Vane Auto Row Gossip by George Edwards
A period auto industry gossip column lists reader questions on early cars and milestones. It mentions figures like Henry Ford and Olds, plus locals such as Tom English and John Andrews. The piece also notes jokes about staff, promotions, and promotions at local dealers and service departments.
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George Edwards
Henry Ford
Olds Motor Works
John Andrews
English Motors
Tom English
Tom
Bob Suggs
Mercury 8 Sedan 1940 Models With New Safety Features
The 1940 Mercury 8 offers optional running boards and chassis upgrades aimed at comfort and driving ease. A new approved turn indicator with unobtrusive chrome lever and dual lamp warning improves visibility from all directions. A radical headlamp design, integrated with the reflector, enhances highway illumination. Gear shifting is easier due to increased spacing and leverage, with test drivers noting up to fifty percent less lever resistance.
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Cadillac
Cadillac Announces 1940 Line With Five New Series
Cadillac marks its 38th year with the largest line in its history. The 1940 lineup includes the Sixty-two Sixty Special Seventy-two Seventy-five and Ninety. New features include V8 engines in the first four and a 16 cylinder in the Ninety.
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Cadillac
Plymouth Adds New Four Passenger Deluxe Coupe
Detroit October 21 Plymouth announces a new four passenger deluxe coupe for 1940 built on a 117 inch wheelbase chassis. The model adds two fold away auxiliary rear seats and relocates spare tire inside the rear deck boosting space and comfort while signaling a shift away from rumble seat designs.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Political musings touch NC governance and regional towns
The writer comments on Guilford County politics with Stansbury and Hoffman, rails at waste, notes beer tax revenue, laments Lindbergh coverage, and admires local Hero Wyatt Caudle for saving a coworker from a live wire during an electric line repair. He compares roads and growth across North and Virginia.
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Wyatt Caudle
Moravian Falls
C. C. Tharpe
Tharpe
Caudle
1940 Plymouth Deluxe Coupe offers luxury ride features
The article describes foldable rear seat cushions for extra cargo space and a luxury ride built on improved weight distribution, longer wheelbase, new transmission and clutch, better soundproofing, and enhanced visibility. The Floating Power engine is refined for smoothness, with sealed beam headlamps and instrument safety signals. Furniture City Motors at 792 North Main Street is the Plymouth dealer.
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Plymouth
Furniture City Motors
North Main Street
Rex Promoted to Honorary Sergeant in Wilmington
Rex the Belgian shepherd, a two year old dog in Wilmington, has been promoted to honorary sergeant by Chief J C Rourk for exceptional devotion to duty. Rex reports to a downtown intersection each night and then trots four miles home each morning for sleep. His salary is meat for a midnight lunch.
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Wilmington
Rex
J. C. Rourk
Pedestrian deaths dip on Sundays and holidays
The report states Sundays and holidays are safest for pedestrians. On regular weekdays pedestrians account for 39 percent of traffic deaths, while Sundays and holidays see the toll drop to 27 percent.
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Reed
Timi
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