The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 1, 1924, Page 13

~ pack by the four repre THE SE MOBILE. SECTIQ* ATTLE STAR ERT, Automotive Mi anager Flint Performs Feat in | FLINT MAKES 6,327 “MILES WITH HOOD SEALED Tae Shown Here in Seattle-EKastern Circuit Knocks Out 6,327 Miles With Sealed ocd Hood at 80-Mile-an-Hour Gait rds compared ASHINGTON’S highways bouleva with the roads in general thruout the rest of the ritory between Seattle and Flint, Mich., taking either the northern or southern route. But despite sand and dust, gumbo and plain old mud, the stock Flint touring car which | 4 Seattle October 1 and returned on the 27th, never had hoc a wrench applied to it for the full 6,: That's the word brought ter- it & tives of the Seattle Auto bile Co., Sherman Bushne < A. P. Lacey, J. B, Hughes t and A. Reese, who made the trip. orf q@thers are sales a ta road beds 1 f y euvad 10 miles actual The car averaged 30 3 per hour in 197 giving time hours doors swingin ers could Jum) vehicle slip ‘The quartet drove in shit hours each and each wa == COACH OUTPUT “TS: PUSHED which is half a mile production of the Olds Motor works during the coming three months, November, December and January, will be coach mod the schedule adopted by factory oficials rding to Just means of makin grasped. This is the first time in the his Every car is put thru a four tory of Oldsmobile that nearly TASHINGT A ply eae beteayay all efforts haye been concentrat og svathlegl coh Wee tone ed on a closed body model and is u truly indicative of the dei is is always in operation ov 20 , e aetgaged = of the public for comic “ transportati : } ties at the Fisher B r Be diy expanded t \ increased — p This expans: the plant to turn out more th twice .as many coach bodies perday | as it has been producing. Leave your car in the Baca Inside Parking DAY 25¢ Surety Rates Shown Unequal coach MONTH $5.00 See OMEN chal wan-en| + Ficcte tus os Sceatatad To vor mack SEAMAN GARAGE CO. fig 2004 8 litle over a month aio.) "All agree om the maln purpose Sore 217 8th Ave. atest availa’ tos —to set some certain way of R ‘ ¢ recompensing persons injured by | A at Just South of Westlake ¢ this| ctherwise Irresponalble auto del SS ay seve EL iot-9174 pout! ers, ‘They disagree on the means Taek : : 7 . of gaining this end You Know In ADVANCE: Dodge Brothers Dealers realize that a car’s good performance is no longer the sole basis of an owner’s good will. It is equally essential that dealers give good service. Because of this, they employ the Flat Rate Service System, which insures jax accurate work ata fair, predetermined price. When you leave your car with a Dodge Brothers Dealer for service you know just what work will be done, when it will be finished and what it will cost. There are no un- | pleasant surprises in your bill. automobile club tha its own ins urance admint cent of the premium: Do you » what an e¢normo reaped: by the private com: today? e's the solution to the in- surance problems Lower the present rates and more people will insure their cars, It is like lov the price of any com- 4 modity.”” With lower rates, and many more | You know in advance, ° than the present 40 per motorists taking insur points out It would be mu: cent ¢ sible drivers. “We would then t much smaller n WLEaton I pa t car? How |gleaned with lampblack or with regu: East Pine at Summit EA st-0313 may I ft on an inter: (®¥ silver cleaner pas Use only + | socting When have I tho| tho softest flannel rag or chamois to |right of way? jrub with | If you cannot answer these ques. tions as fast as you can think Jare ignorant of the correct replies, go to tho nearest police station or automobile club and secure a copy of your local traffie code—Automoblle | Digest, in proportion to population Is on th {Pacific ¢ , where there are 1 cars to every 34 persons. hen his shift was over t the upper right is ¢ Flint stock car wi e four drive who recently completed a run from ttle to F ic] o baer Olds Concentrates on NeW) syieh Gnd return svitl ve: eg tg tings - he wetter, itt "right, they a ; i B. Baghes, “lan Ps Le ” _ Park Visitors fich., and re without unsea od over the motor, Left to right, they are: J. B. Hughe lan P. Lacey, ee mene ; Favorite Auto Model | Sherman Bushnell and A. Reese, all of the Seattle Automobile Co. 0 S tN M hk; Reem rere oi. The following ¢ Micbir sa ak et ve oe center pictu hows the vast Flint factory. Lower left is the Flint car going thru the gumbo roads of e ew ar Battle on Auto Liabilities ( FROM MAINLAND TO ISLE } Gompuleton Develops Trouble un | th nmounted to “4 per for authorities to get after tho frrespon- dealing with a| " he explains. When may | | Grentest number of motor vehicles | First Hotel Salon Week Factory Representatives Accompany New York and Chicago Show Unit | ie EL tor-car, FORD has | earch for pro- anically a cent of pr perfection duction ir and from Those were § salon the past t of appointment de at the petit hotel grill, of New hingt« the earch for excel extent 0 shown that he re s to stamp or press rivet s in his Gedy frames, saving t h by drilling each hole separately and then riveting * with a red-hot rivet Expect200,00 bet , ” 4 1 i i } All-Sen Bagtantng of the miblor higheoay to lead across the Flori d f\ ke 0 ce ‘eat to the mai ot keys from Key West to the mainland, SMALLWOOD MOTOR kK vE } 1 F e €0., INC. A Dixie hi 1024 Pikle Street n 1 fi 7 © h 7 EA st-1060 ‘Stee t ft r ; “Ask Amy Gardner Owner" m : : ered br ft between Key 300 000 | a » of the undertak ‘oss over water up between ¢| mile Thowtrip rd a we ‘CONFIDENCE JUSTIFIED WE KNEW THE FLINT WOULD DO IT— AND IT DID Road Bulletin | nme KING COUNTY ROAD BULLETIN From Seattle to Flint and return without raising the hood! This stock 6-55 Flint touring car, which left Seattle October 1 Pereen pee eese a| i | | ‘for Flint, arrived home from that city on October 26, covering a * fais. sraveld distance of 6,327 miles in 197 hours running time, averaging 30.2 = Fs 8 miles an hour for the entire trip. %* The hood was. sealed by Mr. Wm. Chandler, secretary of the Washington Automotive Trades Association, at the start of the trip, and checked by him upon its return. « avel In places, ent condition in| open to White river | bt county; st Park-North Trank connec: ement excellent; Absolutely no mechanical adjustments were made and the five balloon tires, which made up the car’s equipment, were’ returned intact and in excellent condition despite the terrible roads over which they were driven, CLEANING NICKE You are cordially invited to inspect this wonderful car All nickel-plated part. now on display at SEATTLE AUTOMOBILE CO. ESTABLISHED 1903 1424 Eleventh Ave. may be | Do not clean lamp reflectors ex-| cept when absolutely then use g00d sliver polish, yplied | with a very soft clean chamois skin. | ‘Theso reflectors are silver-plated and | are very easily spoiled by frequent | | polishing ~Automobile Digest. fo population ia in the Bast atl )| central states hore there are | ary and Phone BA st-0462 cars to avery 136 persons,