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First Quarter Output Second Highest in History
AN*s Production Estimate
(17. S. and Canada)
WEEKS ENDED MARCH SO. MARCH 23
Jan. 1 Jan. I
ll Week Same Week Mareh to to
Ended Week Ended Tntal Apr. 1 Mar. SO
4 Mar. SO 19S9* Mar. 2S* 1940 1939* 1940*
4 MOTORS . . 44.648 81,824 44305 180.199 413376 535.008
uP- let+ 27.000 20.275 27.150 113.560 242.910 521.455
1 22*° 6.688 4,465 6.606 27,707 63.659 84,324
a & 0 * 0 . 5,300 3,173 5.296 22,108 46,136 61313
f °. n nhilp 4300 S * o2l 4 ' 9oft ,9 - 442 49 ' 306 574160
Al*S*\W 860 590 848 3.382 11365 10.076
!! iSv'«IFR 244115 18,890 20,660 97,022 236,921 302,401
n..th+ 11390 9 ' 475 ,(Uo ° 48 - 307 J 146,393
U 7,650 6,275 6,750 29,737 78,215 94376
lD |er"" 2.'B° 1,720 2,160 11,018 23.541 35,000
J 1395 1,420 1,650 7,960 18.610 26.132
' 28,744 20320 23315 91,369 247,792 288.237
IRU . + '-"’ 20,450 18,200 20320 78,805 212.342 249,284
L ' ?„.jit ' 2355 1,670 2 360 9,755 26,795 30305
' !ta7>nhvr 739 650 735 2,809 8,655 8,648
"rnfICBAKER* 2.476 2373 2884 1,809 19 ' 581 *2,743
rKARO 1320 1,005 2349 9300 13345 21,909
2.050 1 350 2,050 8.089 15,030 19,785
1.536 1 387 1,176 5,778 21363 16,722
P J;, VS+ t 150 1,197 2 355 4 376 7,289
* IvTAMt “ t 80 85 272 970 899
Smobile * 100 * * 400 *
jfJxLANEOISt ... 7350 4 335 7,760 33.010 62,015 91,694
n>TAL+ 108339 82354 106,781 445303 1,087316 1316,637
wised, tlncludes trucks. IClosed. Miscellaneous includes Crosley,
„ Autocar, Brockway, Diamond T, Divco, Federal, GMC, Indiana,
smational. Mack, Reo, Sterling, White, etc.
sed Car Stocks Decrease ,
AT AM Adds 18 Members
nil to Automotive News
CHlCAGO.—Addition of 18 mem
n during the past seven months
announced by John E. Raine,
undent of the Automotive Trade
®. Managers. The roster of the
Blip includes local and state
mciation managers and execu
it secretaries in the United
ites and Canada.
Just added as members are
tori Behotaguy, of Arizona Auto
sbile Dealers Assn.; Verna P.
toner, Ohio Automobile Dealers
■n.; Harold Murphey, Sioux City
II) Automobile Dealers Assn.;
ml Herman Schaefer. Automobile
tilers Assn, of Indiana.
Raine released a report from
Plant Activity
kntam closed
kick steady; 6,688, five days
li-LaSalle steady; 860, four days
Vvrolet. steady; 27,000, five days
Irysler steady; 2,780, five days
fcSoto steady; 1,995, five days
W f e ... .steady; 7,650, five days
r ord steady; 20,450, five days
nham resumes assemblies Mon.
hdson steady; 2,060, five days
hcoln steady; 739, five days
toh steady; 1,536, four days
UimobUe. .steady; 4,800, five days
l *ek*rd drop; 1,920, three days
Tymouth .steady; 11,890, five days
hntUc ... steady; 5,300, five days
tadebaker steady; 2,476, five days
Tilly* ... closed
New Passenger Car Registrations, 40 States for February, ’4O-’39
Figures supplied by R. L Polk & Co.. New Jersey Motor List Co., and for New York City ares by Sherlock 6t Arnold *
CHRYSLER GENERAL MOTORS FORD NON-AFFILIATED
as t,
N a 3 I 9
STATES S 5 e £ 3 6 e Sill 2 * °3 STATES
I la 1 S 3 - | t = 1-3 2J , ! 5 ss i | s * i -s ie js l|
_ g QQ sSh|c * 5 ~ 5 £ Qh U e| B g T £ £ £ S OH |
T»tal 31 sutc* -40 3514 2282 7570 11960 28356 87871 363 29371 590 6200) 7341 52652 19527 693 2873 2309 S 15| 2978 j 3 2030 2387 SSS 4 636 50 115534 ; 40 Total 31 State*
lwFebrn*rv '?Q 1 Slfi 6178 117*»7 21. r >66 6208' 355 19508 53< 4130 4688 35426 15158 603 1717 17477| 139| 1627| 15 18401 1341 1417 315 26 | 81089 39 tor February
fwfi£ 1125 SSti 32 843 It “ 193 " 1631 1994 882| 67! 147: *0961 3 .'lift 70) 111 1441 M) 21 4340 1 40 Florid.
4 ® 8 ‘ -H 8 ml SSI SI 550 56] 119' 1171 1135 f 836( 66 99 990 i7f 89 64 67 68[ 37 16 3356 39
ill — i'l writoil - 1061 65©- — lii“TSi 70 590 j 5181 3268 ) 976)* 49) 150 XllS| ) 167| 1 114) 2o«i i» 4lj 7) 710*1*4# M .-...chu.rU.
tu *2j ?®2' Jill Jifil 67 1 1494 ttl 661 572! 35541 114df 78( 135, 1352 17 170( 6 19S( 17l( W 34f 9| 8276i’39
«!»£££ to iql —« n\ !ilO ~9U ~ 307 10T~H96| 1« 194 ) 200! 1918 1 805) 17) III] 983 j «t] 86 sft) 154| 6 1, 4150 40 Mlnne.oU
•39 94 3$ 43 344 620 191 6i 704 13 98 12l| 11831 569| 15! 68] 662 *4! >4l 2 69 27] 7o! lsl 2624 39
v *br»,l« .... q ~ .. , 7q iij m 3 8 481 » 7.9 76 728 103 11 56 470 f 11 21) 151 881 ST~ | 15981*40 Nrbrs*ks
-.2 S *2 S \s m ~2 1 476 6 M 69 714 I 167 12 35 614 i 27 29 S HI ?! I 1651139
iSKm • -I -A] 193 »9- 613 m 10 10101 7 IH7 207 1«&4 J 7«1 34 9» NW 61 1 53 S 3) 58) So| I 8879*40 Oklahoma
-' 8 2 JR H2I St 5l 7 867' 14 127| 1461 1361 I 78< 16| 731 844 1 19 1! 361 291 s| 9906*89
~n m im 7504 7 921 “1471 "975] 324 24 52 400 1 43 > 7s mi 40 ~i siMroo o r ,*,m
42 *2i ?? ! 22 liw si 362 s' 67 1 92 6371 2511 22! 40 1 313 9 20 6 571 141 ssl 101 2 1466139
i 2601 1818 1100 61 3965 112 lOSST 1159| T 7561 ~1143| 102 281 2526 8] 8961 ] 2911 «3) 524 j I*B4 111 199181*40 i*. nn.ylvaala
42 U JI f?2' 5522 *2? ?1 2309 «9i 700 676, 4763 1 1616| 86 215 1 1917 16 178 : 2 270| 90S| ?70! 44 9 11027|'39
SrSrft- ™ ***\ 99|'35»| 35»5 it 204| 1 ill] —*S*| —-Iwl” "■ U 7”T2Wio
To - n Ur «h 126 511 i«l! 1 41 *24 2781 110' 8 25 143 I 841 | 10 13 fSf ~J\ 1 6i©|*4o Wyomi.f
l > 39
BfHlSfer .... „,r .n«ai ■> 1028 11367 12911 .Vls 12254
-^L?sbni» r r 42 ”' 9 , SsinSSlfiS? fiokl 29155 890 6UB 6854 53.391 23.5.39 977 ! 2632 27148! 2061 23521 32] _96«l 19041 22331 4811 67 123176 39 for Febraary
r,jß| iSr-iSS sSS u „. «COl9 1709 108199 26. M 23392 26591 198.V11 71892 3111 10M7 8.5890 56 9781 13 7tfMl 8796 11977 ttiifl f4f *4ilß4B*«S Total
*39 55?2 SIS! |4713| 479031 JSSI 3M74 1890' 75636 3684 17867 18359 141700 61080 2916 7142 71137 556 5912 93 6.568 1992 5788 1159 168 336387 39 lo Date
managers in 10 key cities, showing
that used car inventories in each,
as of March 1, declined by com
parison with Feb. 1.
Peoria. 111., with a 24 days' sup
ply made the best record, while
Columbus, 0.. with 53 days had the
heaviest stocks. Here is the break
down by cities:
City Reporting Days
Dealers Supply
Chicago 250 46
Columbus, O. ... 63 53
Denver 29 34
Detroit 60 31
Kansas City .... 60 45
Peoria. 11l 16 24
St. Louis 41 - 36
San Antonio .... 17 31
Toledo, O not stated 51
Washington .... 50 34
Detroit Dodge Dealers
Set Open House Week
DETROIT. Detroit’s Dodge
dealers have set the four weeks of
April aside as “Spring Open House
Weeks.” Display floors are spe
cially arranged with new car ex
hibits in spring colors.
Many of the showings include
models of Dodge Luxury Liners
w’hich the motoring public will
see for the first time—such as the
Hollywood model, and convertible
coupe.
For a fresh automotive viewpoint,
read George M. Slocum’s “A Word in
Edgewise. - '
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS, MARCH 30, 1940
1*316.637 Vehicles
Assembled: Week
Total Is 108.339
By Pete Wemhoff
Associate Editor
DETROIT.—Second only to 1929.
first quarter production of cars
and trucks this year totaled 1,316,-
i-i. u aa .f’ 637 units. The
rec ° rd
PrHKtm tsniilt* o( 192 9 saw 1,-
130,000—1 546,319 units as
=. sembled. while
125,006 th « previous
second - high
120, - ve * r 1987
when 1,302,103
11aaaa7 units were
115,000 _, . ,
This turned out
110,000— Week First three
= +2 months of this
105,000 | year show a 24
if!* percent gain
100,000— Wert over tbe 1i0 63,-
95 no<>Z. 958 cars and
•= trucks produced
90J)0O in the corres
= ponding quarter
85,000 of 1939. This
5S March's output
80,000— Last which is esti-
p Year mated by AfTo
-75,000 mottvb News at
= 455,503 units,
70.060 topped the 389,-
489 vehicles as
-65.000 sembled in 1939
by 15 percent
60,000 but was well be
“ low the 519,022
4 n. J k * n March, 1937,
' and the 626.026
units assembled
in March, 1929.
However, this March’s produc
tion showed a five percent increase
over February output of 421.820
and approximated the 449,314 vehi
cles turned out in January this
year, a new high for that month.
As a result this March's assemblies
is considered highly satisfactory.
Assemblies for the past week are
estimated by Automotive News at
108,539 cars and trucks, which is a
slight advance over the previous
week’s 106,781 units and exceeds
the 82.854 units produced in the
comparable of last year by
31 percent. !
General Motors group total for
the week, ended Mar. 30, is esti
mated at 44,648 units, a fractional
decline from the 44,805 cars and
trucks assembled in the previous
w f eek. In the corresponding period
of last year 31,824 vehicles were
turned out.
Chrysler Corp. assemblies rose to
24,315 cars and trucks this week,
as compared with 20,660 units in
the previous week and with 18,890
vehicles in the pe
riod of last year.
Production also showed a slight
drop at Ford’s this week, the total
being 23,744 cars and trucks as
against 23,816 units in the previous
week. In the comparable period of
1939 Ford divisions turned out
20,520 cars and trucks.
New Passenger Car Registrations
January, plus 40 States for February
Feb.
to Feb. 1040 1939 tldt
Date Pos. 1040 Po*. 1930 Po*. Gain
Chevrolet 42.254 1 108.199 1 75.626 1 32.573
Ford .. . 29.068 2 71.892 ? 61.080 2 10,812
Plymouth 21.928 3 54.915 3 47.902 3 7.013
Buick .. 12.911 4 36,019 4 25,274 4 10,745
Dodge .. 10.983 5 27.497 5 24.712 5 2,785
Pontiac .. 10.388 6 26.591 6 18.359 6 8.232
Oldsmobile 9,251 7 23.392 7 17.867 7 5.525
Chrysler ... 5.219 8 12,593 8 9,212 8 3.381
Studebaker 4,830 9 11,977 9 5,733 13 6,244
Mercury 4:153 10 10,887 10 7,142 9 3,745
Hudson 4.044 11 9.781 tt— 5.912 12 3.869
Packard 3.519 12 8.790 12 4.992 14 3.798
De Soto 3.237 13 8.374 13 6.243 11 2.131
Nash ” 2.869 14 7,204 14 6.568 10 636
Cadillac-LaSalle 1.475 15 4.360 15 4,574 15 214*
Lincoln-Zephyr 1,103 16 3,111 16 2.915 16 196
Willys 970 17 2,648 17 1.459 17 1,189
Graham 22 18 59 18 556 18 497*
Hupmobile 5 19 13 19 93 19 80*
Miscellaneous 98 241 168 73
Total 168327 428343 326387 102.156
•Loss
AMA Estimates
Feb. Car. Truck
Sales at 283.973
_____ _ M }
DETROIT.—RetaiI sales of pas
senger cars in February were
higher than in any other Feb
ruary in history, according to
Automobile Manufacturers Assn.,
and truck sales were higher than
any save February, 1937.
Passenger car sales during the
month were 236.856 units, 43 per
cent more than February. 1939.
while truck sales amounted to 47,-
117 units. 32 percent more than
last February. Sales of both pas
senger cars and trucks were higher
than in any other February, reach
ing 283,973 units, or 41 percent
more than last year’s February
figure.
No Fatal Accidents
Mar N. Y. Fair in '39
NEW YORK.—A new record in
safety achieved by the New York
World's Fair is announced by the
Greater New York Safety Council.
Not a single fatal accident mars
the attendance record of the 1939
fair, when admissions totaled 32,-
846,761 in six months, from May
through October, the council de
clared.
First aid treatments in the pe
riod numbered only 2,410. Of that
number, 1,179 or 62 percent, were
for falls while persons were on
the level, while 239 were slips that
did not result in falls. Most of
the accidents, the council found,
occurred in streets and roads at
the fair. This total was 1,889,
while 462 happened In buildings and
concessions, and 59 elsewhere in
the area.
Pete WemhofTs Fourth Dimension
offer* new* of automotive advertising-
Sales ISear Record
WOOSTER, O.—New car sales in
Wayne county, one of the richest agri
cultural areas in Ohio, from Jan. 1
to the middle of March were 46.4 per
cent above sales for the same period
last year and are running ahead of
sales in the peak year of 1937.
QUILL SHAFT
WRITES RECORD ON NICKEL STEEL
An interesting combination of en
gineering skill and unique struc
tural material is the quill shaft
used in aircraft engines produced
by the Ranger Engineering Cor
poration, Farmington, Long Island.
By precisely proportioning dia
meters and wall thickness, this
Nickel steel quill becomes a flexible
member which transmits cush
ioned, uniform crankshaft torque
without friction dampers. Inter
nally and externally the shaft is
ground to a fine finish to prevent
stress concentrations. The uniform
wall thickness is only 0.226 inches.
The forward end is a plain spline,
the rear forms a gear spline.
Despite extremely heavy loading,
this shaft must be relatively small
in diameter to provide flexibility
under torsion. These severe re
quirements demand a high fatigue
limit, hence the quill is made from
heat treated SAE
3340 alloy steel,
containing 34%
Nickel.
I THE
1 INTERNATIONAL
NICKEL COMPANY
INC. Now Tart, N.V*
r nickel!
L ALLOYSJ
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