Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 240, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1930 — Page 22

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NEW FEATURES ARE REVEALED IN STUDEBAKER Commander 8 Construction and Lines Attract Attention. Studebaker’s famous Commander Eight appears at the Automobile Show this year with notable new engineering features which result in Improved engine performance. A wide range of ultra-smart models of exceptional spaciousness and distinction is offered. Among the many engineering improvements which have added to the power and smoothness of Commander Eight performance are the new Burgess acoustic muffler, an improved Lanchester vibration damper, anew valve spring damper, de% r eloped by Studebaker engineers, and automatic radiator shutters. The new acoustic muffler results in an increase of three and one-half horsepower at maximum speed, tests show. This increase is obtained by the elimination of back pressure on the engine due to the fact that, while all sound waves are absorbed by the new type muffler, it offers little or no resistance to the passage of exhaust gases. Thus, a common fault of the conventional muffler is overcome. Damper Improved The Lanchaster vibration damper has been improved by the addition of steel balls located in the damper walls. In use, the damper, a small cliplike device, fits over the head of valve springs to prevent spring flutt°~. Fluttering of valve springs, engineers say, is one of the major causes of spring breakage. Besides removing this annoying possibility of trouble, the damping also aids materially in cutting down engine noise occasioned by "jumpy” valve springs. The new automatic radiator shutters on all Commander Eight models aid in insuring efficient engine operation during cold weather. All worry in the operation of the shutters by the owner has been removed definitely, for they are automatically opt rated by a thermostatic control. Double drop frame construction h.s resulted in low and graceful body lines. All models are fitted with adjustable driver's seat. Steering column also is adjustable. Safety Glass Duplate nonshatterable safety glass with double automatic windshield cleaners, Husted steel-coie safety steering wheel of convenient thin grip type, treadle type foot accelerator and hydraulic shock absorbers all Regal models. Entire range of models includes a five and a seven-passenger sedan

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D U RANT A G OOD CAR MURPHY MOTORS, me. TAlbot 4284 distributors 2004 N. Meridian St. 4 ‘ S’ Anderson Palace Garage Terre Haute—W. E. Robinson Motor Cos. Tipton—Tipton Durant Cos. El wood Kimmerling Motor Sales Frankfort—Harry R. Cole Garage Muncie—Peerless Auto Sales

Dodge De Luxe Sedan

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The Dodge Brothers Six, one of the most popular medium-priced cars on the American market during 1929, is continued into 1930 practically unchanged In the many features which have brought it into the front ranks of sales. The attractive de luxe sedan of this line is shown above.

Hupp Heavily Powered

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The new series eight sedan, powered by the new’ 133-horse power Hupmobile engine, the Hupp Motor Car Corporation’s unusual appointments, plus power, speed, acceleration and hill climbing ability, is a revelation. This new car employs downdraft carburetion and radiator cooled oil for the first time in American motor car industry.

with wood wheels and a five and a seven-passenger Regal sedan, fivepassenger brougham, four-passenger victoria, four-passenger cabriolet, two-passenger business coupe, fourpassenger coupe with rumble seat, roadster, and five and seven-pas-senger tourers with folding top. Upholstery is fine mohair, with mohair or broadcloth optional in the brougham, and genuine leather in the business coupe, roadster and j tourer. Bedford cord is upholstery I in cabriolet. Bodies are dimensioned generously i and mounted on a chassis of 120inch wheelbase. Seats are wide, comfortable and amply proportioned. Deep, soft seat cushions and low center of gravity, due to the double drop frame construction, in conjunction with powerful hydraulic shock absorbers and ball bearing spring shackles contribute to an unusual degree of riding comfort. Commander Eight beauty, which | has aroused such favorable comment during the last year, has been ! enhanced this year by a new’ treatment of naiTOW windshield pillars which curve gracefully to meet the roof line without the conventional interception of the customary visor. A wide range of new smart colors reflect the latest dictates of fashion. Interior refinements include heavily padded arm rests, foot rests, robe rail.

The public has awaited the appearance of these cars with great interest. People have been eager to see what type of motor car would be produced by the veteran executives who last year assumed control of Durant Motors. Those familiar with the past achievements of these men expected a distinguished contribution to better motoring. And those who have seen the cars agree that even their highest expectations have been surpassed. We cordially invite you to examine them and to experience the pleasure of a demonstration. You will appreciate then how thoroughly they exemplify every fundamental of motor car excellence Appearance, Performance, Comfort, Value. f Nation wide Radio Program every Sunday at 7 p. m. (Eaetern Time) through WEAF, 71 New York and 39 aaeocjated stations of the National Broadcasting Company. JJ

CHEVROLET HAS NEW MOTOR HEAT GAUGE Device Informs Autoist of Change in Engine Temperature. Asa fever thermometer serves the physician, so does the thermo gauge serve the motorist. Normal temperature of the new Chevrolet six-cylinder engine, after it has been warmed up, ranges between 115 and 170 degrees Fahrenheit and the AC thermo gauge, which is mounted on the instrument board of the new models, informs the driver at all times if the operating temperature of his motor is normal. The thermo gauge, one of the many important items in the Chevrolet car this year, immediately will register effects of any conditions which might cause an overheated motor, thereby warning the motorist before damage is done. RACERS TOBE HONORED Daytona Beach Considers Building of Monument. Daytona Beach, Fla,, is contemplating the erection of a monument on which will appear the names of all the automobile race drivers who set speed marks on the Daytona track.

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WILLYS OFFERS ROOMINESS AND SMOOTHSPEEP Exceptional Power Plant Built Into Models for This Year. BY L. A. MILLER President, WlllT-oerlnd Company This Is an age of speed. Today more than ever before time is at a premium. We see things done more i quickly today than .ever before. Buildings are thrown up almost overnight. Business is transacted rapidly. Every one has a great deal to do and not enough time in which to do it. This widespread desire for speed nowhere is better reflected than in the manner in which automobile manufacturers have been forced to build speed and power into their products to meet a pressing demand from the public. Heretofore, speed was available in motor cars of high price. Today every automobile, regardless of price, must be able to demonstrate speed and power if it is to satisfy the public. The Willys-Overland Company has taken heed of this nation-wide demand for speed. Our new Willys Six has had built into it an exceptional power plant. Its engine has been designed by engineers who were vitally impressed with the fact that their efforts must produce an automobile which would give high speeds at low operating costs. Once it sufficed for a manufacturer of a car in the price range of the new Willys Six to build an automobile with a top speed of fifty-five miles an hour. The new Willys Six will do seventy-two miles per hour. In tests it has gone hour after hour in all types of roads at fifty to sixty miles an hour. This is what aviation manufacturers term a cruising speed. It’s a good term for the Willys Six, too. It cruises along at this fast pace without laboring, without noise, and with surprising ease and comfort. Willys-Overland engineers in turning out the new Willys Six took into account the fact that the motor buying public wants beauty of line, smart finishings, adequate fittings and equpiment with roomy interiors, but more than anything else, it wants a car with a power plant which will give It speed, real power, instantly available, and durability. I feel that the automobile manufacturers are doing their part in supplying rapid transportation to the public. However, speedy cars will be useless If they are forced to travel great distances on badly congested highways with frequent intersections at which they must slow down or stop. i The next step and the present greatest need, therefore, is the es-

tablishment of a comprehensive, nation-wide system of adequate express highways. These highways must have at least three lanes of traffic in each direction. They must be, in effect, super-highways. They must be more than a mere twenty or thirty or even fifty miles long: They must bridge states and span vast distances, if they are to be effective and meet modern demands. There is no reason why they can not be built around large centers and big cities, rather than through them. It behooves our citizens, our municipal, state and federal officials and Interested civic and trade bodies eagerly and actively to get behind a movement which will have as its primary aim the completion of such a network of super highways. AUTO PRODUCTION IN CANADA SETS RECORD 263,295 Cars Were Manufactured In Dominion in 1929. By NBA Service OTTAWA, Can., Feb. 15.—A new record was established for motor car production in Canada in 1929, when 263,295 cars were manufactured. This output was 9 per cent .greater

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BEAUTIFUL NEW BODY LINES AND COLORS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW Manufacturers ’ Building, F air ground s :: 38th Street and Fairfield Avenue February 15 to 22 :: 10 A. M . to 10:30 P * M OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THE NEW FORD 1 I RUSTLESS STEEL FOR EXTERIOR METAL PARTS FULLY ENCLOSED, SILENT SIX-BRAKE SYSTEM TRIPLEX SHATTER-PROOF GLASS WINDSHIELD J FOUR HOUDAILLE DOUBLE-ACTING HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBERS 55 TD 65 MILES AN HOUR EASE ° F CONTROt '' QUICK ACCELERATION GOOD DEALER SERVICE TYPICAL FORD ECONOMY, RELIABILITY AND LONG LIFE \ 4 4

A. W. BOWEN 939 Ft. Wayne Ave. BKOAD RIPPLE AUTO CO. 821 E. 63rd St. FOUTS CAR & TRACTOR SALES, Inc. 2030 W. Washington St. FRANK HATFIELD CO. 623 N. Capitol Ave. NORTHWESTERN SALES CO. 2929 Northwestern Ave. BROWNING GENT, INC. 1005 North Meridian St.

New Roosevelt Is Here

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The new Marmon-Roosevelt five-passenger sedan wifi be one of the attractive models shown at the motor exposition at the state fairground.

than the previous peak of 242,054 cars in 1928, and 29 per cent over the output of 204,727 cars in 1926, the third best year for the industry. In 1927 production amounted to 179,054 cars. Figures for last year show that the number of cars made available for consumption in Canada was lower than in 1928. While the output was higher than in the preceding year, fewer cars were imported and exports reached anew high level for all time. Employment in the automobile in-

dustry in Canada during 1929 ranged from 7.540 to 20.848, averaging 13.868 for the year. RADIO GIVEN WITH CAR Hartford Distributer Happens on Bright Idea. An automobile distributer of Hartford, Conn., has hit upon an original scheme of selling his used cars. He has announced that with every used car sold a popular make of electric radio receiver will be given free.

. SHOLTY MOTORS, Inc. 5436 E. Washington St. SMITH-MOORE, Inc. 528 S. Meridian St. BOTH and CENTRAL SALES CO. 3009 Central Ave. WANGELIN-SHARP CO. 443 Virginia Ave. C. 0. WARNOCK CO. 819 E. Washington St. ROY WILMETH CO. 720 N. Meridian St.

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'PERILOUS AUTO i TRIP STARTED Professor to Survey Route for Highway. I By v r.t Srr> icr WILLIAMSBURG. Va., Feb. 15 j Starting one of the most adventurj some and dangerous automobile trips ever taken. Dr. E. C. Branchi. professor of romance languages at j the College of William and Mary I here, has left in company with a student on a 12,000-mile automobile trip. The purpose of Dr. Branchi’s trip is to survey a route for the proposed Pan-American highway. A secondary purpose is to conduct a number i of lectures along the route to pro- | mote American good-will. The 12.000 miles will take the professor and his companion from New York through Mexico. Central and South America, terminating at Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires. 1 Much of the trip will traverse al- ; most virgin country. Through this section it will be necessary to cut trails and build roads.