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Show j Famous Driver Reverses Auto Body, Proves Car Travels Better Backwards f " I- Vl vy r , i X j '- !s " -H'l' A E v . sZ&Ja.tj t V . ' iS ff ' 'I ' ' T - ? t i ' - S ' ' S - l ' i , - - ! You don't have to believe it but take it from Harry Hartz, noted race pilot and automotive engineer It's true the ordinary automobile would run better, faster, and safer if its body were reversed on tht ehassis. To prove his point, Harry reversed a body on a standard car and was a sensation in Detroit and New York, astonishing police and public. Lower picture, he explains to "Sugar", idol of Central Park's kids, that he is really going the right way and that is the best way to go because the wind re-llstance re-llstance is more than 20 less if the bigger end goes first. Harry saves fuel, time, money, worrr I and driver's strain. Upper inset, Harry's famous "7C" racer that gave him the idea. He studied aero dynamics and turned the body around, rounding the nose and tapering the rear. The results so aston- j Ished Harry that he broke twelve records and his more recent experiments have clinched his opinion I that if one doesn't have a scientifically streamlined car then the next best thing is to drive the conven- tional car with body, reversed. 1 |
