached to the rear of the automobile by a device which makes it ride easily with a minimum of side sway. But when camp is made the sides of the trailer let down to increase the available space and a door at the end provides access to the interior where there is ample headroom.

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Spiral Ramp Approach for River Bridge at New Orleans

THE War Department has approved plans for the construction of a $12,000,000 vehicular toll bridge over the mighty Mississippi River at New Orleans. Actual construction will start this summer and the engineers estimate that two years will be required to complete the project. The Hero-Hackett Bridge, as it is called, will be the only bridge of its type in the world and while the roadway will be 120 feet above the level of the flat New Orleans streets, no long inclined approaches will be required to reach the bridge. Read the rest of this entry »

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Graphic Section

All the characteristics of a mammoth ocean liner are reproduced in the “Columbus,” the miniature ship shown above. It is 25 feet long and was constructed by a German engineer at a cost of #4000. Top photo shows the model coming into dock under its own power after a practice spin; below it appears a close-up of the ship. It is driven by an electric motor.

Neil Hamilton, movie actor, demonstrates a revolving camera for taking “dizzy” shots in which rooms and people tumble all over the screen.

Novel Automobile Is Driven By a Single Wheel at Rear.
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Be A Highly Paid Auto Stylist

YOU CAN DESIGN CARS LIKE THIS!

LEARN AT HOME

Here is an unlimited opportunity for automobile enthusiasts of any age — an open door to a bright future as a designer. Now, for the first time, you can learn this fascinating profession at home from a course originating in dynamic Detroit.
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Front Drive Auto Travels 110 m.p.h.

DESIGNED to serve as an example of artistic and functional design as well as mechanical ability, a newly developed auto attains a speed of 110 m.p.h., and is said to travel 30 miles on a gallon of gasoline. It was designed by Benjamin F. Harris III, an industrial engineer in Chicago, Ill. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ships of the Desert to Replace Caravans

JUST as the horse has been ousted from the streets by the ubiquitous automobile, so the camel, for centuries known as the “Ship of the Desert,” seems doomed, if the plans of a prominent engineer of Kiel, Germany, are carried into effect.

These plans call for a monster motor vehicle which is intended to serve as an alternative to railways in undeveloped countries and to supersede the present methods of desert transport, heretofore almost monopolized by the camel. Read the rest of this entry »

“Mileage? It’s miles ahead!”

THAT’S WHAT OWNERS SAY ABOUT THIS ROAD-PROVEN NEW 1949 MERCURY!

Sure it’s smooth! Powerful, too! But listen! Owners report this big, new 1949 Mercury actually delivers 17,18,19 miles per gallon…and up! They clam it has the thriftiest power plant they’ve ever driven! And it has!

Make your next car MERCURY
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