The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 192

Boston Sunday Glob Blarch 22, 1970 After, odometer incident Dealer boosts 'truth in used cars' 70 -rT -X II i ylf4 if .1 i It I ML are "advantageous to the consumer." Boch explains that the incident that brought him into court happened when a man bought a new car, "one of the last off, the line before a strike." "He had a lot of aggravation with the car and one of the times he brought it back he found his old car on the lot. He looked at the car and found the odometer had been changed. "We didn't change it here. We had let a Rhode Island wholesaler attempt to sell the car. He changed the reading.

When he failed to sell it he brought it back. Boch said that in order to protect himself every car brought into the two Boch centers for sale carries the signature of the prior owner with the proper mileage reading. it is over," said Boch. "They all might as well recognize that full-disclosure sales are the only way to do business. "In the end look what good it does.

It will restore the confidence of the customer who wants to buy a used car. It will make odometer readings meaningful once again," he said. Boch's new program came about after he talked at length with Dr. Edward R. Willett, head of the Massachusetts Consumers Council, the organization that has helped bring odometer proceedings against Boch and other auto dealers.

Dermot Shea, executive director of the state agency said last week that his group "cannot endorse any types of advertising," but said that the techniques now being used by Boch dealers selling used cars will follow suit thus bringing everyone back to an even footing. At the same time, Boch has joined with consumer groups and law enforcement agencies the latter are interested because of its anti-theft aspects in urging the Massachusetts Legislature to enact a title law for motor vehicles just as 43 other states have done. Bob said that his self-imposed "title law" amounts to "full disclosure" to the prospective purchaser as to the amount of miles a used car has gone. Every car in Boch's spacious used car lot on Rte. 1, Norwood, now carries a sticker which bears in bold print the name and address of the previous owner.

After Boch made his announcement, we checked early this week posing as an interested used car purchaser. We found some pretty high mileage cars on By Barry Cadigan Globe Staff Somehow you would think that Ernie Boch would want to eliminate the word "odometer" from his vocabulary. A few weeks ago Boch had to make a court appearance on a charge that a car was found on the used car lot of Boch Motors in Norwood with an odometer turned back. The odometer is the indicator on the speedometer that shows how many miles a car has gone. To tamper with it is illegal in Massachusetts.

Boch says he was a victim of circumstances. But instead of shunning talk about odometers he feels that his problem with them could trigger a whole new truth in used car sales drive in the Bay State. The peppery Boch has instituted his own "title law." He hopes he will cause enough static with his program that other ERNEST BOCH Urges "Title Law" 1 the lot, jotted them down, and called the people whose names were on the stickers. i There was a Waltham 'man who said that he had turned in a '66 Buick Sky Jeep line, identifying Jeeps as a product of American Motors which recently acquired Jeep. JEEP VEHICLES get an added touch on the production lines.

Kathy Metcalf points to placement of new American Motors Corp. mark (inset) on the entire lark with 57,568 miles on it and insisted upon telling AUTO NOTES Ralph Lazarus named to GM advisory board r5 has been named Boston regional manager. His was among several executive promotions in the Chrysler Plymouth organization. McCaffrey comes to the New England job from Syracuse succeeding William Hughes. McCaffrey was previously regional manager in the St.

Louis sales region. Appointed the new Eastern area sales manager was Frank C. Fisher who had headed the Western His place in the West was taken by W.R. Vawterwho moved up from the Washington job. us everything about the car and why he traded it.

A Quincy man with 44,585 on his car did much the same thing while a man from Dedham had rolled up 69,318 miles on a '67 Dodge Dart. Much lower was a four-year-old Ford Galaxie of a Holliston family, with 38,353. None of the people called seemed to object to being queried. Most were happy to answer questions about their old cars. Some of the jazzier cars with the lower mileage on them said they were formerly owned by Hertz or other car rental and leasing firms.

"We are going to have to educate customers to the worth of a car with high mileage," said Boch. "Even with 70,000 miles on it a car that is sound can give a lot more miles of driving for a few hundred dollars." "The day when a dealer can spin back an odometer and expect to get away with ft I i I fv I I 4 tailers of the- Year Awards. There is new management at one of Boston's Lincoln Mercury dealerships. Joseph Sullivan, who has had considerable experience in automotive sales business, has taken over leadership of Nepon-set Lincoln-Mercury. Sullivan, who held high level management positions at several Metropolitan Boston dealerships before acquiring his own business, points out that Neponset Lincoln-Mercury can be seen from the Southeast Expressway.

It is on Gal-livan next to the Neponset Circle shopping area. Ralph Lazarus, president of Ullian Motor Sales of Chelsea and new president of the Metropolitan Buick-Opel Dealers Advertising has been chosen a member of the prestigious 22nd annual General Motors President's Advisory Board. The appointment of Lazarus, who becomes one of three large-city Buick dealers throughout the nation on the board, was announced by GM Pres. Edward N. Cole.

Lazarus will meet with 38 American and 12 Canadian dealers chosen from 13,000 GM dealers in Detroit Mar. 31 -Apr. 1, and GM executives, to discuss current business conditions and trends in the automotive field. I'll 1 "JUL Aln 1 A v. john h.

McCaffrey Boston Manager cluses soon will be seeing how other drivers view the typical teenage driver with the help of a new film donated by Volkswagon Northeastern Distributor, Wilmington. RALPH LAZARUS On G.M. Board John H. McCaffrey, a youthful-looking 21 year veteran of Chrysler Herb Abramson, president of Silver Lake Dodge, Newton recently served as honorary hair man in judging of Brand Names Foundation's annual Re TWO WINNERS Joe Namath, Jets football star, right, congratulates Fred Miles president of Chrysler Plymouth City, 177 Brighton Allston. Miles was the winner of the Chrysler Corp.

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