Re: old design was oilheads-digest V 1 #47

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On Wednesday, Jan 7, 2004, at 09:54 US/Eastern, Steve Makohin wrote:

> [...]
>
> I'd imagine (don't have any data to support my belief), not too many. 
> But
> just as Henry Ford wasn't in the horse-drawn buggy building business
> before he dipped his toe in the "horseless carriage" pond, there is no
> doubt that early automotive designs were heavily influenced by the
> carriages that preceded them.

Yes but the automobile gets its roots from the horse-drawn buggy and 
carriage because of how the early auto industry was set up. Most 
companies built and sold a rolling chassis and the customer would pick 
the coach builder for the body he wanted on the car. The coach builders 
who use to build buggies and carriages for horses had moved into the 
body building business. That is why you will find wood and fabric still 
being used (mostly for the interiors) in old cars because that is the 
material they were most accustomed to.

>  I am inclined to give it the "probably true"
> nod, backed up with the "it doesn't change my life, either way" grin,
> just for good measure :-)

So true!

:-)

Robert

95 R11RS
88 KRS Special

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