Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Aug 1928, p. 37

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Aupst- 17, 1928 Build Nash Bodies at High Speed to - .. Hints /or Motorists Meet Big Demand _.----.....:..--~ The job of turning out bodies for the new Nash "400" series, is one of the things that is helping to increase the unfilled order list, according to Woolley and Springer of the. Suburban Nash Sales compaJ!Y of Winnetka. The dealers report that the highest production level on record has been reached at the Seaman Body Corporation plant at Milwaukee, 5300 workers being engaged in the work of turning out the bodies for cars to meet the big demand for the latest Nash. It may or may not Je news to the average motorists, but the Nash company i.s one of few manufacturing cars in the United States which builds its own bodies, for the comp. any bearing the name of "Seaman" is half owned by Nash. I~ the Salon bodies which have won such favorable recognhion in the "400" series there is an important feature which has brought the demand for the latest Nash. A year's intensive preparation, on top of eighty years of coach building tradition, was required before the first of these new-type automobile bodie·s could be produced. Brand new machines and processes were designed and manufactured in rearranging the plant b~fore the first Saloq body appeared. To develop the new Salon bodies, Seaman and Nash executives, designeq and engineers firs_ t co-operated in extensive surveys of most noteworthy salon exhibits in both American and European cities, for in the new 400" series cars, body and · chas·.sis designs were perfectly coordinated in every detail. 11 I WILMETTE l.tPE deadly, colorless and odorless gas to kill you. If you want to enjoy motoring, never run your engine unless the garage doors and windows are open. If you find anyone unconscious in a garage, drag him at once to the open air, if possible, or see to it that the doors and windows are opened. If the victim is breathing, send for help. If he has stopped breathing, start artificial respiration by the prone pressure method which should be known to everyone. If you don't know this system, get the information from your local safety council, Red Cross, police department, electric or gas company. Buy J)uriq IIZ7, Fipres Slaow' Z~ISI,SI3 A.utomoltil· A total of 2,951,503 new passenger C OURTESY pays in motoring and good manners are essential to safer and more enjoyable driving declares Sid Black, vice-president of the Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corporation. uAs the number of motor cars increases, so does the opportunity for good manners in motoring," Mr. Black said. "After all, the streets and highways belong to everybody, and no one who is at all considerate of others' rights will forget this. Most lapses from the 'Golden Rule' of courtesy are due to thoughtlessness, rather than deliberate selfishnes.s -but thoughtlessness and automobile driving are a bad combination." An entirely new and unique sys-!em is being employed for remarking the Lincoln Highw·ay. Square concrete posts are being used. On the· side facing the motorist will appear an arrow, cast of blue concrete, directing whether he shall proceed straight ahead or tUTIJ to left or right. On the face there will be the familiar red, white and blue marker, each division being of concrete, above which will be a bronze medallion of Lincoln, 4 inches in diameter, the Emancipator's head being encircled by "This Highway Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln." The medallion will simulate a coin in its general arrangement. ' can and trucks were purchased by the motorists of the United States during the calendar year of 1927, according to revised fimres of the American Motorists' association, in co-operation with The Automobile Club of Illinois. Comparing the number of new vehicles purch~sed · with the number junked, the figures show that during the year 1,125,922 more cars were bought than were junked. The total number junked aggregated 1,825,581 cars and trucks. These are the days when people are tinkering around their cars. If you have a private garage, be sure to leave the doors and windows open when inside. Bear in mind that in one single month ten persons in a certain State lost their lives as a result of being There are 541,000 Itlinois women overcome by carbon monoxide. While gainfully employed outside their own the air in your garage may appear to be pure, there may be enough of this homes. only G.aenl'a I 'rS mileap that makea the hlllab. DOt edra ... EVElVTHING AUTOMOBILE .Jill.die 30X5.00 Jo,.a WEEK t' Uninterrupted mileage Ia tlae sort of proteetlo~ tlae experi· eneed tire buyer waata Ia tlda fast-moving age--the aort of guarantee againat trouble that ean only be gottea oat of a tire that bullda it in. Tbla u tlae proteetion General 1IMI'I enjoy ad that will win you to tlae TopQuality idea even ahould tire priees rebound to their higheet lnele. 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