Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-10-28

tended fhe weekend showings
Here is his word-pictUre of the
newears.l
BY Earl Heucler
We missed last week on a story
of the new cars now on display at
the various dealers. All the infor-
nation available at that time was
press releases by the factories and
their respective representatives.
But over the weekend, we spent a
lot of time talking TO the dealers
and salemen of various agencies
in town and got lot of first hand
Information on the new cars and
trucks.
The Pontiac on display by Lester
Everett at Everett's Pontiac sales
room on Buckeye Blvd. caused a
beehive of activity. They had on
display all three of the new Cata-
lima Hardtop models in each of the
lines, the Star Chief, $40 and 800
Mr.. Everett also showed the $50
in two door and four door and
the $40 in four door.
1t was reported that several
orders were taken, and delivery
will be made soon. The biggest sur
prise was a sneak pre-vue of the
beautiful new Cadillac 81 Coupe
This car, as was true of all pre-
vious Cadillacs, represents the
dream of almost every motoriSt -
that some day he will own one
like it.
AT Stems Petersen'S Dodge and
Plymouth leadership on Perry st.
we viewed the new Plymouth V-8
Suburban. This was the only car
on the floor at the time, as his
truck shipment was on the road
with more new Plymouths and
was due in that afternoon. The
shipment had 4-door Savoy, A.
door Hard Top Belvedere, a 2-door
Sport Coupe, and a 2-door Savoy
Club Coupe. All of these cars in
colors that would put a rainbow
to shame. Mr.. Petersen predicts
very good year for the sale of the
new cars. Out in front were 2 of
the new Dodge cars, that really put
luxury in the lower price field
Among many of the features of
these cars, both Plymouth and
Dodge, are the Push Button driv-
ing, IL volt electrical systems,
safety wheels, and many more fea-
lures that it would be better for
you to see for yourself.
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Then to the Port Clinton Sales
and Service where Sam Amato was
demonstrating the Beautiful new
Big Imperial hard top. This car is
really in the luxury field. While
driving this car you really wonder
what improvements could possibly
be made on it for the coming years.
II Is really the car with the FOR
ward Look, as so aptly described
by the Chrysler Corporation. Sam
also had on display the New York.
er 4-door sedan, a Windsor 4-door
sedan, New Yorker st. Regis hard
top coupe, Plymouth 4-door.
Plymouth 2-door and two new Ply
mouth Station Wagons, (Whoops,
sorry, they are now called Subur-
bans). One of them was a Sport
Suburban and the other beautiful
2 tone Plaza model. AS was true of
all new cars, the colorS are almost
undescribable .
The agency also featured the
new G.MC. trucks in the Blue Chip
Series, the one-half and three
quarter ton pick-ups and 2 ton
tractor model. These trucks have
more refinements than many auto
mobiles had few years ago.
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Stopped to see Bud Freimark at
the Mercury show room. While
these cars were introduced a week |
ago the sales force was still busy
demonstrating the cars. On the lot
across the street was a '55 of an
other make that had been traded
in on new Mercury. The owner
just couldn't say no to the Mer-
curry.
On over to Roy O'Nans Packard |
agency on Fremont Road. Roy doe |
not have the new Packard cars in
yet but did lave on display the |
New International Pickup truck |
This had all the comforts of the |
most luxurious chair. 1t was up
holstered in tu-tone colors and had |
over 2 in. sponge rubber on the |
cushion. The truck has all the |
style that anyone would ever ex
pect to find.
Back downtown to the Allan
Bros. Ford Agency. These cars |
were also introduced a couple of |
weeks ago, but believe me they are
still new. The Ford features the |
famous Thunderbird motors, and |