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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1924)
y. Hudson Official Says Closed Cars in Big Demand -- Even Second-Hand Automo biles Must Be Closed Models to Sell. H. P. Federsplel, assistant sales manager of the Hudson Motor '?ar 1 company, was In Omaha last Wednes day, visiting the local distributor nnd during an Interview with R. H. Davi son brought out several points of material interest to every motorist. Federsplel states that he finds motorists all over the country de-' 1 mandlng closed cars almost to the point of making open car sales im possible. Even the used car buyer is no longer Interested In open cars, for he will not expose his family to storms and dust. As a result of this I condition, the used car market is flooded with open touring cars and roadster* of all descriptions with very little demand on the part of the public. There are 9,000,000 open cars in this country to be replaced by closed cars In the next two or three years. The question Is who is going to buy the u#ed open car? Some of the eastern dealers and distributors are no longer able to make appraisals of any kind on.open cars. The buying public has been observ ing this condition with the result ^ ^j*at the prospective buyer of an open car usually asks himself the question, "If I buy an open car, what will It be worth two years from new?” The answer is, he buys a closed car instead. 188 CARS IN ONE FLINT SHIPMENT Officials of the Flint Motor com pany last Thursday witnessed a train load of Flint Six motor ears leave the loading docks of the Flint plant at Flint, Mich., enroute for Pittsburgh, Pa. The shipment was composed of 1S8 Flint Sixes, double-decked in 45 box cars. The cars bore large banners, on which was painted the Flint Six em blem and information concerning the trainload shipment and ita destina tion. This trainload shipment Is es pecially Interesting because of the fact that the first solid tratnload of the Flint Sixes that ever was shipped was also consigned to the Pittsburgh Flint company. The present ship ment may he taken as evidence that the Flint Six has definitely made good in the Pittsburgh territory, and that the demand Is on the Increase, Inas much as this trainload order was re ceived at a time of year when the automobile season In former years was considered over. "The day of the all-year car Is here, and this tralnload la proof of It." was the expression of W. E. ifcfller, vice president and general I manager of the Flint Motor com pany. "Sedans, coupes, winter en closures and tlght-litted curtains have banished the bugbear of winter’s k eold. If the solid trainload of Flint ^"^Ixes shipped to one point may be taken as a criterion of the general demand to be expected during the fall season as business gradually real izes that, despite its being an election year, conditions are exceptionally sound.” New Stadebaker Big Six Duplex Phaeton - „ I The New Studebaker Big Six Duplex'Phaeton 1 I ' "*~- " ■ % The big six duplex phaeton represents Studebaker's maximum in quality, performance, and in satisfying sine, room and comfort. New type Studebaker body converts duplex-phaeton into closed car instantly. Kxtra balloon tire, tube and tire cover. Nickel plated bumpers. Motometer with lock and winged radiator cap. One-piece windshield, glare-proof visor, automatic windshield cleaner and rear-view mirror. Lights con trolled from switch on steering wheel. Automatic ignition eliminates spark lever. Cowl and dome lights, ex tension lamp and stop-and-tatl light. Transmission, spare tire and tool compartment locks. Clock, speedometer, gasoline gauge and oil pressure gauge mounted on Instrument board. Cowl ventilator. Aluminum-bound running boards with corrugated rubber mats and step pads. Aluminum ki^K plates. Sociability Run tf Goes to Reo Car Best Represented in Drive From Stockton, Cal., to Camp Curry. Out in Stockton, Cal., a few weeks ago, motorists participated in the first annual Sociability run from Stockton to Canmp Curry, in the Yosemite Valley. One hundred and one cars made up the caravan and the run was sponsored by the Stockton Cham ber of Commerce. Motor car and accessory dealers in Stockton co-operated in prompting the affair and a large silver trophy cup was offered to the dealer whose car was best represented on the run. The cup was won by the Stockton branch of the Reo Motor Car com pany of California, when 25 Reos suc cessfully made the trip. Second place was taken by a dealer with nine care in the caravan, and third place by a motor car represent ative with eight in line. One of the features of the run was the manner in which Mrs. J. L. Craig and a party of four other women took their Reo over the moun tain trails. No man rode in this car or assisted in putting it over the road, yet the Reo was well up in line when the rustic arch marking the entrance ta.Camp Curry came into view. OVERLAND GEARS PASS HARD TEST Probably no other feature of in spection of Overland* and Willy s Knights Is *o intricate and detailed as that of the Inspection of the dif ferential gears of the Overland mod els. A complete outfit of micrometer gear-testing machines furnlsn an in spection requirement that Is the ter ror of manufacturers who furnish Willys-Overland -material for theae parts. "Willys-Overland Bear inspection la more exacting than that of any other car manufactured under $1,500," was the recent statement of the engineer of a company which furnishes the spiral gears for Overland differen tials. Each gear In the Overland's rear system is tested anu inspected to the most minute fraction of an inch to prevent a howl or growi. Definite assurance of long wear is made Of the closeness and accuracy of these tests. STATE BUYS CAR BECAUSE OF SPEED Here's a new wrinkle in demonstra tion. The West Virginia state police bought a Chrysler six following one of the oddest on record. G. M. Davis, manager of the Tri-Motor Sales com pany, Maxwell-Chrysler dealers of Clarksburg, W. Va., was In a hurry to reach Fairmont, 25 miles away. H« was in such a hurry that his Chrysler did it at night in the rain over slip pery roads in 30 minutes. While running along at 50 miles an hour he noticed a state trooper be hind him. "X supposed he was chas ing me," he said later, "as there was nut one else I could see who needed to be chased for speeding. But I stepped on it.” "Some time after I reached Fair mont the trooper rode In. He said he had endeavored to catch me for 1» miles and supposed I must have been at least seven miles ahead of him when I reached Fairmont. The dans age was $56.60, but the trooper was so thoroughly sold by my Inadvertent demonstration that the state bought one a few days later, I rail it tne best arrest for speeding that I have ever received.” The Germans have perfected a three wheel motor car and the obvious advantages are reduction of cost due to saving of tires; easier steering and braking. Rigidity Is given to the frame by diagonal cross members reaching a point In front. BALLOON TIRES FOR MOTORCYCLE “With lower prices and 40 improve ment* in addition to balloon tires, the 1925 Harley-Davidson is surely making a hit," said Victor H. Roos, the local distributor. “Lowr saddle position and 'stream line’ tanks are just what the old riders have been wanting.” LIST PRICES OF DODGE BROTHERS SPECIAL TYPE CARS REDUCED Economies effected in the purchase of special equipment on Dodge Brothers special type cars, due to substantially increased volume, make it possible for Dodge Brothers to reduce the list prices on these types, effective September 15. Prices of all standard types remain unchanged. DobgeBrothers r -e>_---— Endurance Record Is Set by Willys Coupe Travels 150,000 Miles Without Motor Being Overhauled. Ringed statement* by reputable men through whose hands a Willy* Knight coupe, now owned by W. P. Rouse of Sacramento, Cal., has passed, give ground to the belief that In seven years It has left the longest trail of any motor car In the world without Its motor ever once being taken down. The ear has traveled 150,000 miles and It Is asserted that in the period during which it was rolling up a mileage equal to six times the dis tance around the earth at the equa tor, no person has ever viewed the internal mechanism of the motor. The coupe, a model 84-B, engine No. 88,202, was bought by Dr. Oeorge A. Spencer, a well known physician in the Sacramento valley, in Novem ber, 1917, He disposed of the car in April, 1923. During the years of his ownership the car was in constant use, day and night, Sundays and holi days included. Dr. Spencer emphatically states that never while he possessed the coupe was the motor opened for any mechanical work whatsoever. From Dr. Spencer the car passed into the hands of H. A. Hirsch of San FranelBco, who drove It until last February, when It was taken in by the Wiliys-Overland dealer at Sacra mento, who uses the car constantly In his own work. The car still pos sesses power and speed and though a granddad In performance, will amble along more cheerfully even now than many an automotive youngster. Hupmobile Sales to Surpass 1923 Record for Last Six Months of Past Year to Fall, Forecast. An even larger gale of Hupmobile* the remainder of the year than dur ing the last six months of 1923 Is in dicated In reports of the Hupp Motor Car corporation. Shipments to its distributors and dealers during July and August were 30 per cent larger than for May and June, with September demand certain to bring production and shipments for the month considerably ahead of August. Shipments for July and Au gust were likewise 27 per cent In ex cess of the same two months of 1923. August was the largest Hupmobile shipping month since April.f Hupp carried over into Se^tember more unfilled orders than £»r any month since August. 1923. Its tin filled oiders as of August 31, were more than . three times those of July 31. “Demand for Tfupmobiles has sprung up with remarkable rapidity during the last few weeks," says O. C. Hutchinson, general sales man ager. “Seven orders of every 10 are coming in by telegraph or long dis tance telephone. That is an accurate indication of the Immediate need for cars to fill orders actually on file by our dealers.” Stocks of cars in the hands of its distributors and dealers are less than two and one-half cars each, Hupp of ficials say, which means that there Is an undersupply of Hupmoblles in stock unsold. Kvery indication at the factory Is that all cars shipped are being delivered to owners upon being unloaded from freight cars. Krtocks on turning comers, knocks in accelerating after a start, knocks on a two-degree hill, mean a visit to the service station, where you ecrape out from 15 to *16 and a mechanic I scrapes out carbon and grinds valve*. I Soon vital parts of the engine become pitted and another candidate for the junk pile is created. An ounce of pre vention is worth a pound of cure. Harrison Boycs, automotive w#1 neer, attributes the quick deterle^^ tlon of the motor car to the nlclous effect of carbon on the dfe gtne. Carbon has received more rlous scientific study than any oth* automotive subject with the possible exceptions of four-wheel brakes and low pressure tires. Be* Want Ads Produce Results. - SM It costs a little more to buy a Wills Sainte Claire—but it costs far less to own one; and in the long run a Wills Sainte Claire is an Economy—not an Expense WESTERN MOTOR CAR CO„ 2559 Farnam Street AT 5321 WESTERN MOTOR CO. 156 West Broadway, Council Bluffs -v V^WILLS SAJjm CLAIRE ~ 3totor Cars Sir* j Have you seen this new car? 9 —It is both a closed car and an open car! < - VALUE POINTS New Special Six IThs new closed-open DUPLEX BODY framed and shaped in steeL It is light, steel strong and permanently beautiful. The pries is the same as that of an open car. 2 Gamine Balloon tire*—the big tire* with the small wheels, 20x620 in., which means riding comfort, protection for the chassis and body against road shocks, greater braking surface, much less possibility of skidding. 3 Chasm* and body mechanically designed for balloon tires, steedAg. springs, and even th« fender lines moulded to harmonise in appear ance with big tires. 4 New Pore* Peed Oiling System with new idea in clean surplus oil supply. 5 The design of. the crankshaft gives an en tirely new sensation in smooth vibrationlesa performance. 5 New satin-lacquer finish in dark blue with ivory striping. 7 New ease in gear shifting, new ease in brake power and control, new ease in steering and clutch action. More room than in any other car of its wheel base. New comfort in bal loon tires, long springs and a new idea in seat cushion springs. ? y 8 Four-Wheel Brakes optional — a system totally unlike anything ever used on an American car before — unsurpassed in sim plicity, safety and power. Pressure developed automatically — you apply it like you apply engine power. A WEEK ago the new Studebaker Special Si* DUPLEX-PHAETON was first announced Today, countless thousands of people are talking about this entirely new type of car. One moment it is a closed car—in five sec onds it can be transformed into a delightful, airy, open car. But it is always the closed car in deep soft cushions, beautiful fittings and finish and luxurious riding comforts. When you see it and ride in it you will know why it has made so profound a sensa tion—you will realize then that it gives you more than the finest open car can ever give you, plus the comfort and protection of the closed car. And all at the price of an open car! And this is the new DUPLEX BODY on the famous Special Six Chassis. Hundreds of thousands of owners all over this country and abroad have given the Studebaker Special Six a name for value, dependability and performance second to no other automobile. The new Studebaker Special Six retains all the qualities which make great reputation —to these have been added every real im provement which science and owner-service could suggest. Even aside from the sensational new DUPLEX BODY—the Studebaker Special Six has no superior in value in any car yet built. It was the conscientious intention of Studebaker in planning and designing the new Special Six to make it just such a leader —to that end every resource of the great Studebaker organization has been concen trated. Even if we had the space we could not be gin to tell you of the very many new and un usual features which indicate iu superiority. Certainly no words could do justice to its distinctive beauty. In appearance it is unlike any other Amer ican car—yet its long, low, broad, sweeping lines are conservative, crisply stylish and in beautifully good taste. Think of the new Studebaker Special Sis Duplex-Phaeton as the ultimate in'value and performance in a five-passenger car—think of it as a car matchless in practical conve nience and desirability. But to appreciate the sparkling beauty of its totally new lines you must see it. To know its perfection of operation and per formance you must ride in it and drive it. If you have not seen this NEW type car—t come today. Studebaker Hydraulic 4-Wheel Brakes. Optional Equipment. On all Standard Six models, with 4 disc wheels and spare rim. $60 00 extra. On all Special Six and Big Six models, with 5 disc wheels, $75.00 extra. (All prices Lab. U. S. factories, and subject to change without notice.) * * 2550 Farnam St. FRANK D. PHILLIPS MOTOR CO. nl'sMMor Phone AT 3044 I THIS IS A STUDEBAKE R YEA R,'