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Show Get Car Checked For Vacation, Council Advises Motorists who intend to take advantage of Governor Clyde's proclamation of Utah's second Vacation Planning Week would be wise, as a first step, to get their cars in tiptop shape for the summer touring season, in the opinion of George F. L. Bishop, vice-chairman of the Utah Petroleum Council. The old song, "Get out and get under," will lose all meaning if plans for the vapation period include in-clude a preliminary trip to a service station tojiavejthe family car thoroughly inspected so that any defects pan be corrected, Mr. Bishop said today. "Delays 1 and frustrations caused , by breakdowns can be avoided by putting the entire car in good shape through the replacement of ailing sparkplugs, a battery test, inspection of lights for power and focus, and careful checks of brakes and tires," he continued. "Motoring has changed completely com-pletely in the past half century. In the old days, drivers expected frequent breakdowns. They never dreamed of going out on bumpy gravel roads without an assortment of wrenches, screwdrivers screw-drivers and hammers, two spare tjmes, a crank, tire pump, tube patching kit and a sieve or chamois cha-mois skin to strain dirt out of gasoline bought from a barrel in some hardware or general store. Today, as a result of better cars, gasolines and lubricants, as well as the checkups available at any of America's 200,000 service stations, breakdowns have become be-come the exception rather than the rule." . Mr. Bishop added that stations provide many other conveniences for motorists such as free road maps, clean restrooms, free air, water, and directions to hotels, motels, restaurants and points of scenic or historic interest. He concluded: "The family car provides today's to-day's least expensive and most convenient method of travel. Motorists can go their own way, according to their own schedules, and see the country as they go. Complete information on spots they wish to visit is available from any number of sources. The car offers a range as big as the continent and lets each . family choose the change of scene it finds most stimulating. As a re-ult, re-ult, vacation planning has ceased being a chore." |