The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 1, 1924, Page 16

: PAGE 16 | I I rT LI rAl ROLLIN TO AID ( THIS IS THE NEW CAR HERE Now OVERLAND GIVES(~ AUTO CARRIES “BED AND BOARD’ POCKETBOOK vt glee Wet ria oT ss . eee ee “BED ROOM" . : silis Gas Consumption Declared Convertible Tourist Model Economically Low Comfortable “Companion” I. 2 i aro many modes of aut tre but the Overland Co, appears have brought the means of com : tablo modations for over A t trip wn to @ fine art ir new Overland rt s be on display during the . to "show week he provid 1 quickly ar ’ It's simoy lous,” remarked Vha ‘ ° (re. EW. Willie wife of an| an Overland any employe and her| f a 1 M Tyler they Lamping-McDonald Motor Co., Inc., is displaying the Rollin car, shown above a th reek. “Wh : “spring opening” this coming week. Their showrooms, at 12th ave. and B, Pike st,, u vs fe eaatd re isi feature the balloon tires and four-wheel brakes 4 en ponsible thre t the Champton Tyler was particularly “tak he car with t r e e | Mr chara weet AUTO Exise Tax, Still (SPECIAL DODGES ses: tis incase } Hel beans + per ge e * satay nae A249) The new, Overland Champion is here demonstrated by Mrs. E. W. Williams (c :VELOP | ine ‘ all t an en ’ mpion i monstrated b . E. We om the oe in Effect, Held Unfair !N EXHIBITS kes. lf) denind the ctfesonp, end Mee: Be Tyler iepectiag the far oh plken We bed is but one of the! spring outing this week. The car is claimed to be an ideal outing and touring vehicle with a convertable interior which is shown in position for retiring. A bedchamber on the road is nothing to be sncezed at, say these two fair devotees of the | whirling rubber tire i I ‘ RTME Tite ated cea en |r. |Add to Equipment for Cars [%itited” ana It’s Discriminatory,” Declares Oak- in Metropolitan Demand m land Man; Appeals to Motorists “open apaces” and the should have been eliminated when the government elimin ated the tax on railroad trans portation because of the uni versal use of trucks for trans portation y “Excise tax, amounting an nually to $40,000,000, is paid on parts not Included in the manu facture of completed velicles This ‘misfortune tax,’ as it has been aptly named, is an ad ditional penalty te the individ ual who by unfortunate enough to require either a repair or restoration of some essential part of his motor vehicle pees esult is t jelivers 41 H. P bety x gallon. The a a relatively small bore is found in igh compres s that have when it le co loles have may farming of mill taxes on rtainment, mica candy, jewelry and sports, all of land shut off from the! reel an: tes before advent—and carburetion tanaea s are relieving remain classified as profitable: sbort | ¢ commendable to re bearings sete e What is it going to mean the matter of gasoline suppl demand, and to the cost of gasc + when other engineers in this country go and do likewise? Doubted miles ed, it is hi to many items jnore the & per cent tax on motor cars, the 3 per cent tax on trucks per gallon will have a direct effect |*M4 the 5 per cent on parts and npon the gagoline situation. This ef. |sccessories, aggregating nearly) fect will be directly reflected upon | $50,000,000 a year, It is easy to the pocketbook—your pocketbook ang | collect for | the government, But) 1 royce it refuses to work, the mine, and the pocketbook of every | Mishly Unfair to transportation latest tatting 6s mertne. beaker} mother’s son who owns and operates| “The government should net 1030 | | asea inward. A sharp blow u & motor car.” [sight of the fact that motor CAF lly causes the bottom to return t ka ote users frequently pay 4 to-10 federal, | 01s cin91 position, but this means BEARING O1L GROOVES state and municipal taxes. lyaae Oe tine and When adjusting bearings, always| ‘The only favorable consideration | good plan in to ins make sure that all ofl grooves and|siven the motor industry thus far | inside the can oll holes are clear, If any oll grooves | Was the exemption of motor buses|tom, If the can appear to be too shallow on account| used exclusively for transporting |type, the bottom may beheated » of wearing of the bearings, the| children to school from the tax on|a drop of sold ate lie grooves should be enlarged—Auto- | automobiles for hire. |mpring in poo longer life with leas posatbi mobile Digest | “The excise tax on trucks ' gest puncture. SURVEY SHOWS SIKES LEAD |No 12-Cylinder Motors on Market This Year transporta AN OIL CAN HINT Most every car owner or mechan! has grapsed an oil can tn a burry nthe hektiha W. L. Eaton, Dodge Brothers’ car distributor in Seattle, is pushing the balloon tires with which the coupe above is . type, equipped thru the medium of small gas balloons which he will give to Seattle kiddies next week as a publicity move. ft It makes friends of the children, and Eaton hopes for a’reaction from their auto-buying parents, we Get the Thrill of this Power A big, virile engine to send you sweeping up- hill—big, sure brakes to ease you downhill— patented Triplex Springs to melt the bumps away! One hour's drive is fifty minutes more than are needed to open your eyes to the bigger Overland power, sturdier construction and greater comfort. An hour’s drive—or more if you like—is yours for the asking. Overland itself will show you why folks call it the most automobile in the world for the money! Champion $695; Sedan $795, f. o. b. Toledo. 9 . BY H. H) BROOKS é S a Un | Nordyke & Marmon Co, | : Judging by newcomers in the industry as w “Lef's Buy a ue Out of the 104 ns the old timers, trade c that the s jeylinder type of 1, oF 65.4 per cent, ith 64.8 per cent in 1 ore |than 10 per ce | | While this census shows a marked| /falling off in the total number of | makes—42 less than in 1920—tho per. | jcentage of sixes in perceptibly bo led, Tho six, t-iih ite t ferent ma lipses | ri val, the four, by 44, for there are 24 makes of fours now on the market With a total of 12 different makes, the eights rank third in number, or 66 less than the numb the 12 cights, 10 are of the V-type truction—one less than four Another factor which for tho increasing nu: |is the total absence o! | |year’s summary; whereas, in |there were three manufacturers who jtsed this typo of construct (HELD “RETURN” among cars of nearly from around $1,000 up {most expensive, Rather than as a “tendency toward the six,” for it will be remembered that mar the six wag the favored ty He S |struction, both in this country ana ays Jin Burope, where the leading cars : 43 fc ; jalways have been propelled by six. ‘Then let’s visit the exhibit of 1924 state isl tole of each nation Chassis and Cutaway Four-Wheel the Piot, of Italy. the Tene Brake Exhibit, at 1830 Broadway, Benita pitapers muses oF aonce ; . f In reporting t all week. Cline & Ayerst Co., Dis- one of the leadin papers mads | tributors.” the following editorlal comment on sn | motor design: ix cylinde r cars are plentiful this ee bring 495 : WILLYS OVERLAND PACIFIC CO. Twelfth and East Pino EA st-0660 , . In the foreign ceuntries the ac. Models, including New York Show > gland; the Fiat, of Italy. the Ren corner Denny Way, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and tho Mercede Babel ca 2 |the popularity of the six-cylinder Tho now rve to em- University Motor Co. eer ust 1 trend of 4231 University Way ME Irse-15.49 \the sixcyline Y eet Western Motor Co, ! C, T. Hamilton During the recent Paris automo 404 BE. Pine St. EA st-0846 5003 Rainier Av RA nier-0057 lon one of the gi an designers, when asked| | whic h in his opinion were the most | type American utomodites, re-| plied: “The Stutz and the Ford, Anderson Motor Sales 6801 Greenwood Ave. SU nset-0228 s Co., In MA in-5538