Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 38

JANUARY 1923 OaklanD OAKLAND TRIBUNEOaUandy leadinft daily. Courtesy Makes Some Demands On Autoists -v Golf, Champions Ride in; Height of Luxury Harry Weihs, San Francisco Pacific Nash Motors Company Manager, and Howard Rector, Oakland chief of the same organization, saw to it that the quartette of golf players whose pictures appear below rode in luxury during their San Francisco Bay Cities Their transportation medium was this Lafayette Touring Car. In case you don't know the big leaguers in the ancient game of golf, get a close-up. Left to right, they are Walter Uagen, Gene Sara-ten, Joe Kirkwood and Jock Hutchinson. AUTO TRADE STUPENDOUS SENSATIOn CAR mild sensation was created "TJONT hog the road.

Don! cut in short after ps ing a vehicle going in ths same direction. Don't fail to pull off the highway, if possible, while making necessary repairv Don't fail to slow down for children playing near the curb. Yon can never tell what a child is going to do. Don't fail to dim lights In night traveling when approaching another vehicle coming in the opposite direction. Don't make yourself a public nuisance by psing the "cutout," especially at night, when working people are slepeing.

Ban Francisco on New Montgomery 'Street beside the Palace Hotel last 'week when the specially designed Frank B. Ansted, president of he Lexington Motor Company at onnersville, put a figurative omb under the banker, when he nade an address before a large. of them recently and tated that the capital now invested aytomouve private office which Fageol Motor Company has fust delivered to the C. W. Gordon Com- investment drew up 'tJ.

the curb. 7 The car is a special club coach uyt the Fageol safety coach Ahnflalct anil SlrrAr tafA that It i tns automotive industry is twice Me total capital of all the national anks In this country. Ths latest bank totar he had revived was $1,27,177,000, and he Htlmated roughly that the capital -i ths automobile industry reached 3,600,000,000. Ansted predicted that there will 2.500,000 cars built during 1923. ear to visit the Fageol factory, in Order that thv mflv rain first-hand TIMING pSlD you em try and replace timing gears.

YdU took off the radiator first, didn't you? Then you purchased new timing gears and put them in, Rather nasty job wasn't it? The Star uses Morse silent chain instead of timing gears. Any wear is taken up by two bolts on the outside in ten minutes. If necessary the entire chain can be removed without taking off radiator. CHAS.i.H. BURMAN 2100 Broadway Oaklanad 210 1 p' Information concerning the cal assets of the latter company, as well as familiarizing them with the, line of motor coaches, trucks and' i tractors manufactured there- His le stated that with the exception agriculture, which is not con- company is about to market an Issue of stock la the Fageol com-; Pny to enable them to finance idered a manufacturing enterprise, of food products, cared for by 1 retail grocery stores.

Ths number of dealers In other staple lines ranges from 47,000 drug stores to 30,000 shoe stores, all well under ths total number of Arms selling automotive products. Loose Switch Is Very Annoying It is not a good plan to use the ignition and lighting switches any more than Is absolutely necessary. A loose switch contsct is about as snnoylng a thing as any driver Is called upon to endure. The switches get enough wear without working i ne automobile industry is Amer-a's greatest business. The value of he 1922 output listed estimated as follows: Automobiles, lires.

replacement i parts. 3S5O.O0O.O00; accessories, three-quarters of a million dollars' worth of safety coaches booked during the past year, The car is long and low and pro-v Tides accommodations for- twelve passengers In two separate club compartments. It is upholstered in total. $2,725,000,000. plus mohair plush and the trlm- piue monair piusn i There are today 81,000 retail ings are selected grain mahog- filings are selected i ny.

It is equipped i Jflres for safety and eluding Westinghoui with many fea-d comfort, in- I trade units responsible for th dis-Itrlbutloh of automotive products. This is exceeded only bv the'sn1e thm overtime. iMfH ma cos a uc sJi.Biir ghouse air brakes. Virus air springs, vacuum-driven IPPIIIIIIIIIIII I tracted much favorable! comment J. W.

Leavltt, veteran California and ths plans of ths local com Automatic windshield wiper, heat-I rs, "Ventilators, frosted glass dome lights In the ceiling, velvet carpet on the floors and plate glass mir rors on the pillars of the top. Plate (lass windows with mechanical locks may be dropped Into the. Ides, making an. open cajr, or a comfortable weather-tight Vclosed ear. Ths ear Is fitted- with a Fageol-Rall-Scott airplane type motor developing 60 -horsepower, and is governed to SO miles per hour.

On a. test It has been shown that this type of car is capable of turning a right angled corner at a speed of 45 miles per hour without danger to the passengers. pany call for a big display at ths San Francisco Show next month automobile distributor, left' Thursday for the East. His Itinerary includes a trip to the Chicago Automobile show as well as a visit to ths Oldsmoblle and Columbia factories. Leavltt 4s one of the fore-most automobile distributors in Americar-TMd hl views, on new models and new designs are highly regarded by the' Eastern automobile factories.

interest in the Pacfllo Automobile Show Golf Tournament which is scheduled for Del Monte next month has spread to all parts of the county slnos the announce ment through ths offices of George Wahlgreen here that it has been thrown open to automobile men in all parts of the country. NEW ES Finn It is expected that this annual golf tournament will become one of the biggest tournaments-til Del Monte season, and as years go by will-attract all of the good BIGSALES START golf players In the automobile R. A. Foyle, manager 'of ths Alemite Lubricator company of California, left Friday In company with officials of the same company frbm Los Angeles and Southern California for a conference of Alemite men srt. Chicago during the Auto 8how there.

Foyle declares that the increasing demand for the Alemite products during the past year has amazed even the most optimistic of ths Alemite folk and 1823 is expected to be another banner year. Thb Alemite exhibit at ths Oakland show during the past week at fraternity in all parts of the coun try. It, has the doubTe advantage of offering golf in connection with the annual San Francisco autpmo bile show which is rapidly be coming recognized as- the show of third national importance in Amer Since the opening of the Field And I.ee salesrooms, as Chevrolet dealers, at 3865 East Fourteenth i street, arrangements have already 3 Jbeen made for the constructing of a concrete building in about the ica. "Extra Equipment delivery bodies on other manufac turers. "There are now a number of au BUILDING OF AUTO tomobile makers who make their district, covering approxl- 1t tnately twelve 'thousand square fleet of floor space, fr'illarger quarters, were made i Recessary due to the rush of busl-lies with which this firm' was! iesfeged, four carloads of Chevro- lists havinff been anlri tn Aatm' alnoa chasses to take standard delivery bodies.

The owners of delivery cars, as well as the manufacturers and the dealers, derive benefits GWORK BODIES Is Now "Standard" of this month. from this practice because the pur Not a little credit Is due the chaser has' a wider selection of models to choose from at the body distributor's establishment Neither the car manufacturer nor th dealer has to tie up any money in Hies force for this remarkable "showing in such a short space of time, coupled with the energy and Ability of the director of sales, C. 1j. Ellingsen, formerly in charge ct Mercer cars and Selden trucks. R.

C. Field, president of Field and Lee, has long been associated body equipment, nor do they ljave to maintain a shop for mounting "It is surprising how large an industry the building of bodies for automobile, passenger cars and trucks has become," claims C. A. Wood of Wood Brothers, local distributors of Hercules delivery bodies. "In connection with this these bodies and giving them serv ice, this being taken care of by ex perts in the body business.

with the automobile Industry in Fresno, San Jose and San Fran- Cisco, and was responsible for the "Among the commercial chasses depending almost entirely on body distributors for their delivery bodies are the- Ford, Chevrolet, great popularity of the Cole TN the equipment of the new 1 923 Series Stu'debaker Gars a radical departure from the established custom of the industry has been made. Overland and Star. Hercules bodies are adapted to all these chasses, anyone of which the purchaser caff secure with the delivery body to suit his requirements." 250 Auto Parts the construction of automobile chassis and few makers now build bodies in their own plants. "As a result great body-building plants have developed In yarlous centers of the country. Among the best known, perhaps, is the Fisher Corporation, which' builds passenger bodies for many automobile makers, and the Hercules Corporation, which is the largest builder of bodies for commercial purposes.

"The Ford Motor Company is a prominent exception regarding Fresno, in addition to other well known cars. Arthur Lee, -recently returned from a several years residence In New Tork, where he was in charge of the motors export department for a San Francisco exporter. He was likewise -instrumental in Introducing the Cadillao and Bulck In the Philippine Islands. Upon the completion of their pew building, in about ninety days, the firm will hold open house and put on a greatly increased force to take care of the rush of business. Standardized More than 250 various parts of automobiles, including such parts as ball-bearings, carburetor flanges, bolts, nuts, tires, rims, have been standardized by the Society of passenger bodies, which It builds in ttjwjijjlajntsbjrtiejNS Equipment that heretofore has been considered "extra," and charged for as suchis now "standy ard." In some Instances and on some models the retail cost of the "extra" equipment amounts to as much as $435.90 -yet the price remains the same.

The addition of this "extra" equipment, without increasing the price of the various cars, virtually amounts to a reduction. "t'And the new models are 1923 cars. Introduced in 1923 with 1923 refinements and im provements. They are the finest cars and represent the greatest VALUES Studebaker has ever offered and Studebaker has been manufacturing transportation vehicles for 71 years, until now it is the largest manufacturer of six-cylinder cars in the world. A total of 42 mechanical refinements and added features on the three 1923 models assure for Studebaker a continuation of the dominant po- sition it has held in the automobile industry during recent years.

A Hudson.Sedari 'All Aluminum Body Now $2095 (Reduced 200) -4 Studebaker Offers vWide Choice in Three Chassis Designs and 15 Body Styles $1190 to $3155 -Delivered Here Freight and Tax Paid OPEN SUNDAY AND EVENINGS Never Was Such a Car So Favorably Priced idk Co. Old and famous body builders Biddle Smart, Ames-bury, Mass. devote all their factories to the production of the Hudson Sedan body. For almost three generations they have turned out the finest custom carriage and automobile bodies. They are masters.

In design, and care-' ful workmanship. Now these workmen devote their efforts exclusively to trie Hudson Sedan. It gives fine car buyers custombullt quality at a quantity price. (All Models Recently Reduced U00 to 200)t Speedster, 1435 7-Pass. Phaeton, $1475 Coach, $1525 Sedan, 3W5 frslSM end Tam Extra AM LI I CH MAN 2265 BROADWAY, AT TWENTY-SECOND STREET, OAKLAND The Sensation of the Auto Show' 33ZI iB OctklemcU Ceaif.

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