The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-12-26
Research Makes Possible
Much Better Used Cars

Used car buyers of Libby and
vicinity are to be given the bene-
fit of an unprecedented research
program which the Chevrolet d.
vision of General Motors has been
conducting over the past three
wears. in connection with the re-
conditioning of dealers used cars,
results of which are being present
ed to the dealer organization IN a
series of meetings throughout the
United States
This is the announcement OF +. +.
Jaoueth. who has just returned
from a meeting with officials Oh
the Great Falls zone. There con.
crete results of the past three years
research were presented to the
dealers and their used car recon-
ditioninp managers in session last
ing all day Mr.. Jaqueth expressed
Arrangement at the thoroughness
with which Chevrolet had gone
about improving used cars, and said
that his leadership would immedi-
ately put into effect the whole
sweeping program which the FAC
tory recommends.
.iMuch is heard about the con-
slant Improvement in automobiles,
said Mr.. Jaqueth. Each year sees
new advances in performance, safe
ty. comfort and all-round value. And
now. through its used car depart
ment-the first such department IN
| the industry-Chevrolet has taken
| step which is bound to have far
reaching beneficial effect upon the
value and general desirability of its
dealers used cars.
THE Job the used car department
is doing. to assure better and bet
ter used cars. is in a way even
more complex than the one the en-
gineers must do to improve each
new years models. For the used
car department has to deal with ev.
cry car and truck built, year BY
year. and model by model, ane
work out reconditioning procedure
which can be applied throughout tn,
field. And in spite of the numer'
GUS problems involved, that is jus
what has been done.
Ever since 1896. Chevrolet's re
conditioning experts have been hart
at work devising better methods O
Ereconditioning used cars. With thu
cooperation of equipment manufac
turers, they have developed pro
cesses which are more thorough ane
at the same time less expensive
than any heretofore known, for per
forming dozens of reconditioning op
erations on any and all makes O
cars and trucks. Some of thes'
operations have to do with mechan
ical reconditioning of engines
clutches, transmissions, and 81
forth, others with appearance re
.. conditioning, inside and outside thu
car
When the research had proceed
ed to the point where such SteI
was practicable, Chevrolet embed
led its results in new recondltlon
ing manual which is by far tn
most comprehensive treatise of 1t
kind ever developed in the indus
try Dealers user car recondltion
ing managers are being provide,
with this manual at meetings lik
the one | have just attended, AM
in addition, they have seen enough
Of the actual operations performet
to realize the advance which thes
new methods represent.
Special equipment like tina
which was shown us at the meeting
will be installed in our shops a
once. and mechanics are now bein
trained in its use. From the stand
point of used car buyers in this vi
cinity, all this will have two i'm
portant results: first of all, bette
used cars, because of the bette
methods and equipment entering in
to their reconditioning; and sec
ond, less expensive used cars, be
cause of the savings which the nes
scientific reconditioning will en-
able us to pass along to buyers"