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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY C, 1927 MLVEDISMT BODY STYLES SIN ;-Six and - Four : Passenger t Landaulet Sedans Included in Chicago Display . - Twelve distinctive custom body - 'creations, , duplicating in styles - the exhibit at the New York salon and featured 'by original nphol . stery "cloths developed exclusively -by America's ' foeraost coach ' builders, In colors either deter- e; mined! by, Parisian dictators of fashion, created; by leading; silk . . mannfactnrers or copied exactly from precious stones, are being i. displayed by the Cadillac Motor Car company in. the annual salon; Hotel Drake, Chicago. 7 - . ; Included In : the Cadillac dls- play are a six-passenger and a four-passenger landaulet sedan by t - Brunn, .- a - seven-passenger en- closed-drive non-collapsible sedan .1 'cabriolet by. Holhrook, a town . cabriolet by Wllloughby, a sport . phaeton, a convertible coupe, a cabriolet" Imperial and a Xive- passenger coupe by Fisher, and 1 a lown cabriolet, a five-passenger L Imperial cabriolet, a seven-paa-"! senger Imperial . and a town ) brougham by Fleetwood. J 'V Two; new shades,, topas and .rubra,! recently derised by Hol- .brook 'for use on the seven-passenger cabriolet sedan at the New I York exhibit are again being . showni With paint specially pre j pared by Ditxler and upholstery .doth by Wiese, the model pre ! fsents a remarkably harmonious 'combination of shades and is at- tractlng marked attention. t Upholstery covered with im ported French novelty cloth from ', JLaidlaw, interior hardware In "Brunn' design from Harry A. I MacFarland. and a color combi nation of Labrador gray, La- .Crosse bfege, elephant gray and 'cream ; striping are outstanding features of the four-passenger "sedan by Brunn. Other beautiful ; 'color schemes . are produced by "remarkable combinations of mar X ine blue and Ivory, purple lake ' and glased carmine, German, sil ver and black, and numerous I others.i . Among the closed cars on this chassis, cabriolet type bodies pre dominate. They are character- t ixed by leather rear quarters . graceful landau bows and a slight 1'ddwnward slops of the top at the rear, glrlng a graceful sweep to the roof. The flowing grace of these cars represents a sew level of beauty In principles : of body design., ;; rj i"'J:'J : ",; ' ; Representing the Cadillac' line of open cars by Fisher Is a dup lication of the special sport phae ton which created the outstand ing sensation at the 'New York salon. ' A rare combination of daring smartness, with ultra con serratlTe refinement Is produced in the black and silver leaf color scheme, pure polished nickel hood, the double cowl and . ton neau windshield and the Victoria type top oTer the rear seat only. The tonneau cowl raises to per mit entrance to the rear seat and when lowered, acts as a dust and wind protector. The upholstery Is natural I leather with a disap pearing arm rest at the center of both seats. Distinctiveness in de sign - and 'appointments is en hanced by the natural leather luggage trunk, special headlamps, multiple-ray searchlight and wal nut' running beards with nickel step plates, -i-l: -: ' ;- - O. J. HuU Auto Tap Paint Co. Radiator; fender and body repairing. ; Artistic painting adds 100 per cent to the appearance of your auto. xT S. ComT. () Mr. Used Car Buyer: Hare you seen the real buys at the Capitol Motors Incorporated? See Biddy Bishop, S SO N. High St. Tele phones 2125 and 212$. ( CHRYSLER SALES MANAGER NAMED (Contiad from Pf 1.) - as sales manager, will permit a more Intimate personal contact be tween the sales organization and the sales manager, and at' the same time will give Mr. Fields, in the broader executive capacity, more time to confer and plan with the management on future busi ness development. Stewart W. Munroe assumes Mr. Frazer's former position as direc tor of sales, assuming charge un der Mr. Fraser of the Detroit, New York, St. Louis, Minneapolis and Pallas sales districts. He will thus be associated with Henry T. Myers J and Earl B. Wilson, who have held the same posts in charge of other groups of sales districts. Parker & Co.. 444 S. Commer cial. Don't fan to see Parker about repairing your car. Expert mechanic at your service. All work guaranteed. () Curry county votes 1100,000 bonds ft retire floating Indebted ness. ! ' ' -v, i INSIST ON HOUPERT PISTONS IN YOUR CAR You'll be surprised at the difference it will make in your motor j WYE. BURNS DAN BURNS (NOT BROTHERS - THE SAME MAN) High Street at Ferry Salem, Oregon A CARLOAD OF SEIBERLING TIRES i i - i . . . The Largest Consignment of SBBERUIIGS T probably the largest sin- ! gle shipment of any make C of tires that has even I been purchased by a Sa- J lem dealer. - --i The Entire Carload Is NOW IN OUR SALESROOMS . AND STOREROOM All Sizes and Grades Balloons aijd High Pressure TIRE SHOP 1 i Walter H. Zosel, Prop. '1 98 S. Commercial . i Telephone 47 1 be:lling SERVICE You can buy grease and oil for very little but it is often hard to get good dependable service at any price - If you will bring your car to us regularly you can" get that pood dependable service. We are building our business on our reputation for good serv? ice. Our high pressure alemite service assures the proper lub rication of all working parts of you car.. Our price3 are very reasonable. Auto Electric - Service,, . JL D. Barton Batteries, Magneto Generators Electric Service for " Auto or Radio- Telephone 1107 i GREASE AND Oil IS CHEAPER THAN PARTS i LIE. CL7Zn.9KVICE:-OTnra:i i Tung & Eclcerlem s s s s Di aa4 Ferry Streets GREAT niMEIlT lil AUTO lilSl Star Company Makes Excel lent Progress Since First ? Car Placed on Market ' . One of the outstandlns aenleTe ments of the automobile Indus try baa been the progress it the Star Motor company. - When the Star ear was first pnt on the market In If 22, It it as offered at prices similar to those of the lowest priced car made. About Jnly. 1924, a series of Improvements both ; In the chassis and the bodies ' was Insti tuted and the price was slightly Increased. Late In the faU of 1926 the six-cylinder line was added, and gradually increased in ! the num ber of styles until today the Star line consists of fire tour-cylinder passenger ears, seren six-cylinder passenger ears, an da six-cylinder ton truck, the latter having four speed twin high or four speed transmission. The line constitutes the broadest In the less f than $1000 price class, and has an established- reputation for power and economy, as wen as the qual ity of both chassis and bodies. California holds one of the principal plants devoted to the manufacture of the Star car. The Pacific coast Star car factory is located over in Oakland and it Is one of the most modern automo bile plants In the country and an Important factor In the past and future development of Oakland as an Industrial center. The ac tive head of the Pacific coast Star car factory Is Norman deVaux, a veteran of the motor car indus try. DeVaux not only directs the manufacturing operations of the Star organization on the coast, he heads the Star sales organization in the west as welL Other Star plants are located at Lansing, Mich.; Elizabeth, N. J., and Toronto, Ont.. Canada. The Star car now occupies ninth position in volume of all automobUes made In this country and at various points In the coun try where the are aggressive Star car dealers, the Star occupies second, third or fourth position in current registrations. The dealer organization and of ficials of : the company are all confident that the Star car will show' exceptional progress during the year 1927, as it now has ap proximately 2000 dealers through out the United States alone, and about 4000 authorized service stations. The outlook for Durant Motors is better today than It has ever been since It was first launched in 1921. It has exceptional facilities, not only for the production of complete automobiles, but also because of its ownership of 'parts plants, such as Adams Axle com pany and New-Process Gear.com pany -. of L. Syracuse, the Warner corporation at Mnncle, : IncL, and the American Plate Glass works at Kane, Pa. , . , Remains of One of First f Gas Driven Vehicles Found Discarded . In the early nineties because of the Inability of Its maker to obtain patent papers, the remains of : one of the first gasoline driven vehicles lie rust ing In the basement of a building In Indianapolis, according to Norman de Vaox, active head of the Pacific coast Star factory, who recently returned from the east. The old car, a grandfather of the modern automobile, was built by Charles II. Black, blacksmith and carriage maker, who was denied patent papers on the ve hicle la 1891. Although denied patents on the ear In its entirety, the Investor was offered patents on his differential gear, and floating rear axle. Disgusted with the failure to obtain legal pro tection for , the car, he refused but lived long enough to see both the axle and the gear be come universal equipment. BK PROTECTED FROM UL PARTICLES Probably no '.single mechanical feature now in use Is more effec tive in prolonging thelife of "a motor car than the air cleaning derlee. 1 ' The cleaner which Is now stan dard equipment on Dodge Broth ers motor cars Is very simple in construction, consisting of only the outer shell and a rotating fan. The clarifying of the air Is accom plished by centrifugal force; that is the rotation of the fan, through which all the air passes, throws the particles of dirt against the side of the outer shell and they drop through the bottom of the cleaner, allowing only the clean air to pass through to the combus tion chambers. When we realize that an automobile, engine breathes from 60 to 100 times as mueh air as we do, we can readily see that the .air cleaner by pre venting dirt and grit from mixing with the engine lubricant insures longer life in the main and con necting rod bearings, the pistons and rings and the cylinder wals. Brothers o -TON CHASSIS $815 1- TON CHASSIS . $1025 lia-TON CHASSIS $1540 2- TON CHASSIS $1705 Delivered Yearly sales of Graham Brothers Tracks are shown in the table below. It begins with 1921 and goes through 1926. 1086 3401 6971 1G743 23884 37463 This steady growth is complete and convincing proof that the public has recognized the superior value in Graham Brothers Trucks. Ofahmm Bracken Tradu mmi CowMfdai Cm 1 9I HmM liiiHiig BONESTEELE MOTOR CO. 474 South Commercial Telephone 423 S T A N" D A R D O F THE WORLD Thousands of successful Americans --speaking from experience - will tell you that it is far better to pay a little more and own a CADILLAC Alter all, the price difference between Cad illac and any car in the $2000 to $2800 class, is slight and sometimes merely nominal. For that small difference, the . 41ac Suyer obtains the finest of all fine cars built n America; a car that would cost twiceas much were its sales volume less. Furthermore, the price difference actually vanishes, in the long run. It is cancelled by . the new Cadillac's remarkable economy of maintenance, its longer life and its higher resale value. . The Cadillac owner enjoys Cadillac's com plete excellence of performance, its-delightful ease of driving and of riding, its beauty of exterior and its interior luxury, without faying a penny s worth of premium, . c PricedfromS2995upivardsf.o.b. Detroit C A D I L L A DIVISION OF OtNIK At , MOTORS CORPORATION F. W. Pettyjihii Co'. 365 North Commercial ; Telephone 1260 c According to figures t furnished by ;th professors of aatomotire engineering t Pardee university, 50 of the wear and tear, on an engine Js caused by road-dirt and dust "whk-h enters through the In take. Likewise, this same , dost combining with the oil of the en gine is the chief Ingredient of the so-called carbon - which accumu lates in the combustion chambers. It Is appreciated by the automo bile driver that .Dodge Brothers, in equipping their car with the air cleaner, hare eliminated ; t S of this trouble. Dodge Brothers en gineers In. testing the new device in the dustiest desert in the west declared It to measure up td Dodge,-LBrothers. exacting hig standards. While a special manifolding vr as required' to i moon t the new air-cleaner, '.the 'cleaner with the correct manifold can be' Installwi In Dodge Brothers power -plauta previously built. . ions : . ; RicJi EeaiiuLtv" T ft - V ' ' 'j mm- m - - -mm m . i ST .SBSBBBW ' I' .BPBBSw BBM m. 1 M W a BBr"WBMBfc. K SBBP i! iu)i(U)jrAu oil IPf 1 Inside nd oat, this improved Sedan ; realizes your highest conceptions of iuxtzry and comfort. The seats an4 backs axe unusually -wide, deeply cush ioned and upholstered in the finest jnohair. Four wide doors give easy access to front and rear seats. Slender steel pillars permit exceptional vision. Color options are now availablein any of three brilliant combinations---two tone green, blue or two-tone grey, in durable lacquer finish. All die qualities of reliability, per formance and long life, you have come to expect of Hupmobile are incorpor ated in the new Six Sedan. Like all Hupmobiles it is built a full lO finer -in materials, in worJcmanship, and inspection. , . Come In and See These Equipment Features Many Recently Added Thermostatic Heat Cootrol; Gasoline filter; 4 Wheel Brakes; Color Option; Vision-Ventilating Windshield; dear Vision Bodies; Dash Gasoline Gauge; Force Feed Lubrication; Oil Filter; Mohair Upholstery; Rear View Mirror; Special Vibration Damper; Snubbers; Tilting Beam Headlights; Automatic Windshield Cleaner; Walnut Grained Instrument Board. 1 4 - Sedan, S-pass four-door. S1385; Coupe, 2 -pass. (Rumble Seat). SI3S5; Roadster (Ruaable Seat), S1385; Touring, 5-pasa, U325. . Ail prices, m. 6. Dttrmit, plus rtmmut Ux. 1M 4 Kirkwood Motor Co, 311 North Commercial Telephone 311 2(0)(D),Ss . B 22M& warn TKt Whipp Thmm70" tWiUyn-Kmitfu Six SJan Tkm WUZr-Kmtht Crmmi Six GREAT crowds the largest, we believe, that ever visited a single " New York automobile salesroom in one weekthronged the Willys Overland Broadway Exhibit during the Automobile Show to see the splendid new Willys Knight Sixes, the famous Whippets. A definite tribute to the Engineering Leadership of Willys. Overland. v " , Measure these four great new cars by ' the highest standards of efficiency economy, beauty, speed, power and en durance and you will be impressed by their superiority in every one of these, vital features. ; - ., .t The Whippet Six $765 to $925. Com binins all the engineering advantages cf tha Whippet with greater ; length, poisxr, speed, hvelineas. The Whippet now $625 to $755. Fa mous for its 30 miles on a gallon" and low gravity center. Light, smart, power ful, extremely roomy. At new reduced prices, now more than ever the leader in light car values! The WIOys-Knight Great Six $1850 to $2295." Now more beautiful more powerful more luxurious. An engine that grows smoother, quieter, more effi cient with every mile of service. The "70" Willys - Knight Six $1295 to $1495. With new beauty of interior detail new refinements of coachwork smoother operation great power and speed. Prices t . . b. Csetsey and specificatioBa uhyA t. chaar withont notice. Willys-OrerUjad, Uc, TeUdcOhio. 7l mm (7 Jill u FOURS V.l I -TV ovEimvrrD J t J f ... - ! MacDonald Auto Company Cottage at Ferry Street. . ; ! Telephcna 409 I .1 r-'V i.