STREAMLINING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19150, 5 November 1927, Page 9

STREAMLINING.

, ftFUINGE OF RACING. - f '\ ?r «• Mymotarlit does not appreciate •Tahuof jjjomobile racing as a basis ttoaraifttr design. The track amd ** <ntatt of the last quarter of n •tajrUwplayed a large part in the the ordinary engine and **ji *»d even streamlining in body- ** «• been influenced by racing cx-

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