The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-01
PUBLIC IS INVITED
 ID SEE PRESTON
 OPEN NEW PLANT
Formal Opening of AutOmO- bile Factory Down For Tomorrow Afternoon
 and Night

Tomorrow afternoon the new factory of the Preston Motors Corporation on Vanderbilt road, near Thirty-ninth eet-Birmingham's newest industry will be opened for public inspection. All of Birmingham is invited to attend the opening and go through the mod ern automobile plant between the hours of 1:30 and 9 o'clock. The entire city will be afforded opportunity to see the construction of an automobiles motor car that is being manufactured right here in Birmingham.
 Long has the Preston Motors Cor poration been preparing for tomorrow. Long have they looked forward to the time when they could throw open the doors of modern automobile factory and invite the whole world inside to inspect with closest scru tiny the many steps that an automobile goes through in it's manufacture.
 To the officers of the Preston Motors Corporation, R. A. skinner, J. 1 Driver and Preston Orr. belongs the credit for the wonderful factory which has just been completed, and the automo- bile which now is swinging into pro- duction. Where but few months ago there was nothing but an overabun- dance of trees and grass, there now stands an automobile factory con- structed along the very latest lines and equipped with the most modern machinery that money can buy.
 IDEAL WORKING CONDITIONS
 The buildings of the Preston plant are constructed of steel, tile and con- crete throughout, and big feature of the entire scheme is the splendid lighting facilities. Skyughts abound, while the walls are nothing but mass of windows Ideal conditions sur round the men who are working there.
 The main plant, one huge building, is constructed in the shape of "U. In the right wing at the very tip the lumber S brought in and sawed for the body framework. The pieces of wood. after they are sawed, are marked and placed in their proper bins. Workmen constructing the bodies take the pieces from these bins as they are needed and fit the body together on 'horse." Tho joints of the body are all glued, screwed and mortised, triple alliance which makes for a very solid construction. After the framework is thus made, ths | body passes on to the sheet metal de- | partment where the metal is cut and l hammered into shape and then placed l on the framework of the body. By this time the body has reached the right-hand corner of the "U' and makes the turn into the paint shop. The up- holstering department follows and then the tops and windshield supports are placed on the body
 CHASSIS IS ASSEMBLED 1 Starting at, the left-hand tip of tha l U-shaped building, the frame, axles, l springs, etc, are assembled and the con- struction of the cbassis is begun. When | the chassis is completed it reaches ths ! block-test room, where the motors ara tested out thoroughly before being placed in the chassis. By the time the motor i is installed in the chassis, this part ot 1 the automobile has reached the left cor ner of the ''U" and starts on it's way down to meet the body, coming up from 1 the right. Next the body is placed on the chassis, the lenders, running board ] and windshield are attached and the completed automobile is rolled out of the door in the middle of the building and is ready for shipment or a driveway.
 To people who have never been through an automobile plant these various stages of construction will prove quite inter- esting, and no doubt there will be hugs crowd passing through the Preston plant during the hours given over to this wel~ come tomorrow.
 The Preston Motors Corporation will 1 manufacture three models of their newly designed automobile the Premocar. Thers will he small four a six-cylinder car using the Falls motor and special model equipped with the Rochester-Dre- senberg motor. Bosch magnetos are used throughout. along with Timken-Det"of axles, the Borg & Beck clutch. Zenith car- buretor and Bethlehem spark plugs. Fire- stone tires are also standard factory equipment
 | When the Preston Motors Corporation started manufacture of motor cars sew eral months ago. the name Preston was used on the cars and trucks. Several
 weeks ago it was decided to name tha new model which is now being turned out in their new factory the Premoear.
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