s Page B6, October 3, 1979 - North Shore News BUMPER TALK Shock: absorbers play an important role in keeping your car stable when you're Yiding over rough or bumpy roads. They also make controlling i ita lot easier. - When your ‘shocks are in ' good shape, you usually _ don't. notice what. the road ‘surface is like unless it’s really bad. When they're ‘not, you may. sometimes have: the feeling you're driving a waterbed. WHAT THEY ARE “A shock absorber is a. “hydraulic. device. - -that’s inching freight & nding Clearout Prices on all other models as well THE Sore “WHERE E PROTECTOR PROTECTS” Ui ‘You have To Serve the North Shore Better than ever before. 7 ~ SELL OUT ‘79, 3 1 0 HATCH BACK | Sporty Front Wheel Drive . from $5530 _ Frame & etucturnt pets designed to counteract the action of your car’s springs when you drive over a bump. one for cack wheel on your car and you'll find them up behind the Sre- underneath the fender. OTHER INDICATORS In ‘addition toa rough ride, there are other ‘signs : should check’ your . ‘ “front shocks. Front end “shimniy” or shaking is. another, although this can also be . caused by unbalanced: tires. A .third sign is if your car -““wallows”. going’ around corners. ro EASY CHECK you can watch for which might indicate that. your shocks are on their last legs. _ If the front end of the car nosedives or -dips . sharply _ when the brakes are applied suddenly or. heavily, you © G0kPGontighmen Wheel housings 4 flanges UNDERCOATING FROM $50. COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM $180. A new rust inhiditing and undercoating system by ‘Dominion Sure Seal WRITTEN GUARANTEE for 5 years or 50.000 mites on ali NEW CARS 9 Space age sound deadening undercoating for cars of allages 100% PROTECTION Free Quotations Peter Brand Motors Ltd. | 1519 CLYDE AVE. WEST VANCOUVER 922-3231 We keep a good thing galng We ere Open Mon.-Fri. 8-6 p.m. Closed Sat. ti Sept. Checking your “shocks - is. something anyone can do in. just a couple’ of minutes, - -. You won't even ‘need - any tools. Here's the pres ‘y ‘“séveral times to~ -dexelop a good” bouncing . motion. - . Brakes. (romans) | L thing onall four corners. —— Now. Tet. gO. ‘of ‘the ‘car _ when it’s at the bottom of a “bounce.” If the shock on that Corner of the car. is in. good: _ shape, the car should level: - off and ‘stop: bouncing. right away. If it doesn’t, the shock. _ is defective. .Do the same_ except replacement, and you a ‘must always replace them in | ‘ pairs, It’s not too difficult a job to do yourself with a few . “basic tools, although you can “have it done’ professionally at a generally reasonable cost. tot take care of them as they safer in the long run te develop. It’s. cheaper.: and Bumper Talk is. a colamin for automotive . do-it-your- selfers, | “Prepared. in association: NOCURE =. =. ‘ ‘Unfortunately, there's. no cure oe detective” shocks, DETROT ~ ™ UPI) - Motor Co. “Bord has announced Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Datsun B210, Ford Mustang IIT and Toyota Celica are the five worst 1978 model cars in terms of “@ injury claims resulting from _ accidents, the insurance industry in the U.S. said “Thursday. a> Att are “subcompacts and 880 W. tans : Just southeast of Wi - 988-501 0 Hollands | meV ist i Ciall i : ‘Salety said “in easing the figures from its ‘Highway Loss Data Institute. . sin terms of injury claims - are large American models: «ctashes “the: Oldsmobile Delta ‘ ~niChevrolet ” ‘Caprice, Stu @. LeSabre, Chevrolet tips and Chevrolet Nova. a The Oldsmobile that topped ~ ‘the. list . had an average number of injury. claims 45 per cent better ntrast, the five’ best. Like. _your .brakes, shock _ absorber. problems never get better - —_ ~ only worse. it Pays major: cutbacks in car and truck production. amid ittles | lose to bigs in injury report "WASHINGTON (UPI) - The than the overall figure for "79 - model cars. the group said- “These results, added to the large body of prior evidence, show that there obviously are huge dif- ferences in the degree. of crash protection manu- facturers build into different automobiles,” Haddon, president of the group. ; “The fact. ‘that some. ‘cars have had such comparatively high ‘claim frequencies; :. is even more tragic when you consider that technology to far better protect people in Kas been | readily jpvailable for years,” he said ie a statement. yy That technology, Haddon said, includes air bags, windshields designed to reduce facial cuts, and doors designed to “stay shut in crashes. Es Deal with experience ¢ Deal with Quality ® Deal with a winning team and Gordon Import Autos Ltd. 10th & Alma, Vancouver 733-8105 Deater No. 6087 | Parts y | HONDA| | SERVICE said. William Bumper, ‘Canada’s - Largest | network of auto parts and accessories stores. Fore announces major — x : E cols in vehicle productic ion forecasts. auto. industry output in 1979 will be the lowestin three years. In a move that. will temporarily idle 16,350 - workers, Ford said Thursday it will trim ~ production beginning next week at six U.S.. Assembly plants and one in Canada “to help inventories.” HDAIARCe GCaie ! Ford said it will suspend __passenger car production at. assembly plants in Atlanta, St. Louis, Louisville, Ky., and Wayne, Mich., for two weeks beginning Monday. Car and truck production at . « Oakville, Ontario, will be ‘ suspended for one week beginning Monday... Ford also will halt production of the Econoline Van and Club Wagon at its Lorraine, _ Ohio, assembly plant.and Ohio Truck plant in Avon Lake for two weeks beginning Monday. ’ Passenger car production at Lorraine and light truck production at Louisville are not affected by the cur- tailments. The Atlanta, Louisville and Oakville plants build the full-sized Ford LTD. The Mercury Marquis is assembled at St. Louis, while the Wayne plant builds the Ford Granada, Mercury Monarch and_ Lincoln Versailles. FREE JUNK CAR PICK-UP LIVINGSTON’S 24 HOUR 437-3063 BCAA APPROVED. ICBC VENDOR. 1978 SERVICE AWARD WINNER Winterize your Car now and Save a last minute rush. PARTS HOTLINE 987-1011 OR 987-4618 pacific honda itd. 725 Marine Dr. N. Van. APPROVED AUTO MEEINSPAIN BARVICRS 984-0331