B4 - Sunday News, lanuary 31, 1982

NEW FORDS drew quite a crowd at the recent auto show at the PNE.

The top goes down, the price goes up

SANTA MONICA, Calif.
(UPI) - In the wake of
Detroit’s re-entry into the
convertible field, one sun-
drenched Southern
Californian has decided to
get a jump on the fresh air
and sunshine market.
Marilyn Havens, a 39-
year-old ex-fashion model
turned automotive entre-

preneur, has opened _all-

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convertible dealership
featuring new and used cars.

Haven’s “The Convertible
Store” not only features
new European convertibles,
but a complete range of
custom ragtop conversions
ranging from Toyotas and
Datsuns to Mustangs and
Monte Carlos.

She also offers the op
portunity for the public to

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Nore small car talk!

Last week we mentioned
that small cars were a
pleasure to work on. A few
of their best points:

Size — with the high cost
of shop space today, and
every square foot having to
produce more revenue,
more small cars per square
foot means a better retum
on shop space

Weight -— 200 Ib doors
and 160 Ib bumpers are
dangerous to handle, it
usually takes two bodymen
to handle these awkward
parts Small cars tend to
minimise this

(Quality the newer cars,
both foreign and domestic ,
use plenty of spaceage
matenal 76 different
plastics used in) the
the newer
Idenutytng and repatr

Al

are
assembly of
Cars

ing these can certainly be
challenging, sometimes
frustrating. The introduc
tion of high strength, low
alloy steel ~=for better
weight to strength _ ratios
has also called for new
techniques and welding
equipment, using argon/C
O2 mixes and costing in the
thousands of dollars

Paints which require ad
ditives sometimes costing
more than the paint itself
frequently calls for a
chemist’s knowledge = of
catylists and interchange
able components

Sounds confusing, doesn't
it?

We think if ts exc Manic and
challenging, and =o a_sreal
opportunity for ius to show
our stuff!

bring in their own hardtops
and have them turned into
convertibles, ranging in

price from $4,000 to
$19,000, which she will
finance.

While the price goes up
when the top goes down,
Havens says she is ex-
periencing a record windfall
of business. “I guess people
want some affordable ex-

dan. 31, 1982

Tom Mueller

A brilliant young man go
ing places, Tom ts rela
tively new to the auto body
trade He re tratned tn his
30s after a stint with
Canadian | orves (Aur
te orce) and a career in elex

tronics

Tom ts nortnal except for
tus Involvement tn sailing
and activities with the Tid
dley ( owe Yacht Club be
takes everything he
to heart

hoes
and is a pettea
fon

thomust etfaemey and

quality workinanshiyp

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