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Show ' -- i - I - auto '68 ' SNOW V. " 7 1 ' J f S - THOSE 1968 GARS f " f:- -E V-ff- Vj gl JAVELIN" SAFER, ROOMIER, MORE POWERFUL! - Here's how each of the top manufacturers has met the best challenge of American drivers who want the all-arou- nd S BRAMS By STANLEY CHRYSUEI B1Mm. 300 rrc zrxxr&irrrA' 1 1968 automobiles have three going for them that should make them warmly welcome to the av- severely, it simply breaks off. Door handles and window lifts are almost flat against the side; ' some are recessed. Instrument-pane- l knobs which face the front seat either have been minimized, sunk in, or erage American family : They are the safest cars ever built thanks to changed to toggle switches. Plastic is being used new Federal government regulations and to Defor many instrument-pane- l, parts, even for air . conditioning hang-ontroit's ability to comply with them quickly. which break off under On the average, they are larger cars than mirrors are swivel impact Inside rear-viethose of the past and our nation's auto buyers mounted in breakaway fixtures. Steering wheels have proved over the long term that they defithemselves gradually crumble under' impact nitely want more roominess. Safety in actual car performance is another Again on the average, they are more pow development Fuel tanks are sealed. erful cars and power better, and their filler here doesn't mean high- tubes are designed to er top speed but in- resist rupture at the . ; i stead the ability to get tank. This - minimi r Zout of a potentially ITbntiacTO's Jawtln's head Dodge - the chance of explosion Coronet RTs rest and situation in a hurry. in a collision. recessed handles bomper You've been reading Increases in size, the 1 a lot about safety, of second hallmark of the 1 course. Maybe you've , 1968s, are more subtly r . achieved. The thought of it in terms cy ? t of seat belts (and intermediates of the Ford XL's , ):' Plymouthh Fars ' I shoulder harnesses, the square 'past have been the 1968 way to fasten- - ones to benefit most by But yoarself-in- ). enlargement : CheveQe jc'V' ' there'f much more to it by Chevrolet and Fair-lan- e than that A good deal by Ford are both " i of it is subtle and built- -' notably longer. Ponti-ac- 's Ford Corvette's Cadillac's j can new Tempest has you Torino's concealed cushioned , see when you took at been widened; so have wheel I fastback headlights steering the Dodge Charger and . I the new crop of cars on the showroom floor. the Dodge Coronet The ! " new Mercury Montego engineer ing, for example.-Tougroup is longer than the Comet series, which it replaces. Some inbe pleased to know that the new seat backs are now. creases in leg room and head room have been made of a framing which corrugates or deforms achieved by many makes. under impact Result: if your rear-sepassenan in accident forward Higher power engines are so commonplace that are thrown they gers there is little point in particularizing. AD the meet with a barrier which gives way gently. new ones and many changes in the old, it should Injuries have been caused, too, by front-sebe noted, started with the prime objective of rebacks folding up under a crash stop, pitching rear-seducing harmful exhaust emissions, as now re occupants into the windshield. The quired by California law and under study else1968 seats all lock upright;; it takes the snap ... where. Higher power, engines usually are better .of lever to let them down. able to reduce doothese unwanted gases. In combinain Safety dictates many of the changes tion with these engines, the new carburetors are dads. For example, coat hangers now generally far more precise than before, and are preset at are of plastic; if a passenger knocks against one (Continued on page 10) TllTH The e, w - . twaf, FORD ITD 'm, lM.i- - v.- f 1 1968-mod- el I bad" . shock-absorbi- ng . ! ed irrn X I -- i i safety-latc- .lats. OlOSMOBIU CUTUSS - - ' S' ' - - ' , ,. : in-no- thing ' MERCURY MONTCUIR at at at - - f , ff i in I 'm PONHAC TEMPEST SAFARI ii ii nil in Jin la tiitrtu im Family Weekly, October 15, t87 i ii m ' |