Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1924, Page 35

SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1924 ACCESSORY MANUFACTURERS OF COUNTRY SPREADING OPTIMISM Operation in United States of Fourteen Mil- lion Motor Cars Means Good Business for Firms That Make Equipment. With 17,000,000 automobiles inthe 1922 total, which established a operation the world over, 14,000,000 of them in the United States, the American automotive industry en- ters the new year confident that sane and normal progress, without a sensational spurt, will assure an- other twelve months of tremendous production. This is the dominant note in the annual survey ahd analysis of auto- motive conditions by the Motor and Accessory Manufacthrers’ associa- tion, the first installment of which has just been made publi The ic. outstanding conclusion in most of the statements submitted to association headquarters is that the basic stability of tho automotive industry is now more firmly assured than ever before. Although it was recognized that prophecy with respect to an indus- try.as vast and dynamic as this, is particularly hazardous, and that the most roseate anticipations of a year ago were far outstripped by the actual accomplishments of the last twelve months; nevertheless, as a rough and informal indication, predictions were requested as to the output of motor vehicles during 1924. Replies to the association's ques- tionnaires show wide divergence. Less than 5 per cent of those an- swering hold out hope for a produc- tion in access of 4,000,000 cars and trucks, the 1923 total; about 20 per cent look forward to maintenance of that production for the year; an- other 20 per cent expect to drop to approximately 3,000,000, and most of the rest—or a substantial majority —figure that 1924 production will be about 3,500,000 cars and trucks. But at best these are simply busi- ness men's guesses, qualified by knowledge that the automotive in- dustry has constantly shattered the precedent and gone forward tri- umphantly despite elaborate statis- tical calculations. A production of 3,500,000 motor vehicles in 1924 would be the largest in the history of the industry with the exception of 1923. Although it would be a drop of 12% per cent from the 4,000,000 mark, it would be 33 per cent above DISTINCTION IN 1 HE 2O-INCH AUTO TIRE AND RIM EXPLAINED Considerable confusion has de- veloped with reference to the new 20-Inch automobile tire and rim. This confusion has been somewhat increased since the development of the “balloon” or low air pressure tire. ‘The “balloon” tire is being de- veloped for passenger cars only— not for trucks and not for busses. The tire's ease af riding. great advantage is its The easy riding quality is arrived at by carrying very Uttle air pressure in a large section tire with smaller: number of cord plies. In addition to the balloon type of tire, according to Miller tire men, there is a passenger tige for a 20-inch rim of regular construction and in addition, a heavy duty truck cord tire. Some inquiries received by tire manufacturers indicate that there is a conception that only the balloon type of tire will be fitted to the 20-Inch rim. This is not the case. Several passenger car sizes also use it, and some of the heavy duty sizes also, fits a 20-inch rim. For example, the 32x6 ‘tire An easy way to determine rim diameter is to subtract twice the cross section size from the height of the tire. ample, six inches. In the 32x6, for ex- the cross section size is Twice that js 12 inches. Substract that from 82 and and the result meter. ————___ After you've driven 5 hav, ‘00 is 20 inches—the rim dia- Insurance on An Automobile Is Important ‘While we realize that the exhib- iting of motor cars will occupy the minds of most of us during the next few days let us not forget another phase of automobile life which is most important to the ear and to the automobile owne NO car ts allowed to be driven about the streets of any city with- out proper insurance. Someone must furnish that !Msurance and take upon his shoulders the risk which accompanies the granting new high record at that time. The figures for the last few years follow: Cara of a policy. Year— and trucks There are many kinds of insur. 1916 1,583,617} ance companies, some strong and 1917 1,868,949] stable. Others fre weaker and 1918 — 1,153,638} more apt to be unable to make 1919 1,974,016] good their claims. Casper's 1920 2,205,197] strongest automobile insurance 1921 1,661,550} agencies are advertised in this 1922 659,064" automobile number. It will pay 1923 4,000,000 you to read their words to you. Cooling System Should Be Carefully In- spected Before Warm Weather Arrives During the cold weather, you have probably been using an anti- freeze solution, and they usually have a certain amount of effect on the rubber of the hose connections. In addition to this the hot water circulating through them, has a tendency to rot the rubber. The outside of the hose connections may look all right, but if the car has seen very much service, the rubber skin inside the hose may have rotted and curled up, so ob- structing the free flow of water through the cooling system. It is a good investment to remove both upper and lower hose connections} each season and renew them. You are then sure that they will give no trouble by leaking or obstruct- ing the flow of water through the circulating system later in the Season. If there is any mud or dirt be- tween the fins of the radiator, take Fi e a hose with a good strong pressure behind it and flush through radi- ator from the rear. Before you do this, however, cover up the spark plugs and ignition system so that these parts will not get weti Now start the engine and if convenient take a run for a mile or so, then stop and examine to see that the radiator or hose connec- tigns are not leakin: f the radi- ator leaks, have good radiator repair man repair Do not use any of the patent “stop leak” prep- arations to make a permanent. re- air. Most of these are all right ior a temporary repair while tour- ing, etc., but are not to be trusted for making a permanent job. Now have a_look at the Fan Belt to see that it is adjusted prop- : : erly. The belt must not be kept too tight or you will have trouble with it stretching and breaking, and you will also put a strain on the fan bearing. It must not be too, loose or it will slip. If the belt is adjusted correctly, you should just be abie to slide the fan pulley on the belt by pressing down with a moderate pressure on a fan blade. If_ it pups around too easily, you will find an adjustment that will enable you to increase the tension on the belt until it is correct. The belt should be inspected about once a month, and the fan bearing lubricated about once a week. If your cooling system is of the ‘Thermo-Syphon type, the above is all the attention it will require to put it in first class condition. If, e however, you have a pump to circulate the water, fill the radiator nearly full, then start the engine and observe to see if the water in the radiator bubbles or churns when the engine is running. If it shows no sign of movement, then have it examied by a good me- chanic, as it is possible that the key holding the impeller blades on the pump shaft is sheared, and the water is not circulating. This trouble is generally caused'when the water in the cooling system freezes, then when the engine is started, the impeller blades are frozen solid and cannot move, somthing has to go, aed it is usually the key in the pump shaft. If the water is circulating all right, then examine to see that the imp glands ‘are not leaking. If they are, tighten the Packing nut. Be careful in doing this, however, that you do not tighten it too much or you may cause the shaft to bind and cut, and the pump will then leak worse than ever. If you find you cannot stop the leak by tighten- ing the packing nuts, then the glands will have to be repacked. Todo this, uscrew the packing nut and wind a few inches of hemp that has been soaked in graphite grease around the shaft, then tighten the pack- ing nut, If you notice that the shaft has a series of rings where the peter ory then it may be necessary to fit a new shaft to make a good job, os “LUSH MUD QUT OF RADIATOR AND CONTACT BREAKER, SY CORRNG LT Sup WUT, SLIDE OWER BELT. NEXT WEEK—THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND WHAT TO INSPECT IN IT LOWE BROS.’S AUTO PAINT The Best Paint Made for Autos, Wagons, ete, Use It Once and You Will Use No Other HOLMES HARDWARE CO, PHONE 601 Che Casper Sundap Cridbune CHANDLER 15 FEATURING NEW CLOSED MODELS New sedans and the traffic trans- mission, the recently clash-proof gearset, will be the leading features of the Chandler exhibit at the Third Annual Automobile show, shown by John M. Whisenhunt the Chandler distributor in this elty. Although the 1924 line of Chandlers was brought out last September, two new sedans were announced with the opening of the New York show, Jan- uary 6. * Aside from the cars themselves, the motoring public will be par. ticularly interested In the price trend they exemplify. These two sedan: show’ how nearly the difference in Price between open cars and closed cars has reached the vanishing point. Two New Chandler Sedans. The Chandler company attains this distinction with the new “Four- Door,” a five-passenger car, and a new seven passenger sedan, both with Fisher bodies mounted on the Standard Chandler chassis, with its Pikes Peak motor and Traffic trans- mission. In addition, a reduction has been made on the Chummy se dan, the most popular Chandler model in 1923. The new models are priced as fol- lows: Four-door sedan (five passen- ger), $1,895; seven passenger sedan, $2,095. The Chummy sedan ts now priced at $1,475, instead of $1,785. It ts the “shifting” feature of the old transmission, there being no neces- sity to slide the gears in or out of mesh. The movement of the change speed lever locks the selected gear to the main shaft by means of two Sets of silding keys, which le in Srooves in the main shaft. The keys remain depressed in these Srooves until they are in thelr exact driving position when they lock au- tomatically, and heavy lugs st their ends engage in deep notches cut around the interior circumference »f the gear, The keys cannot fail to engage, as they are eo designed that the motion of the shaft and Sear wheels assists the rocking mo. tion of the keys, Peak Motor Improved. andier chassis carries also the improved Pikes Peak motor. This engine was first shown a year ago, and in the last 12 months has attained real fame by its extraor- dinary performance achievements. Little change has been made, the only major alteration being the adop- tion of full pressure oiling, by which the ofl is forced to all important bearings; marked improvement in silence and operation is the result. The Pikes Peak motor, so called from the fact that the highest auto- mobile road in the world ~was used for months as testing grounds for the engine, has more than made good its name in one y a therefore only $260 higher than the — He was right, dead right, as he five passenger touting car, and the sped along. new four door sedan $410 higher, My But he’ a " while the now seven passenger se:| Monster Aquarium|** ag the dan is only $460 higher than the ‘ pt a EE a ch tear AT seven passenger touring car. The new models have the charac- Boasts Huge Fish mies in the tank to make things un teristic Chandler lines of beauty, comfortable, That Eats Parents combined with rugged construction and richly finished interiors. Traffic Transmission Shown. At the motor show, the working of LONDON (By mail to United the traffic transmission will be} Press)—One of the novelties at the dembnstrated. Next to its ease and| pritish Empire hibition, which certainty of operation, the most re- opens Wembley Park, in April, markable thing about it, to the av-| wil! be a monster aquarium, claimed erage motorist, is the simplicity. It} to be the finest in Europe, with the will be hard for a driver who has] single exception of Naples. struggled for years with different difficulties of shifting, to realize that all his troubles could be eliminated so completely by so simple a device. At first glance, the traffic trans- On all the seven seas, fishermen are hunting for specimens to make Wembley’s acquarium remarkable. The most fearsome of Wembley's lesser-known “boarders” is the mission is little different from] african devilfish “Afanta,” which is others, Then the visitor will ob-/16 feet long and nearly as broad. serve that all the gears are in mesh. He will then find that only four parts not found in the ordinary gearset are required to select, at the driver’s will, whatever gear is re quired. The change of gears !s made with the old-fashioned change-speed lever, one of the advantages of the new transmission being that there is nothing new to learn before operat- ing it. Gears Are Not Shifted. Instead of being so attached to the main shaft) that they must al- Ways revolve with it, the traffic transmission gears are free on the shaft. This permits them to be mounted in mesh with the counter. shaft gears, thus doing away with It weighs 6,000 pounds and has a tank to itself, on account of {ts vora- appetite, which would empty acquarium of smaller fish in a y short time. The “Afanta” a mouth three feet wide, and in its native element, it devours Its parents when given the oppor- tunity. Sometimes the parents get it first, A shoal of herrings will be @hown for the first time in this country. Oyster-beds, good and bad, will be reproduced. A day in the life of a lobster will be another attraction, sufficient lob- sters being available to permit the itor to observe the shedding of an old shell; So that no touch or réalism is lost,.there will be suffi- cient of the lobster’s natural ene- Project Finds Favor Throughout State For Season. By SPARK PLUG. Swiftly, surely, sweeping all resist- favor in every section of Wyoming, the Tri- bune Tourist bureau of information has grown from a me: to a tangible existing, nee away and finding Why the Road Hog Gets By With Public “Why do you turn out for every road hog who comes along?” she asked rather crossly. “The right of way {s yours."t “Sure! replied her ny— “Here lies the body of Willlam Jay, He died maintaining his right of pecial efforts are being made t atch an Axolath for the acquarium This little-known fish bas four legs, as well as fins, and unless supplied with a continuous flow of water, it sacks up its native home and is then fully equipped to walk on dry land. —————___ The cars for which agencies have been Casper and which will be exhibited at the show are as follows: Rollin, Chrysler, Chandler, Dort and Chev rolet, established only recently | Don’t fail to see them. Pt ene iy USED CARS THAT WILL RUN We have a few \carefully se- lected Used Chevrolets and Fords, open and closed models. Easy Paym-nts May Be Arranged Nolan Chevrolet Co. Temporary Office Globe Shoe Company Phone 64-J Booth No. Be Sure to See the Special Star MOTOR TRUCK & CAR SA McKinley and Yellowstone, Do Not Fail to See the New STAR Car at the Auto Show It Is a Nicer and Better Star Exhibition Opening Night CASPER, WYOMING. Touring on husbans calmly; ‘but my reason is suggest- ed by an epitaph I saw the other PAGE EL TRIBUNE TOUR BUREAU PILING AND TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION; SEDANS ADDED) UP INFORMATION FOR MOTORIST mate thing. Steadily its files have] filed with interesting facts ana|May 1 Set as Opening figures sent from every city of im : % portance in this stat. ‘The coopera.| Date for Service to Hon of ov brother communities has . been wonderful. Without them the Autoists bureau could never be a ‘success. ¥ while with them it cannot fall. May 1 has been set as the opening| come from local fol date for the information station! formation, but as th which wi prove to be a wonderful boon to the summer tourist. It is]7¢t Prepared to answ hot deemed necessary to take defin-/Curately, It will not at ite publ iT n t swer them all. there ts litt tnatiired ¢ é traffic w route r tent before ct the Tribu merce in ev ity advising them of the . templated by Wyoming’s greatest newspaper and soliciting their aid.| tions, directing then Letters, road maps, folders, cireu- terest in and around Casper, lars, ‘articles and every other con-| routing them from this clty to the ceivable kind support have pour-| destinatic providing it is wit ed into th: fice. This material] the bo: ries of this state. has been consigned to a file manu his project {s being Inunched be. factured especially for the use of/ cause this newspaper bellev t the Tour bureau, Here it will be| something of thie moet te neteann kept until the onening date when it|in Casper. It believes that am At will be n its great work of guiding tourist bureau will go a long way to Pleasure seekers to very corner of| make friends for Casper in other Wyoming's we and. sections of the United Sta Remember the date Alrea May 1 Do You Value Your Car’s Appearance? If You Do See That It Receives Proper Care The Year Round |! in A Few Requisites to a Perfect Car WASHING—GREASING—OILING— PAINTING—POLISHING We Do It All for You AUTO SERVICE CO. 133 North Wolcott Street Phone 2370 Automobile AND GENERAL INSURANCE ADVISORY SERVICE INSPECTIONS MADE FORMS PREPARED LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED SPEARS & CHAPMAN, Inc J. B. TRUMBULL, Manager Successors to R. T. Kemp Co., and Bury Realty Co., (Insurance Department) Suite 501-518 Oil Exchange Bldg. Phone 370 TIRES UNITED STATES, FISK, ETC. ON EASY PAYMENTS LES We have a large stock of tires in all sizes, and now we are going to give you a chance to purchase your tires.on terms. Come quick, while our stock is com- plete. PAY AS YOU RIDE Lee Doud Motor Co. 424 West Yellowstone