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Show U Price, Utah Thursday, October 26, 1972 Careful uttenlion to little niekg and scratches on your cur will help them from becoming large rust holes. Having a professional do the needed repuirs may save you hundreds of dollars in trade-i- n value for thats the difference between a car in top shape and one that shows body damage. (Photo Courtesy of The DeVilbiss Company) Preserving that NewLook Enhances Value of Car A minor scratch can de- velop into a serious infection when left unattended. This applies to cars as well as human bodies. Possibly you have experienced something like this with your car. The minor parking lot dent or split upholstery seam, which upset at first, you considerably gradually becomes part of the scene. You get used to it after the initial jolt and tend not to worry about it after that. The same with subsequent dings and dents. Unfortunately, the appraiser will not find these things particularly appealing when you start shopping for a new car. A well maintained automobile may bring several hundred dollars more at trade-i- n time than one that has been allowed to deteriorate. Sometimes the neglect of a cars appearance is not deliberate. A few scratches you may not have noticed, cov- ered with dirt and salt through the winter, suddenly appear as rusty gouges when you get around to giving your car its spring clean-uRust, which usually does more to depreciate a car than any other single factor, is ravenous. It moves in fast, feeding on chips and scratches, until what started out as a minor scrape (possibly one that you might have been able to fix up yourself) now may require considerable grinding and refinishing to make the car presentable. UNIROYAL An ever 4-PL- Y NYLON CORD dependable performer with modern sidewall styling . . . Tread depth- -1 132". p. In terms of protecting the substantial investment you probably have in your car, quality body repairs can pay big dividends at resale time. Watch for minor scrapes and scratches and take care of them before rust does. 1. Less pollutants a tune-u- p substantially reduces harmful automotive exhaust Drive your car with pride knowing youre helping clean our air! emissions. 2. tests Better gas mileag- e- proved tuned cars saved an average of over one gallon from every tank of gas. 3. Greater passing safety certified tests proved a tuned car can pass a vehicle and get back in its lane faster than an untuned car. 4. Fewer winter wont starts" tests on motorists, cars showed untuned cars had over twice the "won't starts" tuned cars CJOStfi had. $2.48 |