The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 2, 1923, Page 7

rst coat paint oven are A by t able cars to up convey line. Howe’ trimmin operation before the an | | seat back | back up he seat f leather: r of cotton holstery consists ering over a fil 1 to form a pleat, and with a y burlap back cloth. The top of the bu then drawn tight over the springs and fastened to trim rail at top of panels, This secures the seat back uy y firmly against the springs and yws the stuffer to complete the filling of pleats and laying of the| roll at the top of the back. The stuffing material consists of a mix- ture of cotton and ‘hair especially twisted so as to give flexibility and elastic like qualities. ‘The body by this time has reached the position of the door panel and door binding operations, and this work is finished and the body turned over to inspectors, whose job is to maintain the high standard of qual- ity of Ford workmanship. The employes in this department are all skilled in their particular work, having been trained in their operations by older employes until the intricacies have been mastered, By quantity production the range of knowledge necessary for each man is decreased and his skill and speed is increased, consequently, in a few weeks a comparatively green man is able to become an expert at h The efficiency of the department is rated by the hour cost per job, with the department absorbing the _ time necessary for any changes re- Tires With 500 Nail Holes Leak No Air Mr. A. A. Milburn, of Chicago, has invented a new puncture-proof {nner tube which, in actual test, was punc- tured 560 times without the loss of any air, Increase your mileage from 10,000 to 12.000 miles without re- moving this wonderful tube from the wheel; and the beauty of it all is that this new puncture-proof tube costs no more than e ordinary tube and makes riding a real pleas- ure. You can write Mr. A. A. Milburn at 333 West 47th St, Chicago, as he wants them introduced everywhere, Wonderful opportunity for agents. If interested, write him today.—Ad- vertisemen i k Ur PRODUCTION OF quired by inspectors; all men are striving to mal production, and also not have absorb changes thru carelessness John Spear, the foreman of has the reputation § a department which ranks top of the various Ford # thruout the cou: both offic and the con: tly, ain to the branch ry, Day Will Be Exceeded OAKLAND, Cal, 2 the production of 095 cars itn April, the Durant plants show a total production of 65,205 cars in the first four months of 1923 and 124,360 » the produntion started 19 ago, according ices of The Durant Cor. poration here. That the thousandaday mark is expected to be exceeded when the reports for May are tabulated, pro- duction being figured between 1,000 and 1,100 cars a day, ix the report made by the Durant offices. 5 just published show that ed by the different with more than exclusively June With cities, 1,000 persons wor! on Durant products. A particularly interesting develop- ment in Durant. production is the fact that trainload shipments are now leaving the Canadian plant at Leaside, Ontario, the first trainload of cars ever shipped out of Toronto leaving on April 24. This s contained 24 carloads, Durant fours and ing 108 r cars, Big igcrcase Showh in Park Visitors There were 12 per cent more motor tourists visiting the national parks in 1922 than in the preceding year, according to the report of. the director of the national park service. The total was over 695,000. 456 IMPORTED Imports of motor vehicles into the United States totaled 456 in 1922. No Other Car Like This Only quality can explain Gray Success. In less than a year it has achieved a reputation as the Quality Light Car. Modern in construction, ‘it embodies the proved features of high grade cars. For instance, stan- dard selective type transmission with dise clutch Tunning in oil—Westinghouse and ignition, Timken axles and cantilever springs, three starting, lighting bearings—semi- bearing crankshaft in motor—improved carburetion with hot spot, in- suring remarkable gasoline economy. Ride in a Gray—let the car itself prove its com- fort, good looks and all around dependability. ASacstny Ags $520 Roadster $490 Door Sedan $835 88 Four Leb. bactory BARDSHAR MOTOR CO. DISTRIBUTORS 1621 TWELYTH AVENUE to advices} men in hia depa jsonal in | Anders F. A T. Loy FISHER BODIES Distance of Each Other All bodie r the company fe Oakland } Pontiag. jbuilt ia the huge $2.0 | Body corporation fact being built within three a milo from the Oakla Pontiac. | The | nearly comp i! jstart turning cut the Oakland bodies in this factory early in August. It ts stated that this new industry in Pontiac will give employment to ap- proximately 2,500 men. The location for the new factory is jon a 26-acre site and rails, tes and spikes 1 y been placed on | the ground to build the $00-foot spur track of the Grand Trunk railroad. The factory will be partly ¢ construction nd built of with metal fireproof sash. The con- tract calls for the completion of the factory building within 90 days. Tho building of Oakland bodies in | Pontiac eliminates the haul from the | factories of the Fisher Body corpora- jtlon in Detroit. All Oakland open, as well as closed, bodies will be built in this new plant. juartera of d plants in ave _ REAL VETERAN French Driver in Buick Holds Many Speed Records INDIANAPOLIS, Juno Time fails to wither, just as custom fails to stale, the courage and prowess of | that veteran of the race track, Louls Chevrolet. | While this perennial speed demon still reels off fast miles on the track, old-timers in the stands naturally re- call the “high spots” in his long r ord of exceptional past perform- | ances. “Do you remember when?” was in- variably followed today by refere to one red letter event In Chevrolet's career when, In 1909, he piloted the Buick “bug” to a track record that jatill stands unchallenged. It was jhere in Indianapolis that the daunt- |less Frenchman broke the 200-mile |mark for stock cars and ¢: Buick |@ place in the official A. A. A. rec- jords that it still enjoys. The time was 2:46:48:47. This record was for cars of 301 to 450-piston displace- | ment. | In the following August, 1910, Chevrolet, again in a Buick, broke | both the five and ten-mile track rec- ords for stock cars of 161 to ton displacement. Those marks also made at Indianapolis, likewise have never been beaten, In addition to the for ing, Chev- rolet still holds the 20, and 150- mile records for stock models, made in his Buick “bug” at Atlanta, Ga., in 1910, Discussion of these still standing Buick records, always brings up the question of stock cars ‘us non-stock cars a4 applied to racing. There are many people who argue that, beyond the fact that the greater the speed the greater the thrill enjoyed by the obseryor, there is nothing significant to the average motorist in the performance of a specially-built racing car, 230-pls- Rural Cations Using Overlands The Overland car is proving to be extremely popular among rural mail carriers in the West, where excep tional stability is demanded in the mountainous districts, George A, Buckland of Haxtun, Colorado, wes an Overland on a daily trip of 60 miles with 147 afops. He has driven Overlands éxclusively for years and only recently ordered his fourth Overland for this purpowe, Auto Dealers May Organize to Stem Tide of Accidents Organized effort on the part of Seattle automobile des to stem the ever-increasing tide of tragic auto accident be in the change for the better, it was “Tt i to see that the made ve near easy hurt here if the auto accidents continue to increas Bros. Easton, head of the Dodge clared yesterday NEW GARDNER AGENCY HERE ed th smaliwe re in West r complete and W bus! Smallwood well known i n of Mitch Their automot th 4 ed ox elt one ga dev to automobiles in th Ww been m. Staver in the a Portland. Mr was enthusiastic yesterday about the | prospects for the new organization, “I have every confidence that we to put the Gardner over Weatern Washington. We |take over the entire organization, jand thus have, right a@t the start, a force of experienced workers, all of whom are enthuslastic Gardner | boosters. We will devote our time attention exclusively to the as Wo all feel that n in ner, sturdy, popula | future | Norton W. allwood has been engaged in business in Seattle for the past 18 years. . Smallwood is particularly optimistic over the pros- for popular-priced automobiles feels that the Gardner is priced fat about what the public ex pects to for a dependable, sturd “Watch us put the Gardner said Smallwood yesterday. Powell, who ha» been sales for Mitchell, Lewis & for the past two years, will continue in that capacity for |the new organization, Powell is rec ognized as one of the live wires on \the row. ‘The big thing I Ike about the n organization,” said Powell, “49 the service thought that is s0 strongly emphasized by the new owners. The average driver {s com ing to know that service by the local dealer means even more than the car itself, and with our entire plant devoted exclusively to the Gardner, we will be ablo to give our buyers a service that has never been ex- celled in this state.” All used and demonstrating cars belonging to Mitchell, Lowis & Staver aro belng disposed of, giving the new agency a clean slate with which to start. Sr | car. love w. € manager Staver Co, WILLYS FACTORY HAS 50 GLASSES Training Sections Formed to Keep Employes Informed | ‘There have been developed and lare now in operation in the various departments of the Willya-Overland factcry at Indianapolis 60 training sections. ‘These classes were pri- marily formed to educate efficiently and quickly, men for the rapidly in creasing force of Willys-Overland workers, 1 ary to keep pace with the keen demand for cars, One of the most successful of these is the radiator department, whe: large force of men are now engaged in learning the numerous branches of the radiator trade, Re- cently some 49 men graduated from this training division and took their places on tho regular force, In- struction Includes soldering opera: tions in detail; the various fluxes used in the application of solder and the proper proportion of lead and tin to use in solder for a wide va- riety of purposes. Overland Records Increase in April Overland was one of the few cars that made a sales gain over March in the April "recap." It beat April of last year by 40 per cent, Tho sajes of Willys-Knights did not at- tuin tho proportions of March they showed an &1 por cent gain over the corresponding month last year Overland and WillysKnight were venth and ninth, respectively, on the California welling Ist in April and alvo held the same places in the totals for the first four months of 1023, fut this | priced car has a big} er will ure if there is not a sudden indicated yesterday will b pa cad ney, d automobile busine Motor Car ¢ l | Gardner Officials] ee Norton W. Smattwood W. G. Powell STUTZ SALES SHOW INCREASE Addition of Six-Cylinder Car Contributes Big Jump Surpassing every anticipation, the sale of Stutz cars continues to show an increase month after month, so that the records of the Stutz Motor Car Company of Am retail sales made thruout the coun: try now confirm the statement that | the number of Stutz cars so far this year have almost equaled the total sales for the entire year of 1922. In no small measure the addition of a popular-priced six-cylinder car has contributed to this remarkable increase in Stutz os. However, sales of the higher jced Speedway series sport models continue to mount higher each month, so that previous sales records on these mod- els have beon left far in the wake, At the present rate, production of cars and the corresponding retail sales of the Stutz product for the present year should more than quad- ruple those of last year, April was one of the largest months in the history of the Stutz company, and from tho orders now on file, May and June should set similar records. Goodyear Rubber Plants Increase During March the plants of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, pro: | duced 1,020,707 tires ay with 910,711 for tho corr month lust year, compared onding STUTZ INCREASE During the first quarter of this years sales of Stutz cars were quad. ruplo thoke of the first three of 1922, This has raised M. Schwab's company from into eighth placo among the ducers of higher pricéd cars, MODERN METHODS Palestino has 700 motor cars and than twiee | markable jand find it excellent indeed, months | Charles | qth | 100 motor trucks, [ GRAY CAR MAKES APPEARANCE IN SEATTLE Above Seattle along with the Gray roc f. o. b. the factory. The Bard Gray claims the world’ trip from San Franc pictured the new ¢ of ficic 0 to Ne FORD DEMAND | ~ LARGE ABROAD | Increase of 34,883 Trucks and Cars in Foreign Sales , June 1,—Every tho Ford] the | and produ and it in trucks udes our montt of Ford] ed a tota period a} months, Fordson | nted to 4 more | the lost year, when! 1,894 ¥ 1 were sold in foreign | mark 4 products | undinavian All} Norway and Sweden} e showing an unprecedented and motor transportation | in theso countries Ig making great- er strides f than ever t In Belgium, too, usual deme turesquo Bel and cart is} rapidly giving way to the Ford l-ton truck, for commercial and agricultural interests in Belgium now are keenly awake to the ad- vantagess and economy of this means of transportation and are turning to it in surprisingly in-| amark rease e ip an un- The pic Star Car Popujar in British Isles That Britishers, who pay an ex- cesuive price for gasoline, apprect the fuel economies of the Star is ev denced by the warm welcome they have given to the popular-priced | of the Durant A friend of J. Thomason, a Star dealer, wrote him that the little Star was selling over there for about $1,700. “We know it here,” he wrote, “as | the 11.9 standard chassis. I hayo bought o1 aving been drawn to it by the fact that I knew yi merchandizing them in Americ H T have | been making about 35 miles per} gallon on petrol, find that I can go from 6 to 65 miles per hour on top gear with five up and that it will ascend any hill.” MANY ¢ Thero are 4 United States, tray touring car, which has made its first appearance in dster, coupe, coach and sedan. The touring car sells for $520 har Motor Co., 1621 12th ave., is the local distributor. The ul economy record by averaging 33.8 miles per galion on @ w York. | Willys Men Are Given Promotions | Announcement has been mada by may, s John N. Willys, president of the utomobile || Willys-Overland Co, of the promo- ‘The || tion of William H. Kilpatrick, for mer manager of manufacturing, to the post of assistant to the presi- new capacity, Kilpatrick 1 President Willys in manu- facturing plans at the Toledo fac- tory and also at the associated plants, Kilpatrick has been associated mj with the Willys-Overland company Prince| since early in 1920 and is largely responsible for the building up of the present production methods and organization. J. A. Sheldon, production man- ager under: Kilpatrick, has been ad- vanced to the position of works manager. 3 TRADE IN ——— YOUR 0LD=——=— TIRES! Regardless of make or the condi- tion of your old tires, we will allow you from .,,,.-..: 25% to 40% of their new value on the same size of new, first-class tires of several standard makes. TIRE SERVICE HOUSE inc. Wholesale Diamond Tire Distributors Corner of East Pine and Harvard Ave. Seattle, Wash. East 0618. Tacoma Track Is Torn Down HE Tacoma § of man peed ent thrillin, fl yelng torn down. annual to be held ther July G has been transferred A. A. to Kansas City on by the A Motor vehicles in Canada in 1922 516,307, ed with} an in- numbered comps 470,862 in the previous y: 45445, The provinces ts as follows: 2,154; w Brunswick, 12.419; Que bec, 69,324; Ontario, 238,600; Mant- toba, 41,885; Saskatchewan, 60,648; Alberta, 40,308; British Columbia, 2,880 crease of distributt by Edward island, Nova Scotia, H ERE’S THE CAR. AT PUT THE “LIVE” IN DE LIVE RY Speed, strength, power and dependability—all the well-known features which have made the Buick supreme in its class among passenger cars—are at the service of your business in the Buick Delivery Car The snappy model shown above is one of the five designs from which you may choose. Get one working for you—it’s a time and money saver. Send the coupon below for catalogue with prices and terms, or call for demonstration. 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