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��Automobile Body That Packs Within Chassis Space

YOU have seen the advertisement pic- tures of knock-down bungalows and small cruising launches? The

various parts are first put together, then marked, taken down, and finally packed one inside the other for ship- ment.

The same idea has been applied to reduce the cost of shipping automo- bile bodies by pack- ing them in fifty per cent of their usual space. What is more a body can be converted into a two-seater, a four- seater or a delivery car with a small load-carrying box at the rear.

In brief, the body consists of two side

sills which are mounted directly on the car frame when assembled, and separate cab side portions, floor-boards, doors, rear, side, and end parts, the vertical and horizontal parts of seats, and even parts of the cowl and engine hood sides and top.

The various parts into which a body may be divided are shown in the accom- panying sketch. When put together, the various parts are rigidly held in place by means of small bolts with counter- sunk heads, so that the en- tire body is a homogeneous unit which can be painted and varnished according to the individual taste of the purchaser. The con- vertible feature of the body is made i)Ossihle by leaving off some jjarts and inserting others in their places to give two or four seats or a panel or box tyj)e delivery body as shown.

��Sectional automobile body which can be assembled by the purchaser or dealer

��Use Fruit Trees Instead of Shade Trees or Even Ivy

A CONSERVATION of land space movement, in Germany, some time ago, resulted in the utilization of dwarf varieties of fruit trees instead of much of the shrub- bery planted merely for ornamental pur- poses, and in the planting of small trees close against the walls of brick or stone houses so that the branches could be trained over the walls in the man- ner of ivy. The a c- companying photo- graph shows pear trees, pruned care- fully and trained to spread out over the walls just like vines. The practice is now common in hard- pressed Germany and is likely to find favor in this country. Pear, plum, and other fruit trees are thus trained over housewalls, fences and garden partitions so that not an inch of ground is wasted. In this way, too, the trees are prevented from throwing too much shade over other growing things in their vicinity, and the appearance of the houses is, in addi- tion, very considerably enhanced.

����Pear trees trained to spread out over the walls of a house like ivy vines both for pleasure and for profit

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