Show AUTO HISTORY Continued from from r m page 1 the result of ot war pr profits fits It is probable probable probable able the figure will pass the 1917 record recerd and will win near the mark This Thin will doubtless be more I than duplicated during the present year United States far outstrips I all other countries in lr motorcar motorcar pro pro- I auction ducHon It may interesting be to to know that I the word chassis meaning the frame I of ot the car as distinguished from the I j body and pron pronounced is I II from the French and originally meant I Ithe I the mounting or s stationary part of ot ofa ofa a cannon in a fortress It meant the foundation for all parts which are I movable able and are used to raise or turn the gun The word Originally Original Original- ly used to designate the body was also a French word meaning literally hogshead because the old b bodied di s bulged out like a barrel The artistic models model lat later i- i adopted streamlines which were borrowed from the shipbuilders ship ship- builders giving the g general effect of ot tapering length From the early race in this country when the winner made almost ten miles an hour there has been quite some considerable advance On February February Feb Feb- February 12 2 1919 or just ab about ut a year ago at Daytona Ralph De Palma drove a Packard Special Special- a mile in 2402 seconds On July 4 last year yar at Sheepshead Bay G G. Chevrolet ina ina in ina a Frontenac car burned Mp tip miles mileS' in 54 minutes 1780 1780 seconds All AU of which can be b said sald to be going some |