RUST-PROOF CAR
BRITISH TESTS. LONDON Dec. 20,
A secret expermenlal pltnl lms 1 understand just b-'cn in f-i"-l at one of the leading British motor-car factories in Birmingham with a view to the production .of an entirely rustproof motor-car. The Daily Mail recently ca'l-d attention to the fact that cats made in the United States are now arriving in large numbers in England with toe bright parts coated with untarnishable plating. The British experiment is not limned to the bright parts of the car. If expectations are realised over..’ mo-al surface on the car. both bright an 1 dull, will bo rendered rust-proof The new process i‘ ; si.seees-.-ul will be applied to such parts as springs metu. c achwork, mudguard, nur and boll wheel caps and so iorth It will be used in eovi'uncvon wil n untarnishahle plating for the radiator lamps dashboard • fittings, and wadscreen supports . . Practically the whole of the British motor industry is now experiment a,g with untarnishahle plating processes, plants have lately been 1,.ul down m no fewer than eight- factories.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1929, Page 8
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175RUST-PROOF CAR Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1929, Page 8
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