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Operations•by Staff•April 1, 1962

Car Care a Must With Livery Firm

Keeping up the appearance of its cars is a major problem at Thorne Anderson Livery Service in Chi­cago.

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Operations•by Roy Wiley•March 1, 1962

Editor's Page

To lease or own. This problem has perplexed fleet men ever since cars were first used for business purposes.

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Leasing•Cover Story•by Staff•March 1, 1962

Leasing-Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow: Top Lessors Talk About Leasing

Sam Lee, Hubert Ryan, Armund Schoen, Harley Howell, John Rollins, and HF Brey talk about the viability and future of leasing.

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Operations•by AF Staff•February 1, 1962

PHH Reports On Gasoline Mileage

According to the company, the typical fleet car to­day is averaging 14.6 miles per gallon of gasoline, compared with 14.4 miles per gallon in 1958 and 14.3 m.p.g. in 1959.

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Operations•by Roy Wiley•February 1, 1962

Editor's Page

Last month Automotive Fleet reported the decision of the Chicago Police Department to drop compact cars as police vehicles. Several readers questioned our treatment of the story, contending that it lacked interpretation. Interpretation will come in later issues of Automotive Fleet — as it has before. Disagreement will come in this column.

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Operations•Cover Story•by Staff•February 1, 1962

Dream Cars Are Coming: Engineering Breakthroughs Pave the Way

Cars that run 100,000 miles without a ma­jor repair, are powered by several revolu­tionary types of automotive propulsion-from jet to chemical-and never need an oil change or grease job.

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Operations•by Roy Wiley•January 1, 1962

Editor's Page

The new cars by Chevrolet, Ford and Mercury have set off a fuss over their designation. Ford Motor Co. likes to assert its new cars embody a “new concept” — right between the compact and the standard car.

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Operations•by Staff•January 1, 1962

Claiming They're Unsuitable for Police Work, Chicago Police Dropping Compacts

Chicago joins Pitts­burgh in abandoning the com­pact as a police vehicle.

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Operations•by Staff•January 1, 1962

Maintenance: A Look at the St. Louis Police

Two years ago the St. Louis Po­lice Department checked its books and found that its maintenance procedures were costing a lot of unnecessary money.

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Operations•by Roy Wiley•December 1, 1961

Editor's Page

At the risk of going out on a limb and chopping it off, I’m making a prediction: New car sales next year will topple the all time 7,169,908 unit sales mark set in the banner year of 1955.

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