Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 22

00 THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, ASHEVILLE. N. C. LU Thursday, March 6, 1958 Suggestions For Getting More For Your Gas Dollar 4 ,1111.1 S. Don't run the engine when you don't have to, or gun It uselessly.

Fast take-offs burn excess gas. It's cheaper to turn off the engine than to Idle for long periods. Check your engine's idling speed is it set too fast? Are high fuel costs beginning to hurt? Here are five simple ways you can cut down your gas costs: Cut back your cruising speed on long trips. A 50-mile drive at 60 m.p.h, takes 8.3 hours. Increasing' your speed to 70 m.p.h.

saves you 1 hour, but tests have shown that hour costs you $4 through accelerated gas and oil consumption and tire wear. 2. Avoid needless slop-start operations. Theres' no money in being first to the next red light. In many cities, traffic lights are timed to turn green successively as you approach Intersections at a pre determined speed, usualy 25-30 m.p.

h. Tests have shown it costs you over 2-10 of a cent per stop-start. 4. Use the proper fuel. If you've got a high compression engine, then you need high octane fuel.

But using premium fuel in a standard compression engine is sheer waste. In fact, much of today's regular gas has the octane rating of the premium gas of a few years ago perhaps the year you bought your present car. 5. And, of course, keep your car in good shape. Proper tire pressure, clean plugs, correct mixture setting and timing are essential to economical 1958 Lincoln Offers Six New Models The Lincoln Premiere' and Lincoln Capri far 1958, inspired by the styling of the Continental, offer a total of six models.

In each line there is a four-door sedan, a four-door hardtop and a two-door hardtop coupe. The Asheville dealer is Sams Motor Co. Stylists enhanced the iow, and long graceful lines of each Lincoln by complementing each model with the Continental roof line, canted dual headlamps, an extended long, low hood and a wide, sweeping rear deck lid. Between the canted dual headlamps is a horizontally-louvered grille with a massive flared bumper across the front. A Lincoln script on the left side of the grille givs the car distinctive identificalion.

The Lincoln suggests the classic simplicity of the Continental profile. Along the is a single strip of chrome which extends from the rear bumper lo the middle of the front door. On Premiere models, the end of th molding is highlighted by an eight pointed star. The styling at the resr matches the font wiih an oval-shaped horizontally louvered grille treatment. On either side are integrated tail lights and backup lights set into the grille.

mits low-beam light to be cast as much as 75 feet further than in the single light system and provides extra fill-in light along the roadside. The high beam is in the inner headlamp (at left in photo above), and the low beam passing light and the fill-in light is in the outer lamp. EYE OPKNKRS BOTH and the dual headlights will be standard equipment on all the new 1958 Plymouth, Dodge, DcSolo, Chrysler and Imperial passenger cars. Each lamp in the dual system is designed to make maximum use of the reflector engineered for its particular purpose. The design and increased wattage in the dual system per yon dnu 35 mks pet dsn OS New DeSoto Line Boasts Fifteen Ma jor Changes A.

K. KIMBERLY, DeSoto chief engineer, checks the giant new Turboflash engine on the dynamometer in the DeSoto engineering laboratory. The two new DeSoto Turboflash engines power the new line of DeSotos. Available with 360 cubic inch displacement in Fireflite and Firedome models, and with 350 in the Firesweep, the new engines are compact, simple and rugged. It took 18 months to develop the UP TO ILL1 9G33EEj GALLON 82,115 From N.

C. Visit TVA Sites I "Home folks" apparently are and sleam planls in shows, more appreciative of the Ten-! Of 802.673 visitors, 69 per cent u-oro frnm iha eovon Vnllovi SORRELLS SWANN MOTOR CO. CANDLER, N. C. Phone MO 7-25464 nessee Valley Authority flams i slates.

North Carolina, wii than "outlanders," a check of ranked thirf registered visitors to TVA dams nessee and Kentucky. Ten- Sure-Grip diffeirnlial. andpthe new V-8 line of Turboflash engines. Torsinn-Aire, the completely new suspension system introduced in 1957 as standard equipment on all lines, has foppn improved with the addition of new, longer oulboard-mounted rear springs with an additional half leaf for the rear axle which further reduces the rear end roll and prevents "acceleration squat." In exterior and Interior styling, DeSoto has refined its highly successful Flightsweep styling, giving It a new kind of individuality and distinction. From the side, the hallmark of the new DeSolo is the high, canted rear fender fins, designed with directional stability in mind.

Dramatizing the tail fins is a new color sweep. Glover Motors handles Few Buyers Go Witiwut Car Radio DETROIT Wl American motorists spent something in excess of .100 million dollars for radio installations on their 1957 model cars. A survey made by Ward's Automotive Reports discloses that clase lo three of every four new car buyers order radios. More than half of the Installations are manually -operated sets. Others are the push-button type and the so-called "station seeker" sets.

Some all-transistor sets are being used in the higher-priced makes of cars. More and more combined tube and transistor installations are appearing. Another development in this accessory field during 1957 was the advent of several foreign, made AM-FM radios as replacement items. About half a dozen companies supply all the original-equipment radios for American-made cars. Research indicates radios are among the most popular of extra equipment items.

DeSolo in 19B introduces la new tine largest number in il 29-year history, paced bq 15 major styling and mechanical changes, and two completely new V-8 Turboflash engines. The new models were designed "to begin where leaves off" as uncompromising styling and engineering leaders in their price groups, according to Irving Wonlson, president, DeSoto Division, Chrysler Corporation. A convertible model has been addwi to the Firesweep aeries, the lower prived prestige car Introduced last year by DeSoto. "Record-breaking acceptance of the Firesweep last year has firmly established this third line in the DeSoto family," said Mr. Woolson.

"It now takes its place, along with the Firedome and Fireflile, as a complete DeSoto serirs." For the third year, DeSoto offers convertible and a two-door hardtop Adventurer sports car, available with fuel injection. Engineering news about DeSoto include the new "Constant-Control" power steering, a new economy choke fuel system, Hi-Temp brake fluid, Youth Is Acquitted In Death Of Father WILMINGTON, N.C., March 5 A New Hanover Superior Court jury today acquitted 16-year-old Elwood Jordan Smith Jr. of slaying his father last Nov. 6. Elmore Faces Early Trial On Weapons Charge HICKORY, N.C., March 5 lPI Ralph Haynes Elmore, 40-year-old barber of Sawmill, will be tried next Wednesday on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.

Elmore was arrested yesterday in his automobile across the street from a bank here. He signed a police statement that he had planned to rob the bank, but no charges were filed. Officers found a pistol and a shotgun in his car and a blackjack on his person. Come to the show and compare See FIRST NATIONAL BANK We Are Happy To Announce That ROY COLE Is In Charge Of Our KOY COLE FRONT END ALIGNMENT WHEEL BALANCING DEPT. GET READY FOR SPRING WITH BEAR SYSTEM FRONT END CHECK dollar gives you the most car per Roy invites you to come in and have your car's steering, front end, and wheels aligned and balanced to you can enjoy driving in the weeks and months ahead.

Improper steering and front end alignment can cause serious trouble while wheels and tires out of bajance causes discomfort and uneven tire wear. MONTEATH'S OFFERS MECHANICAL SERVICE 6 FULL DAYS A WEEK! Brake Repairs Under-Coating Radiator Cleaning Steam Cleaning Motor Tune-Up Wheel Balancing Front Alignment Mark IV Air-Conditioning Service MOST BEAUTY PER DOLLAR Clean, modern Flight Sweep styling long, low and lean with a tasteful use of chrome to accentuate De Soto's natural beauty. From the dramatic new grille to the flaring, functional fail fins DeSoto for 1958 gives you the'exciting look of the future. MOST ENGINE PER DOLLAR The performance magic of the totally new Turboflash engine is yours in every new De Soto at no extra cost. Teamed with Push-Button TorqueFlite transmission, (Jusf touch a button and go I), you get outstanding power and new gasoline economy, MOST RIDE PER DOLLAR A solid steel torsion bar suspension gives you new comfort and complete control.

Eliminates lean on curves, nose-dive stops and rear-end starting dip, New Torsion-Aire Ride is standard equipment (You don't pay one penny extra I) on every 1958 DeSoto. MOST ROOM PER DOLLAR Model for model, De Soto gives you more headroom, more legroom, more shoulder room more total roominess than any competitive car. Beautiful as they are roomy, De Soto interiors for 1958 are riGh, luxurious and color-keyed in extreme good lasts. Don't Miss Asheville's '1958 MOTORAMA' City Auditorium Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Auto Show Tickets Available at Mnnleath'i 3 wonderful ways to go De Soto Firesweep Firedome Fireflite GLOVER MOTORS, INC. 33 Merrimon Avenue Dealer Mrenn No.

Phone: AL 3-5610 MONTEATH'S GULF SERVICE Radio Controlled Service Trucks" OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK Patton Ave. at Asheland Dial AL 3-8429.