Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1923, Page 65

‘'The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN JHvery man s his own master eo long as his wife Ixw't sitting on the front seat’ with him while he’s drive ing his cav, “Too Much Restriction. There Is too wuch réstriction In the average city and town oh the movement of Its motor traffic. Al-| most {nvarlably the cities where traffic is most congested are those where traffic Is lightest, and restric- tions excessive. Every time the police department puts up another “Park not!" warning thers are a hundred additional cars wandering arcund in scarch of a place to anchor. ° This makes for the slowest, most hazardous kind of traffic. A ‘driver whose mind is centered on 100King for & place to park is not merely an annoyance but a source of trouble. He isn’t looking out for the things that count. 8 Tt is interesting to note that New York city, considering the density of its motor car registration, Is among the simpiest cities to park, stop, turn or hurry in, due entirely to the relatively few resirictions im- posed upon the movement of cars. There are a lot of places in New York which would be guarded by at least three officers and generously complicated with restrictive signe in aimost any city one-fiftieth its &ize. With . New. York the relative mearcity’ of restrictions about as a matter of There are too many car up everything “Don And fortunately so, for it suggests the thought that traffic would bé a whole lot better off if it wasn't fussed over €0 much. The pampered child is usual one who lives to disgrace the f This Really Happened. They were wotoring through a strange city In one of the most dilap- idated vehicles on wheels. Fenders ere half off, tires were dewn to the cord, windshield broken. radiator steaming furiously. They were quz- zled as to thei and drawing up beside a cfficer made Inquiry. “Will this take us to the ferry?” ot by the looks of it,” came the mpt reply. the whercabouts. trafiic e | The Old Mechanic Says: ; “Just been havin' a chat with one of these automotive engineers. f his technical lingo went ciean over | head, but 1 got enough of it to pass along. We got started on the subject be- cause of & slight accident down the road. Driver locked his brakes and didn’t stop as quickly as be usually did when he wasu't €0 auxious tn. \ lot of folks got talkin' about ft, Lut nobody seemed to have an an- “When 1 spoke to explained th quicker it short of this he engineer he | t a car will always stop u apply the brakes just lockin' the wheels Said the fact that the n between the road and > tires Is static friction, which he really quite simple. | contact with ‘the road it is hardef. to " rollin® = - £ aats 1 : : ,000,000 Paid For Auto Freig _On Great Lakes Thy season’s revenue for frelght on gutomoblles shipped to various points an the great- lakes from the motor car factories fs conservatively placed by marine interests at $5,000,000. The forty-one boats engaged in this work. can handle 6,355 cars per salllpg, which for the aSOn repre- transportation capacity . of cars “via the great~ lakes slide than when it has started slidin’ . because the little deépressfons and ir- regularities that make for friction have. more chance to- hold. ‘A wheel that- is makes the samé sort of. con- +nets as when standin’ still and theve- fore its friction is the same. So long as you don't’ lock the. whaely you can take advantage of this rollin' of static explained as friction of rest He added that this kind of friction is al- ways greater than {riction of motion (kinetfc friction) and fs therefore the best kind for quick atoppin’, - “That sounds like heavy stuff, but it's When a tire is in - o is number of cars being transported. on the lakes alone. o R A S e e S sult his lawyer, The following"in- stance will explam: * Motorists A and. B coilided, ex- changed cards and’ agreed to take ub the matter: of settlement more appropriate time few days 10 blame, ering -t of rev! Motorist A was natu the tires start elidin’ oyer the road dnd ofter less resistance. When this hap pens the engineor says you ought to T iease the brake and apply it 1035 severe ly. This rastores tha rollin' friction, helpin you stop: quicker -and without skiddin’” 2 Poor, Helpless Man. The lady motor camper who hung out. a pair of men’s trousers to give {hé im- pression ‘that she and her la panion were not alone certainl a bright thought to the timid tourist, | but ‘what of the loneiy mun who cares not to be vamped? If he flaunts some insignia of femuninity a passing thug is Tikely to investigute and- meke | trouble. So the u are He was-advised to pay laim and forget it. The amount fad been figured with such precision that: there .would have been-no sav- g tn fighting the clatm. Where the- motoriet tx insured he is advised thut his 'policy” becomes void it he admits- lability at the A time of the collislon. but it would _l Fail {feen. In view of the foregolny, that ili ails. this should-not-be a hard and fast Foiling Artfu |rule. At least. the guilty motorist The new (hings {n molordem are ! shoyld make an effort to report the cansing motorists to make ome rather | loss immedlately. 8o that the ade radical changes in their methods of | juster can make u fair sattiement caring for the ca of balloon | before the plalutiff has an oppor- will illustra 1o | tUn{ty to confer with a shyster at- lwuys been thought that the!sorjey. punctures was to have the | tirés pumped up to the maximum so| that there would be as little tire sur- face in contact with the road ana! therefore as little chance as possibl for nafle, Ziaks and tacks to be pi up. The high pres: supposed to make- the tire puncture-nroof by o fering etrong resistance to the watel ful nal. { th Contrast this with the arguments in| i favor of the new tires. It is contended by the tire makers that the softness of the giant oversize tire Is insurance against punctures, since forelgn matter merely occupies a depression in the | | Byway Parking Niches. 2 Sverywhere in the big cities mo- | torists ‘are discovering ways to park I(h ir cars off the streets and out of the range of regulation. It may be a vate side vurd, an open lot or & ind alley, but it is made ready for : car and helps solve the problem. long it is belisved that some & developments will be seen cess of making each niche count toward reducing congestion. e lack of progress In this line ha hiefly due to reluctance to face ° problem squarely. There Is a the nalls to coma pass by unharme chance to accept. : the trouble to find it and keep it as bis own. Two Traffic Tricks. Traflic officers sometimes make mis- akes and ofien fall to catch the motor- s wignal~. but it's risky business to that the officer doesn't “get rome citles the regulations at certain hours of the day all be Kept off cértain streets, result the officers are before the nail has a | | plains why manage to S0 many | force so Now the Air Brake! Every day in every way the |3l tomabile Lecomes a more substan- | g al example of transportation. Aflr brakes are the latest. Three truck | mukers rocently displa equipped. and on the rear bu ¢ touring the country one eting warning! “Cau-\ cquipped with air you Frequently the sistency of the officer in directing 3 where vou don't want to go fis atle | that what you want to s forbldden. So if the officer ms to ignore g0 his way. a law you are i DU s your singnals, bet- Admitting Liability. It is usually the way e not familiar witlh. vidently udvisahl of there ara times when it it liability for a n and pay the plaintiff s an opportun! When entering u strange city watch fngs that are lfkely to -} tion, weather worn. A beightly painted sign Ilwld)l gets co-operation from the care- ful driver, but paint doesn't enter -into the discussion if the dri note the sign and therefore fails to comply with ita request. It is the law. And as & matter of fact when & driver disregards an old sign he is likely to be disregarding an old law or ordinance, and thus stands less chance of having hig alibl ring true. Learn to Smile. She drove alx feet beyond the white line at the crossing when _the plainly commanded “Stop."" She a left turn, though it was forbidden. Sh. K;r“d her car two feet from a fire rdrant. The traffic officer was sore; for the city {s strict about such things nd” it _happened at one of the buslest crossings in town. But he stuck to his post, forgave and, forgot. She smiled! " Thoughtsin Passing. It Is not ‘enough to attach license tage with boits and lock washers. They should bo tled to the holdérs in addl or stra) come looss - through. vibration and t plates part from. the. holders they. w! Some motorists wire the piat brackets, which' I better: still All for garage bl o8 1o the (Copyright. 1033.) PAINTING ALL YEAR MOTORDOM WONDER $ow a production schedule of beau- tifullv painted cars can be carried out during ull four geasons’ of the year is among, the many wonders. of motordem. ‘ Any oue who has tried to @0 a paint job under adverse weather lems which the manufacturer must overcome in the finishing of car bodies which are echeduled to be turned out perfect, regardless of tem- perature or humidity. Visitors to the Packard factory at Detroit are always interested In the paint schedule for closed models, and particularly in the methods employed to compensate for adverse weather condition, according to Oscar Cooli- can, local Packard distrtbutor. As the' ontire process for closed cars |covers an average of twenty-elght days—or from four to six times il that required for « medium- priced car—the importance of guar ing against delays is evident, he says. ntrolled Gondition.” Part of the paint, therefore, {& con- ducted under what'is known as “con- trolled condition.” The priming coat and the “half and half" which fol- lows must each be dry within twelve ours, und this is scoomplished und:r conditions automatically controlled as to humidity and temperature. The | four coats of “rough stuff,” the first j color varnish and the third color var- nish, recelve the same treatment. making it unnecessary to depend upon_weather conditions, Tnder controlled condition the I“rough stuff” is allowed exactly five hours in which to dry. and !f the day happens to be humid or damp produ, tion is not obliged to wait a -minute. This imethod is employed wherever there is doubt as to the coat drying according to schedule. By eliminat- ing the delays which would otherwise have to be contended with schedules can be maintained, to the ultimate benefit of the buyer. “The who wonders why sparkles so much The All-Year Car For Every Family Chevrolet is leading in the great shift of public demand to closed cars because this company has for Econemscal Transportation: : closed cars. - the world’s largest facilities for manufacturing high-grade ciosed bodies and is therefore able to offer sedans, coupes and sedan- ettes at prices within easy reach of the average American family. Six large Chevrolet assembly plants en- requirements at the body plants adjoining 5-Passenger Sedan, $795; . o. b. Flint, Mich. IMMEDIATE DELIVERY, 'ROLE I able us to make prompt de- liveries of the much wanted As soon as you realize that your transportation requirements de- mand the year ’round, all weather closed car, see Chevrolet first and learn how fully we can meet your lowest cost obtainable in & modern, high- grade closed automobile. All Prices F. O. B. Flint, Mick. not drap to the ground and be lost. | ithe ladies—weH, all ‘but cthe| ¢ conditions. can appreciate the Pprod-; ver fails tof eeping Out Rain ‘Those trougls seen on ths roof of new closed cars whith -aré “used ‘to | conduct the Tain_to_the.ground in such a' way that it does mot drain down over the windows suggest & new attachrent for windshields. Many motoriste—particularly dur- ing a warm raln—prefer to push the upper half.of the windshield slightly open, but find ypon doing so ‘that water dripping from the glass blows in on them. 8o why not a t the, windsh{eld? A rubber strip used between the haives.of the wind- shleld,. bit . composed . of a :double Erooye, would be.Just the thing. .. more than“the paint job he | car. would understand -the reason: for the diff¢rence could he follow ong of h for tweénty-eight days gh- the fiftesn’ finlshing’ opera- tion says Mr. Coolican. -“And. thi would not include viewing the pre. liminary finishing cf the body surface which is dbno with: filss and -emery, the careful inspection wjih the mit" nor the i ‘done to . to guard &gsinst | perfection in the painting procesywnd to Insure tht maxinium lasting finfsh | on care. which must acéept what ten .y Buy a can of today. Use it to lubricate the transmission and differ- ential gears, You will notice how easy it will be to shift gears. How well it lubri- cates, stops noise, prevents friction, (wear to parts) and saves repair bills. f its superiority is not convincing return the can and the purchase price will be refunded. 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