Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Disk brakes in england in 1902 Fuel injection england in late 1800's Torsion bars the front wheel drive Citroen Traction Avant (1934) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 24, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Jim Shulman wrote: > At the same time that that the US was covering all sorts of design > excess, > it was also creating > > 1. Disk brakes (available on the '51 Chrysler) > 2. Fuel injection (available from GM on various Chevrolet models > from the > mid-50s onward; Chrysler briefly introduced an electronically > governed fuel > injection system in 1957) > 3. Front wheel drive (introduced in 1929 in the L-29 Cord, and > revived in > the mid-30s Cord sedans. GM and Packard also build experimental > front drive > cars in that era. Unfortunately, with the technology of the time > front > drive required excessive maintenance.) US production cars from the > 1960s > included front drive (1966 Olds Toronado and 1967 Cadillac > Eldorado), well > before the first front-drive compact cars appeared in the US. > 4. Torsion bars (in all Chrysler Corp. cars in 1957 and thereafter.) > > We could go on with US engineering innovations, including the > Trinitron > (patented by RCA in 1951). > > What the rest of the world did VERY well was figure out how to > commercialize > US engineering innovations, making them less expensive and more > reliable. > In many cases, such as front drive and the Trinitron, there were > interim > leaps forward in technology between the innovation and mass > commercialization. > > Jim Shulman > Wynnewood, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > George > Lottermoser > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:55 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: American Styling > > While the rest of the world engineered: > disk brakes > fuel injection > front-wheel drive > torsion bars > etc, etc > > The US designed: > fins > hood ornaments > grills > ridiculous names > and > hyperbolic advertising > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > >> There are many things that helped to kill the US auto industry, >> well above >> the styling excess of 50s and 60s cars. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information