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ORANOE CONN-The E ? u b . H GLE. < ,emnittent ' windshield wip6m- . a introduced at the Oreater Lo;l a g e l e d ... . , ~ u l l y h e a t e d f r o nseatsforboththe. t Auto S h o w 24 J~11mry thmVgh 1 and the frontwat p a ~ l i ~ m ~. (~~. pe=~&;t..the Las A-16s Ilk@&:. Dthersaci.l items f o r w SubBlKilg In the m ~ ~ u n u l m 0 w ~ b u d &tad e g l u e throughout ~lohrdlo X &el belted radial tws.ltont . n dnu OLE is daigocd by the hedmmt oluhlons and a spedd lunug s%%%h nuto maksi to miah a muse interior. In adition. the new I

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World Car L , - - p e e e .
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T h m t 'To British Firms

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Japanese curr achieved 8 7 incream, with t o w import. mar iOQdaO

fortheflrattime.Hondarn0ntb.a~ its,sales on the numess of tbp Oivio,h

Toyots moved ahead imn 14,814 'to '20.270--an increase oi 8 6 . e . A big i n o r a m in M a r d e s . andtheof nearly 3080 Mitsubiahi Colts to tbs

Two w& .go you read hem about Cdifornia's new anti-fume aas filler n o d e s . which cost SlM)and won't ouen the flau on some cars requiring unleaded gas.Now &w worb that thesacancatch the surge of Gel that no&lly shuts off the pump whedthe tank is full and reoycle it bsdr underground. SOthe pump keeps running and the bill keeps mounting. The State Division of Measurement Standards is inhstigatingD.tmn, or rather Nissaii, the parent company, retained its rank of top exuortor Of motor vehicles in the world in 1975.The wmDanv " shipped'sSr.854 vehiolss out o f Japen, 309,279 to the US. Too mwh i s enougix Buick has built a Bicentennial transmimion in it6 li'lint,Michigen, tranny plant. It was a spec181 'fed, whib. and blue one to mark the 17 millionth automatic trans from the f d t y . $ W 7 for c t p t l o ~ you didn't order and don't want? That's the estimated wst o f federally mandated safety and smog equipment from 1975 through lseO for your new car. Do you really need that much protection? Latest word on the auto insurance companies' Mom good "target rate in&ases"for 1976will cheeryou, especially if, like us,

the average insurande claim has increased greatly sin was $261 then, $330 now. The average collision claim W now it's $500. Curloumer and curiowee the National Transportation Board, after ignoring buses for lo. these many years, waste prototype bus near Phoenix recently. Safety and practicall

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separate entries. "Ourpurpom ia to . e l & DAYTONA BEACH. ~ l a . - ~ h e Purolator Corporation today aMounced a te& of drivers that will captum the it will field a Ford entry in the newly Overall win." said Budzinski. '*Don't '7 . - ' created "Grand I n t e m y i o ~ ~ pClass l ' ~ at forget, these cars and drivers have new? the "24 Hours Of Daytom" starting on 31 driven mom than 60 miles i n o n e svsnt . Januarv. and spent momthan five hoursinaOnnd k . This 'hew clssa makes Grand National National car." Budninski continued., stock c a r s eligible, with certain "This event should total mom than 8BQO modifications, to'compete for the first miles b r m e time its over." time in International oompetition a t Over-70 entries are expected lor the Daytona and LeMans. event The "24 Houra 0 1 Daytom" 0 0 pm 31 January and end 300 The entry is a 1973FordTorino powend stan at 3 by the famous 42Scid Boas engine. This pm 1February. high cost engine wan oommon on the Grand National circuitmvsr.l y a r s a g o . but has since been r e p h w d by smaller .~. enrrines in an effort to lower the cost of DENVER-The Sports C u Club of orand National racing. The car wan built Amerioa h s s panted it8 approval to ths by Jack Bowaer of Springfield. Ohio and Jim Russell International RbaitLg Is paintad in the Mmecolormbemeaethe Drivers School Ltd. which openten rt Mercury now being campsdgned on the England's f w s d Silvemlone r o d Grand Nationel Super speadways. The cmuit. car will alllo bear the numbar ZL With SCCA a p p m ~ rgraduates l of the In making the snnouncement. William school will be waived one d th. tro, Budzinski. Director o f Publicity for the requued SCCA driver schooh nsoassuy i Pumlator Filtsr Division said carbin before obtaining a race driving l modifications wi1l.b made to the Grand The orivate school of instrwtion met National carby Bowser tomake it eligible S C C ~ S stringent q u i n m e n t a d to compete. Some of the modifications to training drivers for road wins. the car will be the addition of headlight8 and windshield wipers. a quite uncommon sight in Grand National SPECIAL W I N T E R PRICES racing; Special tires will be available to n case of rain, also unheard of in d National racing. An additional 10 ns of fuel will be permitted in the d International cars bringing the fuel capacity to 32 gallons. Five ' Hoods-$89.95 ~pndm-$79.!45 red pounds of weight will also be (Also aoaflabk steel h o d , &la, ed from the car. maldng it weigh in and more at comparable wc4nga.J pounds. Send check or money order k x . Budzinski said that the dsciaion on Excelsior Motors Corp. drivers for the P u m M M Ford will be 1434 N. Western made shortlv. To date there a r e Chicago. 1 1 . BOBeP approximately" ten NASCAR d r i v e n (312) 252-3349 . competing in the $lOO.OM) w e n t in five
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organize the Crosley Corp. The age c radio had j u d srriveb and the Cmsle Corp. wan among the fimt M produce a inexpensive radio for the home. Thl Mdio wan so suocaiul that in 192 Cmsley was the largest manufacturer c radios in the world. Other househol appliancas soon followed. The Cmsls shelye in

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Well. therds i u d no WPV to satbls' YOU uar~le--so we're goln$ t o i a you piik 'am. 1n-6ct Ge'ligo one batter: W e want you to plck (he best drivem in the world. Not just thm best F-1 plloto, but Number One. the boas m& in automoblIeracing.

Here's Your Chance To Pick The Best

By C a y PuIey

AU right. now all you second gUesser8 are going to get yours. Maybe. In mine. as inany other sport everyone is an expert Pick Pittabtugto beat Atlanta in print and youb.vetohin,atr.otorto*elapUhtothe mailbox thmuwh the M t e n inouirinn as to vow ~~UC.~IOIL .cumsn..nd p k e i i i e . Or piok, as ire did N M Lauda to tain the World Clumpionmhtp.ndaoewbt happans to you. I h a w to admit that I've never e m ssn bud. drive. but Pata bnmb~.ndhenveL.udaistlmmautoheatand

~i.t~mpoc~enaupbt&~uloresi~.Wh.tarene~in~ him a muoh for it not toknow thar tbLng.9 indeed. N M gave notim gs.len*g by winn&g the Br.ldllm OrradRlxth.theh -. s i t 0 ~ r l u n u ~ a s h e didatthe8ndOiMye.U. But a numbar din- -.-.. I've not mail ~ ~ of - rerdsn - --. ? :& & m e the W C is * t o be Cu1os Rsute-. Jody Schockter, Junes Hunt-would that it weresoJohn WPtaon,MrrioAnctntti.EmemaonFitti~slbi. and even one from a True Buliwer in Ireland who a a @ he hesinaids know1edmtimttheBRMenrcine hasfindLv come alive and it m-ha no diffawnoe"who Mvem f&
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Readers Speak Out

The QuestionAnewered
The United States is n& the first nation to bo awvded two chunpioluhip Grand6 Prix in the m e fiuolrl year. In 1967 Italy had the Pewara Grand Rix on 18 Aueunt and the Italian Grand Rix on 8 aeptembemy k t h counted towudr the ahuaplonmhtp and both were won by m l i n g Mom in

Back To School'

Bob Inrin'sarbicle in the27Dec. editionof Autoweek . on the Ferris State maChe,nia's course indicates that there are only four major collegiate automotive : technology programsinthe U.S. Granted, Ferris has a large and.exoelIent program, but there are more than 160 four-year institutions in the United States that offer automotive programs and more than 75 offer a Bachelor of Science degree in automotive technology. In the 18 California Statr Universities alone there six that offer B.S. degrees in mutomotive technology. I truelv enjoy the varietv of automotive cnveraae ~utaweei pibiimhes each-week. A m an automo~Ge Lnatructor I use your industrial n m a to l s e w fhe studeats up to date and an an old LBM8erlesMwr I WOY the raos covemsge.
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Crossle Comments

Mark Mooney's article on the Crossle FF prompts comment on two statamenta he makes: 1-"Crossle Forda have been raced m the States since the Late B 'O s but without outstanding results," and W W has done more than any single American diiver in promoting the Crossle name." Roger Bam drove a Crossle l 2 F Formula B car to win the national championship on lW. He drove a l8F Formula Ford to a hotly contested North East division championship in 1870. These efiorts put Crosale on the map in the U.S. How soon they forget N. " C W Panlhua Haward, Ma=. Autoweak's recent artrcle on Ule Croaale 30F (Vol.
26 no.1) was a welcome breathof Inah airln the smog-

Motor SpeWway."

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filled world of Formula Ford theory and design. I aecond Mmty L o f t ' s ' comments and criticisms regarding the new "trick (read expensive) cars. The Croasle is livinn roof that a simnle car. well

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