The 1930s

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for owner
installation. Those who did not have heaters put hot coals under their car
to get the oil warm before they went into town. In the 30's larger tires
with safety tubes were developed, and carried less air pressure compared to
the old narrow, solid rubber tires which required about sixty pounds of air
pressure. This gave a much smoother ride. So called permanent anti-freeze
became available to use in place of alcohol which had a low boiling point.
Many cars did not have trunks, but people could purchase trunks to attach
to the back of their car to be used as storage. Some cars did not have
fuel pumps; instead they depended on gravity flow for the gas to get to get
to the carburetor. This sometimes caused the cars to stall when going up
steep hills because the car could not get enough fuel in the carburetor.
The Ford and Chevrolet cars could be purchased under $600, in the early
1930's.

There was a lot of governmental problems as well in the 1930's.
The first bank ...

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