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lune 14, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 41 I REGISTRATIONS IN MAY IN COUNTY TOTAL 14,263 Figures Show Big Gain Over Same Month of Last Year When 10,955 Cars Were Sold Kew car registration:-; in Cook county in ~fay were 30.1 Jh:r ce11t in excess of the same month la st year, hut slightly hchind the total for April. 1929. Reduc ed to actual figures there were 14.263 regi stration s la st month as compared with 10,955 in ).fa,· la st year and 14,609 for April thi s yc.ar. The best prc·,·ious ~fav in the hi:-;t ::l n · of the indu stn· in the' count v " ·as i;1 1926. when 11 ,898 were recorded. It is interesting to note that these figures were the previ ou=' be st up to ~r arch thi s year, whcn nwrc than 12,000 rrg-is trations \\·ere li sted. Ford accounted for the large exce:-;s la st month. havin g close to 3.000 of the 3,308 gain ~cored for ).[av this year over last. Ford':-; total "· a~ 3.596 compared " it h 683 in ).fay. 1928. The ?\fnrlel .·\ led the fie.d by a large margin. Chevrolet in second place accounti ng for 1.6:31 and Oakland.-Pontiac in third for 1.242. CheHolet sho \\'ed a loss oi 30} per cent. with comparati,·e figurrs of 2.385 for last ,·rar. while Oakland-Pontiac had a ga.in oi 29.7 per cent "ith 957 in ~fay, 1928. The Oakland-Pontiac pair no:;ed out H udson-Essrx ior third place by only :-;e\·enteen cars. the latter duo scoring 1.225 as again st 867 last year, a percentage of gain of 41.2. Nash In Third Place Xash, as an indi,·iclual. t on k third place, hut in the computation including the gTmtps " ·as fifth with 927, compared with 663 la t year, a gain of 45.8. Individ.ualh· Pontiac had the largest showing of the groups. being credited with 1,051. \Yhile Essex had 865. Hudson 360 and Oakland 191. Buick slipped down another notch in the ladder. being in se\·enth position with the Chrysler-Plymouth in sixth . The latter had 619 as against 515 last year, a gain of 20.1, \vhil e Buick show ed a los s from last year totaling 571. The arrival of th e Marquette late last month will prove a boon to Buick as the two car will be classified as a group in future computations. 1\'(uch interest, by the way, was manifested in the unvei ling of the new Marquette lin e in this section. many orders having been reported 'by county dealers .. Oldsmobile, bolstered somewhat by more activity in the delivery of its sister car, the Viking, advanced to eighth place in the ge neral shmYing \\·ith a total of 515 of which 459 were Olds cars. Last vear Old smobile had a total of only 308." Studebaker-Erskine occupied ninth position with 502 and the Willys PX:Oducts came next with 464. The Wluppet Six still continues to be the b.est seller in the WiJlys group accountmg for 191 registration s last month. There were 152 of the Willys-Knights. Close Race In High Price Field:. Quite a race for premier position in the high grade field develo~ed. between the Packard and the Caddlac-La Salle with the former leading by only four cars. Totals for both firms were in excess of May, 1928. Packard ~ad 396 as against 315 last year and Cad~llac and La Salle combined had 392 agamst .. . . . ! . . .. MOTo-R· NEWS No Cars Here! ITH the motor vehicle r eaching W into the far places of the world, into dark est .-\frica and farthest Asia and the isles of the South Seas, it seems almost incredible that one highh· civi li 7ed corner of the earth never !~a s felt the pre sure of rubber tires. 1 f B ermucIa h as · ts · 1 Tl te B nt 1 co onv o consistently refused to permit the operation of motor vehicles. , Horses and carriages and Shanks marc haYc had to sene the ·~r udians. :\one except tra\'Cled residents of th ese summer islands have ever seen . . a motor car, except 111 ptctures. At the present time Bermuda is working on a rail\\"ay to scn·e its ahbrevia ted a rca, hut the road is not y ~ t complete. A bill wa s introduced in the pnwincial house to permit the opcr:ttion of a few motor buses to o;;uppl~· general transportation until the railwav is readv to do sn. Thi s hill wa s sternh· voted down and Bermuda "till remai;1 s a motorless Eden. C hryHl t> r-l'lym<iuth Buick Oldsmobile-Yil\ing Studeba.ker-Erskint> 1Villys Prod uctR Paclmrd C'adillac-LaRa ll e Graham-Paige Dodge Brotlwrs llupmohilt> . .· . .. ... . . l>t> Soto 1\ uburn ·· ·· · -:\[;.nmonnunse,·elt 927 619 . 571 5lfi 502 } Graham- Paige 578, Cadillac- LaSalle -152 and De Sota 373. In Central Illinoi s thirty-four counties registered 4,361 with Ford lea~ing with 1,377. Chevrolet had 1,104, Wtllys 464 products 290, Hudson-Essex 274, 396 Chrysler-Plymouth 273, Oakland-Pon392 tiac 267, Buick 110, Oldsmobile-Viking 379 101 and De Soto 87. 353 346 ] 78 170 ] 61 Here's a Noted Aviator Who Rides in Hupmobile \Vhat make of cars do our celebrities drive? The answer is, any type they like, but Lieutenant Reginald D. Thomas, aviator in the United States Naval Reserve, winner of the Schiff trophy for the greatest number of fl ying hours without accident, and instructor of aeronautics at the Mac;sachusetts Institute of Technology, finds his pleasure in piloting a Hupmobile cabriolet eight. Lieutenant Thomas knows motors. More than that, he knows motor cars, and the stuff from which they're made. He has this to say of his Hupmobile: "Specifications of materials used in the Hupmobile comt>are closely to those used in the best aeronautical engines." Lincoln Durant Pierce-Arrow Peerlef'f' Franklin · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Stutz .. . -:\-foon-\Yin<h-or Stf'arn~ Rec~ · · Chnntller 136 !l1 ~~ 34 4i 46 42 n ~ s 22 ~~i~~~~~au eou~ l:arcl tWJ' · :::: · · · · · · · :::: · · · · · Ford Leads in 34 Counties Including Cook County, there were 21,729 registrations in the thirtp:four counties in ~orthern Tllinoi s. Ford had 5,665, Chevrolet 2,911, HudsonEssex 1,823, Oakland-Pontiac 1.732, Nash 1,161 , Chrysler-Plymo uth 1,040, \i\Till::l' products 921. Buick 772, Olds2.18. Cadillac inclivicluallv scorrd 150 mobl ;, l iking 755, DodR·e Brothers 612. against 133 in 1928, wl~ile La Salle had 242 la st month and 125 the pre\'ious vrar. Packard listed se ventyeight it~ the maj or eig-ht models. Graham-Paige \\'as off from May, 1928, with a total of 379 compared with 437 last vear. Model 612 led the line '"ith 21S " ·hich was six better than ?\fav, 1928. There was also a gain it)f the eight. cylinder model of thirtynne cars over last year. Of the 353 c~rs listed for Dodge Brothers, thirty- one were of the Senior t ,·pc. Last year the line had 332. · Auburn is more than holding its own this ,·car. Last month this make had 170. compared with 169 the preceding ~fav. Of the ,·arious models the "6-80" led· with GG registrations. The Rooscv.elt mtted a substantial gain for the ).[armon group. there havin<Y been 126 of the 161 ~1armon li stin~:-; . The Standard Six proYed by far the hcst seller in the Kash lin e. having had 500 registrations. Last yea r this mode l had on l-'· 270. There were 213 of the Special Six and 214 of the That dented fender, alcohol stained hood, Ach·anced Six la st month. enamel chipped splash apron, or wheels Pierce-Arrow Shows Gain with paint peeling off ... can be DUCOed Pierce-Arrow has been shovving to match li){e new at a very low cost · . . st"eady gains since the closing of ·the branch the first of th e year. At or perhaps your car just needs a freshenthat time the line was acquired ing coat all over. hv Henrv R. Levy, who is also Chicago clistribut.or for the Studebaker. Last Dented fenders, doors and b~dies month Pierce-Arrow had 47, compared straightened and painted so that no one with 30 in May, 1928. could tell that they had ever been damaged. Stutz also had a gain with 34 last month and 29 the preceding year. Franklin showed a percentage of gain Let us quote prices and show you some of 100 per cent with 42 this year and of our work 21 last. General Motors units showed a falling off from the figures of 1928. the loss having been 7.3 per cent. Total comparisons were 4,371 for this year and 4.718 for last. The Chrysler group as a whole showed a gain of 26.5 per cent. A total of 1.150 was amassed by the Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge Brot~ers and De Soto. Last year the vanous lin es of the g roup had a total of 847. Standing for May The standing for May this year follows: PAINTING don't wait- to bave tbe wbole aa· 1-epainted Ford .... . ........................... 3,596 Ch evrolet . . .. .. ................... 1,651 Okland-Pontinc .............. .. . 1,242 Jlud so n- E~seX: ..... . ........ 1,225 562 LINCOLN AVE. WINNETKA 165 I