Millions Needed For Manufacture Of Accessories
A detailed overlook traces the interdependence of motor and accessory makers and automobile producers. It notes investments, diverse parts like axles, brakes, tires, and lubricants, and asserts that complete cars rely on specialized suppliers. Service stations and trusted suppliers are emphasized as crucial to modern ownership and pricing strategies.
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Acoeeor
Gietor Tar
Bs Meter
Molari
Maxwell Car Dynamometer Test Becomes Factory Standard
Maxwell announces a factory level dynamometer test for every car as standard practice, aiming to produce a light, attractive, low-cost motor with high volume. The 1917 Maxwell 25 sees minor changes including ignition switch to Otwater Kent, improved dash with gauge and lamp, wider rear seats, larger rear deck compartment, longer rear springs, and improved ride. BeCook and Bentley remain the tool agents for Maxwell.
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Maxwell Company
Maxwell
Flanders
BeCook and
Bentley
Motor car industry linked by two key manufacturers
The text emphasizes combined effort of car manufacturer and parts producer working in harmony to build the motor car business into the most spectacular industry on the industrial screen, likening them to Hiawatha and Minathaha and noting one cannot thrive without the other.
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L M
Bradley
Milne OF
Gilet
Hiawatha
Minathaha
Paige 39 Linwood Five Passenger at Pendleton Show
The Pendleton Automobile Show will display for the first time in Oregon the New Series Paige Linwood 5 passenger model 39. Local agent Louw Sutton from Portland will exhibit the car, delayed en route to the Portland show. The convertible roadster will not arrive in time. The Linwood Six 29 is touted as the popular fast light six with refined body, windshield, roomy seats, and cantilever springs.
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Penditton
Oregon
Paige
Louw Sutton
Portland
Button
Mr. Sutton
Mitchell
John W. Bate
Bate
Tires Last Three Years A Pipe Dream? Truth Is Told
Tires now last nearly twenty seasons. In 1897 James E. Howard of Jeffersonville Ind preserves the old horse less carriage with original single tube pneumatic tires. The antique car remained in service until recently, when replicas were produced.
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James E. Howard
Jeffersonville
Ind
Hudson Super-Six Masters Bad Hill
Spectacular hill climb in Tacoma Washington on October 1 witnessed by many. Hudson Super-Six with two passengers bounded up a steep South K street hill, the first car on intermediate or high gear to achieve the feat in Washington. The machine leaped from a standing start, fought bumps, dug a track through sand pits, and sped up then slowed to a crawl before reaching the crest amid cheering spectators.
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Hudson Super
Ihespeed
Mitchell Models Add 31 Features in 1917 Line
Mitchell unveils 31 extra features for the 1917 model year, boosting output to 26 000 cars and adding about 4 million dollars in value. John Taln ah, sales manager, reports strong optimistic demand and large winter stocks as dealers anticipate deliveries. McCook and Bentley distribute Mitchell vehicles locally.
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Mitchell
John W. Hare
Ciet
Bven
Mitchella
Mitchell Institution
McCook and
Bentley
Super-Six Climbs Bill On High Gear At Demonstrations
Crowds cheered as the Super-Bix and driver How ard F Steere of Pacific Car Co Tacone distributors powered the Hudson car up the Bill on high gear. Rival dealers doubted the feat, but the vehicle succeeded twice more on October and October 14 before large crowds, prompting widespread applause.
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Howard F. Steere
Pacific Car Co. Tacone Distributors
Death Valley Dodge Trek Through Mexico Without Mishap
Fred Alkire drove the Death Valley Dodge from Caletico through Mexicali to a mud volcanos area south of the Imperial Valley. The trip faced rough trails, sand, and deep mud with the car lifted over a three foot mud hummock. The return 40 miles was completed without any mechanical failure despite the car’s strain and the driver’s lack of mechanical skill.
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Death Valley Dodge
Lon Angeles
Mexico
Avery Motorit
Death Valley
Mr Alkire
Acrom Bottoumrom
Single Model Plea Proves Successful for Maxwell
President Manders of Maxwell Motor Company announces a shift to a single model. From 1913 to 1917 production rose from about 6,000 cars to over 100,000, with a second assembly track added and daily output surpassing 400 to 600 cars at times.
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Maxwell
Mitchell automobile finish achieves enamel gloss in ovens
The passage describes new undersea efficiency methods and a 24 percent cost addition to finish, upholstery, and trimming. Finish coats are cured by heat in enormous ovens, giving Mitchell cars a deep gloss that lasts like enamel.
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Mitchell
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Taodma
Nour
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Ieee
F. O B. Pendleton
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Mico Sumer
Mitchell Junior
F. O. B. Pendleton
McCook , Bentley, Mitchell and Maxwell Agency
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