THE CADILLAC FRAME: A New Design Concept for Lower Cars General Motors Corporation

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Milliken, S. L., author.

Conference Name:

SAE Annual Meeting

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1958

Summary:

THE 1957 Cadillac frame is a significant step in design progress toward the ever lower passenger cars demanded by customers and, therefore, car manufacturers. Stemming from tests and experimental designs in process since 1950, this frame combines reduction in height with a slight increase in structural efficiency. It reverses the trend toward the more costly and heavier structures usually associated with lower cars.Mr. Milliken discusses in Part I the steps Cadillac has taken in the last 19 years to reduce the height 9 in. to 55 inches The "Tubular Cenrer-X" frame of the 1957 Eldorado Brougham was the latest and most successful answer to the problem.In Part II Mr. Parker describes the A. O. Smith Corporation's development of the basic idea and the experimental phases and testing which led to the production designs

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Publisher Number:

580014

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