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(little side note about using alum in vehicles)
All this talk about Alum frames this last year brings back memories of when I had the good experience of working with one of the shirt-tail relatives of a company called Freightliner. They also ran a freight company called Consolidated Freightways. Alum was lighter and stronger. Alum takes a lot of elec to make. Hence the "new" dams on the Columbia provided elec. Freightliner started using alum in early 40's. This relative used to say what he heard from his grandparents was that if any alum failed, they would just make it thicker next time around till all the bugs got worked out.
Anyway just a tid-bit on alum in vehicles.
All this talk about Alum frames this last year brings back memories of when I had the good experience of working with one of the shirt-tail relatives of a company called Freightliner. They also ran a freight company called Consolidated Freightways. Alum was lighter and stronger. Alum takes a lot of elec to make. Hence the "new" dams on the Columbia provided elec. Freightliner started using alum in early 40's. This relative used to say what he heard from his grandparents was that if any alum failed, they would just make it thicker next time around till all the bugs got worked out.
Anyway just a tid-bit on alum in vehicles.
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