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Automotive News Briefs: 17 February 1960

Automotive News Briefs: 17 February 1960

North Central Best Car Area
Lakeland Ledger

The north central region of the U.S. provides the greatest market for new cars.

Over the past two years, north central consumers topped all other areas with the purchase of 44.7 per cent of all new cars.

The second largest new car market is the south with 21.8 per cent. The northeast region bought 17.7 per cent, and western states account for 15.8 per cent of the new car market.

'Typical' Auto Trip Of 1910
Lakeland Ledger

An automobile journal of 1910 advised tourists making a "typical" journey from Chicago to Denver to make adequate preparation and take the following equipment:

"Extra cans of oil, plenty of rope, a block and tackle, a small electric light to read the guide books at night, a supply of inner tubes, a coil of copper wire "that is so necessary on every run," a bottle of kerosene to remove carbon from the cylinders, a varied supply of bolts, a collapsible canvas pail for carrying radiator water if a bracket should break, several spark plugs, a tool kit, a small soldering iron for leaks in the radiator, a pump or air bottles, and a can of grease."