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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Dec 1928, p. 80

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WILMETTE LIFE December. 14, 1928 R LAUMD Y aad lh7 Cleaaia· l~stW r asr soft wattt and Jy~ Hupp Sets a Record Pair of Victories for Da:p~s Shipment . for Graham-Paige; to Foreign Fields Win in Australia Two perionnance victories in official contests in Australia have served to bring into prominence the GrahatllPaige, a comparatively new .comer, .on the island continent, accordtng to mformation received. by Cart Hanson of Hanso.n Motors, \Vinnetka GrahamPaige dealer. The Graham-Pai~e victories were scored in a hitl-climb conducted by the soap. It's so gmtlr to clotbts Llbenl Dbleoaat oa ......_ aad CaD CENTRAL AT MAIN ST., WILMETTE Phonr 1800 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (i Highest Grade Roval two model.;, a 610 Club wh~n and a 619, won Au~mohlk ~ ~cWri3, UPBOLI'IBRIMG Cabinet Work Drapery and U pholatery Fabtica ANTIQUES Wr sprcialiu in Antiqur Furniturr R~airing and Refinishing Hair Mattrems and Springs Madr to Order H. G. LINDW ALL Higheat Grllde U . . Oak Street ~=~~~~==~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~=~~~~~ contest. r The reliabilitv run covered a distance of 900 miles fr:::>m Brisbane, Queens- pholateting Established 1815 Ph. Winaetka 145 three first s out of four and in a 900 mile reliabilitv run under the auspicPs of the Rov~l Automobile Club of Queensland, · in wJ"lich a 614 m?d el fini shed ahead of all other Amencan entries. ending the run with perfect scores br mechanical reliability and time on con trols. In the hill-climb conte sts. held near ~felbourne , the Graham-Paige 619 gained first place for the faste3t time made bv anv car. while fir st place · on formula~ (b~sed on engine displac~ ment, car weight, and other factors to put a 11 entries on an equal footing-) was won by a Graham -Paige 610. Each competit:::>r made the climb twice, anc! out of the four runs, Graham-Paige was first in three. Other competitors included the cream of British and Continental cars. Both Graham-Paige entrie.; were strictly stock chassis, with bodies conforming _to the rules of the The largest single day's e~port s_ hip-ment by the Hupp Motor Car Corporation in the twenty years of its history was reached on November 27, when 102 Huomobile Century cars left the factory at Detroit for foreign delivery, according to Gould C. Davis, Winnetka H upp dealer. The shipment was consigned .princioalty to South America and South Africa. Fifty cars were shipped to Buenos Aires alone. representing about one-quarter of orders on hand from that city. They were part of an order totalling 183 cars, the remainder of which are to follow as rar>idly as they can be delivered. South African car s. as is customan· with orders from that (:)ntinent, wer.r mostly of the closed ty!>e. about 98 per cent of atl cars sent there being sedans. The consignment to Bueno.;; Aires, however, was -practically all open can. The record daily shipment comes a s a fitting climax to a year of unprecedented H upmoh:le activity in bot'1 ...l~mestic and foreign ~ales. Accordingto figures announced December 1. ex~ctly 500 Hupmobiles were shipped abroad during November, an increa~e of 118 per cent over exports in th e same month of the preceding year. ThP ~ovember figures brought the total shipments .;ince January 1 to 5.701 car<~, compared with 2.745 cars in the entire h\·elve m~mths of 1927, and representing208 per cent of the total exports for last year. Domestic shipments for Kovember told a similar story, carrying the total for the first eleven months of th e present year to 64,235 cars. BoudaUie Trade· In Month Come and join the Big Parade of car owners who are trading-in their old inadequate devices on new double-aaing Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers. We will give you a liberal allowance as part payment on a set of · 65 miles from Sidney. land, to Katoomba. Xe\\' South Wales, The cont~st lasted six days. The Graham-Paige 614 model was one of only a few car~ to fini3h with perfect scores for reliability and time on controls. MOTORS SERVICE Inco~J~oroeed '3 EVER.VTHING bmt! AUTOMOBILE HOUDAILLE BJdnallc Doable-Act~~~~ NEVER. CLOSED SROCK ABSOR· B IRS Double-acting as well as hydraulic, Houdailles · not only check recoil but absorb the terrific impact of bumps. Connected between car springs and frame, they be· ~n to work when you hit lb. bu111p. They don't wait until the crash has done its worst! Amazingly smooth riding is the result. Houdailles-are standard equipment on Lincolo,Ford, Pierce-Arrow,Cunningham Stearns-K.nigh t, Jordan, ~ash Advanced Six, Chrysler 80 and 33 European cars. No manufacturers having adopted Houdailles have ever given them up! Come aad take advantage of our trade-in offer. Liberal allowance ··. REAL Comfort · · . you'll fall in love with your car all over again! The Lar,eet Motor Repair When You Start Slipping and skidding, it' s too late then to think about traction on ice and snow. Why not let us equip your wheels with new non -skid tires and chains that bite the ice and , hold? Come in for prices TODAY. Shop in WDmeHe ,~1 MAIN THE MADISON GARAGE 620 Madison St., Evanston Ph. Greenleaf 1110 ~bone Wilmette J.C.SlQWt, ot 00 . 1J ,oo -·- ... Wilmette STREET · .

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