Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1925, Page 79

THE SUNDAY MOTO An Abridged Magazine for Car Qwners EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN Rumor has it that the new Fords | will be in_gayer colors, despite the general opinion that the old Lizzies are loud enough. ‘What Price Price! With reductions in the prices of cars the order of the day, following a half-year of intense and unprece- dented production, many motorists are trying to figure out just what is gained by everlastingly trying to shop for bargains. What is the price of price? That | seems to be the questis of the day. | It has been analyvzed in a variety of | ways, but the general line of thought seems to be the same. Just to make it clear to the average motorist, one | party has put it this way “Of what advantage is $60 saved on the list price of a_car when the upholstery and paint start to go bad just because they are not of a higher grade? “Which is worth more, a saving of $25 in first cost or a set of better ot How much is a $30 saving on the lfst price of a car worth when one is caught on the road with a spring that should have been able to stand road shock, but didn't? “In short, what price price? What is there to be gained by buying some- thing a little cheaper when motoring | has reached the point where every | one needs something a little better?” | Motorists are blamed for the pres- ent tendency to cut prices. The mo- tor car manufacturer is usually proud of his product and would rather be making a fine car than a cheap one if the public would let him. One trouble with lowering automo bile prices, as one expert on produc- | tion puts it, is that when the cost of raw materials go up and sales resistance stiffens it is difficult to raise prices. The temptation—always forced upon the manufacturer by the public to cheapen the car in the lesser e: ntial details before boost ing_the price. Clearly the demand for lower prices may entail a sizable loss for the mo torist In the near future. Motor 0dds and Ends. More tires, better tires and cheaper tires That has been the rule in motordom up until the present disrup: tion caused by the radical increase in he cost of crude rubber. One of the leading tire companies earned » profit of §9.306,978 in 1919 when pro. ducing 4,265,144 tires, whereas in 1924, when profits were $8,116,689, tire pro. duction had increased to 6,627,973. A serles of questions put to eight of the leading paint companies re- garding the advantages, details and opinions on the use of laquer finishes for cars revealed an astounding di- vergence of views. The nearest thing to an agreement was when seven of the companies replied that they had | decreased time and labor required in rubbing and polishing. The eighth remained silent From the motor owner's standpoint this virtual agree- ment is perhaps of prime importance. Bullet-proof bodies for cars are now obtdinable. For a moderate priced sedan the added weight is under 200 | pounds. Even the glass is bullet- | proof: After the Bawl Is Over. Being bawled out by a traffic cop &'t the pleasantest of experiences, but after the bawl it is well to keep in mind a few important facts. Perhaps these will stick in the memory better if listed as follows A traffic cop has a good memory for a driver he has bawled out. It is risky to joke about what hap- pened. There may be a stricter officer at the next corner, There is no time like the present for getting a copy of local ordinances and reading it before another cop proves that this simple but necessary procedure hasn't been followed. Motorists, Please Copy! announced to stock- Philadelphia Rapid Tt has been holders of the Transit Co. that a new record in street car operation was hung up in the City of Brotherly Love on June 26 and 27. 's street cars were in opera- tion for 36 consecutive hours without one car having to be removed from the streets because of accident or de fective equipment. At the close of ear the Philadelphla Rapid t had in active service 2 dern cars. During 1924 the Phila delphia. Rapid Transit carried near! a billion passengers, or 909,303,545 this basis it carried approximately 3,750,000 people in the 3¢-hour record period. During the month of June only one Philadelphia street car in 375 was re moved from the streets for service. Such removal in other cities runs to as high as 1 in every 6. The record attained by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit is the result of an ef- fective maintenance system. Trou bles with rolling stock are caught before they upset the schedules. Worth Remembering. When introducing kerosene through the carburetor, as a means of loosen ing deposits of carbop, it is important to run the engine at a good speed. The purpose of the treatment is to have the kerosene drawn into the cylinders in its raw state. If the en- gine is run slowly the kerosene may be vaporized, may turn into fuel, and, being too rich asa fuel combined with the regular gas mixture, may easily produce more carbon than it removes. The commutator of the horn motor should be cleaned about once a month. “hile the horn is being operated hold a piece of clean cloth, previously moistened with a little machine oil, against the commutator. There should be a_little the front wheels. If the nuts on the axle ends are turned up too tightly it will not be possible for grease to work into the wheel bear- ings and the latter will suffer as a consequence. Too tight adjustments render normal lubrication impossible. Coverage Not Written. In an Eastern State the other day a man, upon striking another car, tually said that he “didn’t care’ since he was well insured. A short while later he ran through the rail- ing of a bridge and paid the supreme penalty. There was no indorsement on his policy to cover that particu- lar point, hewever “play” in Three Touring Tips. Always take the detour even if some cars are traveling over the main road which, while partly barred, does not seem to be under construction. It often happens that a road closed to through trafic will of necessity be open to local traffic Sometimes it pays to reverse the usual order of things, as, for in- stance, the matter of stopping at the top of a hill to rest and allow the engine to cool off. It would be more logical to stop at the bottom. The engine would then give better per- formance up the hill and would not overheat. Carry along a duster, so that when a rain is in_the offing the car can be dusted off, thus saving a lot of cleaning later on. Rain on a clean car is frequently as good as a wash- ing. What's the Answer? 1. How much of the engine's power output does the average fan consume when the car is traveling fast? 2. Is there any car with eight cylinders which is not an “eight”? 3. If there is stoppage in the en- gine oil circulation system will the oil gauge on the instrument board register zero or maximum? 4. What ‘is the difference between tull-floating and semi-floating rear axles? 5. How can you tell whether the clutch is dragging if you are not shifting gears? (Think these over during the week and look for the answers in this de- partment next Sunday.) (Copyright, 1925.) Testing the Battery In addition to the hydrometer, for testing the electrolyte, the volt-meter, ammeter and cadmium test set are also used. The volt and ammeter are electrical measuring instruments, the latter being of great service in test-! ing electrical circuits. The range of these instruments should be as fol- lows: The volt-meter should have a scale not much higher than the high- est reached in starting and lighting circuits, while the ammeter should | read up to 30 amperes. The ammete: can be used for determining the cur- rent consumed by the lamps and that entering the battery from the gener- ator during charging, to see whether they are normal. This also enables the operator to charge at the proper | rate and a charge tests. | In either case i be inserted right at the battery, by taking the connector from one of the battery | terminals and connecting the ammeter | bhetween the terminal 1d the battery. Various types of ins ments may be had, but the type permitting a direct connectic eferred to avoid the escape of current through neter cannot be connected cuit, but must always be cted between the two terminals rce of current or a current »n device. Voltage is the the current, and it can readily be understood that the pres sure which the battery exerts in de- | it and the pressure re. | srce current Into the bat ¥ indicate the state of charge of the battery or of any one cell, should the test be focused on one cell. While the hvdrometer is a convenient means of testing a baftery, it is evident tha a completely discharged battery may have received what is termed a drug store charge, that is, the battery may have been brought up to the specified reading merely adding scid, and the voltage readings, there Tore, give a check on the gravity read ings. In other words, the voltage reading discloses the doped battery by its lack of voltage. HINT ON LUBRICANTS. Leakage From Differential Hous- ing Reduces Brake Efficiency. It is important to prevent the escape of lubricant from the differen- tial housing, because it will accumu- late on the brakes and reduce their efficiency. While it is difficult to overcome letakage due fo an exces- sive supply, if reasonable precaution is taken in reassembling the axle, the made leakproof. by housing may be Leakage is usually caused by worn felt washers in the stuffing box, which is intended to form the lubricant seal. therefore, to replace d other worn parts of the lubricant ~1 when differential repairs are bein . «de. Owing to the importance of this feature, the slight- est amount of wear evident will jus- tify replacement of the parts. The shaft on which the parts bear should be smooth, so that it will not wear the seal away and cause the leak to pebpear agaln, LIGHT POWER LIMITED. 50,000 Candlepower to Be Maxi- mum in Massachusetts. A maximum strength of 50,000 can- | dlepower is all that will be permitted in any part of the beam of a head lamp in Massachusetts after January 1, according to a letter sent to auto- mobile head-lamp manufacturers by Frank A. Goodwin, registrar of mo- tor vehicles in the Bay State. The limit may be reduced further o 30,000 candlepower, it was indi- cated in the letter, as it has been proved that a maximum of 30,000 candlepower is amply sufficient for safe driving with properly designed devices or head-lamps. U. S. Autos Would Circle Globe. 1f all the automobiles in the United States were lined up in a processi the string would reach the ent tance around the world at the equa- tor, or eight times the distance from New York to San Francisco. The United States came nearer to an automobile shortage on July 1 last than ever before, when there were approximately 10,000 new auto- mobiles in the hands of 45,000 dealers throughout the countr AUTO REPAIRING ALL MAKES ‘Gardner Service T. J. CAMFIELD 22nd and M West 2007 As EBONITE “Strings" 0 a Stck, Solt Winds/Zz > Around the Gears £ ' MR. MOTORIST You can stop gear grum- Dbling if you use BBONITE, because it throws & costing of shredded oil around the and you save many a re- pair bill and lengthen the life of your motor car or truck. Buy with your mind made up. Demand EBONITE. Take no substitute. in__fivepound t service tations TE checker- BONITE (1T's SHREDDED OIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND REAR AXLES BAYERSON OILWORKS -COLUMEIA 5226 THE SUNDAY Maryland Launches War on Cowl and Dim Light Driving E. Austin Baughmann, Maryland commissioner of motor vehicles, has declared war on cow! lights. “Cowllight driving in Maryland must stop,” says Commissioner Baugh- mann. “Taxicabs and other vehicles must have their bright lights on at I night. Bright lights do not neces- | sarily mean glaring lights, if they are adjusted property. Dim lights are in- | adequate and must be abandoned, if we are to cut down the number of automobile accidents.” Commissioner Baughmann will urge | the passage of legislation at the next session of the legislature to cure the headlight evil in Maryland Here's the Reason. When you drive up a steep hill with |a cold motor, compression reaches a point where the raw. unburned gas |is forced down past the piston rings to dilute the engine lubricant. Warm up, and there's no raw gas to force STAR, WASHINGTON, down into the crankcase. g} i) H!,:,,‘g,j\;!m“ml‘ i 1 \ ¢ \ -'\'* s 1612 You St. D. ., SEPTEMBER MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORISTS Good Place To Buy. the public information committee of the Washington Automotive Trade Association.) (Prepared by Buying automobiles is such a comparatively new activity for most people that as yet no great amount of skill has been revealed in the process. As a matter of fact, some of the fundamental rules of buying seem to be overlooked. When the average man wants to buy a car his first question is “What shall T buy?” Yet when he sets out té buy a diamond ring, a sult of clothes or a piece of furniture his first question is “Where is a good place to buy? The character of the automobfle agency may be even important than the car. Experience has demonstrated that time and again. But, to repeat, buying experience in automobiledom 1s decldedly limited There are some people, mechancically minded. who can buy a car and get along famously whether the agency succeeds or fails But they are rare. Most people are dependent upon the agency for counsel, help and assurance of a continuation of the high standing of the car locally. For the majority the question is, first of all, where to buy the car. It is not merely a matter of looking for a reliabie and successful agency. Most automobile retailers who have survived the compe- tition and who are now selling the popular cars meet these require- ments. It often makes a_difference, however, where the agency is located and what particular kind of service it is in a position to offer. You like certain stores for certain reasons, and it should be the same with certain automobile establishments. You can be ahead of the game by applying this common sénse rule of buying now. 2 3. 13, PART 9 The trouble TAKING FOOT FROM BRAKE Need Not Be Released Slowly With New Arrangement. may be transf Owners of new cars equipped with hydraulic brakes nmeed not tuke the advice of older hydraulic brake us»rs[ regarding the advisability of releas: ing the foot from the brake pedal slowly. The system is equipped with a new type of piston in the master cylinder. Under the old arrangement | the brake pedal was mechanically | connected to the piston so that the | pedal’s quick return to the “off” posi-| tion sometimes caused the piston to| suck in air, since the system is not sealed against suction. The new type as no mechanical connection. The pedal mechanism pushes the piston in but is not connected to it. The piston | returns gradually, even though the| sed suddenly. [ Yoy Studebaker i | tradeforonetodoy 0000000 GTEDT = Production of Chrysler quality cars— the Six and the Four—is now pro- ceeding at the amazing total of more than 800 per day. Yet even that huge volume falls short of satisfying the public demand for results which only Chrysler can give. Two weeks after the Chrysler Four was announced, it was on a produc- tion schedule of 500 per day. It is doubtful if any new car has ever been forced to meet such an avalanche of buying orders as immediately de- scended upon the Chrysler Four. People found in this car a new.ex- pression of four-cylinder value; a finer interpretation of four-cylinder econ- omy; a better-balanced combination of beauty, performance, roadability and smoothness. In short, they discovered a generosity of quality amrd soundness of value such as they had never before seen in the four-cylinder field. At the same time, the epoch-making quality, unprecedented results and proved durability. of the Chrysler Six More Truth Than Ga away from a woman driver is that you serving husband-driver The announcement of a stall dev pointing. It biles, applies ool with taking a licanse ferring it to 2 less de new anti-| gers last year is interesting but disap automo- Taxicabs carried 592,000,000 passer R. McReynolds & Son wish to announce that LEON S. HURLEY 1s now in charge of therr NASH Automobile Agency, located at Fourteenth and Park Road sler Cars Per Day were sending its public demand higher and higher month by month. The sales record —greatest in the history of the motor car industry— which the Chrysler Six set up in its first year appears to be only [the beginning. 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You who are justly prideful of Chrysler ownership, you scores of thousands who enjoy the new re- sults which only Chrysler can give, have long since learned the sound- ness and the depth of quality in Chrysler materials and Chrysler crafts- manship. Increasing thousands of buyers enthusiastically acclaim the tremendous advance registered by Chrysler results—in performance, in ride-ability, in compact roominess, in economy. America wants that kind of quality and that kind of results. It clamors for Chrysler cars because they, and they alone, satisfy every quality r quirement. We are eager to give you a conclu- sive demonstration in your own way of either the Six or the Four. EARY, JR., & BROS. Branch Salesroom—Connecticut Avenue at Q Street North 4296 :