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30 Oakland Tribune Sept. 1, 1977 VAL STROUGH $1000 BACK VAL STROUGH CHEVROLET Will Rebate $1000 On Any New Chevrolet CAPRICE OR IMPALA In Stock 19 To Choose From $800 BACK 1977 VAL STROUGH CHEVROLET Will Rebate $800 On Any New Chevrolet MONTE CARLO In Stock 24 To Choose From Offer Expires 9-7-77 Val Strough CHEVROLET 34th Broadway WANT SERVICE FOR YOUR CYCLE? See classification 816 TRIB CLASSIFIED part 2 Hertz Used Cars From Our Rental Fleet Check Hertz Used Car Values 1976 PINTO. $2495 MUSTANG Il's $3395 GRANADAS. $3795 MONARCHS $3895 1977 LTD 2 4 dr $4995 T-BIRDS ALSO AVAILABLE Monte Caries, Malikes, Caprices, Cutless Supremes, Ltd Wagons, Conger XR7'S, Elites and other models. Limited warranty at no additional cost.

Good for 12 months 12.000 miles (whichever comes. first.) WERTZ SERVICE CENTER AIRPORT -OPEN 7 DAYS 562-5867 THE HERTZ CORPORATION 1975 AMC's newest model is the Concord, which replaces the discontinued Hornet AMC's Game Plan By MARTY HAIR A helicopter dangled the ed AMC president Gerald MeySOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) company's new model and set it ers. "We can give them the American gently in front of the writers things they've learned to like in Small-car specialist Motors Corp. laid out its game and a crowd that included the the larger models." plan Friday to convince buyers mayors of six of the seven The company's leaders also U.S.

it is still a contender in the auto communities named Concord. predicted continued high sales industry. (Unable to a mayor, from AMC's Jeep and AM Gensend Concord, sent the town ar- eral subsidiaries. Jeep, which The firm unveiled a new chivist.) model called the Concord beore AMC acquired in 1970, leads a gathering of auto writers at "The industry is going to be the industry in four-wheel drive attention back to the vehicles with estimated sales of kinds of cars we build," predict- 110,000 in 1977. company headquarters in this bringing Detroit suburb.

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The Concord offers the same power, plants as the discontinued Hornet, two models with six-cylinder engines and one a V-8. The looks are what have changed. Compared to the Hornet's box-type shape, the Concord has surfaces more sloping and rounded. The sedans have velveteen seats. An extra on the two-door is a vinyl roof-opera rear window combination, something the Hornet did not offer.

AMC is investing $135 million in its car lines this year. It will build 100,000 Concords and estimates sales at 25 per cent more than the Hornet in 1977. RIGHT IN STYLE Trib Fashion every Sun. After the Sale, It's The Service That Counts! Good Selection of GM QUILLITY SERVICE PARTS '77 Grand Prix, MR. GOODWRENCH Says visit Bonnevilles Pontiac's Northern Calif.

Firebirds Service Dept. SALES SERVICE LEASING JAMES PONTIAC 3927 E. 14th OAKLAND 534-8366 Vega 1977 VEGA CLOSEOUT SALE $400 REBATE BUY NOW AND HURRY -ONLY 13 LEFT IN STOCK! MAGGINI CHEVROLET SHATTUCK at DURANT, BERKELEY 848-7311 LETTERS to the AUTOMOBILE EDITOR AUTO EDITOR: I am preparing an unpaid article for the Durant Family Registry, which is not about the Durant family but about the Durant family of automobiles Durant, Star, Locomobile, Flint, Mason Truck, etc. The article I have been asked to do is about Cliff Durant, formally known as Russell Clifford Durant, but better known as simply Cliff or Clifford. As you probably know, Cliff Durant, son of William C.

Durant, founder of GM and Durant Motors, was put in charge of the Oakland plant of Durant Motors. He also established Durant Field, an airport at Oakland and in the early 1920s was engaged in aircraft manufacture, although that appears to have been in Kansas City. Two points particularly concern me. Where in Oakland was Durant Field? Second, was the Durant plant the present General Motors plant on East 15th Street? What use is being made of this plant today? And was this Durant plant the same one taken over by De Vaux Motors when that was started in 1931? ROLPH FAIRCHILD Fremont (Editor's Note: Old Tribune records indicate that Durant Flying Field was located on the south side of East 14th Street and extended from 79th Avenue to 83rd Avenue. It originally consisted of 70 acres, but 20 were sold in 1923 to the Victor Company.

The balance was sold on Jan. 6, 1924, to G. B. Hengen, a real estate developer, for $150,000. General Motors purchased the Durant plant at E.

14th and 105th Avenue (now Chevrolet zone office and GM Truck zone) on May 26, 1936. You are probably referring to Mr. De Vaux, who was president of the Durant Motor Corp. of California in 1929 when the Durant Co. bought out the W.

C. Will Motor Co. (next to Durant Motors) for $350,000. Sorry, space does not allow answers to all your other questions. They will be answered by a separate letter.) AUTO EDITOR: I'm wondering if you are aware of the activities of the Corvair Society of America.

There are two local chapters. The East Bay Chapter (Art Lebermann, pres.) meets the first Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at the GM Training Center, 1444 Marina San Leandro. The Valley Chapter of C.O.R.S.A. meets at 1555 Berger Road, San Jose (County Transportation same time and date. Each month there is an outing for the whole family.

There is also a monthly newsletter, of wide interest, sent to all members. MRS. LILLY DUDICZ Hayward (Editor's Note: Maybe other people also would like to know about your C.O.R.S.A. activities. I'm sure that prospective members could contact you at P.O.

Box 4142, Hayward, 94540. For many years I have been of the opinion that the little Corvair was a much maligned car. It was just too far ahead of its time.) Have an opinion or question about automobiles? Write Auto Editor Hugh Randolph, Oakland Tribune, P.O. Box 24304, Oakland 94623: Brief, legible letters receive preference. Sign your name and list your address and phone number please.

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