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Show ' MOTOR WISE AGREE I ON LIGHT WAGONS rrauklin Weight, Efficiency and Pep Come In for Discussion at Show. " "Taking the discussions among engineers engi-neers as nil indication of the present status of automobile design, it appears that the question of light weight is to come in for a good deal of attention in ; the immediate future. Especially at the Is'ew York show, where the automotive ' engineers held their annual meeting, was ; this tendencv brought out clearly," says C. W. Newton, local Franklin distributor. "Some of the engineers think that air cooling will be one of the big developments" develop-ments" of the future. This .system lias I been, employed for sixteen years on thte I franklin car with success. The opinion ! of these authorities is based on certain research in the airplane field, which made the point that lighter engines per unit of . power were possible by eliminating all the apparatus and heavier construction that : a water-cooling system entails. "Almost to a man, the engineers say ' that one of the big lessons of the war experience has been the demonstration of 1 the abllitv to build lighter weight con- struction and at- the same timo maintain main-tain a higher quality of performance and reliability. The growing popularity ot llpcht weight was amplilied by a report showing that the pasoline supply for years to come could not be expected to impiove either as to quality or quantity. The need for economical operation will, therefore, there-fore, be even more pressing than in the past." |