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Show Fabulous Firsts A FLAIR FOR SHOWMANSHIP Buffalo, New York. September 29, 1926. Alcoa s SK Colby, an engineer with a flair for showmanship showman-ship was about to unveJ the world's first aluminum car His revolutionary automobile auto-mobile was 85 percent aluminum alu-minum and at least a thousand thou-sand pounds lighter than conventional cars. After two years of continuous testing, its four-cylinder aluminum L i . i i i i i i engine had turned x pressive 149,000 mila ' Of course, Colby, perimental car was orJv beginning and a little of its time. Today, Alcr staying ahead by devt!:-and devt!:-and producing new j..'. num alloys to meet thtv for lighter, more enen ficient cars. Maybe t what old S.K. had iD t over 50-years ago. i X X X i i i i i i |