Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 70

IMPROVED SERVICE T0BUYER PLANNED Auto Trade Body to Discuss Problem at Sales Congress Here Thursday. “olutfons to the slem of offer- ing the motoring public better serv- ing to the soundest busi- neiples will be suggested by speakers who will address the Na nal Automobile Sales Congress to under the auspices of the ton Automotive Trade A at the City Club next Thu Afternoon ffective management, economical nsion of the different branches of automobile business, and handling the dealer a profit 2 real value will be explained at the arranged jointly by the Na. tional Automobile Dealers’ Association ind the National Automobile Chamber of Com sesslon Criticisms Invited. The congress has been planned to give all who are aged in any branch of the automobile business an apportunity 1o hear helpful criticisms of thei methods by men who are recogn ationally as speclalists (n their ive fields. Tt kers who studying the for the -l Automobile De: Associa- A Kroh, sales promotion 1 dis- | a suc . Ken JA | develop will discuss the trend T omob] chandis e use i leluuun t KVP new product the possi- | ility for profitable reselling will be explained by Lynn M. Shaw, assist-| g ] .A., who | charge of r studies, in used cars nd main- ward Payton, market | xplain how market anal- | v be app , and how studies spect field and local condi ¢ be turned to advantage. | | tions m: Non-Members ln\llml Autom, has thrown the con who are engag section of the 1tomobile service field regardless of their | mb » in the W. A. T. A. Its menibers are being urged by Rudolph wairman of the committee in b e of arrangements, to invite all Jutors, dealers, salesmen, service agers and factory repre: 0 are engaged in the loc tory The W. A. T. A. is endeavoring to offer the advantages of t Ccongress member « zues r as possible tl benefi gestions for the pres the hig andards ¢ Invitations, however ined only to those who come in contact with to those identified w fes, tire, battery, garage and niain- ‘enance departments. All are to be the guests of the Washington Auto- motive Trade Association at a lunch- eon preceding the congress, which will convene at 2 o'clock. —_— Two millionaires, Dr. William E. Shattuc and Vie Spooner, are sched. | uled to drive in the championship automobile races at Laurel next Satur- da | | | Bob McDonc | Duray. | the strainer i |take to go for THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 18, 1925—PART 3. TYPICAL RACING CAR IN ACTION EM ¥. A}}JM‘D‘ One of the automobiles to be seen on the Baltimore-Washington Speed- way, near Laurel, next Saturday, when ! championship and a § will vie for the 192! erica’s leading speedway stars ,000 purse. Photo shows Peter Kriess, one of the drivers, crouched low in his pigmy machine, to avoid wind resistance, traveling at 120 miles an hour. The racing cars have eight cylin- ders, eight carburetors, piston displacement of 120.8 cubic inches, and are rnnnldrrubl) smaller than the smallest stock car made. FACTS AND FIGURES ON RACES TO BE HELD AT LAUREL SPEEDWAY auto drivers mile contest timore-Wash. Sixteen world famou: will compete in the is situated midway be tween Baltimore and Washington, bout two miles south of Laurel and half mile east of the main boule- ce will be held under the super- vision of the contest board of the American Automobile Association. | Winners, in addition to prize money, will be awarded points toward the 1 ational champlonship. Prize money totaling $25,000 has been &et aside by the speedway com pany, to be divided as follows: First place, $9,000; second 3,000; fourth, $2,000; fifth, $1,35 sixth,” $1,000; seventh, $300; eighth, $800; ninth and tenth, $750 each. Contestants include Peter De Paolo, tilton, Harry Earl Cooper, Bennie Hill, Leon Hartz, Fred Frank Elliott, Jerry Wonderlicl Dr. William Shatt R; h Hepburn, Peter Kriess, Vic Spovner and Jim Hill Phil Shater, | Track is a mile and one-eighth around, banked at an angle of 48 de- | erees at the turns. Cars must circle {the oval 223 times to complete the 260-mile run. Race will start at 2 p.m. Saturday. Gates open at 8 a.m. Cars will be on | track all morning. Qualifying runs will be held Thurs- day and Friday, beginning at 10 o'clock. Holders ‘of grandstand tick- ets will be admitted. No extra charge. Cars must circle the bowl four con- secutive times at 110 miles an hour. Grandstand will seat approximately 30,000. Within the bowl 10,000 cars may be parked, from which their occu pants may view the race. Unlimitel free parking outside the track on | Speedw: property for holders of randstand seats. Cars parked outside of the aerna will be protected by uni- formed guard. Special B. & O. trains will run to and from the Speedway, beginning at 10:30 a.m. S: v Excelient auto- mobile roads lead to the track from both Washington and Baltimore. Officials for the race—Fred J. Wag- ner, starter; Robert B. Gable, referee. CLEAN THE STRAINER. Vacuum Tank Can Be Benefited by Frequent Attention. It might have been all right to allow the vacuum tank in- onths without atten- tion, but nowadavs the wise owner cleans it out every two weeks regu- larly. It isn't so much that every one is using more gasoline as the fact that more stops at filling stations mean more scale from gas pump hoses and more metal chips from the nozzle which careless employes customarily Jam into the neck of the gas tank. St IV Automobile shows in the United ates date from 1900, when there were about 5,000 cars in use in this count F.0.B.Detroit.tax to be added Four door. full five-passenger Sedan FourWheel Brakes Balloon Tires SPRINGS WILL SQUEAK. Covers Are Not Sufficient Guard Against Noises. The mere addition of spring covers to a car should not be taken as surance of freedom from squeaks. On many cars the covers do not inclose the ends of the first leaf next the master leaf. The first leaf usually comes to within about an inch of the end of the master leaf, in order to give it the greatest possible sup- port. Spring covers usually end just before the ends of the first leaf. It is at this point of any spring that lubri- cation is needed most. Occasional lu- brication of these exposed ends with an oll gun is necessary to stop the squeaks. —_— New York City has 30,000 street intersections and a force of 1,586 traffic officer: igned to duty. MAKING OF GEARS Demands More Exacting Each Year, Automotive En- gineers’ Society Is Told. Gear making is still in the process of development, with no one method of manufacture excelling sufficlently to solve the many problems connected with this important tem in automotive construction, according to Karl Buck- ingham, engineer, who addressed the annual production meeting of the So- clety of Automatic Engineers, held recently. “I doubt if any one fully knows or exactly appreciates what all the re- quirements of this product are,” he sald. “The demands on the perform- ance of gears are growing constantly more severe. The satisfactory gears of yesterday are not satisfactory to- day, and satisfactory gears of today may not be satisfactory tomorrow. Al though many different methods of pro- ducing gears are now available, no one of them has yet proved itself to excel ach has its advantages tain disadvantages. “Without knowing exactly what it is necessary to produce, we must con- sider ways and means of producing it. On gears very slight errors cause serfous troubles. Small errors in pro- file or in spacing become very appar- ent to the ear when the gears are oper- ated under load. Smoothness of pro- file is essentlal, as considerable sliding action occurs between the gears. Furthermore, as most gears used in automotive constructions must carry high loads and often withstand con- siderable abuse, they must be hard- ened. Hence, the production depart- ment {s called upon to meet a very high degree of precision under the most unfavorable conditions. “To my mind, the largest part of all production problems is the variable factor due to the differing human equations of workmen who operate the production equipment. The production of the complex surfaces of gear teeth still_requires considerable technique | on the part of the operator if the best | results are to be attained. This is | particularly true of the grinding proc- esses. At present as much depends upon the machine vperator as upon the machine. VALVE AND SPARK TIMING Determining Accuracy of Spark Not Difficult Task. How to tell whether the car fs timed too late or too early is not a difficult task. There are two kinds of timing— the timing of the valves and the tim- Ing of the spark. The former is checked by noting the position of the flywheel in its relation to the opening and closing of the valves. Timing of |the spark is far simpler. Once timed the valves will not change. | ferent with th however. When the engine ceases to kno#k after an excess of gas is fed on an upgrade with the spark fully ad- vanced, the spark timing has become retarded at the distributor. If the engine knocks too much, and when the spark is retarded, the timing fis too far advanced, assuming that the engine is free of carbon. o Petroleum refinerfes {n the United tates have increased in number from in 1918 to 530 at the present time. I ‘\\, N u C The demand for Ford cars has already outstripped all previous records. 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