The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-01
AUTOS WILL BE
 EQUIPPED WITH
 HEATING DEVICE
Designers Planning to Pro vide More Comforts In
 All Cars.
One of the outstanding features of

One of the outstanding features of motor car production this season Is the trend toward car heaters. Twenty motor car manufacturers are equip ping all or part of their line of closed cars with car heaters.
 This may be regarded as an indica- ton that before long a heater will be considered as a necessary part of standard equipment to the same ex- tent as a starter.
 Comfort being one of the principal features of owner interest, car heat CTS are certain to have a strong ap- peal to car owners and influence their decision in purchasing a car.
 Closed cars particularly have all ways been sold on the basis of com fort and all-year use. InaSmuch as warmth is essential to comfort in Fall and Winter, the argument is ad- vanced that a non-heated automobile Is very much like a house without a furnace and dependent only on it's walls and roof for protection.
 Nor is the car owner the only one to gain by increased use of motor car heaters. Automobile manufacture and dealer, alike, reap benefits.
 Starting with mid-wtnter or earlier, manufacturers and dealers are obliged to store cars in order to be in posi- ton to take care of the Spring de- nland- This is a decided hardship on all concerned, and has ever been a handicap to production and sales. An enormous amount of capital is tied up for a considerable period, not to mention the item of storage charges, an item of no mean proportion in it. self.
 While the above statement regard ing storages applies particularly to open cars, this type of body is well within the influence of car heaters. Two manufacturers who for the past two years have used heaters on their closed cars, have gone a step farther this season and are equipping their complete line including all open body models, with car heaters. Gar ages and accessory dealers also report a, demand for car heaters from open car owners.
 Viewed from this angle, the car heater will do much toward solving the winter storage problem for man. ufacturer and dealer. This season there Is a big shortage in closed car production, and it is a serious matter for dealers who have an abundance of closed car prospects and an alarming scarcity of closed cars to sell.
 Dealers unable to take care of their closed car prospects in many cases may be able to induce the prospect to accept a touring car equipped with well fitting curtains and a heater as a. worthy substitute to meet the sit uation.
 There Is also a vast number of mo- tor car buyers who cannot afford to pay the additional price of a closed car and who require all year use of their car. In this case, also, car heat CTS have an unusually strong ap- peal
 It seems but a logical step to carry the car heater to the truck field. Drivers of delivery cars and trucks are obliged to be out in all kinds of weather, and 1t is only natural that their personal comfort should affect their efficiency. One manufacturer of motor trucks is now equipping his cab bodies with well fitting side curtains as standard equipment a compact and efficient heater, using the exhaust gas from the motor.
 From a variety of viewpoints, 1t ap- pears that car heaters are destined to become a decided factor in the au- tomobile field and their universal use is but matter of a short time.