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Motor Life Magazine - Issue 11 (November) 1953

Editorial – Will Detroit ever build a real sports car? P 6

Deadline Data – Late Breaking News p 10

RACING

Bonneville Diary - Day by day account of the Bonneville speed trials p 12

FEATURES

Hudson: Progressive Independent - A history of one company's racing
achievements p 20
Thin Band of Safety - How safety belts can save YOUR life p 28

CARS

Blue-Print Dragster - Joe Goss builds a winner for the Quarter-mile p 22
Custom Capri - Late model Lincoln gets unusual custom treatment p 24
Plush Pick-Up - Careful reworking of a '29 roadster p 32
Revamped Ford Tub - ' 29 tub touring car is restored p 34
Seven-Toothed Custom - Clean Barris Kustom design features an unusual grille p 48

TECHNICAL

Four Throat Carburetion - The new four throat carburetors and their applications p 26
Your Automobile Chassis - Number Seven in George Hill's comprehensive analyses p 36
Invention for Jeanne - A $2.00 valve gives increased Hydramatic performance p 38
How to Install a V-8 !n an "A" - A "How to do it" by California Bill p 40
Practical Restyling - Reworking a Chrysler with Henning and Ritch p 51

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COVER: The good design in the 1929 Model A Ford roadster is shown in Ralph Poole's photograph of Frank Bertuccio's roadster pick-up. The lakester at the bottom of the cover is at the Bonneville speed trials.

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