Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1950 — Page 22

PAGE 22 Automobiles—

- Price Hikes on » 1951 Models Expected After Recent Pay Boosts

Increases Generally Follow Wage Advances; ~~ Major Model Changes Expected for '5

By the Automobile Editor

THE “VOLUNTARY PAY RAISE of the “Chrysler

General rate

contract increase with rise in the Ford hourly

dealers, to one thing Higher prices on the 1951 taodels whep they come out. While executives of both Chrysler and General Motors said. the pay increases would not mean car price increases in the Chrysler's Window-Lift “foreseeable future!” they didn’t SOME OF THE GENERAL

explain how far that meant. | Increases in wages in. the auto-

mobile = industry have - nearly always meant increases in car prices, This may be a tip-off to car

buvers who are lingering through the waning model year to get a 51. “1f they can get a car now, they mm 1v be able to buy one car which is as mechanically complete as the 51's but at a lower price.

THE GOSSIP "AMONG dealers -and distributors close to factory sources all say the '51's will be “a whiz” but when pinned down -they admit that it will be mostly a dress-up job, with the fundamental changes coming in 1952 The used car dealers are feeling a little softening in their market, although they have been blessed. throughout the suminer with a scarcity of new cars, And

when this happens, the new car prospect takes the next best, which is a recent model used car.

~ THE USED ought to pick up asi the cold months approach. This “phase of | the business comes from the man | who already owns a car he bought “used” and wants to get one which has a better chance of a trouble-free winter. Another factor which used car men point out is that today offi-

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MOTORS cars amazed the public a few years back by raising and lowering windows with push buttons. : cia Now comes the Chrysier Corp. with the boast that it will offer the first all-electric window. lift as standard equipment. They will appear. on the ritzy Chrysler Imperials. Chrysler points out that most ther power-lift systems use hydraulic fluid, tubing, flexible hydraulic connections and one central’ motor-pump unit. In each Chrysler door there will be an individual electric motor which in the case of failure will

. decommission only one window at

a time, Buick’s Rolling IVAL LL. WILES, general man-

ager of Buick and vice president of General Motors Corp., reports that ‘Buick passed the 17,000 mark in the first 10 days of August,

‘CAR TRAFFIC _IU% the seventh time for Buick g

cially ends the vacation season, -

and some of the jalopies will be back a little the worse for the vacation jaunt. And these used car owners will | want to trade in their troubles, | get a firmer vehicle under their | {families for Ine “winter, i

AND USED car| business looks strong right through the winter, with no noticeable break in the deinand.| New car scarcity breeds acces-|~ sory loading, and last week down “at Greenbriar, -at White Sulphur Springs, Ford's Larry Doyle laid it out cold to the Auto Dealers of West Virginia. What Mr. Doyle told them was that if they want to chisel their customers now for the profit on! a few forced accessories they can count. the immediate gain as a loss in future business. And a good many dealers could profit from this wisdom born of harsh experience,

K-F in Indiana KAISER - FRAZER reminded Hoosiers last week that the corporation was spending $36 million for parts and materials made in} Indiana. | But that should not be a star-| tling figure to Hoosiers who well | know what General Motors, | Chrysler and Ford spend in Hoosier parts plants. |

Jeep Station Wagons WILLYS-OVERLAND is sing-| ing out the claim that its Jeep] station wagon outsold all other | station wagons for the first six’ months, And in the export field Jeop] station wagons. says W-0O, accounted for 54.3 per cent of all U. 8. station wagons,

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NOTHING SEEMS to. stop Chevrolet. Last week, T. H. Kea'tng, general manager, announced that

the millionth passenger car rolled. off the assembly liné In only one’ previous var Chevrolet hit the millio and that was in 1949, And that's the story pretty much all along the line capacity production with dealers begging for far more cars than assembly lines can produce,

Ford's Shift : A LITTLE OVERDUE, Ford's new automatic transmissions are coming off the tine but not in enough production volume to do much pushing. Ford's shift will not require an «increase -in-horsepower in either the V-8 or the Six, accordihg to dealers, who point out that Chevrolet increased its horsepower five -. per cent when a car came wihhout » clutch,

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THE INDIAN APOLIS TIMES ‘Army to Test Aluminum-Plastic Helmet

Redesigned Top; Lighter Than Old

By JOHN KEATS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 ~The Army ‘will soon field-test a new plastic ietmet, stronger and lighter than the last iron pot, leaturing a drape shape and. an aluminum cover. The aluminum adds to the helmet's Strength, chief function will be to 48 shaving mug, cooking foot bath, or water can the old iron cover did. Its secondary value is strictly morale, The Army figures most soldiers like to have some metal covering on: their heads, and if metal makes them happier, metal they'll get. Actually, according to Quartermaster Corps and Development's Dr. Warren Stubblebein, ihe plastic liner alone is just as strong as the old helmet, steel and plastic gether Room for Ear Phones The new helmet ig cut low around, the neck to provide better: protection to the neck and base of skull, sits a little higher on the forehead, and js cut wide over the ears to accomodate ear

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three pounds, including its aluminum cover, which is more than a pound less than the old helmet. The light weight is part of the overall Army policy, reflected by

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