The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-10-22, Page 26• 1.-•
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THE .LUCKNOVI, SENTINEL, -Calr Can Suppley's**,
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10;ig :ha4 en s
' someone made a. left *turn in!
• front of you without signal-
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Mg?. Probably not Since yes-
•terday, • .•
• • You snarled lathim for not
using his turn, signals, But did
it occur to: yOu that Maybe his
turn signals were out of order,
and he. didn't even know it?
• , - '• ••Incidentally, •a,re yourS,.
some,reas
i• • ; seem to know less about what
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• ' ..lightS are working on cars.
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When you hit the brake pedal,
do you really know whether or
net your brake lights turn'on?,
How many drivers have
muinbled to themselves about
you recently? Burnedout
lights accountfor most dis-
crepancies in reports from,c0.,
agnOStic centersaroundthe
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• Even the driver whose lights
al.Lbu11kMbIaes May 'have,' ,
li-iSiighting-problemso P.
Properly aimed headlights.
Mils is the driver who appears
•to have hi$ high beans on as
he heads your way. But your
up-and-down flash warning
finds that those were his low
beams blinding ,you 47, aitned
too high: '
Meanwhile, . there' is some-
one else .groping' along unable
_to • see because 'his lights —
at least one TA -them
drooped so, low it •can't light
WEDNESDAY, 'OCTOBER'12nd
ter' Jheck
--the_road_ • : les ahead.
Drooped. That's the term.
For headlights pan do just
that, even if it is barelY Per-
• ceptible to you. But they are
acijusta,ble devices which me-
chanics can 'keep aimed where
they should be ,aimed.
Too high, too :low, or too
much to one • side or another,
and a driver is 'temporarily
blinded, 'for all intents and
-purposes. „ -
The adjustment should be
• checked every six months.- •
If
your man. s properly equipped,
he: will have. an• ..electrome
checker to keep • youright on
the beam. • '
• It will tell him if your beams
are ,up to power, tele.,
• lamps oan loie,stheir brilliance
after a While.
Whether your lightsare out,
drooping or ero§seYecl, they are
1. trouble for you if they are not
.nuitLi.3etter -ha e--theffi
• checked now, '
For Trade-in,
• Are you thinking about. sell-,
• ing your car yourself rather
•• than trading? There aie.a few
things.you can do, to help Old• •
• Faithful sell quicker and for a
better price. • •
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Your 'prospective. customers
-will be min/Fin-ore aWare-Ot-
•certain Idiosyncrasies which
you have learned to live, with
whish not cost much
?At , to fix Worn carpeting; for ex.; -
ample, canbe covered with
• 4ttractiVe contour floor mats
for a few dollars,' .
to 1.
one thumping tire Might be
replaced with your good spare.
'This creates • 'a mUch, better
• driving Impression and Ought
to be dote anyway: • .
• ' Don't Overlook . .
• ' A noisy muffler or, a .missing-
'• engine', things you may '' have
• been,,planning to take care d, •
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cair-inake--the--big-din-erenoe--
* ' :between sale and no sale.
pecially 'if your prospect has
-been shopping good cars in
your price range.J4:
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Maybe you have, become. ac-
• ctorner_to_cautPensa tin
o•
ood Condition
cans Better De
; for slightly loose steering or
slightly grabbing brakes.'Don't
' try to sell your•car in this con-
dition! You • might' lose Your
• customer and your car . .ii
a ditch. instead, invest a few
• dollars to have a. car yOu know.
is right when, you turn over,
the -keys. ,
• One service found successful
rePutable used car dealers
--Is-a.-1-ube-Aop-and-oilLehange.
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A 'clean new. sticker on the
•rcloor.Jarnb gives .the buyerin-
creased confidence in the car
• and the person selling it, The
• cost 18.peanuts.
' 'This is not to say you should
• go Overboard in fixing up to
sell, Some people have learned,
to their dismay, that a cheap
dent. repair. or inadequate
paint job ican aCtually work
against them., . • ;
• Shabby paint is' mucheasier
on the eye than a poor paint
• ob-VV.bTe,h-often snakes a .pros-
• pective buyer 'wary of possible• ;
aCcident repair that he thinks
you•,are trying to cover up. '.•
• sale investment. Think ,how
you would. feel about it if you
• were buying the car. Does it
look as if somebody, cares? Is.
the 'interior clean?. Yod can
, take care, of this yourself with
special' upholstery cleaners
•.available at .your auto supply
'Store.. And_a profesildnal vac-
uuming at your service station
• will help matters considerably.
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---Witlrev erything-tip-to-snu
you ought to be able to.sell.the
car much more quickly than if
. you had not, invested a little
money and some. of your own •
time in, it... • ;, ••••
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Infat, you might decide to
keep: it:' •
SEE TO AVOID '.
• Motorists have to See.danger
to avoid it. Avoid "peephole'
driving by cOMpletely clearing
411 windows of..1.c.e_And snow
before •moving your', car Into
traffib. ••
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I,ittle Thing.s, Too
se discretion and You will:
see ood returns on your pre-
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•:SEVERAL TO:CHOOSE FROM..
•:1969 PONTIAC 2'door hardtop ' • '
1969 PLYMOUTH, 2 •door hardtop • :
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1969 METEOR, 4 door sedan, V8 automatic, Power steering
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1967 PONTIAC. Strato Cflief, 4 door, 6 cylinder autoniatic
1967 FORD Custom 2 door, 6 cylinder at:otoniatic
2 - 1967 FORD Custorn 500,• 4 doors, V8..,autOmatic • '
11067CHEY Bel Air, 4 door ••
1967 PONTIAC; 4 door, V.8 automatic, power steering
-....19.6.thODGE_Monato; 2 door hardtopjull ovp_mt113*
2 --1967 CH EV Siscaynes, 4 door;6 ,cylnderautomatic •
1.9,66LCHEV •itationwagon
• 1964 CHEV stationvvagon, V8 atitomatic
• 1963 PONTIAC, 4 door, 6 automatic
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SEVERAL OLDER MODELS
SEE THESE AND OTHERS
Pli NE 523-4342
'Stay On ToP Of
W-ect-tce
To Motorists..
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Thwart. CarTbieves
• ' Every 45 seconds an autorno
• bile is, stolen somewhere in the
United States. ••
According • to the. Federal
• Bureau. of Investigation fig-
ures, 700,000 aidomobiles are
stolen in this country annual-.
• ly, making car theft the great-'
• est national crime against per -
sank]: property. It is a crime,
statistics - show„which has in,
. creased 101per cent since .1960.
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Safety authorities , suggest .
motorists take certain precau.,
• • tions .to: reduce auto th-efFiTSIC•
They('17Lock
dryiVoeurrcu•r s to:cdoct.
and ignition every time you
park. Professional thieves are
adept at. breaking into locked.
cars, hut locked ignition and •
doors do: deter "joy• riders" •
looking for .a carthey cam
Jump into and drive off. Also• ; .
lock doors when parking in
• front of, your home or..in your
driveway. More ':than half of •
car thehs, take place in resi- •
dential areas. •• • ' •
•• If -possible, parkin a.'
welt -trafficked, lightetl.area.:
. (3) In pay lots, take keys. •
.:with you, if permitted.• • ••
(4) Remember not to, leave
• packages or clothing in plain
view in your parked car. Pohee •0••
say many thieves bent firstim
car pilfering, also decided to
seal the automobile. • •••
(5) Don't -keep regimratiOns
or other vital documents in the
• glove bor.
. . The motorist unfortunate
enough to have had his car
stolen has a goodchance of
• getting it back. FBI :records
show that nationally 86 per
cent of stolen cars are recov-
ered.• '
soberin
statisti6: ho
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Smart •automobile owners .„
• make it a special point during
fall and winter, to"Stay on top
• of the weather."
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• Thismeans knowing in ad
vance not only. what %weather. . •
conditions May be tomorrow,
but what' they are like' in the
area toward which the motor-
• isti-S-heatled-on...a-longer-tbm-L
"jut about town trip. /
h is the car radio, of course,
that is your ."any time" pipe-
line to the wanted weather in -
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formation, availiditesfromst
tions 'everywhere.-
When on if trip; one should
' have no difficulty in picking up•
broadcasts from • stations in. •
areas toward which the motor
•.iSt is travellingin addiiion
call letters they. usually iden-
tify ,the city from 'whieh they
• are broadcasting.
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• ever, is this fact: On the aver-
age, a recovered stolen car suf
'fered damage of $200 and in
Many instances :cars were so
badly damaged or "stripped".
they had to be sold 'as junk, •
• Caution,Counts . , . • ' .
• When You CountOn
• ' Getting There Sajely,
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o Improper• Wheel Alignment
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. A ,tip to Motorists Who like
• to play it safe.— keep your ear
:on the -straight and narrow.
Proper Wheelaligrment Will
achieve that objective.. When
a. tir, forcefullyhit$ a chlick-
• hole or similarly tbligh spot,
the, result can, be i:vheel lev-
ing its straight and proper
course„ This, in turn,
• Ault not only in costly tire wear
WhiCh.can create a safety ha-
' ardbUt also an result in dam
age to the' ca.rS frame
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Approximately 15 to 20 per
cent of tire wear on all of our
nation's ears aorries from im
• properwheel alignmnt. Reg --
lar inSpeetion of tires; to make
cartain Wheels are rolling cor-
rectly. not only will save Mo
torists. money but Will reduce
• the chances of the car "creep-
ing: toward a dangerous road.
shoulder or across a center'
lane; When the driver might
relax Vigilante for a moment,
• A wheel of -line can result
in scuff tire damage :wthin a
mile of driving. Few drivers
realize the tremendous wear
on a tire that, for example,
"toes -in" or 'toes -out." Eavh
10 'miles of driving, With this
kind 'of wheel misalignment,
is equal to the tire wear Which
Would Caie-
dragged sidvvaYS' for 100 feet.
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