The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-31
AL TO BUILDERS
PLAN RADICAL
CHANGES
August Models to Have Many
New Features-Huge Sales
OF Trucks Recorded.
BY MARSHALL b. WALKER,
Cosmopolitan News Service.


DETROIT, July 31.-Expectation
of introduction to the public of rad
ical changes in models of several
automobile companies within the
next few days; announcement by
truck firms of constantly increasing
business; statement this last week
by one man connected with the in
duStry that 1924 would see record
sales on the Pacific coast and the
prediction Of direct automobile ship
ments soon from Detroit to Pacific
ports, are incidents and features of
the industry which are attracting
motordom's attention today.
H. Three or four large automobile
companies Will announce radical
changes in their models this month.
One company, it is reported will
have as many as ninety seven new
features in it's six-cylfnder and
thirty-seven in it's four.cylinder car.
Truck manufacturers state that
the second quarter Of this year was
the best in history and reports indi.
cate a steadily increasing business
and prospects for sales gains this
fall.
Sales Nearly Treble.
During the first six months
General Motors Truck Company, Of
Pontiac, Mich, exceeded by III
per cent the record Of 1922. Odds
mobile trucks sales so tar this
year are 81 per cent greater than
in the corresponding period of 1922,
and production which showed a
gain last month Is being in
creased 100 per cent to meet the
demand. Republic Motor Truck, of
Alma also has shown big gain.
Increasing business in the auto
field on the Pacific coast was re-
ported by Hugh G.. Rittleston, of
Los Angeles, in addressing the
American Collection Service Ma
tional convention here. Brittleston
predicted that 1924 will set a record
on the Pacific coast with sales the
greatest on record.
Prediction that freight boats soon
will be loaded with automobiles
here in Detroit and shipped direct
to Pacific ports is made by traffic
men in the motor industry. AL
ready one steamer carries autos
consigned to Australia from here
shipped, and traffic men say the
direct shipments are feasible.
Because the Pacific business Is
steady, shipping facilities which cut
out all lost motion are considered
inevitable, according to L. w.
Krass. of the traffic department of
Dodge Brothers.
Prosperity Seen Ahead.
Taking the automobile industry
as a whole, there is every in
dication Of prosperity. Sales as
compared with other summers still
are holding up and there are com
panies where it is impossible to
get quick deliveries.
The steady demand for cars at
this time convinces dealers that
fall trade will be brisk and most
of them are making preparations
to meet requirements so far as
possible.
Ford continues to break produc-
ton records both on Ford and
Lincoln cars. Friday Ford made
6,907 cars, the highest production
| record in history.
Cadillac Motor Car Company an.
nounces that during the first six
months of this year 1t broke five
records, enjoying it's biggest day,
week, month, quarter and six
month period Of production in
history. The factories now are
working eight to nine hours daily
Ford has purchased an eighty
acre site in Philadelphia on which
he will erect a huge assembling
| plant.