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Show Height of Chassis Over Road Is Very Important Hanging a chassis at a height to give an all-over road clearance of ten Inches Is most satisfactory on the greatest possible variety of road conditions, con-ditions, engineers declare as a result of prolonged tests. The roadabillty of any car depends to a great extent ex-tent of the distance of the weight center cen-ter from the road surface. If the car is set too high, this elevation of the body weight makes it top-heavy and taking sharp turns Is hazardous while handling the car is harder. If the car Is too low to the ground axles and other projecting points strike the higher road elevations and are a handicap hand-icap in deep snow or ruts. |