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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1930
Page
7
Oldsmobile Viking officials report a January ten day period of higher retail sales than January 1929, with dealers nationwide delivering more automobiles. D. B. Eddins, vice president and general manager, cites the ten day reports and forecasts a prosperous 1930 for the Great Lakes region dealers.
The speaker argues the auto business is the top U.S. industry with strong growth ahead, predicting progress until a faster transportation replaces cars. He notes humanity’s persistent demand for swift, comfortable travel and riffs on Old Dobbin’s pace to illustrate the car’s necessity.
In Pratt Kansas at McCoy Motor Co two Model A Fords with identical engine number 524 met. One car dates to 1903 and the other to the present Model A era twenty five years later. Since 1910 Ford built over 15 million Model T and Model A vehicles before the earlier model was produced.
The Oakland V type eight is praised for durability after extensive factory testing. Engineers cite low piston travel per mile and a square bore to stroke design reducing wear while offering 851 horsepower at 3200 rpm and 1782 feet piston travel per mile.
F. H. Kane a technical engineer for the Oakland Motor Car company notes that in an Oakland eight engine each piston travels about 1,400 fewer miles over a 12,000 mile wear test than the average piston at 2,400 feet per mile. This direct proportion of wear to travel shows a notable efficiency edge for Oakland.
Final results of 23 road tests across the United States show the Dictator eight averaging 16.9 miles per gallon under normal driving. Twenty three stock cars were tested with fuel measured and refreshed on a same-route cycle. Prices range from 1195 to 1415 at the factory, challenging views on eight cylinder costs.
Willys Overland cuts prices on the 1930 Whippet four cylinder models by 45 and 50 dollars effective January 28. President L A Miller touts Whippet as the most economical car in operation and notes its pioneering features such as four wheel brakes and full force feed lubrication. The tariffed paragraph on thorium oxide is tacked on as a separate note about gas mantles melting at over 6000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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