Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1923, Page 63

The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. LOITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN It the rallroads would eliminate o few grade crossings with the money they wpend taking a census of the | carvlessness of a handful of automo- © jdrivers, motordom would be rateful. Camp Sites and Hotels. At a recent meeting of “hotel own- s and managers a majority of those present stood when asked to get on their feet if they thought the busi- ness of the hotels was being injured by the growth of the public tourist camp. In of the fact that the is & hotel building boom through: the country, in responsc to what has been interpreted to be a demand fo &nd better accommodations r the tourist, it Is generally » d by those who have wiven the ubject eful consideration that th man’s problem ix also the motoris The hotel men et n to he en- deavoring to view matter from broad ang the futur vith great « shaping their s in accordan Many of them "l that the tourls cnabling the person in cumstances to learn to wuto, and that from this * terial” will come the patronage of the future. e one hotel n points out, is found i the busine done by the manutac 1urers of better cars, due to the popu- larity of the flivy To be successt and charges imp. stop at tourist amount of ¢ which it is bel ed tends to tourist camp in a class with lot The most progr men now claim that it queston of uc the ists to the advantages accommodations, Doubtless the Eires either to the real primi 1 accommod naturall bulildin are many reasons tourist can should attract the long-distan, i<t who enjoys meciing his 1t is the op bile club offic tha g in the west is less an venture. view more modest ¢ avel vi ourist ma- new hotel Its anole s the regulat upon th ercialism ned cami interes of ot And That's That. “Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your fvver go? “It goes on wheels,™ he smartly spie “tyhat else would you like to kno The 01d Mech;anic Says: “A good car for saves a torist a lot of money. not only cause 1t helps him tell exactly what is wrong with the car without takin’ it all apart to fina ou it al because it nishes way te check up the o me- chanice, “The Knack in sound 18 to heco possible with the of engine trouble is somethin® tric trouble fu on trouble by familiar s typ when there the hotel | mp is merely - | bility of a re motorist can quickly eliminate the | impossibilities and thus save himself a lot of time and expense. “He should be famliliar with spark knock. a piston slap and | piston pin rap. When he is tamiliar | with t e he will not be likely to |0 on a wild goose chase for what lie imagines is @ bearing knock. And, likewise, he will not go around with a loose bearing thinkin' that it is just a case of too much carbon in the evlinders, ch one of these sounds offered by car has a reason. and by get- tin' into the habit of tyin’ up such reasons with theit sounds, trouble shootin® hecomes second natu Just the other 1 found some of my imen here rin' down a motor In {search of a strange knock. When ithey dldu't find it Y studied the en gine awhile and found that the knockin' oceu regularly bt just I engin peed his clear indication ¢ amshaft trouble as a_ camshaft runs o one-half the |speed of the erankshaft zot the sound es it's a sho: causes of t the tied up with step to lo- * the mon sharp Undercurrent in Oil. prediction that a to lower the p gas when overproduct on ould help de- v which the ar i RIV figures from s, which show that have faded from January y 30 " refiner on on th * date were D less than 100,008 barrels « Y more than the 301 plants op- vating in J v Tsyreely p {Aicted that fewer plants, & slight | any. incre refiniug and & high { production of cars means the posel turn to the high prices r gas which the motorist endured ‘T.H' many months vious to the present relief 0ld High-Horse Balks. « Jerses has something to in the news that tiwe trovpers ate under fndic being rough about tryine T cops ed. The st thousands of Ets who have felt like trying the e troopers’ fdea. but who lucked necessaty sense of authority. The merlts of the case are. of course, not to he judged by those who do not ) know the facts, but guardians of the rrossways and constables a not al- ht in thei isions 1t a0 any ha some one tual or greater authority oeca- Sionally to remind them. A motorist who had oe m to drive through city in an ambulance recently claimed Vofficer kept the sufferer watt- crossing while the most un v traffic was granted way. A state police have made this a diffe overzealous of at . was alls under i | its ment of Anent the Motor Bus. The motor hus e recog mon earri Rusae business is reach- point where 1t should soon be one of the leading com- i Newark, N. have been was a | Detroit-D. C. Run 'Made in 24 Hours :In a Ford Coupe Motoring from Detroit, Mich., to the National Capital in a Ford coupe in less than twénty-four hours was the unique reécord estabiished last week by Lieut. Talcott P. Smith, fiy- ing officer. attached to Bolling Field here. In the middle west on a busi- ness trip In connection with a system of four-wheel brakes, which he has invented, Lieut. Smith found that he { had little leave left and consequently was “in a hurry" to report back to the field Leaving Detroit at 6:30 o'clock Fri- orfiing and maintaining an av speed of a little more than { twenty-eight miles an hour for the miles. he arrived In Washington aturday morning. Lieut. Smith reports the entire road in good condi | tion He followed the Dixie highway » Columbus, Ohio, and from there in ame over the National Old Trails roac rying over month It ix estimated that there are ov 40,000 buses In operation in_ the ‘nited States, and the success of the th Avenu recognized The Nashville. Chattanooga & St Louls raflway has admitted that pas- senget travel on one of its lines has pped from 16,048 In 1921 to 4.009 1 _the same perlod of 1923, The experlence of oth carly indicated that the nt of the ste the improvement of its through, press service between distant points, lowing the bus to develop the short haul field and estaolish itself as a feeder. This already 18 being both railroads and ufacturers in connec- 5.000,000 persons per ilroad her d in_is ex- And when rist will his motor car into the of the transcontinental rally carrying his taxi No one who clearly und [trend of the railways to in long distance travel pessimistic over the way buses seem to be cutting business of the steam roads Keep This in Mind. Wihen putting the closed car tiie might in the privat auth against havi b o to roost en t XU upholstery or mice nibhle 0 freely at the remains | lof a picnie lunch. Did You Know— That it not the hood and tap the hor armature of horn motor to v te? throw out cluteh and engine The excessivi ion of block as the engine pa its eritical speed will serve the horn motor into & new This, of course, should ofly be tried when the hesitation of the horn is due to too heavy an adjustment with a weak batters. If the trouble is a short circult the vibration stunt will not help. That the is not far distant simply run baggage car express, 1it- with him tands this perfection can become the motor into the away | irage pre- is necessary. to ralse dhould the refuse the & moment the engine < through to shake position, ac plan of cranking ine by hand with i o before using the scif- rter n be over- worked so te ‘more current | than it sav cold or very cool j weather the battery can be saved on lthe first starc of the day by 1 mber- {ing up the engine by hand, but if it tis cranked over too many s« Ak cylinders become flooded w NEW~ 7§ LOS - YORK 1/‘ ANGELES INHIGH GEAR ——— Coach Company is al- | | dismount the en- | |wm|p the engine may start fmme- diately, and with a great saving of | battery energy, it will aiso stall im- | mediately. The gas and current wasted in trying to recrank It may not be worth the saving shown on | the original start. | That flooding the carburetor is a | misnomer? By hoiding the valve of the float chamber open the carburetor | will overflow with raw gasoline, but that is quite different from the popu- lar conception of a flooding carbu- retor. What a motorist really has when he believes the carburetor flooding i& a flooding Eet of cylinde The carburetor will work well enough for starting, flooding or otherwise. It is the gas-choked engine that causes the starting trouble, Difficult, But Possible. Every driver ought to practice shifting from high to second at from i twenty to twenty-five miles per hour, |doing this where the road is level |and quiet. The surest way to bring |a car under control when the brakes fail to hold as one would like them to is to shift Into second and then switch off the ignition. then come down to a speed where, ssuming the brakes fail abeolutely he results of a collision would not | be so serious. But few drivers would ever be able to safeguard themselves in this way for the rea: consider the shifting gears at sucl speed quite impossible. It is really quite an accomplishment to shift quietly from high to second at nor- mal speed and it is only a question of practice. Speed up~ the engine when the gear &hift is passing through neutral and just before push- ing out the cluteh pedal; second will then be reached if the shift is made quickly and with determination. (Copyright, 1923.) TROUBLE IN SHIFTING. Difficulties Experienced in Manip- ulating Car on Hill. The emergency brake is handier to use than the service brake as a means of keeping the car from coastin backward when starting on a hil The feet are then free to let in the clutch and feed gas with the acceler- ator. If a motorist uses the hand throttle and does the breaking with his right foot he invarfably races the engine and has trouble shifting from “low" to “second.” When stopping charge traffic to dis- it is well to re- t upon having them on the right hand side o car. Many a person has been seriously injured by being ‘“winged wesing vehicles when alighting £t hand side of a_car. Whils responsible for his under such condlition: is a_matter of great in- Make them use the in niers atety terest to him. right door. AUTO GLASS FOR WINDSKIELDS OR BODL Tnstalied While You Walt. Taranto & Wasman 1017 NEW YOREK AVE. N.W. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LIMS FOR ALL CARS SERVICE TIRE CO. 1336 14th St. N.W. Radiators and Fenders 10 DIFFERENT MAKES RADIATORS ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Cores instailed in any make WITTSTA and . W 319 131 1485 P New Oldsmobile Six demonstrates new degree of engine flexibility and motor car stamina The first car to cross the American continent in high gear! Driven by “Cannonball” Baker, holder of numerous road records, a2 new Olds- mobile. Six (stock car with standard gear ratio) traveled 3,674 miles under every conceivable road and weather condition. Rain, snow, mud, rock-strewn passes and washed-out roads were encountered. Grades ranging from 5 to 17 per cent were negotiated. Yet, during this test, the &ar averaged 28.7 miles per gallon of gasdline. This run was planned to demonstrate the great flexibility and stamina of the new Oldsmobile Six by subjecting the car to the most unreason- able driving conditions. The 12% days of the trip were equivalent to years of average driving. The fact that the car came through this gruelling test with only minor adjustments and no recourse to the emergency kit, is proof of the car’s ability to give satisfaction in the hands of owners. See the new Oldsmobile Six at our showroom. OLDSMOBILE SALES CO. SALES 1835 14th St. Potema 1000 SERVICE 1625 L St N.W. OLDSMOBILE-SIX WINS BY COMPARISON Pourtng ¢ o e o +$750 SpomtTewring o +$885 Coups « o 250 Cabe o o o o o o 955 Sedam foon b Lmehn, oas anlistona] * $3035 ee aoa_1006 The car will | NOVEMBER 18 CARS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS ON INCREASE New Idea in Giving Not Confined to Wealthy, Local Deal- er States. “The choice of motor cars for Christmas gifts is greatly increasing.” says a statement of the Harper Motor Company, local dealers in Durant and motor car giv- can afford and inexpensive ar, may make his purchase at Christinas time than at any other season “It ix profitable for him to do so, he carns the distinction of havin en a greater gift. He become { ivighborhood personage. He only ad- ances a few months the purchas t others make in the spring, gIVing of a motor car to his fam- y for a Christmas present is a u- preme proof of his ability to choose the most practical gift. “There other advantages { buying a car for Christmas. The tomobile merchandiser s always crowded with orders later in the sea- | son, but at Christmas time he ¢ glve the buyer a better cholee of cars nd insure delivery of the car at an ppointed time. { The smoother and slower a_car is used during the first five hundred to a thousand miles of its operation, the better car It will he. All motorists know that, yet most huyers want de- ring the spring or summer % when the going is €mooth and to i < bought at Christ- ed for shorter trips will be worked into and smoothl benefit to the motor and all par When spring does arrive, the Christ- mas purchase will be a fine, smooth running machine, ready for a long season of use. “Last Christmas many buyers thought of these things and declded to advance their orders for cars to | holiday dates. They have since be- come enthusiastic about their deel- sions and say that never have they made more satisfactory purchases nthusiasm 18 contagious, and many to whom the idea has not be fore occurred serfously, will conside Christmas automot purchases this | The new s Is hesf able for Christmas delivery purchase at this time espe ¥ interesting i Since the advent of the motor car ta Claus' pack has been filled with miniature motor ears for little folks and now the has spread to th elders. ‘Donner and Blitzen, Chris Kringle's famous reindeer, will be aced by motor cars this year” Ford utility, durability,and economy are embodied to the full in this new Ford Touring Car. 1923—PART 3. e Years of concentration on one type have produced the finest of all MARMONS at a cMew Jow price (o ] $2785 Phaeton f.o.b. Factory 165,000 Miles o Y MARMC N'S HISTORY began with the war, and since that time 1 have driven it upward of 165,000 miles. During the war it was used on miningexplorations, travelingin every state east of the Mississippl ~on rough mountain roads,deep sands of the South, and the sticky clay of the lowlands. 1t was often used for weeks ata time, driven 24 hours every day, by three different engineers. The engine wasneverallowed tocool” J. GOEBEL, President, J. Goebel Co. Clays, Crucibles and Chalks eV il New York City 'MARMON SR T. V. 1. Motors Corporation Sales and Service—1909 M Street Washington Telephones—Main 7767, 7768 graceful cowl, slanting windshield, and streamline body are pleasing details that enhance its style and charm. In addition, it is up-to-the-minute in appearance. enduring black, rich and deep in lustre, obtained by improved paint- ing and enameling processes. A high radi- ator, enlarged hood, With this handsome exterior, it combines every mechanical feature essential to open car utility. Itiseasy to handle, always reli- able, ready for any trip, anywhere, at any time. It is finished in an This car can be obtained on the Forct Wechly Firchaio Plan Authorized Ford Dealers Jord CARS-TRUCKS - TRACTORS