One really fun thing about looking at old newspapers is seeing the ads. There is no doubt things were different when this automobile ad ran in the Star Feb. 3, 1929.
Here is the text of the ad at left for a coach sold at O'Rielly Motor Company:
Six-Cylinder Smoothness
with increased Speed and Acceleration!
A type of performance entirely new in a low-priced automobile — that's what you experience when you drive the new Chevrolet Six!
Marvelous six-cylinder smoothness throughout the entire speed range! A freedom from vibration, drumming and rumble that makes driving and riding a constant delight! Increased speed and acceleration, with 32% more power for hills and heavy going!
Such are the qualities of performance now available in the price range of the four. Such are some of the outstanding reasons why the new Chevrolet Six is enjoying the most triumphant public reception ever accorded a Chevrolet car.
If you have never driven the new Chevrolet Six, you are cordially invited to come in for a demonstration. For until you actually sit at the wheel, you can never know what Chevrolet and General Motors engineers have achieved in the new Chevrolet six-cylinder valve-in-head engine!
-a Six in the price range of the four!
O'Rielly Motor Company
Tucson, Arizona
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The cost? Here's the price list:
The Coach ... $595
The Roadster ... $525
The Phaeton ... $525
The Coupe ... $595
The Sedan ... $675
The Sport Cabriolet ... $695
The Convertible Landau ... $725
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While these prices might seem ideal, one must remember that people made a whole lot less in 1929, even before the market crash.
Of even more importance in Tucson: no air conditioning!
