Show r AUTO PRICE FLURRY OVER Sales Breaking Records Market Settles Down Downto Downto Downto to Fill Orders Bj nr ROY nor C RA HATES HAMS Universal Automobile Editor DETROIT March The 2 The The flur flur- flurry flurry r ry In retail automobile prices eem to be bo over aver Opinion In manufacturing manufacturing turing circles h has It that not nat more mare than thon two or ar thre three more mare revisions will III be made mado before befar mid Bummer This should hauld Interest th tho 3 2 A merl ns who ha are aro expected to bu cars care cor between now naw and the tho first of af the r e Du Due to the e of prices price In the tho last few tew weeks man many who ha ho contemplated busing this ibis month manth ha have hate delo delayed cd PUI la c claing Ing log Ii RECORDS RECORD Nevertheless ee sales Ies records recard tar for March nib III vi III probably outstrip the month manth of at 1928 1923 and c certainly 11 exceed the record recard of af January and February of at o thin sear cor Although production la Is running high It H dae does not nat measure up to th tho schedules framed a month ago This Is 10 du duo In part pan to tho extend extend- extended extended extended ed efforts made b bv the factories up to this time in supplying Ing the dealers dealer with cars care tar for spring deliver delivery delivery er ery ery Manufacturers are aro exercising exercising exercising ing care to avoid producing a great great- greater great great-er er number of at automobiles than can be readily absorbed in the tho Immedi Immediate ate future This I Is being done dane cone with an eye eyo to preserving the soundness that th has 88 char characterized the Industry and Its operations In the lat last la t two Sears ellra Production Is paralleling lIng dealer needs Caution Is being employed cd not nal to a overload the tho market Dodge and Essex Esex are re the Iho sensations af o th mr month manth Both Bath companies e are aro spit ell behind on an dell deliveries with no end endo of at orders In sight siKh I Ford Fard and nd Che- Che Chev Chevrolet rolet Talet rolet are aro the l record business with lUth Overland Willys Ill Overland s-Overland showing Ing constant gain gains TWO NEW MODELS Two new cars and one ane new nev mod mad model model el 1 ot of an established make mako were ero announced during the week The Thene ne new cars are lire the Flint light sl sly and anet the Pierce Arro Arrow light mode model The new Durant product will be bekna known n as the tho Flint FUnt 40 and will 11 be bean bean bean an addition to the tho regular Flint U SS line lne The new job jab will hate wheel ae wheel four faur- faur heel brakes braes and balloon tires as standard equipment The passenger passenger five tau touring ring model was as Introduced at lit Ih the recent Boston Bastan ho show Appearance duplicates les the theIn In lines of at the present Flint The Flint 40 Is a a Inch wheelbase wheel wheelbase base bue model powered with a a II H- H horsepower 46 horsepower engine with a four taur- four bearing bearing crankshaft and forced farced lub- lub lub to all 11 bearings The en- en engine en engine Ine gine ha has tour point suspension linch t pe shoe shae brakes broke are oro used u od on an both bath front frant and rear brakes a de- de departure departure de departure from fram the tho conventional system system system tem Production will be bo started shortly at the tho Flint factory at nt Long Island N T Y YEW NEW CW JEWETT The new Pierce Arrow will Bill bo be n a moderately priced car built accord according ing to Pierce J Arrow row standards a factory statement say says The Tho carwill car carwill will be Introduced In summer mid mid l The Paige Detroit motor car com cam campany company company pany IS bringing out aut a Je Jew Jewett ell ott business bus bus- busIne bus business Ine iness coupe of af three passenger cn- cn ca capacity p t re Two o a shifts of af o workers are em- em em employed played do day dav and night at the Old Olds motor molar works at Lansing in an ef- ef effort ef effort fort tart to bring production up to the sales ales requirements The Tho company campany is now naw snaking making more mare ears cars th than n atan at atan atan an time In the 27 21 3 icara ears eara of af its ns history his his- history his history tory Dally Daily output la to now more mare than carl care car ft |