De Soto Airflow Body Service Manual

* AIRFLOW DE SOTO
(CODE SE)
BODY SERVICE
MA NU AL
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FOREWOR D
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Many new and revolutionary principles of design , which heretofore
have never been applied to the manufacture of automobile bodies , are
encompassed in the new Airflow body.
These improvements are such that they reduce body service to a
minimum by increasing the natural rigidity of the all-steel unit to a
point far beyond that considered possible in the past. · At the same
time , should body repairs become necessary due to collision or other
abnormal causes, the ease with which such damage may be repaired
has been greatly increased .
As an example, whole body sections fractured beyond the point
where they may be economically repaired, may be cut out with a torch
and a complete new section welded
in
its place, not affecting any other
part of the body structure and restoring the all-steel unit to its original
state of incomparable rigidity . Small punctures in any part of the
body metal may likewise be repaired by merely cuttin g out the metal
around the fracture and welding a small piece of sheet steel in its place.
As a result of these fundamental advancements in constru ction , t he
me t hods employed in servicing Airflow bodies will differ in a great
many respects from those with which the averag e body mec ha nic is
familiar .
It is th e p urpos e of this Body Service Man ual to cover in as much
detail as possible the servicing of each indiv idua l p art of the Airflow
Body, starting with maintenance items such as lu br ication and tight -
ening, and progressing to major body repai rs invol ving the straighten-
ing and replacing of body braces and pillars.
The procedures described in this Body Service Manual for the serv -
icin g of Airflow bodies are not presented in elem entary form and are
not int ended to constitute a textbook fo r t hos e who have not had
p revio
us experience in this class of work. It
will , however, prove to be
a v al uabl e guide when servicing bodies of t he Airflow type and, con-
seq ue ntl y , should be carefully studie d by all those engaged in work of
t his nature .
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DE SOTO MOTOR CO RP ORAT ION
Division of Chrysle r Corporation
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
PR I CE 50 C N ET
PRINTED I N U . S. A .
O E SO T O MOT O R CORPORAT I ON
DI V IS ION OF CHR Y SLE R CORPOR AT ION