The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 16

sauee e S| which cars of Poe DE Oe > period from 1900 to 1910. STAR BUILDERS | ARE SWAMPED Entire 1923 Star Output Is Spoken For With the announcement of W. C./ Durant that more Star cars have been ordered than can be delivered in 2923, and with reports from the sales Of other cars included in the Durant > tine, the year promises to establish EW reconts, not only for the Durant ) enterprises, but the entire automotive World, officials of the Dulmage Motor "fo, BE Pike st. anc 10th ave, de Glared on the opening day of Seattle's Mammoth avtomotive exhibition. During the 14 months just past, in the vartous Durant types have been manufactured, a umber of new records have been es. fablished. Up December 1 a total @f 5,600 Star cars had been produced Aad marketed. The first trucks have © been delivered to purchasers In New York. ‘The first showing of the Star car in Los Angeles recently resulted tn orders for 562 cars, a tota! valuation Of $360,000. This estadlished a record in Los Angeles for retail business Handled by one institution during a W-day period During the 14 months of production in Which 62,000 automobiles were ~ built and marketed, the Durant en- terprise established several new reo- ords. type. The Durant and ts the second largest organization in the point of stockholders in Amer- |ica. The total number of sharehold. ers tn the Durant enterprises is ¢x- ceeded only by the American Tele phone & Tolegraph Co which has ‘Tt was more cars than the combined _ preduction of all automobile compan- tes im the world tn any 14 months’ | now numbers nearly 140,000 partners In an effort to meet the most exacting requirements of the coupe lover, the Durant Mo-| tor company has built this four-cylinder coupe in two models—a two and a four-passenger | sold tor table Each model has the mohair plush upholstery, platinum-finish hardware, cal regulators for side windows, and numerous other refinementa that feature all Durant models, according to Dulmage Motor company men, who represent the car locally. model pictured is on display at the auto show, group of enterprises) something over 300,000. Capacity duction haa been or- dered ail plants producing the Star care tn ad $1,000,000 factory be devoted to the exclustve manufac- ture of Star cars, completed in May pr on mn to this, a new | te expected to be} | USE GLUCOSE | IN RADIATORS Prevents Freezing In Zero Weather Giuoone is recommended as « pre Ventive of automobile radiator frees ing by Dr. Charies H. La Wall, de partment of theoretical pharmacy Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science “For four winters past I have mur consfully em yed commercial miu come with unquests ever,” ex La Wa He believes that git eeu ) antifreesing mixtur « enatured or wood alovhol, « or @ chem! ait much ae lehloride, The ordinary confe fers’ white glucose in preferred, « Jon one oceasion he used the glucose Service mechani- The amount vary We between y and 20 per it, oF pout a pint The 4a balf of aiucone to a gallon of ter. The g may be mixed |Phone System Se ecadnter attain Won't Function «er further addi at tention is necessary, azoce me CAIRO, Fob, 10.—The British gov | ernment has spent $200,000 installing ® telephone mystem at Basra, Meso- mia, that cannot be used. place the water lost by evaporation When warm weather arrives the ra Giator should be emptied, rinsed out and filied with plain water i Pa Pak Yrail rt Hy | | oMLELLIPT priced cars. S resu: r type spr enter of gravity road.” low priced car. e) Aoi ing in except ee This const THE CS ALIS os 7 springs are standard onally easy riding. ‘The uction is expensive $528.59 See this car at the Auto Show DULMAGE MOTOR COMPANY TENTH AND EAST PLKE 5 CAR SPRINGS:- design on 15% With 4#inch rear springs great flexibility ts obtained Heavy spring brackets common to underslung feature This means safety in riding as well as “holding the It t not found on any other nN ny of the highew wures low Min equipment. NASH MEN PROUD! Local Nash salesmen, at the Chilcott Nash Motor Co., four-cylinder, five- ~passenger sport model, he | equipped cars of its price on the market. deflectors, spare tire, spotlight, motomete This machine is one of the OF 1923 COUPE Car Appeals to | Public, Say Seattle Salesmen An outstanding feature of the au- tomobdile show will be the new Nash Stx four-door coups. This new car, thruout tho period of the exposition, is bound to be one of the chief ob. Jecta of attention not only on the part of the general public, but among dealers and others identified with the automobile industry, Ralph Hall, sales manager of the Chilcott Nash Motors Co., announced Saturday, Tho car is a brand new model and of a typo that has a wide appeal, for, while !t is unusually «mart in Appearance, ft nevertholess ts dis- tinctly a family car, “Preference on the part of the public for an enclosed car of tho type of the Nash four-door coupe ts very pronounced.” Hatl said Satur. day, “And there tn no question but that this fleld of buyors ts increas ing rapidly, Aside from tte attractive apponranoe, always a virtue In a mo- tor yohicle, practicability and oom. fort ns axemplified In the Nash four. door coups are elements that will have even a stronger appeal, “In spite of the tremendous manu: facturing facilities of the Nash Mo tors company {t will not be possible, I believe, to produce the new four door coupe in quantities sufficient to meet the apring demand. “Those who havo seen the now fourdsor coupe and have ridden in {t are outspoken in their admiration. It is declared by many to be the smartest car in the Nash line, which long since ha established a reputn- tion in the Industry for body design that ts In perfect keeping with that food taste that Invariably character taon a high grade motor vehiele, “A decorative touch ts added to the roar of the body in the strong nickel plated bars and, from a practical standpoint, they serve to strap on additional luggage without injury to the finish, In tho interior arrange. menta and fittings no detail haa been overlooked that makes for the com. fort and convenience of the occu: pants, The seats, both front and roar, aro wide and deop and the up: holstery ts of chase mohair. “There is an attractive rosewood Vanity case mounted on one wide of AUTO LEADERS! BEGAN HUMBLY NEW YORK, Feb, 10.—Did you know that J. D. Dort, president of} the Dort Motor Car company; W. C.| Durant, president of the Durant, Lo- comobtle and other companies; C. W. Nash, president of the Nash Motors company and Lafayette Motors com- pany; C. B, Hayes, president of the Hayes Wheel company; W. W. Moun pia ct SET tit ECO 8 the rear seat and a rosewood smok- ing set for gentlemen ts on the op- posite side, A vase adds its touch of beauty. An overhead light flooda the car with soft radiance and there are two reading lights—one in each cor ner—that throw light directly over your shoulder. “The doors have wide pockets and the windows, with the exception of the rear glass, can bo instantly and conveniently adjusted to secure the exact amount of air that may be de. sired. A heater wards off the chill of inclement days and keeps the oo. cupants warm in the coldest weath- er, A robe rail and a foot rest add also to the comfort of passengers, and @ windshield wiper playa its part in adding to the driver's — satisfac- tion,” 500 FE. Pike st., claim the new re illustrated, to be one of the most completely It has two bumpers, a trunk, nickeled parts, wind r, mirror, windshield and stop signal, as standard Yash features at the auto show, starting Saturday. |tain, president of the Mountain V. nish company; A. B. C. Hardy, presi. |dent of the Olds Motor Works; Fred | Welss, president of the Flint Motor |Axle company, and many other |prominent automobile executives jwere at one time or another asso- ciated in business? In the days of the old Durant-Dort Carriage company, which is now the Dort Motor company, these men |worked together. C, W. Nash, a multimillionaire, was employed by J. D. Dort as a trimmer for $1 a day, A. B. C. Hardy once managed one of the Durant-Dort plants, C. B. Hayes was superintendent of the Durant-Dort Wheel plant, and W. W. Mountain superintendent of the var- nish plant. Fred Hohensee, now in charge of all production of the new Durant Motor Car company, started as a cart crater with Durant-Dort. In England, where law is law, the great Lord Salisbury wns haled into court because he was employing an unlicensed chauffeur. He sought to explain to fthe court that he understood the chauffeur had a Neense. The judge said Salisbury had no right to assume anything. He promptly fined all hands and regretted that there was no authon ity to send anybody to jal). WHEN YOU GO TO HE AUTO SHOW NOTICE THE NUMBER OF CARS EQUIPPED WITH : DOUBLE-RAIL BUMPERS SOLD BY ALL DEALERS Stewart-Warner Prooducts Service Station