Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 69

For Buick owners there is a certain amount of sat- isfaction in the knowledge that a million others have concurred in their opinion—Buick sales have passed the million mark. This is the best proof of the merit of the car and the service behind it. R STANLEY H. HORNER p Retail Dealer 1015 14th St. N.W. Main 5296 Hmmthfmkmhnmduud— on the famous Reo “6” chassis—a distinctive model that is really a remark- THE SUNDAY ROAD TOPICS SET FOR APRIL 16- Every Governor Invited and Urged to Send 100 Dele- gates to Greenville, S. C. Special Dispateh to The Star. GREENVILLE, 8. C. April 14— Discussions on design, construction, | maintenance, traMc and finance in road-building will feature the elev- enth annual meeting of the United States Good Roads Assoclation,. in Greenville, April 16 to 21, 1923, ac- cording to information given by Di- prector General J. A. Rountree of this | association, who is actively working in connection with the execytive of- ficers and directors in arranging the program for this great event. _The annual exhibition of the United States good roads show will | be held in connection with the meet- ing of the association as well as that of the Bankhead Natlonal Highway Association. All types of road-bulld- ing machinery and minlature models of types of highway construction will Be ahown. Many inquiries in regard rlo space for exhibiting road machin- ery, road material, trucks, tractors and automobiles have been received at headquarters during the past ten days. Delegates from every state in the Unlon are expected to attend the meetings and show. All Gevernora Invited. An invitation and request have been sent every governor in the United States to appoint 100 delegates from their respective states to attend this convention and participate in same. It Is not expected that every delexzate appointed will attend, but in the past every state has had from half a dozen 110 100 delegates in attendance accord- ing to the location of states nearest the convention The United States Good Roads As- soclation s of such importance and has done so much active work for the cause of good roads throughout the nation, and, recognising this fact, f the forty-eight governors of us states are vice presidents United States Good Roads As- nd take active luterest in THE OWNER-DRIVER'S COLUMN Paiating the Car. Varnishing {s the most difficult op- eration connected with the car-paint- ing job, yet very creditable work is possible if the following instructions are followed: The surface must be clean and freshly dusted, dry and the tempera: ture about 70 degrees. Strain some varnish through a cheesecloth Into a clean pot. Work the varnish through the brush by dipping it in and wiping it out on the sides of the pot till the rush is well saturated. Never at- !btm'pt to put on varnish by little brushfuls, as {a the case when paint- ing: varnish must be flowed on thick- iy. then flowed off to leave just the proper amount on the surface. A good method to follow is to select an area of the body surface to be finished, say the part from the fromt door to the bonnet of the engine. Take a good brushful and brush it up and down in the center of the patch to be done. Perhaps another brush- tul is required: if so. put it on. Now spread it quickly, working up and down away from the central deposit. When the area chosen has been cov- ered with a fairly heavy coating wive the brush on the sides of the pot and commence cross-brushing. beginning at the top. If it appears to be too heavy a coat, which is shown by a tendency to run down, wipe the brush on the sides of the pot and pick up excess with a clean brush, wipe oft wnd smooth out again. Before Varnish Is Sticky. All this m be done before the varnish becomes sticky or set. Once sticky, It must not be touched again With the brush. Excess varnish must not be allowed to gather in panel corners, around bolt heads or on edges. The small brush is very handy in picking up excess in small places ike these. 2 B e brush should always be lifted clean at the end of each stroke. Re- verging the brush often causes the bristles to bend or double, thus work- ing out dirt and grit which may be lodged in the brush. When & “patch” has been completed examine it carefully for bristies or bits of dirt or grit which may be deposited | in the coat. These can often be re- moved with the point of an awl or darning ncedle. 1f necesgary smooth the coat.out again. Watch out for runs in the varnish. STAR, . WASHINGTON, D. ¢, runs or “fat edges’ they may be ched up when the varnish is hard y _careful rubbin stone and water an rotten stone. with pumice following with ly ‘with clean cold water and & sponge. Do not use any soap. Then wipe it dry with a 3ed out sponge. After about Af minutes, when dry, polish with a clean dry chamois skin and the car is ready for the road. About the Carburetor. A back-firing carburetor and a dirty drip pan are a dangerous combina- tion. Whether an engine will catch fire or not dorcndu entirely upon whether there {s anything to burn. Gasoline and ofl in the drip pan and a layer of olly dirt over the engine roper are sure to cause a fire if here is anything to ignite it. ‘When an engine is allowed to idle it takes In a very rich mixture of alr and gasoline. This causes heavy carbon deposit in the cylinders. Moral —don’t let the engine idle more than a few moments at a time, but stop it and start it again. Present day gasoline will not evap- orate at ordinary air temperatures. That is why we have to pull the primer for a minute or so after start- ing the engine in cool weather. Don't be in toosbig & hurry at such times and don't race the engine. Give it time to warm before starting the car. A rich mixture of air and gasoline vapor consists of about twelve of air to one of gasoline vapor. A work- ing mixture runs all the way from fifteen af air to one of gasoline to a twenty-five-to-one, mixture. In ad- justing your carbuTretor, make it your object to make the ratio as wide as possible. To do this cut the mix- ture down till the engine lacks pick- up, then give it g little more gas. In this connection it is interesting to note that, according to engineers’ estimates, one-third of all gasoline used is lost through faulty carbu- retor adjustment. Gasoline has a nasty habit of dis- solving rubber, fiber and a fow other | things which neople use to pack pip- ing joints in gasoline lines. Don't use them. Wick yarn rubbed with woap is the best thing to use here. On the average, every man, woman and child in Great Britain pays a Jit- | tle more than $100 a year in taxation. AUTO | APRIL 15, 1923—-PART 3. 5-Passenger Sedan $860 F. O. B. Flint, Mich. The All-Year Car for Every Family Chevrolet is leading in the great shift of pub- He demand to closed cars because this com- pany has the world’s largest facilities for manufacturing high-grade closed bodies and is therefore able to offer sedans, coupes and sedanettes at prices within easy reach of the average American family. Six large body plants adjoining Chevrolet assembly plants enable Chevrolet dealers to make prompt deliveries of the much wanted closed cars. As s00n as you realize that yeur transporta- tion requirements demand the year ’round. all-weather clesed car, see Chevrolet first and learn how fully we can meet your require- ments at the lowest cost obtainable in a mod- ern, high-grade closed automebile. Prices F. O. B. Flint, Michigan. Rosdster. . ..9510 asecnger a’nnv Coupe 80 Four-Passenger Sedanett 860 Five. Sedan. 860 m\m. S . 810 Nothing Compares With Chevrolet Barry-Pate Motor Co. 1218 Connecticut Avenue Frenklin 8637 SUB-DEALERS OFEN IVENINGS AND SUNDAYS Luttrell Sales Co. 1901 14th Street Potomac 185 SUB-DEALERS If it starts to run down smooth it out and pick some up immediately. Runs always mean too much varnish in the coat Better flow a little too much off than have runs in the coat. If in spite of care there are a few able achievement in 7-passenger design, and the embodiment of 18 years success- ful manufacturing. —With the most consistent “6” in motoe- dom making 50 horse-power available for the long grind, the fast spurt, the moun- tain_climb, or the quick stop-and-go of city driving, sized occupants, without crowding, —With an inner-frame mounting of power units, s0 as to dare the shocks of the roughest roads, —With a wheelbase of a rational length for both riding qualities and parking convenience. Price is $H85 a1 Lansing; odd Fodoral Ton THE TREW MOTOR CO. 1509 14th Street Main 4173 We Still Have Some Desirable Virginia and Maryland Territory Open for Responsible ealers nization. There is no organi- n the country that has so many governors on the board of di- rectors who gulde and help make the organization a success. Six govern- ors have positively accepted invita- tions to attend the convention in IMECHANICS. ‘faught Right. Catalogu American Motor Schools | 1620 You St. N.W. Phone N-404 | Greenville and a number of others have tentatively agreed to be pres- ent. Gov. O. A. Larrazolo of New Mexico is president of the United States Good Roads Assoclation, and is taking an active interest in pro- moting attenda; from the west. Albany-Boston Road, Snowbound 3 Months, Open The Albany - to - Boston highway which has been blocked by snow for three months, has just been sufficient- ly cleared to allow the passage of passenger cars. _ Telegraphic word to this effect has just been received at headquarters of the National Motorists Asocias tion from the Automoble Club Berkshire County, Dittsfield, Mass. The telegram sald that the road over Jacob’s Ladder, in the Hossac_moun- tains, between Pittsfield and Spring- field,” was sufficiently opened to per- mit the passage of passenger cars. This follows on the heels of the news that the road ever Lebanon mountain, between Albany and Pitts- field, was opened on March 25. This section of the route, which has been blocked by snow since January 2, was opened through the activity of the Automobile Club of Berkshire Coun- ty, which enlisted over 100 of its members as volunteer shovelers. These volunteers, with the aid of 4 ten-ton tractor and a team of horses, Jdus through tons of snow, finally iclearing a passageway which all mo- tor traffic can now use. This announcement 'is important, particularly because of the fact that in opening up this gap all trafc orig- inating west of Albany can now go straight through to the coast without delay, while Boston and other New ANNOUNCEMENT of Interest to MILLIONS of FAMILIES “l will build a car for the multitude™ Said Henry Ford in 1903 —Read how the fulfillment of that prophecy is now made possible through the For many years it has been Henry Ford’s personal ambition to make the Ford the universal family car—to put it within the reach of the millions of people who have never been privileged to enjoy the benefits of motor car ownership. d points are likewise given s_ to all central and western New York points. During the past fifteen years over 7,500,000 Ford cars have been placed in the hands of retail customers—more than a million and a half of them within the past twelve months—and yet there are still millions of families who are hope- fully looking forward to the day when they can own a Ford. And now the way is open. Under the terms of this plan you can select your Ford Car, set aside a small amount each week and you will be surprised how soon you will own it. In the meantime your money will be safely deposited to your credit in one of the local banks where it will draw interest. YOU can't make the Judge believe you ‘were going only twenty miles an hour. Not if you were guessing your speed. Guess the time of day, now—then look at your watch and see how far wrong you were. Guessing your speed correctly is just as difficult. Every day the laws against speeding are becoming more severe. Heavy fines and jail sentences are not uncommon. Avoid trouble by watching your speedometer.’ 1f you haven't one, ask your garageman or dealer to show you the Stewart Magnetic Speedometer. Think it over. Five dollars will start an account. The whole family can par- ticipate in it—%ather, mother, brothers and sisters each doing a little. Why not start today? Stop in and talk it over with your local Ford dealer. He will be glad to fully explain the details of,the plan and help you to get started to- ward the ownership of a Ford car. See Any Authorized Washington Ford Dealer your Ford car. A lubrication chart free with every Stewart Speadometer. Ask for it. The following banks are acting as depositories for payments made in connection with the Ford Weekly Purchase Pla{l: : Potomac Savings Bank, Wisconsin Ave. and M St. N.W. East Washington Savings Bank, 312 Penna. Ave. S.E. Seventh St. Savings Bank, 7th and N Sts. N.W. United States Savings Bank, 14th and U Sts. N.W. 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