Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Mar 1931, p. 59

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for Tour Abroad Motorists who contemplate touring abroad this summer should begin making arrangements now because ofthe fact that approximately.,one month is requireci in which to obtain al necessary documents, points out the foreign travel department of the, Chicago Motor club. "Each ýyear an increasing.fnumber *of Americans take their cars to for- eign ports," the motor club declared *in>a statment.. "There are two main eansfor this trende . It has been proved that, three ýor more persons cati travel abroad more economically in their own car, than they can by train, bus or rented car; furthermore, wihtheir own car, they -are able to visit many points of interestfar f roiix the 'beaten paths' traveled by the majority of: tourists. "The prices of gasoline and: o1 abroad are not exorbitant, and the mainI highwàys of Europe and the British IsIes. are generally excellent. The rules of the road in most foreign countries are the, same as in the United States.. Those. who have- driven in British pssessions, where» the rule is to keepý to the left and pass on the righit, say that this prac- tice is fot difficult to follow i ordin- ary care and caution. are exercised. "So far as the car oWner is con-9 cerned, there is no .'red tape" involvedi in securing documents and makingý other arrangements. These details are hYandled entirely by some author- ity, such as a motor club. The mo7- torist who takes his .car abroad in this manner is iconfronted, with no more annoyance than when lie makes application for a state license. "The Chicago Motor club-in, 1930, assisted in. shipping 110 cars a broad; it is expected that the number -this year will be in the neighborhood of "Ever Alert, Neyer Hurt"c Is Motor Club's Slogan6 "Ever Alert-Never Hurt 1" is thel Felruary retail sales of the Oak- land Motor Car company totalled 6,658 units it is announced by :W. A. Blees, 'vice.president in charge of sales, according b .Wersted Motor Co.., .562 lincoinaye., Wneta, lca dealers. One of the significant trends 1.1 the automiobile field, evident diiring the pastyear or two and certain to be more pronounced than ever this motoring season, it is said, is the evolution in popular favor toward the, sport or deluxe type of car. Popular-. ized on the coillege campus, the "dîoll- ed, up" automobile. represents a cor - stantly. growing proportion of each year's output, -with the increase in favor meaning .gradually lowering prices due. to volume, points out H. J. Klingler, vice-president -and general sales manager. ofth Chevrolet Motor company.' "Only a relatively short, time ago the sport car represented somthing of a novelty for two reasons-onlX a limited few wanted, it,,and the manu- facturer-ýparticularly the volume manufacturer-could not. include it in his. production schedules because of the necessarily high price, which he wôuld have had, to place on th is type by reason of that limited de- ,niand," - Mr. Klitier eicpiaitied. "Youth, largely, made up the pur- chasers of the sport car because, of the, individuality, the ,car .expressed. Eiders clung to the dignity of. the closed type as against: the inforinal open. model. "But here, as elsewhere, youth won Out. The demand for sport cars' grew.,. The, manufacturer found a way to incorporatç1 their production, in his progra__.le went even* fur- ther. Hie levised means of makiiig deluxe niodels of the enclosed type,. evolving entirely. new body styles.. Hie produced a car embodying, maxi- mum Utility, which appealed to eidersq, and the deiqxe features that had ini- trigued. youth'Y Move to Prevent Deaths, as Grade Crossilngs Loom Railroa d grade crossings are' m- creasing in number :at> the. rate of' 650 a year, says a recent National Safety council report, which reads in Seventeen thousand consolidated schools in the United States now op- erate 47,500 buses, statistics reveal. Filling stationsini the United States nowi total 3~OOQ.' TrpleX àa tter-poet gUise WinIaI EVERY ner Ford le equpp.d wlth a Tripesau. proof.winýdshield. Thie i made so, that th. glass illu> Ily -or aplnte uner, th.e deimpact. I bhasnae Many lives and prévented injuries lu many automéoie collisions5. This shàfter-proof glass windshield is just oe eof -iuany features that inake the new Ford a value far al>.v. the price. Others are the saient, fully enqilosedl four'. whee1 braukes, sturdy steel body construction, four Hou.- daille doubleaoeding hydraulie shock absorbmr,' mom titan twenty hall and roller Learings, extensive use of fine, steel- forgings,, alumlnum pistons., cirome due"o, elioy valves., torque-tube drive, t*r«w.qmatrfot rear axie,, Rustles Steeltý, and. iuiinsual îaccuracy AU- In addition, you save niany dollars becaus. of 10'w first, coat of the ncw Ford, 1ev cost of operation anud up.kcep, aud low yearly depreclation. «i -

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