Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1925, Page 55

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 9, 1925—PART 3. » just at the point of locking but are than you fgured, which means that on | motor may give us trouble. Suppose I suill 1otating, experiments have shown J S . . your car the water will almost reach to | we detach the flexible heater exkaust 2 s very slig erence be- | h h H the top of the ofl filler tube. Since|from the regular exhaust pipe and tween this condition and that with | | onn 1§ Ilt ar Id 1S Car Wwe may have to drive through even |stick it up through the hole in the the wheels locked and that little addi- deeper water in order to get around | splash par, where yvou grease the | tonal force need be applied to lock BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. the other cars some of it may get into | ‘ront end cf the right rear spring. the wheels. the engine. To avoid that possibility | Open the heater valve and it won't Length of wheelbase, height of cen- we'll stop up the pipe with the cork [ make any difference if the main ex- ter of gravity of the car, force re. John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He from your thermos hottle. Your igni- | haust is under water some of the time. | quired to slip the tires on the road.| | it not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to | |tion cofl is also qangerously near the | While youre doins that I'l pie some R g brakes are fied. all nave & bearing on | | "ve exploited, in un intererting way, his experiences for the benefit of | |¥ater line, s we'll detach it trom ta| rockn into the back of the car and at: ‘ ; g : op of | tach the cha uoyancy o Usually Believe They May Be | stoppine distance. - when twowhee!| the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. the motor as the wires will permit, | water will tend to make the car float, - 3 Drakes are app ar tends to| g just enough to endanger the traction. Halted in Half Distance |fite 2t the rear and press down at the No. 110—Into Deep Water. when just at that moment:a driver Plan to Battle Water. To make the rear hold down better front, because the center of €14Vity 18| .ipis is a fine note!” Smith ex-|behind sounded his horn and shot past| “We'll also close the vent in the Il sit back here when you drive It Takes abave, the road where the bIAKIN ef | aimed as we turned a sharp bend i | US: He was going to try Smith's sug- | carburetor air intake pipe and tie the | through.” L tect i applied. The hig . gestion, so that saved us the nnoy- |end of the flexible air pipe above the| When Smith and T had succeeded Sz s 'Mssn‘:“d;fi‘_v 0! r |the road and came up against the|ance of an argument. possible water line. As a further pre. [in getting through and had driven |t tendency, | The et of PrAKINE | problem of fording a young river| But the car had hardly entered the |caution we'll tie my raincoat over the |ahead to summon a team of horses for It an average driver is asked within 15, (N8 same as if the weight on the | ™, T eavs Tains of the night | Water when it came to & sudden halt, |radiator, and, since the water may | the stranded motorists we were ready what' distance he can stop hi car | Tar wheels were reduced and that on |yt e g created. “Looks as though | deluged with gallons of water which | reach the generator and battery wit. |to helleve that the old maxim about CaE SRR sm e B e e e e N eiihe | we're in for & swim. But what about | it had suddenly displaced. The engine |ing, we had better lift the battery up | “more haste less speed” was as true likely to be anywhere from one-qua e ponanEe Of WelSht | the car? Still, T suppose the car will | stalled and would not start agaln, be. | into the car, ground the negative wire |as ever. Smith and I spent & half 10 one-half the minimum StOPPINE Ais: | hraking. heace the more foreibly taa | make it all right if the water isn't too cause the ignition coil was soaked.|to the frame and use the wire from | hour preparing to go through the wa- tance, in the opinion of H. H. Allen of | Jeking. hence the more torclbly two- | gig )% The driver had attempted to make |your spotlight to run direct from the |ter. The other chaps hadn't time. But g Siabingl vt S T akes a : - “The depth of the water s really of | 3,000 pounds displace gallons of water | positive pole of the battery to the coil, |one spent the entire day waiting for g o s g D . S secondary importance,” I explained.|on.a second’s notice. The water sim-|disconnecting the generator altogether. | his coil and wiring to dry, while the the braking ability of various cars “Of course, there's a limit. We must | PV broke over the car and killed its| “But we must make some provision | other went home by train. The importance of properly adjust be careful not to get into any deep |momentum. for ‘the exhaust. Since the mumer |© T ed and adequute brakes i explained | Jehes holes or off the crown of the road.| *I guess we won't try that,” Smith|and the exhaust will be under water| Next Week—A Few Foolish Querfes by Mr. Allen as follows f,},‘]e|sr:‘pn‘:e::{:-r;:»;xh<“ It decreases thabipit in the: final analysis success infconcluded. “But let's see what luck [ most of the way, back pressure on the (Copyright, 1925.) Chree legal questions thatare likely | * «por cars with two-wheel brakes|Setting through a situation like this | this second fellow has, He's evidently N I Horse Sense and Used Cars tective is the braking effect. But with four-wheel brakes, the transfer | welght to the front increases the | braking effect on the front wheels to to arise when & person is rought (0| the braking efficlency, or maxi |rests mainly with the driver. The |going to take it easy." trial for an accident are: What is the | gaceleration. increases as t g ! captain of v water craft knows its | wye . . 2 o shortest distance within which & car | age of "weleht otk Sene whorie 1 | Umnitations. . Tt the same With the | e Alched carefully as the nes: It is only common “horse sense” to sell our quality used cars traveling at a known speed can be|gieater, as the tenter of gravity is|SKiPPer of a land craft. This car of | Qailr RGN, ie PASY UHONEE LG at a price that will make satisfied customers, for it is these stopped? When & car has been|fivar g 5 heelbase 1o longer. - | vours will stand so much water and a o 3 L stopped within aknown - dis lower, andas the whesibass S loner-JlC, nore | (Yorl ioanm ke it fon the b ;,;,‘"d,',’;"s_;:;:":f,“‘:f‘{,“;"‘;i" what was its probable speed wh S if you know how, but it may odiobic iR £ 2 P 4 brakes were applied? When the speed USING THE OIL GUN easily fall far short of its limit if you | \warer 15 ““"I\la:up)(zl‘:::rhl?ukl ‘J}i customers that are bringing us more business. and stopping distance are known, what . don’t know your subject.” % ? . We would rather sell five cars at a small profit than one car at lower. is the probability that the braking Smith obviously was not ready to - . equipment was in 1 condition and [ There is something in knowing how | digest all this, for when I had finished a large profit. It's the five new boosters that we are after. : \l>o4illwv the fu ent of the [ to use an oil gun. The usual tendency |1 found him n\lnzlm Iu.'ur@luul the Examine our used cars—let us demonstrate—you’ll be telling driver's ability }is to fill up the gun and squirt a thin | greatest depth of the water by com- | 3 . Lt H “The answer to each of these ques-|stream of oil on the part or joint |paring the water line on tree trunks |, trying to shift from ‘high' to - your friends about our values also. tions depends upon the maximum pos-| that squeaks. This is very ineffective. |along the road. He figzured that the | oW’ I said. “And he's stranded as . : Here are a few of them: sible deceleration, or brak effect. | If your aim is not good the ofl goes | water was about two feet deep at its|Sure as your name's Smith. ¢ \ s S s and will differ with the weight and di-| to ~waste. It considers deepest point | should have started in low gear. Now ? t DODGE BUSIN S MAN’S mensions of the c nd its braking | pressure and . hand to fo | I think we can tackle this easily | he's lost his momentum in shifting, equipment |a column of oil any distance beyond ! enough,” he decided. “T'll just give |and his wheels are spinning for want Your Car Should Late model: 5 new tires. Car in excel ot | the nozzle. The more logical way is |the old boat a little speed and then | of traction . fent running candition and Jooks Ik new Lock With Little Force to spray the parts with oil, having jrush the water. If it's deeper than| “It's up to us to go slow, but to run Be Equzpped \ Ay throughout. Combination stop and park “While it is generally and correctly | very little oil in the gun. An oil mist [we figure the car will flounder across |in low gear. But before with the New B O belleved that the greatest braking ef-| will be forced out which will be sure |of its own momentum ce a few preparations. The| . ~ ncludes ynierest’ ire’and 'tne ance NO. 107, CAR'NO. 167 fect is obtained when the wheels are|to strike the unoiled part | 1 was about just about half foot deeper B TOURING. 5 RIGHT. " 1 touri 4 motor runs_like new: upholstery in —t $70 cash and $15 a Y condition. If you want a light touri no! 0 onth h_includes inter- $38 for 10 months includes inte 58 A I and theft insurance. > 5 2 . - THIS I i) S CAR NO. 122 A P e P — TJEWETT SEDAR, 1921 O e Y o ——— MODEL i oot e it -ullhmm-d- Winter. JEWETT SEDAN. newly painted: looks re and a p dy. Motar in gzl riving conditiona. and runs ke 3 view ot BRI el 01 2 . 3 ey iy ; fabeanees utdan “lialCannot be' el g 421 th ard Tires. 55 montn for 10 i Thclides in- = - 4-“'°'h.d.ifl.-‘r“ ::l Ifi.lod : 1‘ Sold Anld.‘m-fl by a 1 4 :01;; (ARJg th MAR \.}r )N 7-PASS, 5 Heary stesl cable will o] wlacturer L TOURING eak, or rust. 0 Each setin separatepackage | L aaein 6 Nosdiustmentaare ever noces- [ e e | e = C1A & rough ' hag e Fanioe: sary. | fittings for instaliatica. , per. 5 good tires, fory "A%E new tiras par % "sop Fand 'park ‘These are also reasons for greater safoty, and a saving. ) & fl"-nbhl:v; EErm m B e bought for $: op and tail in tires and ether upkoen. 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