Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1923, Page 59

| The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Cwners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLM: 1f some drivers could amd would)cradually than in the past. It would <hange their driving tactics as quick- | 3¢ different if no'one had old cars to 17 as they cam change tires other |*!SPOS OF. Mmotorists . weuld be saved much aursery, - Pound-Wise Procedure. ! ‘WHth a number of important radical All gasoline engines are really air Sksnges of our design o the wind[ oy SR EE BN e s e most motorists who are attending the a8 a water-cooled power plant it sim- auto shows in varlous parts of the|ply means that the additional cooling country are wondering why the 1923 |madium, water, Is used as an aid (o modelp display no eyc-opening de- |air cooling. Water-cooled engines partures from conventional engineer- fare, therefore, indirect “air coqglers. ing practice. It is & natural thing [The water, bélng arranged so as to for the motorist to ponder over, for |circulate around the cylinders. the Amerfcan car _manufacturers ' arc |valves and through. the head. cone always on the lookout for new im-|ducts the excess heat away from the provemeuts; and this year in particu- [combustion chambers. - To keep the lar, with competition so Kecn. mew |waterat a temperature siightly pelow features might have created a furore. boiling, it is in turn conducted to the But the motorist had better sit down radiator, where it is air cooled both an, do some tall thinking. hy the draft of alr through the core Yhat apout the used car market?|ana the action of tho fan. The alr {8 agree you should have bought. Air Is the Thing. $yopose the manufacturer of the|the most important factor in the cool- jfiake vou drive had come out with |ing process. ome 1adical chanke In design. Grant = that it is a much needed Improvement and something which ig bound to Slower But Surer. ove successful. You Jould natu-| One of the newer trends in automo- Ily want to sell your present car bile metaliurgy fis the practice of Set in on the new model with exposing cylinder blocks to the its decided improvement. But the |weather for & year or so before mill- point .is. who would want your old|ing and grinding them. The results car? Who would be willing to give [from this Seasoning treatment are so you what vou think it is worth?|positive that one of the high-grade Wouldn't your very enthusiasm for[products so manufactured can be the new model discourage any one |driven eighty miles an hour directly from buying vour car—particularly at |after being turned out of the factory your price? | without danger of “freezing’ pistons. yThe manufacturcrs have an eve on | the used car market this year a i 3 W8 the answer. They have made the | The 0ld Mechanic Says: 823 cars u liutle petter by “Watch that ‘play’ in the drive refinements and | improving =3 ; # "They. are Just enoug! of can: Has shaft. The more you have of it the vantage over the 1922 models to make [faster the car wears out from the you want them. but not so different|wrist pins straight through to the All of which leads one to believe that [shot to pieces from start to finish, unless some rash competition sets it had never been used very improvements be made nd the driver “The Standard of Comparison™ B With the delivery of a Buick automobile, new or y used, we do not consider the transaction closed. So / long as-that car remains in service, whether in the hands of the original or another owner, there remains an obligation which we stand ready to meet—namely, to be o0 equipped as to render whatever service it may need. 1 Stanley H. Horner . . Retail Dealer 1015 14th St. N.W. Main 5296 | 3 - Unusually Attractive Time-Payment Plan Open Evenings and Sundays i Hurley Motor Company 1522 14th St. North 6462 SIX PRICES . ciees$1240 [] kL FOUR PRICES Five-Passenger Touring Roadster Carrlele covovorcoermecsoanen Spert Carevevevoroovrs cven. 1. o. b Milwenkeo As to render vour old cur obsolete. [axles. 1 just repaired a car that was | i Passenger with Unusual Economy any unusual stunts with it. Tt was|the easiest road to a solution oy all in the way he handied the car|bending it. ol'd|ll|lrl!‘y.‘ lwrhng maln‘ lll l}l :’le early got into the habit of lettin’ the cluteh in with & jerk, shiftin' gears Cranks on Cranks. abruptly and slammin’ on his brakes| Many motorists who really under- without first throwin’ out the clutch. |stand their cars, who crank over their Instead of coastin’ around corners and |engines in cold weather as & means of then lettin' in the clutch when the[saving tne battery, engine was runnin’ at & speed in ac- |hand crank in order to test for oo cordance with the ocar's speed, he|pression, timing the ignition or the would leave the Whole drive in gearivalves, are complalning because many and let the engine buck when lllc[prount-dky cars are not cquipped #peed of the car got down too Iow. lwith permanent hand cranks. Wit “The moment the drive doesn't run fone or two ‘exceptions, the ha crank 5moothly play begins In the universal!is now regarded as a sort of ffth joints and back lash develops in the !wheel, {s mude of poor material and transmission and difforential gears. |carefully concealed under a seat cusn- |Every time the driver lets his fjon. jclutch with a slam a little more play | The self-starter hasn't replaced the develops all along the line. hand crank entirely: not by a long thing You know it becomes the usual |shot. And experienced motorists & thing for the engine to turn a little |justified In urging the manufacturers before it starts turning the rear wheels. This is on account of the play in the drive. Instead of the clutch taking up the shock of startin’ the car, the driver begins to rely on the play in the drive. ‘This means joltin' of every working part of the engine every time the clutch is en- gaged or the speed of the car in- creased or decreased. And joltin’, you know, means wear. I you want to Ikeep ‘that car of yours right up to {ecratch. just remember to case the shock between power and load. It's all in the way you use the uccelera- . the brakes and the clutch. The I'A. B, C'# of economical drivin’, in other words.” Did You Know- That the front axle of a motor car should be the lowest point on the car? Or, to put it another way. that the clearance between the road and any other part of the car proper should not be less than that between the road and the front axle? °‘If the front axle is the lowest point and a driver manages to get over some road ob- struction with it, he knows that the will not get hung up on the en- gine pan, the transmission or the dif- ferential housing. That a bend in the steering.tie rod drag link or brake rods is an indica- tion” of poor engineering? In every thine if it runs straight. so they t; Sedan 1885 >08B. ing, Plus}fi:sullg‘z/ A RELIABLE TIRE HOUSE —a place to buy Quality Tires, plus Service moderately priced. | REO MoTOR CAR CR ’ Lansing, Michigan SERVICE TIRE CO. G. W. Rundlett, Prop. 1336 14th St. N.W. (3 doors below R. 1. Ave.) 1509 14th Street and land territory open for responsible dealers. A Special Showing of The New Here’s the car that pruved itself one of the real attractions of the Motor Show. All this week we are giving it a special exhibi- tion so that you may enjoy a more satisfactory opportunity to examine this new Nash model and its remarkable features. Every condition of travel has been fully anticipated with a series of truly exceptional improvements. There’s a new and wonderful readjustment of THE TREW MOTOR CO. We atill have some desirable Virginia to make hand cranks permanent. If [nerves are soothed by swest-running, nickelplated and held in a neat strap, | multi-oylinder, vibrationless -motors. they would add to the appearance Gf have every convenien: the car and at the same time encour- |gelf-filling bank acoounts. th rough, sporty pastime—this modern motoring. Polishing Trimmings. Our Motor Sportine; About the best time to polish the o nickel trimmings of the car is When We're kidding ourselves about our|d SX% N bR SSuanE it eut of the wet. Even where motarists are careful enough to wipe off the trimmings with a dry rag, some of ,Our sportiness is get- {the moisture remains overnight and ting to be excitement for the eye;|appears as rust the next morning. If surely not a thrill to thg ear drums (the polishing job is combined with the or a shock to the lungs. We're 80 |drying process the motorist osn g0 sporty now that we loll in deeply up- |to rest feeling that he has killed two holstered sedans well sealed against|birds with one stone and made & good the rigors of normal weather. Our|job of it, too. well designed car all rods are as straight as possible. Where cars are hastily designed it is often found er eau that a rod will confiict with some- | 'I'HE low price of $1885 buys the Iatest Reo/5-passengerSedan,—with 2 straight- lined body that is as stylish outside as it is comfortable inside. v —With enduring steel paneling, heavy plate glass, and a framework of selected hardwood (braced with drop-forgings) to assure permanence and make the good- ness lasting. —With the famous Reo double-framed chassis and the incomparable Reo 50 horse-power, 6-cylinder engine to provide mechanical ruggedness and flexible power in generous measure. : B gy Main 4173 “Jhe qo,d Standard of Values Nash Six Touring Model motor and carburetor, imparting an enhanced smoothness and power responsiveness that There’s a resulting increase in mileage per gallon of fuel that places this car almost on a par witht a “Four” in economy. And there'’s a new frame crossmember con- struction that bulwarks the structure against the most severe stress. Comeinand see these and a host of further refinements. s B e s e i e ey This and That. If the spare wh were get at right angles to the body and mounted on axles they might éome in handy for folks who have s on sport models Salesmen We have an exceptional opportunity for several live wire Jewish salesmen. Men with experience in selling automo- biles preferred. Luttrell Chevrolet Company CAD 14th at T St. How often you have - heard a man say that his motor car ambitions will be realized when he secures a Cadillac. THE WASHINGTON CADILLAC COMPANY Rudolph Jose, President 1138-1140 Commectieut A: T, W. STANDARD OF THE WORLD ve. Frank. 3$00-3801 Barrett, Sales and Service. 24th and M St About Nash Service If you want a clear picture of the service we render, ask any Nash owner in Washington. There’s no truer indication of prevailing satisfaction than the hearty endorsement he'll give us. We, in turn, realize most fully that this owner-appreciation is the greatest asset we can And it is our rigid policy con- stantly to justify it through every service-benefit that men and meoney provide. difficulty keeping the convention: four wheels on terra firma. We may not be a race of idolaters, but the habit of paying tribute to the great god depreciation Dopular as ever with motorist Copyright, 1923, by the Ullman Featare Servies, LAC