The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 17 September 1966 — Page 3
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Saturday, September 17, 1966 The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana
1967 Automobiles Make Debut
Buick's Electra 225 series for 1957 features a long, low side profile. Its classic lines are emphasized by a sweeping contoured line running the full length of the all-new body. A newly-designed roof line adds to the car's smart-
ness. Buick’s new 430 cubic inch V-8 engine with four-barrel quadrajet car* buretor powers the Electra 225.
Buick unveiled its 1967 automobiles recently placing the emphasis on major styling changes, two new power plants, and a host of product improvements. The new models will go on display in Buick dealerships September 29. A new series, the GS 400, was introduced to give Buick a total
of 37 different models in nine a major consideration in designseries. The various series are ’ ing the new models.
Special, Special Deluxe, Skylark,!
and GS 400, and the Sports-: “ In addition to 1116 fuU com - wagon, and LeSabre, Wildcat, P letment of General Motors Electra 225, and Riviera. P roduct improvements, we have
provided a number of advance-
Robert L. Kessler, Buick’s 1 men , ts of our ^ : particularly
general manager and vice president of General Motors, noted
that product improvements were j Buick’s general manager
in the area of brakes,” Kessler
said.
i pointed out that brake systems : were more closely tailored to the i weight and power of the car, which varies from series to series and according to power plant options. In addition, front wheel disc brakes are offered as optional equipment on most
models.
Improved lining material and increased thickness were pro-
vided where braking demands were greater because of the power-weight factor, Kessler said. Buick’s regular-sized cars, the LeSabre, Wildcat and Electra 225, will have new bodies and introduce an attractive new side appearance with a contoured line that sweeps from front fender to rear bumper.
Dramatic new styling marks the 1967 Ford which has received a major sheet metal change for the third time in three years. Pictured here are the X/L Convertible (above) and the X/L 2-door Hardtop, both of which offer Ford’s Select Shift Cruise-O-Matic transmission as standard equipment. Featured only on the Fairlane GTA in 1966, Select Shift permits the driver to shift manually or automatically. Ford’s new styling features sculptured side panels and a gull-wing design grille that is die-cast in the X/L, LTD and Country Squire series. Engineering improvements give the 1967 Ford an even quieter and smoother ride. All Ford models will be on display at Ford dealer showrooms Friday, Sept. 30.
Ifllplppss NEW CHRYSLER FOR ’67—Two-door hardtop with semi-fastback roof styling is one of three models in the new Newport Custom series added to the
Chrysler line for 1967. Others in the moderately priced series are a four-door hardtop and four-door sedan. All 1967 Chryslers have new body sculpture.
The 1967 Ford, with a major body styling change for the third consecutive year, will seek a larger share of the medium price market by offering the biggest and most luxurious cars 19 its history. "With the 1967 Ford, we will offer the new car buyer the smartest, freshest styling and the most advanced mechanical and body refinement possible,” said M. S. McLaughlin, Ford Division assistant general manager. “Our new models not only have dramatic new styling, but
I they also ride and handle better. are even quieter than last year’s cars and have the greatest number of standard safety i items in Ford Division’s hisj tory.” Three inches longer than Its 1 predecessor, the 1967 Ford has , sculptured side panels which give the oar a lower, longer silhouette. Roof lines on all models but convertibles, station wagons and 4-door hardtops are totally new with softer, more sweeping lines that create a fastback look. New grilles, taillights, side trim and rearend
treatment add the finishing touches to the big Ford. Interiors also are newly designed with instrument panels that feature recessed controls and new, more luxurious upholstery materials. Already noted for its quiet ride, the Ford will reflect further advances by sound engineers to reduce noise even more for 1967. Front and rear suspensions have bigger, softer rubber “sound stoppers” attached to the chassis to isolate road noise more effectively. Drive shafts utilize a new flywheel-type inertia damper to reduce sound.
Chrysler cars for 1967, new in I Chrysler’s coverage of the mebody design and with new roof dium price market
styling for two-door hardtops.! go on sale Thursday, September
The other four series — New-
29.
port, 300, New Yorker and Town
& Country wagons — are re-
There is a new series in the tained ’ with even Wenger sepaline—the Newport Custom two-' rate st ^ identit y ^ in ^ door and four-door hardtop and ,* ine ‘ four-door sedan — to broaden | Robert Anderson, general
manager of the Chrysler-! be made to serve as a traditional Plymouth Division, descx-ibed the 1 luxury bench seat, or each side 1967 Chrysler models as new in ' may be adjusted for the individsculpture and evolutionary in ual needs of driver and front concept. seat passenger. New standard features for A 50-50 divided front seat Is 1967 include an impact absorbone of the appealing new in-; ing steering column, a dual tenor options. With optional; braking system with a warning fingertip power controls, it can ; light, new windshield wipers
with non-reflection metal parts, glass rear windows for convertibles and a flow-through ventilation system for hardtop models. Power front wheel disc brakes with 15-inch wheels become standard in Town & Country wagons. They are optional hi other models.
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Continuing its expansion in the upper end of the medium price field. Mercury for 1967 introduces two new top-of-the-line series, the Mercury Marquis, above, and the Mercury Brougham, below. The Marquis is a sporty two-door hardtop with formal, vinyl-covered roof. The Brougham features new Breezeway ventilation with lowerable back window in the four-door sedan, as pictured, and a four-door hardtop. Interiors are luxurious in styling and in appointments. The 1967 Mercurys assume additional Lincoln Continental styling influence, with a broad, raised powerdome on the hood and a subtle hop-up on the rear quarter panel. The new cars go on sale in Lincoln-Mercury dealerships on Friday, Sept. 30.
ALL NEW—Pontiac’s volume-selling Catalina series is represented in the top photo above by the 1967 hardtop coupe wtih the Ventura option. The Catalina’s distinctive styling, interiors and colors, many standard equipment safety items and a wide selection of options has made this Pontiac one of the industry’s largest selling cars. The Pontiac LeMans series is represented in the lower photo by the hardtop coupe. Separate styling features on the side, front and rear gives each LeMans model a new and different look.
Mercury continues its expan-, be introduced to the public at sion in the upper end of the I Lincoln-Mercury dealerships on medium priced field for 1967 by 1 Friday, September 30. adding three luxury models in ■ “These two new series put two new top-of-the-line series, the spotlight on the preThey are the Mercury Mar- mium nature of the entire quis, a formal two-door hardtop Mercury line for 1967,” said with wide rear roof pillars, and Paul F. Lorenz, general managthe Mercury Brougham series : er of Lincoln-Mercury Division which offers four-door sedan and vice president of Ford Motor and hardtop models with rich. Company. “We feel our new luxurious interiors. I models anticipate the growing These new entries are only demand, by customers in all three of the 16 models in the segments of the automotive full-size Mercury line which will ^market, for higher standards of
quality, performance, comfort and ease of operation.” Both the Marquis and the Brougham series more than satisfy’ this trend. The Marquis has as standard equipment such features as individually adjustable twin-comfort lounge front seats and vinyl-covered Oxford roof. The distinctive roof line and full-length narrow stripes along the lower body below the side molding emphasize the role of the Marquis as a special kind 4 of Mercury.
The 1967 models of Pontiac j ing. Motor Division represents a Sweeping new roof lines on all bold new approach in auto- two and four-door models, mamotive styling combined with jor design advancements in both many new engineering features front and rear ends, a Pontiac designed to increase the safety, exclusive of recessed wind-
comfort and convenience
driving.
o f shield wipers and exhaustive de-
tail to safety keeps Pontiac the pacesetter for the industry. Offered for the first time is a!
Grand Prix convertible and An energy’-absorbing steering three new station wagons, two | column, a dual braking system in the Executive series and one and an inside rear view nonTempest Safari, all with glare tilting mirror are standard simulated wood exterior panel- J equipment on all 1967 Pontiacs
and are just three of the many safety developments available as standard equipment on every model. “By extensively following Pontiac’s continuous policy of making safety our major objective in the design, manufacture and testing of our cars, Pontiac again this year meets the highest standards in the automobile industry,” John Z. DeLorean, a General Motors vice president and Pontiac general manager said.
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