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on one level of the selec to r lever R everse and low gears, on a h igh e r level, are selected by a slight liltin g of th e lever and sliding 1 ft o r rig h t. T his m ak es it pos sible to select a d riving ran g e by “ feel," w ith o u t looking a t the pointer. Also, because rev erse is ad jac en t to n eu tra l, it elim in ates th e d an g ero u s p ractice of sh iftin g th ro u g h a fo rw ard g ear w hen backing up. Tn d riving th e new P o w erF lite. ’b<* d riv er s ta rts th e engine in n e u tra l, sh ifts to d rive and de- ^ ’•ereps th e a c c e le ra to r pedal. The nr ac celerates in low gear. At om e speed betw een 15 an d d.5 n r h sk o en d m g on th e driver, ’’o w e rF lite au to m at cally u p sh ifts :>i*n direct d ’’'vo. At nn«’ s’x'e.l u n d er 55 nt p h . th e d riv er n,a> c u re e x tra acceleratio n by push- g th e pedal to th * floor board into D odge’s fam iliar “s e a ,” gear. 'his special g e a r assu re s ouich. >:pf ' passing. A low range also is provided to re ta in the e a r in low 'e a r for to ad conditions such as clim bing o r descending m ount ants T h e new Dodge fu ll-tim e pow er ste e rin g unit has direct control and is of th e “ lin k ag e” type. It is less com plicated, m ote com pact, e a s ie r to service and has few er p a rts th a n o th e r system s. Dodg • officials s ta te th a t i, elim in a tes ab o u t 80 p er cent of st e r i n : s tra in for the d riv er and alw ays fu n ctio n s sm oothly, re g ard les- o band p ressu re. In th e ever* o pow er failu re, full m ech an ic co n tro l of ste e rin g is m a in ta n ' Of th e 20 m odels bem g n t , n tuc d. four are Royal V-S’s Th w a re th e four-door, club coupe, sp o rt co u ’.x' (h a rd to p , and con- v rtib le. In th e two C orone s> l ies th e re is a four-door and ci ib coupe in a choice of V-S a- 1 0 Brookings Harltor Pilot TH U R SD A Y , O C TO B ER 8. 1933 LOCAL DEALER ANNOUNCES NEW 1954 DODGES A new su p *r d luxe series kn o w n as th e R oyal V-K highligh s th e lin eu p of IB.'»* Dodge passen g e r ears now being displayed in th e showroom of C. “ E d” D e m p -' Rf*y. !V, Deni » . aid th e 1951 D odge also in tro luces com pletely in w in terio r styling, m ore th an a dozen Ixxiy Iw autifieations o d se v e ra l t 'oi ci 'in e c ng a d v an c em en t in e n tire I ne con s is tin g of '0 different models. T h e 30 d ifferent m odels a rt1 in t h r e e series the new Royal V-K th e C'orone' ,r -K and Six and the IVIeadowhroo! V-8 and Six. Th<\\ a r e being offered in 11 new bod\ co lors and 1 I tw o-tone com bina One of the outstanding features of the new 1951 Dodge is “color har- tio n s th at a re keyed to harm on iz«» w ith the com pletely new in mony.” Each of eleven different body colors and a wide variety of iwo- toue combinations are mated with the completely new interior trim. A te rio r styling. Mr. D em psey announced th at new luxurious fabric—known as Jacquard—harmonizes with the instru ment panel, steering wheel, deep-pile carpeting, garnish moulding and th e 1954 Dodge line also offers other trim items. Top of instrument nanel features a grainy or leather- su ch m echanical ad v an cem en ts as like linish to reduce glare. Bottom has smooth finish in same color. th e eco n o m y-and-endurance test-1 «•(1 Red Ram V-8 engine s,«>pp«>d At d riv in g ojieration. I, is 100 pounds up to 150 h.p. and a 7.5 to 1 com to provide w e ar resistance. lig h te r th a n th e heaviest co m p et th e sam e tim e it enables designers pression ratio ; P o w erF lite, a new itive unii and co n tain s som e 110 to in eo rix u a te double p a tte rn s by fu lly -au to m atic tran sm issio n ; an.I I ew er p a rts th an the m ost com a n ew fu ll-tim e p«»w,-r steei ii , ' using a i a is d nap. T h ree basic plicated of these. Dodge en g in eers color ’.'ii's green, blue and red u n it M eadowbrook V-K m odels a re fe atu red in the p a tte rn s d e claim it will d eliver m ore accel w ill co n tinue at lid h.p. T he e ra tio n ¡xiwer m ore sm o o th ly signed for use on 1951 models. Jiors«,pow er o 1 the six-cylind<>i lban an y o th e r transm issio n As p ar, o, th e in terio r styling en g in es has been raised to 1 Io O p eratio n of P o w erF lite is sim end the c o m p re s s io n r a ti o to 7.25 o r the Dodge line, all trim ha plified to r th e d riv e r by th e slot- monizc s w ith th e upholstery cc' 1 , 1. ed design o :he selective lever. It ms such 'is tin* ins r A lthough tin* now Royal V-8 ors. W 'Utral and drive positions a re m en, panel. garnish m ouldings 1« a ttire s sup <r deluxe a p jo in t- i icnts and fittings, it is point«*«! le e p -p !e c a r p e tin g , head lining < ut th at th< e n tire 1951 Dodge md ste e rin g w heel a re finished in ' nc is m arked by m any new styl- tlx* sam e b ash' color as the holstery fabric In tu rn , all of ig changes. On th e ex terio r, a new sjx»ar- th e in te rio r color schem es a re h l k e c h r o m e m o u ld in g a c c e n ts th e harm ony w ith th e e x te rio r bod ' ow, sw eeping lines. Com bin »d colors. v ith a four-inch increase in the A n o th er in te rio r fe a tu re is th« o v erall length of four-door and in stru m e n t panel, w hich not onlv «•lub coiiix» m odels, and a live-inch is a m atching color, but in tro in cre ase in th e sport coupe and duces a new e au to m o tiv e finis’ «am vertible, th e new e x te rio r trim know n as " L e a th e rte x ." T h e ton lends a sm ooth, m odern look to portion of th» in stru m en t p a r e ’ th e e n tire line. has a grainy or le a th e r-ty p e finish O th e r m ajo r Itody ch a n g e ; in to reduce g lare, while the Ixitto c lu d e th e grille design and front has a soft, sm ooth finish in th end T h e new grille is lower, sam e color. w id e r and has a m ore m assive A new benefit to th e d riv e r we (O ur sand and gravel is washed, screened jipjx>arance, T h e tra d itio n a l ram described as “ fo u r-co rn er c r b«x>d o rn a m e n t has been s tre a m tact " He explained it as a featu and weighed to give full measure lined, and a d istin ct, new styling th at allow s th e av erag e d riv e r t has been given the V-8 crest and m ain tain visual contact w ith al! proper proportions of aggregate, ch ro m e-lin ed a ir ;e«x>p H ead lo u r fender lines. lig h ts !•.«* t Ixam redesigned and “ It is accom plished in ,1 k * quality ) b u n i|x r g u ard s have been m odi Iron, through a com bination o' fied ch air-h ig h front sea ts th a t rise as li esty lln g th e in terio rs of the they meiv e f o r w a r d . sloping boo »•iitii« line, Mr Dempsev reveal d and 1larg e one-piece vv indshield. l< th a t Ikxlge h ad co n tra c te d to r all the r ea r it is m ade po ssible by th m a ila b le null capacity on a iv vv ehair• hit:h s e a t s , vv rap arc t* pe of u p h o lstery fabric know n re a r vv iindovv an 1 ne wlv -d«>sit’n< s Jac q u ard . eh, oi tie tins that acc ent th e re « J a c q u a rd is a class o, exclusive fabric's previously used orlv ' , d tl f\O C K Six. plus a sport coupe and con vertible in V-8 only. The two Coronet series else e**r a com bination of six different station wagon models A four-door and a club coupe make up the Meadow brook series in a choice of either V-8 or six-cylinder power S ta tio n w agons m ay be o b ta in ed as th e S ie rra fo ur-door in e ith e r a six -p assen g er m odel w ith tw o full seats, o r as an eig h t- passen g er version w ith th re e seats, and w ith a choice of e ith e r th e V-8 or six cy lin d er eng ne. 3 he o ilie r two s ta io i w agon m odels are th e S u b u rb a n tw o- door w ith a choice of engines. in te rio rs of both S ie rra and S u b u rb an m odels are u p h o lstered in sm art tw o -to n e co m b in atio n s of e ith e r a blue o r g een vinyl m aterial. F in d w hat you w an t the P ilot C lass Ads. th ro u g h NORINE HARVEY ACCREDITED TEACHER OF Piano - K o/ce Pipe Organ STUDIO BROOKINGS, ORE. DAILY Freight Service Coast Freiaht w Lines DAVE FRANK !.IX. Owner P h o n e 2G34 « l i'KGK LOST ROH d 1 ><’»/ READY MIX CONCRETE Crushed G ravel id zar Run Sand and G ravel M U’h ta|X'str«<s and exp.»v»ve i u litUre. Jac,p,«aid b is be. i •J A » o r tiic I9o4 Dodge bee.. .a«,table to unusual ;«r ; , r by c icq u aid in ISol, is tightIv vv Concrete Pipe end Ditchirt * M ader -H i i > rt .au id ry 'M e th o d s Wet W a s h in g s 01 NO JOB TOO SM ALL OB TOO LARGE Extracting and Drying Hours 8:30 a.m. to ti:00 pm. Tuesday and 1 hursdav Oi)cn til urterete co. S C lothes m ay lx* left a f te r 7:30 a m i ACACIA IAUNDROMAT I -S»
