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Retro Futurism - Automobiles of Tomorrow, 1940

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AUTOMOBILES TOMORROW Above is one concep- tion of the car of the future, drawn espe- cially for Popular Mechanics by the au- thor. Note its circu- lar lounge in the rear and the wide visibil- ity offered by its transparent plastic roof. On the cover of this issue is another special design by Mr. Walker. At left, an instrument panel with airplane-type controls into the interior at strategic points, thus protecting occupants from hard bumps in road accidents; strong, spring-mounted bumper, running entirely around the body and an integral and pleasing part of the over-all design, capable of absorbing far more of the shattering force of collisions than bumpers do now. (Continued to page 120A) By George W. Walker Auto Designer and Industrial Stylist OUTSTANDINGLY different will be the motor car of the future-a future that is not far distant, as time goes. It will be an automobile carrying its en- rangements, complete summer and winter air-conditioning system, and many other innovations. gine in the rear, where the engine has be- its windshield and windows, will be of new The body of the car of the future, even to longed all along, and this placement of the synthetic materials, probably some forms power plant will make not only for far of molded plastics. In this car will be found tribute materially to the unprecedented the safety of driver and passengers-win- greater motoring comfort, but it will con- the last word in devices that will make for It will offer entirely new concepts of substances, which neither shatter nor fly dows and windshields of clear, transparent spaciousness, radically changed seating ar- plane-type "crash pads" designed right under impact and thus do not cut; air- roominess of the car's interior. comfort-"living room luxury"-with new 666 POPULAR MECHANICS At top Mr. Walker is studying a minia- ture car, pointing to plastic top. His plan for a car of plastics is shown in circle; it would never need paint, and fading and chipping are impossi- ble for color is mold- ed right into the sub- stance of the body. Unity of design in grille and shock- absorbing bumper are achieved in car at right NOVEMBER, 1940 LD 1941 661

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