-eight-cylinder: ‘car.
Friday he decided Goodwill
Industries would be ‘‘the best

unsuccessfully to sell it. .

his 1972 Buick! ©

“We: didn't need it so I
‘tried to , advertise, but I
didn’t get any. good bites. I
decided that Goodwill would

good for.them and for me.”

-Gordon -unloaded a gas-
“guzzler and: earned a sizable

. charitable contribution.

i

Serica’ 40° Buick of 1934. ,

‘An exclusive straight eight Po
‘Under ‘his: leadership, and —

_policy was launched in 1931,

“McLaughlin Buicks’. a
continued. to‘ be. ‘made’, in’

Oshawa’ following the. with internal expanding with updated ‘marketing - § "PONTIAC: BUICK
T McLaughlin-General. Motors “ brakes front and. .rear. methods, sales . increased ’ §- GMC
merger. “These: were -Synchromesh transmissions from 2.4 per cent to 8.3 per 1980's at 79 Prices
American. Buicks with | became standard. equipment: cent of the industry total,

-, Canadian made’ bodies, and ~ the >following year. These’
. were quite: distinct...

and Buick held fourth place “{J 80Chevette

80 Monza F.Eaqpt.

‘improvements - were ~in sales - ‘throughout © the 80 Citation F.W.D: Be
“prompted by _E.T. Strong, - 1930" we. 80 cama seven
_) . First, “they”, “were .con- Buick’s President from 1926, 80 Malibu V6 AT $6046
siderably nwre elaborate, .in an attempt to curb the oO one eis seess

. being made of wood. With ;

‘falling sales brought about | 80 Omega FWD
the introduction of all-steel .! by:./the * poor 50 Cutlass

V8 ATPS PB:
80 Acadian F Equip:
Sunbird F.

‘economic ~

bodies, the two models were . “climate of the Depression.

. AT V8PSPB
eg A oO RT VSPSEB seoos
Sanna y F. Eqpt. 9
gull ells oman a0) 80 Century V6 AT PB 3eag8
, ~ Trucks -
= 80GMC % T. $5698
= 80GMC % $8198
80 GMC Van 4 T. $5098 ie
. ; ; 80 Jimmy 4x4 V8 ‘$8998 IKE NAKAYAMA
practically the same, with Buick sales continued to 79 Models immediate Delivery
the exception of the hoods, drop in spite of these in- r rade Terma
dashboards, fittings, and ovations, and Strong e Tune-Ups
trim, which were more retired in 1932. An interim e Brakes’ caicKay” SGM
luxurious on the replacement, Irving J. . Sundays 1-5 D/L 5209
McLaughlin-Buick, Reuter, lasted only a few ¢ Carburetion

short months, _

e Exhaust system

A popular story of the

e
time concerna A.P. Sloan, © General

: BALTIMORE (UPI) = The
“owner of a gas-guzzling, ©
- Said -

home” for his car after trying

Gerald. L. Gordon: said of

be. the best home for it. It's :

tax deduction for a.

a Gordon said his car’s
etail value ‘was $1,000, but

the President . of General
Motors, who saw a
McLaughlin parked outside
the New York City Buick
showrooms. He ‘flew into a
rage, lest American buyers
should see it and demand
similar quality in their cars.

In 1924, four wheel brakes
appeared as_ standard
equipment, and the rounded
radiator shell gave way to a
more angular profile. Six
cylinder models arrived in
1925, and the cars were
complete restyled in 1929,
and fitted with hydraulic
shock absorbers.

In. October 1933, Harlow
H. Curtice took over the
company and promoted a
“higher speed and lower
price” slogan, resulting in
the introduction of the

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“410 6 one offered close to that.

amount. ot

“I'm going: to take. that
retail value as an income tax -

deduction,” he said. -

Ha rold
comptroller for Goodwill,

‘said Gordon is not the only
- large car owner to donate his

vehicle to charity, .!

_ “In .the- past couple. of’
weeks, we've gotten about

25 cars ‘and all except one
were large cars.”

Now, the Goodwill lot is”
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Shadeliné said money —
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