‘production run of i, 500°
units. But it peaked early:.
1914 saw only 4,000 sales.

The ~1904- Rambler is a
“charming car, with a high -
top (that could be fringed if.
desired), a tall: plate glass.
windshield. ‘(that > could

Production céased shortly |
double as a ‘sail ‘if the ‘wind

afterwards, ‘but the name

‘was right); and* ~ carry-all was revived by the: Jeffrey .~

~Wicker baskets. a Company's successors, Nash
. —....- Motors, and in the 1950's -

. ‘The make began two years and 1960's, many. compact

- earlier as a light runabout models bore i it it once again .
with cycle type wheels-and - ~ age
tiller steering. By 1905, it ;
. was a full-scale automobile”
- with a twin cylinder engine. _

Rambler's" early models —
offered the Oldsmobile stiff
competition, . with a 1902

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Used cars and prices on upswing

' DETROIT (uPY ’- The
used car market has sud-—
denly taken off in the U.S:

Dealers say they’ve just
about written off the
problems caused by the

This new: ‘wave of interest
in used cars was confirmed
by other spokesmen | for ‘the
industry. .

The most recent in-
dications are the small car
prices have topped out and

’ big used cars are increasing
in value. Trade-in values are
pegged to wholesale prices.

are being thrifty and are
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Big cars- most hurt in the °

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prices they reached after the
gas crunch.

' With a stronger used car
market pushing up trade-in
values, the upswing could
foreshadow improvement ..in
new car sales.

“It's been unbelievable,”
said Sam Lafata of Flint,

nation’s largest’ wholesale

clearing houses for used .

cars.

“J just wish I could get
more cars because I know I
could sell them.”

more in demand again and
they're bringing better prices

‘- and the’ small cars are"still

in demand.

-Used car sales by in-
dependent dealers or new
car franchises regularly
outpace “deliveries of new
cars, and there is another
huge market in transactions
between private buyers and
sellers.

Eikenberg believes sales
this year will be off about 5

‘to -10 percent from. 1978. -
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“pute Auction, one” of “the gasoline crunch this spring:

that knocked the bottom out
of the big car market.

One result was a surge in

prices for small used car

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Ordinarily, a strong used car
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sales by boosting the amount

a buyer can get for his used —

model.

The revival of the used car
market comes‘ at a time ’
when new car companies are
giving cash’ incentives to

dealers, or, in the case of
Chrysler Corp., offering cash
rebates » directly to the
customer - in effect cutting |
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Eikenberg said the fact the
independents are selling a
low-priced vehicle is going
to stand them in good stead
until the economy recovers.
“Next year probably will be a
new car year again,” Lafata
said. “Prices (on used cars)
will climb so high you'll
almost be forced into buying
anew car.”

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