Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-03 | Page 38 | Truck Driver Picks a Real Live One

TICK DRIVER PICES i 11 REAL LIVE H Result: Three Light Buicks Are Sold by Randall-Dodd. Randall-Dodd. V. hen I he opinion of the iun who ia Clriy to do cno ai:tu;1 driving is taken into i-onM-rtlon. Hi': Ktiirl; l:Rht delivery deliv-ery truck 1h uMmHy .v.lc-tc-d. recording to tho ofrk-iols of the ttundll-riod. Automobile; Auto-mobile; company. ltt : riljdtr of B'ii.'k p.T:-KfriKer p.T:-KfriKer cars and li;;lit delivery iiu.-Km in ttift inlermountHlri jerr-lion. A.s f;vMl.ii.-fi of this they riu- the rase of n prominent Utah nier.linnt v.iio de.-id.:d to let hi.' drivers help liini I't'k hi new delivery motors. Tile resolt v as the ile of three! liolek light deliveries. "Int;i neea feneh tiie alc of three Hulek lifilit delivery I rucks a few flnyM t ;SO to a I'lisinesH man who asked the opinions of' liin drivers before he iir-i iir-i l.nne 1 are heconiiiiK more mid more fre-riuent," fre-riuent," said Karl O. Smith, saiea mali-aser mali-aser of the r.a rrla 1 1-1 odd Auto company, yesterday. "It isn't enoueh any more to 'ask llie man who owns one.' and a lot of business men are i falizinti the sound judgment of asking the man who 'runs' one. "The linlrk licht delivery Iruek Is built to afford I he utmost proteetton and eom-foi eom-foi I. to the driver and protertlon to the load.. Tu stoma- weather the body van he Rlel(lv made wa terpronf. The side eurlalna of the canopy top extend forward for-ward to 1 1 10 front of the driver's seat so thai the front turlains need he. used only In extieniely stormy weal her. The sine curtains come down over the flare boards. 1 All the eurlalns are fastened from the inside and tire easily and uuieKiy put In : place, anil they are held so snusly that 1 the alaiiKor of tearing is reduced fo a ' minimum. i "The driver' seat i lilted -with an upholstered cushion built over a stronK sprlne frame. Starting and control of the Buick llsllt delivery are simple and easy, and the motor and all other mechanical me-chanical parls are readily accessible for anv necessary adjustments. "There are several other little points of : construction that, add the to convenience : of (lie driver. For lnslanee. the drivers' seat extends only half way across, permuting per-muting easv access to the load without eel ting out of Inn car, and runnins hoards are provided on both sides from which the car may be loaded or unloaded. The driving: compartment is roomy and entrance Is easv from either side. "Hut in making tile Ruiok light delivers deliv-ers an easy car to drive, nothing has been lost from Its economy of operation. The 1 owner's Interests are fully protected. "Ttuick valve-ln-heiHl motor and Buiek . construction throughout have taken good ca re of that." The Buick light delivery truck lias 'made a strongly favorable impression in the Intel-mountain country, say the Ran-dall-Dodd officials, and unless further shipments which are now on order are received promptly the company's practice prac-tice of making Immediate delivery is likely to ho temporarily Interrupted. They still have, however, a few unsold Bulck . trucks in their salesrooms.