In the Oct. '19 Shop Manual column we responded to a letter from Bruce Carlisle concerning dried and cracked rubber window gaskets on his 1955 Ford station wagon. Judging by the number of comments ...

What’s 1,000 times softer than a rubber tire, but holds its shape and is as tough as metal? The answer is nothing – yet. But a soft material with that combination of properties would be extremely ...

THE rubber shortage, the gravest material crisis this country has ever faced, is at last on the road to solution. Synthetic rubber has turned the corner. Big factories are rapidly coming into ...