Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1950 — Page 25

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Big Installation Job

Thousands- and thousands of wires running through the walls, _cellings and floors of North 8

"Chevrolet bind it together in a|

closely knit, efficiently operating unit,

Seventy thousand feet of wire,| electric

ic current and deic reactions, act as the nervous system of the entire plant. The job of stringing that seventy thousand feet of wire was a tedious and difficult one, it fell to Pearson Electric Service Co.

business since 1926, and he reports that through all the years of his work he has never seen another building that utilized as many different kinds of electrical fea-

Lenses Control Light There are 256 lighting units in the plant and almost as many electric motors. A lighting unit is made up of four sections, and a section can be single, double or triple, : All the lights have curved control lenses which give a postive light distribution. The ove doors are all operated by remote control from the dispatcher’s of-

The telephone system and air conditioning system are automatic and are controlled from a central location. The biggest problem Mr, Peargon had to face was distance. The plant is so spread out that it took exceptionally long sub-mains to earry the wires from one section of the plant to the other. This task took 20,000 feet of pipe and 17 panel boards. The smallest board has 12 circuits on it.

Even Small Parts Department Has Share of Glamour

TRYING TO add glamour to-a small parts department sounds

needs of her car in the customer

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Lauderdale Fie cht ith meckuic Harry Bryant about ho reception “North Side Chevrolet's new home. i653

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In the customer reception lounge, Svstomury way avjoy fhecamforl of meds furvitume wile colorful murals on the walls. i

Congratulations—

BILL KUHN

Broad Ripple is* ambitious—

There wasn't room on the BIG PAGE for me — but | wouldn't miss this opportunity te offer my best wishes. -

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47 Cars at Once

Modern Equipment | Spells Fast Work

The service section at North! 4 Bide Chevrolet is 220 feet long| and 65 feet wide with a total of

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provide simultaneous service on| that many automobiles. | There are 14 white enameled) tool cabinets for the mechanics, and they look like small refrigerators lined up along the walls, Each cabinet has a stainless stéel work surface and a little red box in which tools may be quickly and |

white enamet- with a “oright red desk surface.

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efficiently cleaned. © The service section has a total | {of 17 lifts and two lubrication racks, In the rear of the room is a section given over entirely to precision tools used to grind valves, etc. Many of these tools! cost over $1000 apiece.

may have the front wheels of | her car realigned with the most| modern equipment, a Bean Visua-! liner. Mr, Kuhn says this machine can do the job faster ‘and more | accurately than any other system | now in use, The lubrication pump unit, ofl drains, and overhead dispensing units are all white enamel. The service desk, which is near the —t.antrance.. of the. department, is,

North Side Wrecker Sports

The service d Hment is in the central art of the Usha t. The section pictured above shows " dopar the white enameled brid mechanic's ped. plant. | the infricate ‘Bean

Visualiner.

‘Score Board® Reveals Car's Repair Progress

In the customer reception room of Bill Kuhn's new Broad Ripple headquarters, there's a big white board gleaming with green, amber and red lights.

This winking ouija board can tell a customer his

Returns to Kuhn's

Stops Taking Orders, But Will Take Names

The war in Korea has already touched local automobile dealers, Bill Kuhn among them. A week ago Mr. Kuhn stopped taking orders for new cars and concentrated on filling the orders he has. : But he did start taking names of those who wanted cars, so orders can be filled later. "In just one week 135 names |

NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET

If there is body work done on his car, the lights under the section for the body Shop are checked. The an-.. swer is right there.

‘has so much glamour, the wrecker had to have a personality all its own.

If the customer gets a green light, work can start immediately. If he gets an amber light, the shop will

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Cadillac Paint Job

car's fate right off the bat. in town now. But a few days ago ordinary wrecker

It was placed in one of the new paint units of the paint shop and: given a sparkling coat of Cadillac

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ELCOME NEIGHBOR!

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nation's finest Chevrolet Dealership . . « NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET.

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have to be checked. If he gets a red light, that ends it.

Chevrolet did it. It was necessary | because the long counter of the small J parts ‘department opens

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is a brill ant splash of i a modernistic design made up of,

shaped like the Chevrolet symbol |

“and covered with brilliant red:

cordion-pleated panel out. of the wall and extending it across the,

{ Predicts Standard | Popularity of Chevrolet Power-| glides has led T. H. Keating, gen-|

< eral manager of the company, to|

predict that “within five years it will be difficult to sell a new; passenger car unless it carries an, automatie transmission.”

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were placed on that list. But no| orders or deposits are taken, and| {no promises are- made, Mr.- Kuhn

His car can't be handled that day.

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’ for the hard surlose parking} Tot of the rh a “NORTH SIDE CHEVROLET Sales & Service 1 1

PERMA-GRETE ‘absorbs the SUN'S. RAYS and avoids glare.

PERMA-CRETE Is Meal for surfacing oid cinder and gravel dims. By resurfacing ’ : . "with PERMA-CRETE, fhe od drive Is uhilized and 2 fies now permenant consiruction FOR— Js shfained of greatly reduced cost. cs : $ Driveways PEINACRETE fe HODERK PAVING MATETAL + sendodind roduc oP Lots produced fo an exact formule In a plant especially equipped with fhe best equip. ©® Tennis Courts mont obiainable. For durability, permanency and service af low cost, Mf represents ® Gas Stations The best possible choice for the paving job—whatever if may be. : ® Freight Yards a | renva-carre shouts so conus wi eter “iockin” 9 Coal THE TRI-STATE CONSTRUCTION (0. ION ©0. : Engineers and Citacta—" 3100 East Sth St, 3100 East 56th St. . @ ~ BR..5488 ~@__ Indianapolis] Somtamer: 1 am inleresied In o PERMA-CRETE Sl DRIVEWAY. Pee. od me mae sii. ork PE Terms = Nes era 2 Cell Sendeys and Nights—GL. ur Str WIE aes arses :

Excavating, Grading. Roads, Shroot, Sewers, . “ Subdivision. Work, Waterproofing :

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