NOW THE "STRAW HAT" CAR
For many years residents of the Madeira Islands and tourists have complained of the discomforts of motoring there during the hot summer months. The steel bodies and leather seats of the modern automo,biles ahsorh the heat of the sun and make riding anything hut enjoyable. . One enterprising automobile manufaeturer has • conceived the idea of making what he calls a "straw hat" automobile— a motor-car with -a heatresisting hody of wicker, through which the breezes can blow as the car rolls over the rpad. Even the mudguards and wheels .of th'e x car are fashioned of wicker and: the seat is covered, wtih a porous material made pf 'tough grass. Even on the hottest day, the machine is pleasantly cool to ride in. , t .
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 380, 15 November 1932, Page 2
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128NOW THE "STRAW HAT" CAR Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 380, 15 November 1932, Page 2
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