Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1924, Page 13

Tit / find out much pleasure touring if you are Kid -Automob How to Prepare it How to Load Up Equipment so That Weight Is Evenly Distributed. If you are going to enjoy your tour, you must pack your ecquip- ment in such a way that there is sufficient room for everyone to ride comfort. You will very quickly that there is not ve squeezed in between packages of various kinds and have no room to stretch your legs. LAY OUT ALL EQUIPMENT BEFORE STARTING TO LOAD UP .#. ‘Wnen you are ready to load up, it {8 a good idea to carry out every: thing you are going to take with you and lay it all in a line beside the car.- You can then see just what you have to pack and the amount of space everything is going to take. As a general rule, the heavy equipment should be placed at the bottom, but the things that are needed first, such as tent, stove ete., should be loaded up so that they can be taken off first. It is for this reason that-these articles ure best packed on the running board. As I have previously me*- toned, tools and spares should be carried where they can be got at quickly when they are required and generally the best place for them ig under the front seat. A very important thing to keep in mind is that weight must be equally distibuted. If you have too much weight on one side you are, only looking for trouble. The run- ning boards should not be loaded up with heavy articles all on one side. Pack the bulky but light articles en the left side and the more com- pact articles on the right side. This will allow you to get in and out of the car easily, ‘ Light steel luggage racks are 2 dw help in Gelding ,equipm: -on e running boards, for it is difficult to rope or strap equipment securely enough to prevent it falling off. ‘The luggage rack provides a wall that holds everything in place and enables you to pack or remove eyuip- tent much quicker and easier than you can when it has to be strapped or roped on. DISTRIBUTE WEIGHT OF LOAD EVENLY, COVERING LUGGAGE O? ; RUNNING BOARD WITH CANVAS OR OiL CLOTH Rd t The principal thing to remember is that all luggage carried on the running boards must be securely fastened or it will work loose and drop off. Don't forget to cover up equipment carried on the running boards with oil cloth or canvas so that it {s dust and rain proof. While on the subject of protec- tion from the rain, if you use an open car, don’t forget to take out the side curtains and see t! they are complete ard in good condition. ‘The best place to carry them ts 1n 2 special pocket inside the top but in any case, stow them where you con get at them quickly when you need them. If there are three or four in the party. it is a very good idea to arrange among yourselves for each one to have « certain duty. For instance, the driver should have nothing to do but drive and keep the car in good condition, watching lubrication and greasing and tight- ening up when necessary. Another can specialize on the erection of the tent, beds, unpacking, etc. The cooking and food *supply can be fmndled by a third member while can carry water, burn the camp clean, one attends to his or . you will find it will add Greatly to the comfort and pleasure of the trip. A trip can very easily be spoiled if you have trouble with the car. If all that the criver is expected to So 1s loox after it, then he has time ty give it proper attention. Every morning, before you start unscrew the radiator cap and make SURE that there is enough water in the 53 Cadillac Touring 4 AT A SACRIFICE Excellent Condition $350.00 CASH See McLaughlin at the Lee Doud Motor Company 424 W. Yellowstone Phone 1700 omobile for Camping Tour By EH Scott radiater, Lift up the hood and see that there is: enough oil in the crankcase. Every day during the touring season numbers of tours come to a sudden stop because the driver THOUGHT there was enough water Don't takes a few seconds to muke CERTAIN “that the radiator has enough water and the crankcase enough oil, Test cuch tire with a tire gauge, do not rely on judging their con- dition with the toe of your boot. I know some drivers will smile at this and say that it is not necessary. After you have spent half an hour or so on a hot dusty road changing @ tire that has gone flat you will change your mind. Another thing, fill up the gasoline tank at least once a day, don't let it get nearly empty before you think of filling up, or you may find yourself strand- ed some distance from a_ filling station. If you are waking long runs and are not using the headlights, it is @ good idea to switch them on for an hour each da This will pre- vent the battery heating up. Be sure also to’examine the leyel of the water in the battery every four or five days. It-should be about 4 inch above the plates. If thé water gets below the level of the plates the battéry heats up and the plates warp with the result you find the ear si$wing up and stopping and! you are stranded until you can get nother battery. Watch the wat and use the lights for an hour or} so and you will be playing safe. | — Speeding Banned | On County Roads DELTA, Colo., Aug. 23.—Automo- bile speding.in Delta county has re- sulted in the city and county of Delta joining hands and putting a motorcycle cop on the job, who will do nothing but patrol the roads from county line to county line in an effort to stop mountain driving at ‘speeds above the mountain limit. Authorities call attention to the’ hour but not to excced it The Touring S29 Runabout- - - Demounmble Rims end Starter $85 extra Coupe- - - - Tudor Sedan - « Fordor Sedan - i All prices f. 0, b. Detroit STUDEBAKER TRIAL OF Here’ ts the third of a serfes of ary ticles by Sparky, in which he tells the tale of one of the automobiles represented in Casper, Each week, the Tribune automobile editor drives a different make of vew car, and each Sunday he tells the people of Casper just how the car performed, and what its outstanding features are. This week Sparky drove all three models of the Studebaker, and | gaye each « thorough test. Here's the result. } By SPARK PLUG. { Each model of the new Studebaker series holds a delightful surprise for the man who {s driving them for the first time. It will be necessary to divide this article into three parts for the Studebaker factory manu- factures three different cars; the Big Six, the Special Six, and the Light Six. Each is a leader in its parti- cular class, and it {s indeed a prob- lem to name just which of the three offers the greater value. Better let actual test tell the tale and the read- er may draw his own conclusions. Sparky took the wheel of a Big} Six Studebaker bruugham last Mon-} day afternoon, and left the Stude- baker Sales and Service company, rather late in the evening and was therefore able to test the big ma- chine out both at night and before the setting of the sun. The new Big. Sixes are balloon equipped and their} outstanding feature is the ease with! which they glide over the roughest stretch of highway. The body con- struction of the closed models is sturdy and absolutely noiseless, The interior of the brougham affords am for four people, and is com- » for five, Tbe amazing leg room accorded the driver is a note- worthy feature, The Big Six is almost an open book to anyone who knows automo- | biles. parky found it to be one of) the most “satisfying” cars he has ever driven. It responds instantly to the touch of the foot upon the ac- celerator, has oodles. of reserve power and runs smoothly and quict- ly at all times. Monday afternoon, Sparky took the Big Six up Fifth street hill on high from a standing SS Umit set tor mountain high- ys in thelr county—15 miles an ur. Driving on open county roads is allowed to approach 35 miles an speed ¥ RANKS AS ROAD MARVEL UNDER SPARK PLUG | start in high at Grant and Fifth which {s a feat of which few other machines can beast. He then pilot- ed the big machine out upon the West Yellowstone highway for sev- eral miles as a general test of her riding qualities and roadability. The Big Six may almost be called the king of road cars for its ease of handling is Httle short of a revela- tion. It steers with ease, holds the roud perfectly, and gives a driver a | feeling that he has his car in hand. The Light Six Studebaker was driven by Sparky on Wednesday af- ternoon of the past week, and proved little Tartar in its class. There was no opportunity to put it through rigorous tests of speed and pulling power as it was an absolute- iy new machine and could not be driven over 17 or 18 miles per hour. This much was easily evident. The Light Six Studebaker is an establish ed leader among light sixes. Its motor is as quiet as that of many eight cylinder cars. Its perform. ance fn high gear is little short of remarkable, and the machine Sparky drove, although stiff and brand new negotiated two miles an hour in high without a vestige of a.jerk. It pufisd the first long hil] on the Sait Creek highway in high gear at a speed of five miles per hour from bottom to top. It proved that it is ‘equal to its big brothers in riding qualities, and it is standardly equipped with bal- loon tires. It offers one of the great- est motor car values on the pregent day market, und Sparky must con- }ter position to judge. dig car qualities in a machine as small as the light six. Mr. West, of the local Studebaker agency sold the only new Special Six in stock on Wednesday and Sparky was permitted only a 15- minute spin, in the medium sized model. The Special Six Studebaker is a delightful combination of the other two models. It handles easily picks up quickly and gives a driver the impression that ‘‘there’s always u little left’ no matter where you want to go. In fact Sparky ven- tures the opinion that the Special is the finer loking car of the three. But you'd better drop down and see them yourself and place yourself in a bet- The Stude- baker Sales and Service company, is located at 226 South David street, and Mr. West and Mr. Purfet are always:on the job to show off their justly ‘popular models to all Casper. HELPENGINE ONHOT OAS These are the days when nearly every owner of an automobile takes the family for a nightly ride “just to cool off." It may safely be as- serte@that the great majority of cars on théroads in the evening are out for just that. purpose. | It ts doubtful, however, whether |one-tenth of these drivers, intent on | keeping cool, give proper considera: tlon to the engine itself with a view to keeping {t coo} also. The fact that the weather is so hot that only a swift ride can bring relief seems to ! make many drivérs even prone to ig- nore the necessity of keeping the fess that he was th prised at finding suc motor cool. Yet the maintaining of proper en- Car 2 $525 590 685 Maybe Re-Wiring would end that defective igni- tion in your car. Whatever the trouble, let us locate it for you and apply the remedy, As ignition experts of long stand- ng and great experience we are eminently qualified to do this speedily and thoroughly, so we guarantee you satisfac- tion in advance. L. D. Branson Service 615 E. Second Phone 383 Utmost Driving Confidence Drivinga Ford is so simple, and requires so little effort that you are free to de- vote all your attention to the problems of traffic. There is dence in driving a a sense of confi- Ford, impossible with any more complicated motor car. Ford fotor Company, Detroit, Michigan SEE THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED FORD DITALZR You can buy any model by making a small down-payment and arranging easy terms for te balance. Or on the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. The Ford dealer in your neighboriinod Al geen both Plate tn dese explain PAGE THREE. Read the Ads- If You Want All the News fold, etc., in the Chandler give it this quality of cool running. . Natural, if the water never boils, replenis! ment is not frequently needed, and circulation, size of] the owner ts relieved of a lot of la- rrangement of mant-' bor. J : sine temperature, in a carefully de-) makes, halted to allow the water in signed automobile, is one of the sim-|the cooling system to reach a safe “ temperature. ses gira gra dees, iB come| Proper combination of radiator ca- vanced that care of the cooling sys-| P seen aed tem is the least of the driver's | CCU Jeckets. cares. It is the boast of the Chandler, as n example, that one can't make Its} Pikes Peak Motor boll, and if you look at the motometer on a andler even after it has just com- Spare the Water Spoil the Battery —two minutes every two weeks puts you on the safe side pleted a pull up a long grade, you will concede that the boast is well Watch the water level in your battery this founded. Chandler owners always summer and you will save youself money next comment on the fact that they winter. Better still—let us watch it for you. breeze mérrily along on mountain climbs so steep that the roadside is lined with cars of many different FORD RUNS 87 MILES ON GALLON OF GASOLINE A new automatic and self-regulat- ing device has been invented by John A. Stransky, 3912 Fourth St., Pukwana, South Dakota, with which automobiles have made from 35 to 57 miles on a gallon of gasoline. _ It removes carbon and reduces sprak plug trouble and overheating. It can be installed by any one in five minutes. Mr. Stransky wants dis- tributors and ts willing to send a sample at his own risk. Write him Hot weather makes batteries thirsty. Not 20 hard on Willerd Threaded Rubber Batteries. : “You can't keep @ good man down. Here's where I butt in. Ask the boss foc that Hot Weather booklet on battery care,” says Little Ampere. 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