Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1923, Page 65

& buretor to trunk rack, so to speak.|the service station.” ¢ make the \ The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magizine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN Our slogan for a mation-wide cam- palgn againat the reckleas driver would be a play on his OWR Rame— “Wreck Less!” Give Mary a Chdnce. Our ‘automobile business needs a thorough training in psychology. It isn't displaying common sense in sell- ing. Everywhere you go to buy a car some dapper salesman outlines the proposition and leads you from car- Well, what's attractive about a dap- per salesman—to the average man? The dealer will tell you that the dapper salesman is a winner with the ludies. They just simply can’t re- g to the dotted line that hubby In e D hor salesman is magnet for feminine trade. DBut What about the check-writing sex? \Why not & nifty blonde or a striking tte to attract the male of the 2 Everything under the sun s to lure the business man away from the workshop long enough to give the new models the once over. A dapper salesman is no attraction ta him. Even a new type of windshield fails to thrill him. I1f friend wife insists upon a trip to the. salesroom ows darn well that the dapper. salesman is the cause. The rflpg:e;ag: s e is no stellar ac! it is there is no stellar act to UIACS ashion plate with a glib tongue..a et Tanner and a pair of eyes thAt business man forget bank Joans and bad debts would call in the prospects double quick. IUs simply The siren idea—the feminine elemen in seliing. When ladies sell the cars to the men, and vice versa, these chaps who have been worrying about the saturation point in automoblle, sales will be writing health hints for e nre more possibilities in this $dea than the average dealer lmag\r:es. Ono very successful dealer is tralning; ono of his stenographers for the job. He found that whenever his regular salesmen were out, and the girl un dertook to_interest the prospect, the salesroom became more attractive. He Soon caught on. The feminine cle- ament had changed things. It was sim- ply a matter of psychology. Worth Remembering. The chances art oithewhes: e inserted in the al link can b the garage; if you remove the broken pleces of the line from the chain proper you have them ain. ; #E]USt because the car is going to the paint shop is no excuse for mot Spreading the leaves of the springs ind graphiting them. The chassis of the car will always look well when it returns from the paint shop, but con- Sider this as pure camouflage unless ihe important work of greasing has een done first. D ot Areaking and rattling you hear “down deep” in the back of the car ma be simply an unoiled ck bolt. Any rust which collects b tween the bolt and washer is lik=1y make such a noise, while the metal parts of the car amplify it. A little Kerosene squirted over the bolt should be the first remedy. Then a senero bath of oil. & . ‘ou've Made Me What I Am To- day” would provide a fitting duct for Father Golt and King Motor. to reattach our watch doesn't hand it right back to ¥ r he's finished the job. He han D on the wall’ for a weex and| tabs on it. If iU's runnin’ too| ust he adjusts it slower; If iU's 100, slow he speeds it up. If the hands! stick he discovers it; and If the n ing snaps he pus in another. u get your watch it's read Wkeeps £ comparin’ s with mine finished overhaulin goes the car as soon The owner can't hardly wait ull we fill up the radiator, ar canlidly 1'm usually glad to get it oul of the Wway to take care of another Job i “But And maybe ¥ you fellow 2 Figure it out. I think I'm all throush with Your job, and so do you; Lut the next day you come back to tell me th | gasket's leakin'. 1 take u few hours| off to fix it. Then, two days after.! you come back to ask me why your! engine sounds like a stone crusher. 1 have to spend two hours going over e valve tappets. eek later you wome back to at your gas mileage is on the blink. You can't get more an ten. ething's wrong. So [ dra 2 g else and adjust the ca Next day your fan bel And so it goes. It is time I have to spend on the time you have to waste around here and the go<sip that gets going the rounds about my work “Some of these days I'm going to make a flat rate for certain jobs, stipulate a certain time in which to do the work and figure on keepin' seach car around the shop, testin' her out, until I know that the job's prop- erly ‘regulated.’ " Words to the Wise. This is an appropriate time of year for the motorist to be warned that he can never be too wise. No matter how many cars he has owned, or how much repair work he has had done, there is always some one to point to him as evidence that Barnum was right A car owner who knew a thing or two about cars—or thought he did— had been troubled for a long time with excessive smoking of the crank- case. The man who sold him the car explained that this was due to pres- sure of the bearings on the thin film of lubricating oil, and the motorist believed it. Some time later when he » will run, 1 comin’ \ came to work on the engine he found the cylinders badly scored, thus prov- ing that the smoke from the crank- case was burned gas escaping from the cylinders, and not entirely burn- dng oll. There is a Way to tune up an en- glne 50 as to not hear a piston slap. It is accomplished by leaving the piston pins rather loose and so tightening the connecting rod bearings that the pistons cling to one side of their eylinders. It fools the wisest of mo- torists. An engine can be made to deliver a little more power, and sometimes run a little quieter, by adjusting the carburetor for a rather rich mixture, but unless the motorist is wise he will be getting {t In the neck through low gas mileage and rapid accumulation of carbon. The car owner who thinks he knows all there is to know about the car is due for a jolt at every turn of the way. Just as there are merchants to tell customers that shoddy is all wool 8o are there plenty of people in the automobile business to put it over on the wiseacres. It saves a lot of expense, trouble and dissatistaction o get at the facts before the real tiama(e is done. Clean Disc Wheels. Disc wheels could be kept clean all the time by covering them with rut ber_discs in wet weath £ ber_discs In wei weather If o Owners and Operators Instruction Jn the Mechanical Operation and Care of Your Car. In Driving and Traffic Regulations, } Classes Now Forming Y MC A-Auto School 1736 G Street N.W, Main 8250 wheels were equipped with glove fasteners these protective discs could be easily attached. As soon as the streets were dry the driver would de- tach the covers, leaving his wheels free trom mud splashes. Trouble Will Out. What you don't know may not hurt you, but heaven help your pocket- book! Some motorists don't believe in troubling trouble till it cries right out, “This is a breakdown. Get ye to When _trouble makes itself known the affair is usu- ally staged in no uncertain terms, and the car owner wishes he had caught it in the process of brewing. Here is where the hitch comes in, for trouble can brew like & bootleg- ger. A motorist recently discovered that his cylinders Worn Moadiy thoun Yo, reqnire 4ad Srinding, the. car beautifuily hills. LT performed yet on The piston ob, or were doing the who! but car owner was paying his l mileage and annoylng engino knocks. hen the car goes to the shop for attention it's a_good plan to look around a bit for hidden trouble. Some of the develop: and it's surprised in the repair shop than ten miles from the nearest garage. Springtime, Tra, La! {'Tis Spring! But daffodils and wrens dom't mean a thing, Bubbling brooks serve to distract us; Every rose looks like a cactus There's a real thrill to attract us— Motoring! 'Tis Spring! All auto men are giving folks a ring. They'll arrange a demonstration Of their “twenty-three” creation, Stirring up that grand sensation— Motoring! *Tis Spring! When salesmen have new pros- pects on a string. | Not the Spring that's sung by poets, But the season when you know it's Time for cashing In on “Goit's"— Motoring! This and That. If it is necessary to dust the car secret trouble in greatly reduced gas | th that he is using his trousers or his coat to dust the fenders. Capyright, 1928, by the Uliman Feature Servics. PLAN MOTOR CYCLE RUN. D. C. Club’s First Annusl Trip to Be Held Sunday, May 6. The Washington Motor Cycle Club will hold its first annual run of the season to Boonsboro, Md, Sunday, May 6. All those going on the run to make arrangements with atson Shepherd of Howard A. French & Co., 424 9th street north- west. Plenty of chicken and good eats are provided. The party will leave 424 9th street morthwest, 9 o'clock” sharp. The run will de in charge of Capt. Shepherd, Lieut. J. Cooksey and Sergt. E.O. McCreight. TRUCK SALES RECORD. April will break all records for the .sale of motor trucks, records af the General Motors Truck Company of Pontiac, Mich, show. March, this company asserts, was several hum- GPod por cent sreater than efther last Fear OF the same month in 1921 and a; Capt. W while clad in good clothes remember | very nearly touched the beak of 1920, Great Spring Tire Sale Money-Saving Prices on Best Tires Right at the Opening of the Driving Season KENYON CORDS 15,000-Mile Guarantee . 30x3: Non-Skid 32x34 Non-Skid 32x4 Non-Skid. . 33x4 Non-Skid . 32x4 Non-Skid . T A 33x4v. Miller Cords .815.25 .$18.75 .$26.90 .. $21.90 ...822.75 Oversize for 32x4 34x4 Non-Skid . 34x4} Non-Skid 33x5 Non-Skid 35x5 Non-Skid DURO CORDS 10,000-Mile Guarantee 30x3} Non-Skid...$13.75 33x4 Non-Skid 34x4 Non-Skid .$21.90 .$32.00 .$38.00 .$39.50 .$23.75 .$24.75 Non-Skid . ... $31.00 Ribbed Tread. $29.00 Oversize Your Car at Less Than 32x4 Prices i These Prices Prevail at the Following Stations: Automotive Supply Co. 21st St. & Pennsylvania Ave. Packard Motor Service Station 1707 Kalorama Road Mays Auto Cherrydale, Va. New Supply Mt. Pleasant Auto Supply Co. 3201 Mt. Pleasant St. Royal Garage 1815 L Street N.W. Silver Spring Garage Silver Spring, Md. Washington Accessories Company 17th & L Streets N.W. Edw. F. Lipphard, Mgr. Main 1394 0 The good Maxwell is being built on the sound basis of low-cost, high-quality pro- duction on a large scale. Itis that fact that has caused the good Maxwell to score one of the really great successes in American motor car The Good H. B. LEARY, Jr. annals. 1321-23 14th Street N.W. * Main 4105 HILL-CLIMBING RECORD Orrie Bteels Xeeps Champlonsitip at Capistrano.' - At Capistrano, Callf, where the moter cycle hill climb classic ‘of " the west was held on April 8, Orrie Stesle of Paterson, N. J., natiohal champion, riding an Indian, won the 51-oublo-inch expert event in 162-5 meaonds, ¢he fastest time ever made 4n the history of Capistrano by u ! motor. . Best previous time ‘was 29 4-6 seconds. AUTO TRADE TO CONVENE. ST. LOUIS, April 21.—Four hundred Automobile Trade Assoclation secre- taries and mankgyrs, are expected to attend the Arst natienal ¢onference in * | Chicago, July 23 and 24 The definite Cord Tire Guarantaed: un%'uu This Adv. for ' One Tu uncture Repair Frew e Ramct ACMF. RERUILT TIRE CO. 1207 #th_Btrest, N.V. RIVING AMERICAN MOTOR SCHOOLS 1630 You Bt. N.W. Phone N. 404 'L BUY QUALITY TIRES, PLUS SERVICE, MOD- ERATELY PRICED. SERVICE TIRE CO. G. W. Rundlett, Prop. 1336 14th St. N.W. Service tation Goodrich Silvertown Cords. United Ststes Royal Cords. Goodrich Silvertown CornTiri Sport Sport Touring - Prices {.0. b. Buick factor- ies; tax add. . M. which provides for Deferred Payments ANLEY ‘H. HORNER ©101514th St. N.W. Phone Main 5296 ' FLETCHER MOTOR CO. Alexandria, Ask about Purchase P ~for dates ‘the - confere: g0 adopted the dat mounoed today by the rances havel ‘mobile 4 'le"r‘ a1 Chica; jational Auto- | lined a program. Assurance Vi "Dealers’ Amsociation, which in | been recelved by the naciones o armanging the cyn!-rnnca. An advis- | clation headquarters from mdre than ory committee “of association man-|100 secretaries and managers that 10 DIFFERENT MAKES IA! ‘mgers from Bt. Louls, Cleveland and | they will attend; “;HI:?:TAI’;S“.L fl’rp' ¥ THE GRAND PRIX CAR There are some things about front wheel brakes which I think are little known to those who have not had a good many mifes experience with them.’ The ability to stop rapidly is a safety factor and not something which the :}iy;_venx o‘ihth(e] four \lvlwe] ]hra e car practices. - Under normal operating con- ions the driver stops the car api 4 v vi v \~hecsl el it car no more rapidly than the driver with two- ince four-wheel brakes are used the ‘wear and tes ires brake ‘shoe is reduced one-half. Another factor \ih'iccf - iox':phtr‘lESc:rfg S i‘:x‘:;u.;hhetzl blujakte; is 1lhe 1r:dulu-d tire wear. - Cars generally do not have. power. slip the wheels when pullin, brakes to slip the wheels when stopping. 3ot cnitas s ith the four-wheel brake car all four wheels take the retarding effort, and under normal conditions cars with four-wheel brakes, after ten or fiteen thou- sand miles of use show practically no signs of wear and the wear that does show is uniform on all four tires, proving that the wear .is not due to traction, that is the pushing of the car by tie rear wheels, but due to the braking effort ::]l;x!c:;\m the four-wheel brake car, naturally is distributed cvenly to all four When pressure is applied-to a liquid-it invariably starts to th i i 1;«5( resistance. Pascals law of the displacement of liquids applies h:re?m\r\'?h:,z i]_c brake pedal in the DUESENBERG car is depressed the liquid in the brake ’i"n start for the point of least resistance and will continue so to do until all of U!e brakes shoes equalize. The slightly further depression of the brake pedal causes the brake now to act and the pressure being now automatically and evenly distributed the braking action must necessarily be the same on all fogr wheels. This is the reason why the DUESEN pressure even on the wettest streets. Harry M. Horton, Inc. North 6732 1503 Connecticut Ave. OPEN . EVENINGS BERG car/will miot skid under brake: - o £ The Standard of Comparison Once A Buick Owner— - Only Buick Satisfie: "In every community there are a number of instances where once a Buick has been purchased by one member of a family, others of the same intimate ‘group have become Buick owners. Buick dependable performance, luxurious comfort and the fact that there is a type of Buick to fit every motoring need, leads to the selection of Buick as the family car. 1985 1895 1435 2195 1625 1675 be o be Significant also is the fact that today a majority of lan, new Buicks are purchased by motorists who have been Buick owners before, and for several years. -BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICHIGAN Division of General Motors Corporation Ploneer Builders of Valve-in-Head Motor Cars Bramches in All Primcipal Cities~Dealers Everywhers BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, WASHINGTON BRANCH *.C. C. WATERS & SON ROSSLYN MOTOR CO. Rosslyn, Va. . EMERSON & ORME 1620 M Street N.W. .. Phone Frauklin 3360 OREM MOTOR CO. Va. Waldorf, Md. VORKS Radiators and Fenders ANT KIND MADE 5 O EEPARED. TS, S — When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them e . e e P S T X e Ot S PO e i e S AR A