Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1925, Page 67

THE SUNDAY MOTOMST An Abridged Magasine for Car Owners THE SUNDAY STAR. 'WASHINGTO owning or driving an automobile. It you will just stop to figure in the mental equipment of auto drivers, however, it is not so difficult to pic- ture the fractional type. A news dispatch states that the bus and street car are now at peacs, but every now and again this news bus and street car are discovered not only at peace but In pieces. is lacking in plausibility when the} to remove a rear wheel but not to remove a front wheel? 3. What is the outstanding objec- tion to compulsory automobile in- surance? 4. What entirely new automobiles will shortly be offered to the motor- ing_public? (Think these over during the week ang look for the answers in this de- partment next Sunday. You may 0, MAY 3, 1925— PART EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN be wrong!) Did You Know- (Copyright. 1025.) That the battery may drometer reading of 1, nd yet not be fully charged? If the plates are . slightly sulphated and the acid is ciatd |86 to t s ar. particularly strong this is likely to > event of a collisk the passengers |be the case. - Accidents Are Accidents. e ot (“m,:\,, "out 5o easily. Visio| That if the ammeter registers dis- Some interesting sidelights of ty in closed cars has always been | charge when lights and ignition are $t¥ident prok the curtained | off. the cut-out or relay is not func- WHERE GREASE IS NEEDED Your ‘radiator shutter device should have a little greasing now and again it it is to work efficiently. It may seem as though a little grease on the shutter bearings should last for a long, long time, but you forget that there is often considerable heat at this point. Ordinary ofl_will quic! and run off. Then, to cold weather the Automotive h has been gener-|selves and others by driving when ously supplied with so-called “mys tery cars,” and their common name was Dennis, the |1 2d the latter must be|tloning and that the battery is dis- times when visibility is [ charging into the generator? Dis- et lexaRniiny ‘ connect the battery leads at once if ‘Apparently there is another side to|¥ou cannot remedy the trouble your- | the question of safety in models. self. s Believe It or Not. ton and Orego soline prices uniform at smalles U o s ms? y thin out in extremely may gt to interfere of the device. oline tanks usually overfl because no provision is made for lowing the air to expel as the gas is question has been raised by|pumped in. This can usually ts that suspect the oil com-|avoided by seeing that the nozz ¢ price fixing and other com- ‘S“l‘""jl"'”"\“‘:!“‘l"‘: "m“':"'l ::j“ Tl ok " _ k, but another prec: o| catingly by an oll |compans ofGal | Advisable where the neck is provided ton; dn WBBHEANE NS a special section to act as an ate of | One comp: increases its price |8l k § eases with the increase [with the idea of losing enoush sales ;;’I’éo'r'“ Al ""]‘yf"‘":;‘;“_"“‘ R ey ons to enable it to conserve its stocks. FELs L AN BUEe 1l Automobile Chamber [ A continuation of the older and lower | that the nozzle directs the gasoline was plainiy optimistic | selling price would mean depletion ot [into _the lar rwise in e safety conditions | stocks at too small a margin of [E0INE Susoline oing e will t the try i latest | profit. Other companies, he says, are | Meet and cause an overflow of the ct, vet the city |usually in the same predicament, |former. ¢ ) and, in addition, they are glad of the opportunity to improve their rev- | enues. The downward trend appe: |require far less explanation. |company tries to meet the lowest price in order to hold its normal trade. That well known partnership, Sup- ply and Demand, is blamed for start- ing the swing upward or downward. No account is taken, however, of a factor known as “what the traffic ill bear.” ways clean and lubri nce with weather and d - | ing conditions. HINT ON STIVFF MOTOR. In order to crank a particularly Stiff motor, as for instance one that th new pis around, it a convenience to put two bat- to work on the job. In doing connect the second battery with old one in -allel, not se lel is meant pole of the In this type of neck there 1t for the Chandler! Ever notice a Chandler owner eyeing the hill ahead? Apprehension? Never a bit—that’s anticipation! He knows his Pikes Peak Motor. Knows its spectac- ular high gear capacity that changes a hill from a pull to a thrill! Get behind the wheel of a Chandler. Put it through its paces. Tackle the steepest hill you know—in high, Give it the gas on the boulevard—and feel it leap smoothly, swiftly, silently ahead! Trytoclash gears. Trytomiss or fumble a speed change. You can’t! The Traffic Transmission makes it impossible. That's PERFORMANCE —the kind you expect from the one car that offers the Pikes Peak Motor and the Traffic Transmission. (The Treffic Transmission is built complete in the Chandler plant under Campbell patenis David S. Hendrick Auto Sales Co. 1012 14th St. N.W. 1711 14th St. N.W. Dealer Associate Dealer . n para What' inecting the positive at’s the Answer? second battery with the positive of 1. Why is it easier to shift to[the first, and, similarly, negative to “high” than to any other forward This increases the amper speed? age, but not the voltage—the capace Why is a wheel puller needed | ity vather than the pressure. negative. v the driver of them. ©f 1 led in ( mates tl e the result Motor Glossary Swells. ‘heel cylinder—The small cylinder 1t each brake band of a hydraulic | brake system Molybdenum—A new steel believed ess gmeat advantages over or- y steels for motor construction, h in strength and lightness, ter—The habit revea by a -|plate or disc clutch that doe: en- gage smoothly Wheel wabble himmy Coach Imperial 1595 1. 0. ®. Clevelana Body by Fisher The refined version but indicating the same | | namely, the tendency of the | | front” wheels to wabble. | —The engineer’s term for car- w on the [ bon, preignition or excess compres- to pass the ps Its use saves confusing moment he ical knocks Certainty of Satisfaction Scores of thousands of Cadillac V-Type eight- cylinder cars have been delivered to owners and no Cadillac engine has ever had to be replaced by the Clean sa factory for any reason. without making an a old one being traded in. | " Drawing it out—Trend toward use 1e | of long xhaust pipes. Moreover—to the best of our knowledge—no = cight-cylinder Cadillac has ever worn out. Views on the News. In 1834 drivers of horse-drawn ve- hicles were being arrested in New York for fast and reckless driv- nan who was arrested and Facts such as these explain the unparalleled nation-wide preference for the Cadillac. s may be purcRased on the time payment plan time he added a few »ffense by racing witl In this co The Washington Cadillac Company RUDOLPi JOSE, President 1138-1140 Conn. Ave. Frank. 3900, 3901, 3902 1 away to new points of interest, it usually brings the world back to And | where it started. be a{ Those with a gift for figuring sta- t ww—’: stics have just advised that {n In- "~ has elim- | diana ther e 4.7 persons for every < THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY s CLEVELAND but some people can’t seem to CHANDLER Jewett Coach’1260 The Greatest Jewett Ever Built 7EE: rem- ' pict HOUSANDS have waited for an-enciosed-car of such remarkable quality—at so remarkable a price. It’s here! The greatest Jewett ever built—at the low- est enclosed price we ever achieved—$1260. And they are viewing the Jewett Coach with un- precedented interest in Coach design. The reason s Jewett is the finest Coach ever desigmed— They arc demanding qualities in the Coach that weere hard to find in sedans —and finding them all in the Jewett Coach. It’s the easiest parking, steering, driving Coach you ever touched. 3 formance that is so utterly new—it's amazing! JewettCoach($1260) will out-perform anrycar within $500 of its price. £ That’s why the thousands who have waited—have now stopped waiting. Because the Coach is here —it’s a quality Coach—the price is right! See the Jewett Coach before you buy any coach—or any enclosed car. It will pay you welld scat pacsengers leave the Jewere Couch withaut dis- ;s ! | diecnxbing those turbing thoss in Wholesale and Retail Distributor WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, INC. 16th and You Streets—Potomac 772 Open Every Evening Until 9 DEALERS Motor Sales and Service Co. 2015 14th St. N.W, George C. Rice 1601 14th St. N.W. Wash.-Westcott Co. 2114 14th St. N.W. Alexandria Motor Company E. B. Frazier Motor Company 117 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Va. 518 10th St. N.E.