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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1938
Page
18
Ford Motor Company unveils a 1939 V-8 truck and commercial car family with hydraulic brakes and 42 body and chassis types. The lineup includes three V-8 engines 95 85 and 60 hp with multiple transmissions rear-axle ratios wheelbases and wheel/tire options to fit most commercial operations.
The editor profiles Eng lish Motor Company in High Point noting Tom English owner and manager and listing sales service and office personnel including Bob Lloyd Clarence Dawley Joe Guyer Ray Burgess Ernest Ridge C. B. Embler Stanley Davis Harvey Embler D. W. Richardson Jim Ellington Bill Payne Jim Davis Lee White Reuben Pressier Clay Yokely Luther Robbins Jake Robbins Charles Herlocker Paul Hines J. R. Harris Reuben Davis Thurman Embler and Frances Barbee. It also relays offhand notes about De Soto meeting attendance hunters limping around and local car dealers and staff social banter with light humor.
Ford expands its cab-over-engine lineup with a 157-inch wheelbase unit available as chassis with cab or driveaway type. Buyers choose between 60 and 85 or 95 horsepower engines with varying rear axle ratios and transmissions, including heavy duty 4 speed or special 3 speed options for the 85 horsepower model. The 122 inch wheelbase one ton truck offers 60 horsepower with a 6.67 to 1 rear axle and 8.5 horsepower with a 4.86 to 1 axle, plus choices of transmission.
In Akron Ohio a Goodrich Electro-Pak battery coated with ice was tested in a refrigerated wind tunnel at 80 mph. E M Dudley manager of Economy Auto Store Inc at 204 N Main St described the experiment as a harsh sub zero gale test for the battery.
Detroit introduced 1939 DeLuxe and Custom De Soto prices with model by model specifics. Delivered Detroit prices list eight De Soto variants from $870 to $1,023, including tax and standard equipment. Custom line adds upholstery, dual tail lights, sun visors, arm-rests, and wheel discs. W. L. Smith of Furniture City Motors notes prices apply only in Detroit.
The editor argues that careless passing on hills and curves endangers all. He urges suspending licenses of reckless drivers until they show safer driving judgment and imagines the injuries such crashes cause.
Chevrolet staged a nationwide Dealer Preview convention from October 6 to 14 in 42 cities with about 80 000 attendees. The event featured large banquets served by roughly 4 000 stewards, demonstrating how scale in sales training can boost employment and demand for commodities.
The B F Goodrich company reports a battery test using a tunnel for aircraft Deicers. Engineers subjected the battery to driving rain hail sleet and complete ice coating. The battery with its case construction and extra capacity showed no loss of starting power after the severe treatment.
Reports indicate skeletons of ancient sea creatures discovered scattered across various sections of the Himalaya mountains. Scientists note these fossils reveal ancient marine life high above sea level, suggesting dramatic geological uplift over millions of years.
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