THE BAKERSFIELD CAL1FORNIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1941 AUTOMOTIVE mi OUT RESORTS AND RECREATION Delano Council Assures Co-operation in Financing Chamber Work, $100-Per-Month Allotment i NEW CAR Olds Convertible Sure Sign of Spring EMUS OUT for Promotion Suggested 116,268 FLUID , April 9.—Assurance that In asking direct financial «M Secretary Jacohscn stated: "By* SALES SERVICE •* money from the treasury of the nmkiiiK money definitely available city of Delano will be allotted under for promotional activities, adver- the 1941-1942 budget for promotional tising, merchants' events, fanners' work of the chamber of .commerce dinners and direct aid to nicr-* MOTOR CENTER TAODGE division of Chrysler Cor- was granted Monday night when Sec- chants' proportional activities the retary E. P. Jacobaen and David Twenty-second and Chester *-J poratlon has manufactured 116,- chamber hopes to gain new mem- 268 Dodge iluid drive passenger Shifflet of the chamber presented a bers and new contributors to its Telephone 630O request for financial aid to the city service fund." cars to date, according to W. J. El- council. gar of the Bakersfield Garage and Secretary Jacobscn, spokesman, The Legislature restricts the Auto Supplj/ Company. Popular de- told the councilmen the chamber's amount a city can donate for adver- BAKERSFIELD OARAGE mand has necessitated the increasing budget for the next year will be tising to a chamber of commerce to of fluid drive production every month $3050. (Continued on Page Seven> and AUTO SUPPLY CO. since announcement of 1941 models. Twifltiith Fr»» "0" to "H" Strut! Manufacturing figures for fluid drive DODGE TRUCKS were up to March 14, and do not in- Telephone 2288 clude production of any models with- out fluid drive, Mr. Elgar said. "Dodge fluid drive," Mr. Elgar continued, "has taken Bakersfield LOW motorists by storm. The fact that KITCHEN-BOYD Dodge is the lowest priced car offer- ing fluid drive, has struck a very re- ROUND-TRIP FARES 'JHUOSOH MOTOR CO. sponsive chord among local motor 2220 Chester Avenue Phone 250 car buyers." "It is interesting to note how quickly fluid drive has become popu- NOW lar here and throughout the nation. When the 1941 line of Dodgo cars HUBBARD'S GARAGE was introduced, a comparatively low .via Banff and Lake Louise percentage of them came from the 2229 Chester Avenue factory equipped with fluid drive. A delightful sail actpss Puget Sound Telephone 7020 But when drivers were given an op- over 600 miles of inspiring mountain portunity to drive a Dodge equipped scenery from Vancouver east . five great with fluid drive, they instantly, and ranges of Canada's majestic Rockies. in ever-increasing numbers, de- -ROUND-TRIP RAIL FARES Dashing rivers; plunging waterfalls; manded that the Dodge they buy be snow-clad peaks; flower-dotted mead- OLOSMOBIll SAN FRANCISCO TO: ows. The spectacular way east . with FRED C. SCHWEITZER equipped with fluid drive. rm«T CLASS Toimi«T "One of the big reasons for the so much more to see! 1101 Eighteenth Street CHICAGO . $ 95.30 $ 79.00 Your American dollars go farther in Can- popularity of fluid drive is the sim- NEW YORK*. 140.00 124.45 Indicative of spring is the advent of this 1941 Oldsmobile Special Series convertible coupe. Featuring an plicity of the unit, and the fact that ada. U. S. citizens welcome; no passports. Telephone 7575 automatic top control that lowers or raises the top by merely touching a button, the Olds convertible i Tortnlo er AioHtrial coupe ca'ii be readily adjusted for every weather condition. Accommodations for either four or six passen- nothing can go wrong with it me- chanically," Mr. Elgar concluded. See your travel tgentotS.E.Corbin. gers are provided. A wide selection of new color options emphasizes the smart appearance of these models. Gen. Agt., C«n«di«n Pacific, 152 Geary St.,Sin Francisco. SU 1585. /"VLDSMOBILE'S Hydra-Matte drive eliminates the clutch, takes the op- the advantage of power and safety in 1929 LICENSE Meagher-Morris Co., Inc. ^-' headed the list of all engineer- eration of manual gear shifting out traffic that lower gear ratio's pro- How about that old 1929 driver's WORLD'S GREATEST TMVEL SYSTEM of driving technique. The changes vide for quick pickup in starting. license? Have you had it renewed? 2211 Chester Avenue ing developments featured on Gen- eral Motors cars last year, according in gear ratios, or speeds, are made Telephone 2211 automatically, thus providing ex- to Fred Schweitzer, local Oldsmobile treme flexibility and ease In han- dealer. Scheweitzer based his asser- dling." tion on a statement by Alfred P. "Air, Sloan's endorsement of hydra- Sloan, chairman of the board of Gen- matic drive is typical of the expres- F^ ^^ r^ *^ r^ ^^ r"» r~* PONT/AC eral Motors Corporation in his an- sions from thousands of Oldsmobile BAKER-ADAMS MOTOR CO. nual message to stockholders last hydra-matic owners," said Mr. Twenty-seventh and Chester week. Schweitzer. "Buyers in all three of Excerpts from Mr. Sloan's message the price classes served by Oldsmo- Telephone 4S20 follow: "Among the many engineer- bile are equally enthusiastic about CHRYSLER'S ing developments and refinements its many advantages and the con- for the year, two are of particular tribution that hydra-matic drive has PACKARD MOTOR CARS interest. Hydra-matic drive, which made toward simplified driving. first appeared on the market with Hydra-matic drive is more than a H. C. LANDSTROM the announcement of the 1940 mod- liquid coupling. It is more than the FLU IP DRIVE els, has been further refined nnd, automatic transmission, originally 2210 Chester Avenue with the facilities for its manufac- introduced by Oldsmobile. Hydra' Telephone 1729 ture expanded, is now available on matic drive is a combination of both a wider range of cars than ever be- of these. All gear shifting is auto fore. This important feature, which matic and Oldsmobile drivers have PHONE 702 Benedict Canyon Is Geo. Haberfelde, Inc. Cleared for Travel 1501 Chester Avenue 1PARK Benedict Canyon road suffered some damage during the recent heavy local rains but not of a seri- Thrasher Motors Co. ous nature, advises the Beverly Hills "THE PLYMOUTH CORNER" office of the National Automobile Club. The road has been cleared of 2531 Chester Avenue all slides and, although at first ap- Telephone 7272 pearance it seems to be in very bad condition with numerous chuck holes and some dust and dirt near the en- PADRE SERVICE trance at Sunset boulevard, prac- PLUGS tically no inconvenience la experi- Registration figures for January, 1623 eighteenth Street enced after entering the canyon. 1941, -for southern California as com- Telephone 1500 Some lupin and poppies are to be pared with January of 1940, shows seen blooming in thig canyon and over 150 per cent increase for Olds- quite a bit of wild lilac. mobile preference, according to G. L. Hodges, salesmanager for Fred Schweitzer, Oldsmobile dealer here. This local organization maintains a staff of eight salesmen, the majority of which are home owners of this city, all having been with this busy concern over a two-year period.' A new adjustable sun visor, de- signed to give more complete pro- tection from sun glare or glare of oncoming headlamps, is standard equipment on the 1941 Pontiac, according to Baker-Adams Motor Company, local Pontiac dealers. Deliveries of Dodge passenger cars reported for the week ending March 22 by Dodge dealers of southern Calf- fornia reached a new high volume, according to Bill Elgar, Dodge-Ply- mouth dealer here. Tabulation of the week's regional deliveries of new Dodge passenger Fluid Drive will handle practically anything cars shows an increase of 42.3 ]>er cent over the preceding week, Elgar SOME CARS make you do a lot of gear shifting in "high". But if you want to shift, you^give stated, 3.7HMIOOXAT and clutch pushing because they haven't the tOW-MUCID "Will" Haberfelde, accompanied this magnificent car the nod and it shifts for you. by Mrs. Haberfelde and their daughter, attended a meeting of power to handle tough jobs in "high". Ford factory representatives held .* Fun? You bet! It's a whole new adventure! at the Biltmore hotel in Los An- geles, last Wednesday. Subjects of Some cars shift for you ... and dictate the An adventure that your Chrysler dealer is eager interest to the industry necessi- tated an all-day session which . whole thing... shift when a mechanical device to have you try. Reach for the phone right now! proved most interesting to the Haberfelde family. decides it's best for you! • Tune in on Major Bowes, C. B. S., Thursdays, 9 to 10 P. M., E. S. T. l>e Froman, J. D. Morris and We Believe You'll Choose Dodge J. C. Chapman and the entire sales But a Chrysler with fluid Drive and Vaca- staff of the Meagher-Morris Co., Inc., fo&-AaJea Trucks in any Point- local Studebaker dealers, have re- turned from a pleasant sojourn in matic transmission does what you want when southern California where they LOOK SAVE ; AND for-Point Comparison ... because joined a. gathering from the Stude- you want it! You're always in command! \ baker Pacific Corporation, held at \ they're more truck for Your Moneyl the Ambassador Coconut Grove. An address byvC. K. Whittaker, presi- Your own judgment will tell you very PRICED WITH THE LOWEST dent of the southern group, high- lighted the meeting. clearly that Chrysler's Spitfire engine with q^.,'500(WITMCOWL) * Pick.ups;630» DEPEND ON DODGE Fred Jackson, Pontiac motor divi- :- Panels..'730? sion diemaker and nationally known breeder of English springer spaniels, ..740? is back at work after a trip to New .