Oakland Motor Cars Cut Gas Use Despite Higher Prices
F W Warner of the Oakland Motor Car Company cites rising gasoline costs but notes engines with high speed motors deliver more power per gallon. Oakland reports drivers achieve 21 to 28 miles per gallon on long tours, hill climbs, and poor roads. The article also mentions three new sweaters with distinctive designs.
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F. ‘W. Warner
Oakland Motor Car Company
Oklahoma
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Ir Warner
Oakland
Fads and Fancies for the Motorists
Motor fashion features include purple vicuna coats with semifitted backs and inverted pleats, redingote coats trimmed with fur, and a black mirror velvet toque edged with skunk fur. Winter fur robes, new wardrobe trunks, pigskin bottles, and suede magazine pillows complete the travel and style offerings.
Mitchell Six of 16 Roadster Gets Demountable Coupe Top
The six of 16 three passenger Mitchell Roadster will be fitted with a demountable coupe top for year round use. Its seating includes a separate driver seat and a full width two passenger seat offset, plus a full length door opening and a coupe top that enhances the car’s graceful lines.
Maxwell Factory Increases Output This Fall
The Maxwell plants built nearly 11,000 cars in August and September, 1,000 above the sales plan. Surplus cars were allocated to dealers most in need while retail branches kept to original allotments. Production planned at 6,000 cars a month beginning October to aid dealers.
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Maxwell
Stebbins
Automobile dealers foresee a fair week at Gulf Coast Fair
Auto men report a fair week with out of town buyers aiming to see cars during the Gulf Coast Fair. Cadillac and Buick demand remains strong with six Cadillacs and six Buicks shipped, while L G Adams notes fifteen Ford sales this week. Demand outstrips supply as dealers book orders months ahead, and several new Cadillac owners are named, including Mrs. Adam Glass, Dr. Evans, and Senator Bourne.
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L. G. Adams
Adams Machinery and Manufacturing Company
Adam Glass
Mobile
Dr. Evans
Thomasville, Ala
Senator John Bourne
New York
Chicago
New Truck For Mobile And Auto News From The West
L G Williams, GM truck representative, visits Mobile to place an agency for Model 15 with a water cooled four cylinder engine. The piece notes growing limousine interest and mentions Maxwell, Willys Overland show placement, Chalmers cabriolet for all year use, rising gasoline prices, and a Death Valley ore discovery after a 1000 mile Dodge Brothers tour.
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Mobile
L. G. Williams
General Motor Truck Company
California
Nevada
C. K. Parker
Los Angeles
Death Valley
Parker
Dodge Brothers
Peter Bush
Skidoo
Bush
Roads Neglected After Built by Bond Issue
Every Tennessee county that issued highway bonds has failed to maintain the roads built with bond funds. Construction is just the first step and neglect now could cause rapid deterioration of a once promising road system.
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Tennessee
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