Studebaker Introduces Low-Priced Custom Line in 1950
Studebaker unveils a new custom line priced about 75 dollars below the Champion deluxe series. The two door customs start at 1687 and four door at 40 dollars more, with nine color options and no hood ornament or heavy chrome. The line will feature the optional Studebaker Automatic Drive later in 1950 and aims to attract price conscious buyers. February retail deliveries hit a record high, surpassing 25,000 for the month in an era of postwar auto demand.
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Hollaway
Studebaker
Bollawer
K. B. Elliott
Detroit
Reed
Eliott
Elliott
Doctor of Automobiles Carl Abraham Heads Ford Agency Shop
Carl Abraham, called the doctor of automobiles, heads the tune-up department at Thad Felton's Ford Agency. He is chief diagnostician with modern equipment to diagnose car troubles, boasting 17 years in the repair business and offering full ignition and carburetion service.
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Carl Abraham
Abraham
Thad Felton
Ford Agency
Carl
Felton
Thank You Baytown from Bayshore Motors
C R Seligman president of the Bayshore Motor Company thanks Baytown for warm reception and cooperation. The Lincoln Mercury agency notes its Baytown presence since last July and reports strong sales of Mercury cars.
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Baytown
C. R. Seligman
Bayshore Motor Company
Bayshore
Lincoln- Mercury
Seligman
Study Improves Car Paints Beauty Combined With Durability
Car makers now offer 12 to 20 color choices balancing beauty and durability. Since 1923 fast-drying lacquers reduced painting bottlenecks, but issues like chipping and fading persisted. Researchers test coatings with sun, salt air, heat, moisture, and gravel impact to boost future paints' durability and appearance. Protecting existing finishes hinges on guarding against dawn dew.
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Automotive-Firmis
Omat
Florida
New England
Nash Announces Huge Expansion Program
Nash Motors unveiled a 55 million expansion at Kenosha Wisconsin to boost production of automobiles. The plan adds a second story to a wartime engine building and 205000 square feet of space, doubling floor area to 4,698,320 square feet. Bodies for two new low priced Nash models will be made in Milwaukee until Kenosha completes capacity. production of bodies for the new cars starts in Kenosha later this year with October start for body production.
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Detroit
Nash Motors Today
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Kenosha Dlant
Ral DeVlieg
Nesh-Kelvinator Corporation
Nash
Nash Motors
Nash Proving Ground
DeVlieg
Austin Company
Cleveand
Cars Keep Hundreds Employed In Port Chester Survey
Port Chester residents studied how many people work in automotive transportation. From 16 000 registered vehicles and 5000 job-holders in a village of 25 000, they counted 86 gas stations, 19 garages, 15 taxi firms, eight auto parts stores, five truck firms, 10 new car dealers, two bus outfits, and TK workers at a bolt plant. Over 1000 adults, about one in five workers, are in automotive fields, excluding government employees.
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Port Chester
Nox
U.S
Ork
Road Commission
Auto Industry Sets New Record in Early 1950 Output
The U S auto industry reports a production record for January and February 1950 with over a million vehicles built. About 70,000 cars and 185,000 trucks and buses were produced in the two months, surpassing the same period in 1949 despite a major plant shutdown from a strike in January and February.
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U.S
Callaway Workers Welcome New Baby At Packard Agency
Bragg Callaway's Packard Agency staff celebrate a stork visit with an 8 1000 mile check up. A baby girl named Judy Benes arrives for Bracey and a baby daughter for Lloyd and Mrs Stewart. Grandfather L M Stewart smiles as a Salesman Joe Bracey is father. An affidavit notes foreign word derivations in TEN nyson and Shakespeare.
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Callaway
Packard
Storks
Stork
Joe
Bracey
Judy Benes
L. M
Stewart
Lloyd Stewart
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Shakespeare
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