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Show MOTOR MEN LEARN LESSON FROM WAR 1 , , ,-v.y. y f M - f i i j. t ' ' t' ; :f v.;'.' ' -f s f K i 'i , . , , , I F 4 i i f f -J f ' 4 - ' - nrri-"-"-i-ri'iri it - - , , ,----T-a JOHN N. WILLYS. ( The growing tendency of the motor 'public toward' lighter cajs a tendency 1 which reached great proportions prior to the war was stimulated by the lessons les-sons in economy learned during the war, according to a letter received by the Browning Automobile company, local lo-cal Willys-Overland distributors, from John X. Willys, president of Willys-Overland, Willys-Overland, Inc. In his letter Mr. Willys points out that the war has taught the automobile builder many lessons in economy and thrift which will not soon be lost sight of. "The public," WTites Mr. Willys, . "has been shown conclusively how im-i im-i portant it is to conserve and how essential es-sential thrift is to success. ' j "This holds true in an automobile as in an-thing else. During the war manjy big men, who could afford to keep up large, expensive cars, set them aside for smaller, more economical cars, which gave them the service desired. They have found the small car so practical prac-tical that they are continuing its daily use. ' ' Economy in the light four-cylinder car starts with its purchase and is continued con-tinued in its operating expense and upkeep. up-keep. ' ' That the public has grown to appreciate ap-preciate these facts has been demonstrated, demon-strated, so far as Willys-Overland is concerned, by the popularity of the Overlnd model 90. ' ' Aggregate sales of this particular model, which during the war came to bo known as the 'Thrift Car,' have passed the 115,000 mark, proof enough, I would say, of what the attitude of the public is toward the light, econorni-. econorni-. cal car." I |