AUTOS: Low, Wide & Hard to Get

On a gold-draped stage in the Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom, the shiny new Ford makes its bow this week. It is a sleek, square-cut car only 5 ft. 3 in. high and completely redesigned from grill to luggage compartment. With seats eight inches wider than the 1948 models, more luggage space, 20 square feet of windows and a new-fangled heating and ventilating unit, the 1949 Ford has an optional six-or eight-cylinder motor. The traditional (and hard riding) transverse springs have been replaced by coil springs in the front, leaf springs parallel to the frame in the rear. Price of the...

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