Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Dec 1931, p. 53

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Has Mariy Fine New Features * Chevrolet's new car for 1932 went on display. December 5 at dealer showrooms throughout the na tion. Embodyinig suent -syiicro-nieëshi transmissi.on, lu , c onbinati oji with selective free-wheeling, a twcnty percent ýincreaseini powèr, toi> spcc(! of65 to 70 -miles anhour, stream- lined bodies and a wealth of other new features, the neiv car remiains in the price range of. the current, series, the lowest at which a Chev- roetlis ever sold. Heralded as 'rhc Great. American Value for 1932," the car 1oasts more exteisive changes than any annual .Chevrolet niodel. since tc he ue over toý a six in 1928. Vet changes, are niostly refitienientsovcer the aâiC design' of the 1931 car wvhicli, front *the stanldpoiint of public acceptanice, was the most succcssflul in tlhIns- tory of the' company,. and brouglht Chevrolet first place ini the inidustry *during the higlîly conîpetitive mîarket of the past, twelve nmonths. Many New Features * Practically every proven au.toinot- ive feature of recent. 3ears is incor- porated ini the new 1932 Chevrolet, as well as. a nexw' "stab)ilizeil" front end constructio n embûdied for' the- first timne oni any car.. 0utstan di i1 improvements in the '32 uine over last years' miodels are down-drai carburetion, counter balanceci crank- shiaft, smaller wheels and larger tircs, radically changed front end appear-, ance, 'finger touch" front seat ad- justmnent, -cowl ventilator onait models, hood' doôts instead of louvres, improved clutch and. an ad- ditional cross meniber in the f rame'. The. twetity-one domestfic plants are noW ,busy producing the new ulne. Thé stimulus to employrnent in the Chevrolet organization, inm affiliated Fisher .Body Plants. and .among independent suppliers made possible by .the introduction. of the car, it is couservatively estimated, will add to the earnings of 200,000 people. indïilualit viding sel( ent types. ýction f rom tw 0f the mechanical changes, the outstanding one is the new trans- mission unit, which is entirely Che"%- rolet-buit and is said to combine for thefirst time in 1a ny car the coin- bination of ,synicro-mesh with simi- plified free wheeling as standard equipment at' no extra 'cos.t.. Frcc wheeling is proVided by an over-run- ning clutch, engaged at the discrc- tion of the driver by a conitrol but- ton on. th e instrument pan el. Thîis opional feature enables the driver to utilize thé full breaking power of the engine if -he desires, and to use the free wheeling feature only when traffic conditions. make it' desirable. State Parks .,Remain Open -During Winter Xhere >t o drive- on week-ends dur- ing the winter is a problem which seemingly is solved to somne extent through the recent decision of the Indiana Department- of Conservation to keep the hotels and restaurants ini four of the Most popular state parksl open, the year,. arounid, according to the Chicago Motor club. "These p arks will, be provided -%ith facilities. for winter sports.,"« .the DO YOU KNOW THÀT- M\ore than 18 percent of al miotor accidents occlir on Sunday, according to the Chicago Motor Club. Nearly wieasmny accidents occur at inter-sec 1tions as between intersections. Drivers betiveen the ages of 18 ad 24,years last year figured, in nmo re than 30 percent of -thie otor, vehicleaccidents in which ýperson;S *were 'killed and in about- one- fourth of the mnishaps resulting ini injuries. Ninie out of ten Persons killed wichi have reaclhed us indicate that south of Attica, and ea the housing and dining facilïties arec 159.. miles;. US-20 to first-class, and reasonably priced." The parks which will continue to offer aIl facilities throughout. the_ year,> their distance f rom. Chicago. and the, route, recomfmended; by 1t he, miotor club ,from'.Chicago, are:- Turkey Run, 151 ,miles; US-41 to -i and north. McCormick's Creek Canyon, 245 miles;_ US-41, US-40, and Ind-43 (indirect route necessitated by con- struction on direct.. route). Cllitv Falîs, 278 Miles; US-41, -US-30,Ind-% 53,: US-52, US-31, and Ind-7. I 'i MOTOýRS SURV rip o >rd.VIC Go.dbye, Wrny! A Bob 'n' Mac Main St. et Lina." Ave.- Phèno wilmette 3334 [~1 721MAIN ST. CLOSEI» WILMJFTTE Phone WiI. 2600-2601. I

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