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Visibility for the driver will be increased by having his seat 

 far forward. Only about 25 per cent of the total length of the 

 car will be in front of his line of vision, instead of 50 per cent 

 as in 1942 cars. This will enable the driver quickly to spot 

 cars coming in from cross streets and eliminate a lot of nerve- 

 racking sharp turns and quick stops. 



Your car's tough, transparent plastic nose, like the "green- 

 houses" on a Flying Fortress, will give you unbroken vision 

 all around. No more peeping from behind the center or corner 

 posts in the windshield. This plastic nose will not fog or frost 

 it would not be used by our high-flying, all-weather 

 bombers if it did. 



Headlights could be made to throw a narrow, flat beam to 

 illuminate the road ahead without blinding an approaching 

 driver. Or a polarizing lens for headlights, plus a similar screen 

 for the windshield, would abolish glare. A lens of this type is 

 already widely used in our glare-eliminating sunglasses. 



Your car may have rubber springs, which also serve as shock 

 absorbers. They will operate silently and reduce road noise. 

 Easier parking and steering will be obtained by having some- 

 what smaller wheels. But the tires may be larger, using lower 

 air pressure to give you smoother and longer service. Rayon 

 cord fabric makes military tires stronger. Your postwar tires 

 will be made of long-wearing synthetic rubber (mixed with 

 small amounts of natural rubber) and rayon cord. You should 

 get around one hundred thousand miles of wear from these 

 tires. A very tough, heat-resisting glass-textile fiber may prove 

 suitable for tire cord. If this fiber can be used, it will be pos- 

 sible to reduce the amount of rubber in tires. 



A plastic "sky-view" top will give everybody in your car 

 a chance to enjoy the scenery as you explore new sections of 

 the country. Industrial designer George Walker explains that 

 the plastic top will permit the transmission of ultraviolet rays 

 (which are halted by ordinary glass) and "will give the pas- 



