Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-02 | Page 32 | Motor Demands Exceed Supply

MOTOR DEMANDS S EXCEED SUPPLY dill Overland Willys-Overland Y s Overland Plants Produce Pro Pro- duce Cars Per Da DaIn Day Bay in In March wm Overland WIllya Inc Ina will have bays attained a D. production o ot of cars car per day according to to word received by Sales Manager Edmonds of ot tho the Browning Automobile company local distributors of at the Overland Willys-Overland line This number the c communication co will be bo Increased Increased in increased In- In to Edmonds goes on to say creased as rapidly as conditions will wUl permit Anticipating an tn unprecedented de- de demand de demand e tho the mand for tor cars the tho Overland since and the cancellation cancellation can can- signing o of the armistice of at Its enormous government effort to toward toward toward to- to contracts has bent ever every ward tho conversion of or Its Us energies to th the production of at automobiles While the work of at transformation Is not yet ct complete remarkable strides have been made In the last two months toward this end Th The Tho Overland Willys-Overland halt halted d Its production production production pro pro- of ot motor cars cors on November ember 1 and concentrated entirely upon the tho manufacture of war materials Immediately Immediately Imme Imme- of or hostilities hostilities after aCter the cessation ties tics plans formulated in advance for tor converting the tho various plants back to peace peace peacetime time activities were put into effect Tho rapid approach to capacity capaci capaci- ty production is the result Dealers everywhere report unprecedented unprecedented dented business busine for tor January and February February February Feb Feb- and are clamoring for cars in quantities which at Ute present are arc not to be had One Overland dealer writes rites that his business for tho first month of at the year ear was per cent greater creater than for any previous January