Down with car costs
The rising cost of body repairs to motor cars is about to force up insurance premiums again.
The most popular method of auto construction today consists of stressed steel pressings welded together so that there is no need for a separate chassis. Although this produces a stronger car for less weight, which can be mass-produced, it is not nearly so easy to repair an integral body-chassis unit when quite minor dents can distort the wheel alignment.
In the old days a car could sustain a considerable amount of damage to the body without twisting the chassis,…
