Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 17 Apr 1962, p. 10

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Steel Design Engineers Shape Future Of Automobile What kind oi automobiles will be roaring across the high ways tomorrow How much faster will th travel than todays cars Vl they travel on the ground in the air or on water What will the car at tumor row be like These are questions that can not be answered with certain ty But US Steels automotive design experts are trying to come as close as possible to the answers The automobile iive year old Johnny drives when he comes at age may have no wheels be jetvpropelled and could be designed ior use on another planet RIGHT TYPE OF STEEL Whatever its shape or equip ment Steel is working now to make sure that exactly the right type oi steel willbe available to build it us Steel recently unveiled for Detroits top automotive stylists and engineers an ar ray oi advance design ideas representing crosssection oi autos and trucks that may be on the market it to 15 years tram now John Reinhart US Steels design representative auto industry reminded them that the evolution oi the auto mobile into the dream car at the luture depends on close relationship between the auto motive engineer and the people who supply him with his mat erial hir Reinhart iarmer de signer who developed among other models the nowiamous l956 Mark Continental pointed out The world is moving too inst ior us to wait until special steel is needed belore we try to produce it We must anticipate the requirements oi the iuture in our research lair oratories and application re search work For each oi his design con cepts temed entirely within the realm oi possibility and compatible with present sd vnnces in technology he pre sented drawing showing where Urs Steels iamin of carbon highstrength coated and stainless steels would be put to use OUT OF THIS WORLD Since we may be colonizing other planets in the world at tomorrow he said onemon vehicles may be needed to to that transport men quickly and Steel In Studio Sans Iron Carbon Steel says the definition ll composed of iron alloyed with carbon Yet they make steel in an automotive styling studio with out using either iron or car bon At Ford Motor Companys Styling Centre ior example they use plaster clay lumber toil plastic tape and paint and few other materials Once the stylist transfers his lden of what car should look like irom his mind to paper it is made into threedlmen clonal model that has the ap pearance of an allvsteel body and other steel components in this way he visualizes how the design will appear in produc tion without having to wait tor prototypes to be built To simulate the appearance of sheetmetal the Ford Styl ing studios use in one year as much as 55000 board iaet ol lumber 900 pounds at foil 500 gallons of paint 14000 yards oi plastic tape and more than 100000 pounds of model ing clay which is used over and over The lumber is used to build Skelelunlike iramework on which the lullvsize clay model is sculptured in clay Once the model is honed to line tinlsh it is painted or covered with special colored plastic film to give the appearance oi finished metal car The tail and plastic tape are used to simulate the appearance at brightness in mouldings ornam ants and bumpers The tinished product even at close range looks like an all steel automobile Yet it com tains neither oi stoels essen tial ingredients Already On Drawing Boards lire Cars For 19046585 An tar as the hotly competi tive automobile industry is con cerned there is only one pro blem left for the 1962 model year selling the best cars Detroit ever has produced But the best car must be proceeded by better car grammarinns notwithstanding and the industry is busy these days planning for 1964 and later The Detroit trend of making Improvements in models that continue basic 1mm year to year benefits the car buyer in several ways Reduced tooling costs have helped hold the line on prices or the third year in row in car bought today will not look obsolete In two or three years Any faults are likely to he worked out of the car making it more reliable and durable over longer lite The 1963 models due this tall are out on the test tracks now the massive steel dies that will stamp out various parts of the sheetsteel silhouette are ready to roll Some minor changes in trim and ornamental fittings still can be made but for all practical purposes the 1963 models are just about ready for the pilot assembly lines Production plans in the auto mobile industry must be start ed nearly three years beiore the new lines are ready to go into dealers showrooms Thus the 1904 and 1965 cars are al ready in work for auto styling and duign is no push button operation 05 MODELS SET Many of the rough edges of the 1965 models have been smoothed The basic design STEEL SCIENTISTS TEST MUSCLE Scientists test steelon muscle machine With steel making up twoAthirds of typical car such research on which the industry calls the package has been set The first clay working models have long since been covered with tough plastic skilled crafts men have already cut master wood dies it is from these that the durable steel dies are fabricated Unless the word gets around that competitor is coming out with revolutionary new development and rivals must make changes to meet the threat there is small likelihood that any radical alterations Illll be made in the 1964 mod ES if changes must be made they will be extremely costly and time consuming Unlike the paper patterns that gar ment makers work with mas ter steel dies required for the mass production of cars take many months for completion and re resent an investment of hun eds of thousands oi dollars Tough Material For Seat Belts Safety engineers point out that automobile seat belts combine two of the most dur able and reliable materials known each periorming the function to which it is best suited High strength steel is used for attachment hardware and stainless steel or chromed steel makes strongneveriailing buckle The belt webbing often made ot highstrength nylon such as Caproian has in herent strengthflexibllity and resistance to abrasion helps assure more value to the motorist by increasing the reliability and durability ni the vehicle minty over the hundreds oi miles that may be involved in their daily routine To do this he oiiered jet wsred singleMater original developed as scout car ior exploration The ismlb sedan in 20 years will be designed ior extremely fast wniortabie and sale traveL it may be streamlined with tricycle running gear Another personal vehicle which may be on the market in 1975 was twoseater with out wheels designed to travel on air lets few ieet abov ths road Also unveiled was the sun tion wagon oi tomorrow equipped with solar iurnace tor cookouts The vehicle requires no attention tom the driver it would travel on an auto matic mad receiving dim tional impulses from braided wire safety guide rail Whenever the dream car oi the tutors finally arrives uhether to 15 or 71 years lrom now US Steel will have helped make it reality CADILLAC DANGERFIEID OLDSMOBILE Were Becoming Nation Of TwoCar Families Now in millions of American homes when dad is asked tor the ar keys he is very likely to lsk warn car For nation devoted to and depend ent on the automobile it is not surprising that twocar iam llies exist What is surprising is that there are so many at them and that their number is increasing rapidly At last count one carowns lng tam in six had two autos an an additional 750 000 had three can at their command The number at two car families has almost doubled to the past decade and the trend shows Ivory aim at can tinuing Probably the biggest lactor to increasing the number at twocar lsmilies to more than 660000 is the postwar trend to suburban living With isvor its stores iami riends and community activities widely scattered an automobile is es sential But ii dad takes the car to work or to the rail mad station everyone else is housebound or iootbound tmtil he returns The answer tor many lamb lies is second car Once it was standard practice to keep the old car tor mother to use when dad bought new car But with the array of sizes and types at automobiles avail ahe now it is lncreasm gly liklt ely that car meeting the Iredflc purpose Will be bousht IIBW No developments have con tribled greatly in increasing the number of twocar iamilles the station wagon and the com pact car eriidndjust drives short distance to the station or work he probably will he look Ifl BARBIE mm TUESDAY APRIL I7 in kindly on the easytole and economical to Operate compact iield for his workcar And the same car will be handy when he and mothu so out or an evening The station wagon with its sleek allsteel body is as hand some and glamorous as hard top ltiother is likcl to keep it at home since it provides pleob of room to store chases Irom the weekly plngtrlpnrtotakethechlld ran and their irisnds tonteen lugs and outings Dad tinds th wsgon handy too when he wants to bring home lumbar tor doltyoursali project or boys 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