Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 80

8 TIRE NUMBERS AID INHALTIAG THEFTS Positive Identification Easy, Manufacturers Say—Care- lessness Invites Loss. 1ol of the 5,000 were stolen in the Forty- automol last speared without a tra i owners were concerned were lost kept of the | | numbers | tire makexs | ' do. ising the ap in this through tnu 11 which fon ber p! positive who has a recor ation <h te numbers | able inf tires. ation ¢ | to the car within mir atter leaving, | as thie 3 ! g | tion as =oor In cax should be with the the car such = and bat are not cer they are va WORD OF 7 .ECAUTION. Care Necessary When Engine Is » Bein~ Clea With Winter days offering oppor. clean, handling this ercised 1o the ignitio or that :h hould in On one the ends ip into the - 1 ugh distribuic ‘nient | method an isni ble de ing for tributor L but it is also 1 matter ¢ when dusting the r handling the wi A total of 141 miles of detours was required last year in Connecticut dur Ing the road ion season * | chance of overheating there would be Wide Left Turning Is Hangover From Learning to Drive The man who pulls over right before making a left turn and whose name Ring Lardner would all “legion,” is the vietim of a tyy of “hansover.” Experts declare this practice i= the result of an instinct developed when one is learning to at which time one takes all| availuble when making a turn of any kind. The error of his procedur parent to every one who ha esult of it. to the left traffic be- to the right. Pulling nfuses oncoming traffic one-half of the traffic ap- been OLD WHY’S OF MOTORDOM FINALLY ARE ANSWERED (Continued from Sixth Page.) number of years has recently removed rhuretor control from’ his latest tter illustrates the few. It i en't more con- trols and frills. ny drivers would like to have more to do when at the v re meters to read, more » shift, a more intimate con- of the mechanism in general. But manufacturers must consider the more drivers who think there too maneuvers to go explai his cooling thought it would be a splendid idea to > the radiator to such a degree 1ld be practically ir nes have a tenden ling point,” he usked, and if power is w when the cool- stem operates at too high a tem- ture, why not use more water?" Tt a car held s lons of water he wdvocated using 12 The radiater would never boil over. 1 or would the engine ever operate efficiently,” added 2 more experienced motorist who happened to overheat the conversation. “You forget that if 00 much water is used too much h would be taken from the cylinder While there would be little or no ut chilllng of the engine. diy ever operate at the elaborate arran s might overcome ¢ toward chilling the en- zine. but here you run into expense and complications, of the thing: ¥ way of inquiry are p M of them might be de; other things being equal. One f motorisf liitations, and the m faciurers have consistently shown much talent in this direction. The man in the city wonders why » Tuust still engage a mechanic to under h r in order to drain il in the crankcase. He cannot why all cars a not handy drain cock. hinking of h 1 who drives where good road: are unknown or of the city motol who drives through an open field when he zoes motor camping. There s for providing ttinz plug to keep the oil in n't Make the “8” a * The question has been raised as why it isn't possible to buy an eight- to the‘ . | motorist would simp THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 1 DOWN THE ROAD—One Case Where the Minority Rules. 4, 1926—PART 3. —By FRANK BECK. ) s 1. /Bakd / WA 75 e~ %9579 Y9 y /7 e It is argued, and not without logic, by a special clutch. By throwing out | that such « combination would be | this elutch the forward engine would | ideal. The machine would be an eco- | be disengaged and the car would oper- | nomical four-cylinder car when speed |ate as a four-cylinder machine. When ive power or acceleration |the clutch would be e | equired. Yet at the touch |engine would be cvanked and—voila!— | of a switch it would jump into the {the car would be an eight. | high power class Now, \while this 1o n.u-h;mxmn,\; T oiattednin sible it isn't being a num- Gt ontSgnt \h;-r of very gi erlnlm . | the outstandin, wonld he rs when less power 3 e R e . | the problem of getting the two engines le that this would not result 1'“ sav- to run in tune with each other. One I3 S i v | would tend to run faster than ln"‘hnn{lu?xm;‘.':u'o ‘ltlf m-‘-:'ll‘:\ A‘.L“\'TN,, the other. There would be unusual and exhaust It, The suggestion was | STankshatt stralns and the driver then made that the manifolds of the | "5 0 nm-(;x.qn'\-i- atenst ot il ere O trine, ey [ e s tempted to let himself go. Rut | EHGNRE i nstean. W g e | his limited knowledge of engineering | o e g and manufacturing is often against ““"j""""“}” wan e Mo e ”d””l’l\‘ him. Oddly enough, he even overlooks four of the cylindery were used the [his own interests in a fit of enthu- arankshaft would be unbalancedhy the | stasm over some one brilliant possi- weleht b Sthe “L‘”“_h' ;;'\":‘h‘(‘“‘";‘“‘;"“: bility for improvement. : Another One Answered. A driver who had just read of an accident in which a, car had furned over wondered why all cars were not underslung, never stopping to recall the time he condemned the manu- facturer of his car because the crank- angement one | PO tion to four | was required. He wa: s brought home mechanic who had been trying to work out a firing order which would take all these facts into consideration finally abandoned this more complicated plan and, leaping to his feet crying “Eureka!” informed the world that he had solved the problem by having two separate four- cylinder engines arranged in tandem |case and the front axle would not eylinder engine that be used, -, eith a fl an eight fashion, with their crankshafts joined |clear a stray rock on a bad detour. NEW 90 DEGREE 5-PASSENGER STANDARD SEDAN BODY BY FISHER *3195 The new Cadillac is the fitting cul- mination of a quarter-century of motor car leadership. ) It is everywhere proclaimed the high- est development of the science and artof motor car building—in appear ance, in performance, in grace of design, and richness of detail, in lux- urious riding, and in the assurance of satisfactory ownership. 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Despite 4 normal und |car in such healthy need for improvement the |is higher than the front. modern car is usually better designed [is frozen and well packed than its owr mplished by taking ryving levels of the f ~ Selecting Place. Where gutter: and the possibility iction presents of failing itself only good plan to park the car on | grade whenever possible. | plication of the the car’s tendency | will make it p out spinning one of the re: Where {effort should be made to park this S1oV - % Ton Truck - 39§ (Chassts Only) 5§50 1 Ton Truck .0 b. Flint, Hfihfi‘l\ (Chassis Only) BARRY-PATE MOTOR CO. 1218 Connecticut Avenue AERO AUTO CO. 1101 King St., Alexandria, Va. LUSTINE-NICHOLSON MOTOR CO. 301 7th Street S.W. Franklin 3900, 3901, 3902 w UALITY the | If steel containing en way that the rear end If the snow e dvantage | carbon as to PARKING DOWNHILL. ! Care of Future Should Be Used in are filled with snow to get when | starting off from such points it is a | a down- | sentle ap- | clutch together with | tant point to consider a_little | quality of the 5 ible to start off with- wheals. no downgrade is available an n | surance that the w | better. John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL John Smith is a character whom every motorist sk:ould welcome. is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to have exploited, in an intercsting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 20,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. one thought of a process of to render it No. 141—Where Quality Counts. 1t amusing to watch Smith get- | ting a line on the quality of a new | model in which he took a particu interest. After all these months of | experience with nd he still was | judging by external | Upholstery is a consideration, to be | sure.” T admitted, ber that | vou always can r reuphol- | stered. You can have it repainted. You can buy better tires or chan the wheels. You can hi | After a_while some ase hardening, which rburizing the surface most jmpervious to wear while al lowing the core to remain tough enough to resist strain through shock. “rankshafts made by this process are high in quality, just as a valve made of several different kinds of ¢ service by withstand dif- o en de Pistons are making prdingly the most costly est grade of qual s where not add ve the radi fator nickeled, and adding new meters to the instrument hoard s a simple matter. What you can't change, how ever, are the vital parts. That's where quality counts.” 1 talked with him about of cylinder blocks. Sine never heard of this proc it gave my argument even significance. 1Us strange that a b builder will appreciate the importance of using well seasoned wood through- out for trim and then forget that factory can’'t make a good cylinder block out of green metal Cylinder Block Treatment. In the factorles where care is ex ercised in an effort to uphold tradi- tions as to quality, cvlinder blocks ur stand out in_the open for veur after being cast. After the different type Generally speaking type offel t ity, though there are. instane added expense in design doe materially to efficiency Maker's Catalogue. re bes ¢ secondary quality are quick to observe suc matters when you are inspeetir new car, but why should you be con tent to believe the universal joints on 1 right just because thes are universal joints? Such vital parts aflable in all grades. In one factory all axle shafts are ven a twisting test considerably in what they would ever be v 1o receive in service, and about cent of the shafts are disea This means that the ones used are of hizh quality. “In the making of all vital auton pr da factor of safe easonin he had <5 hefore, and s ‘seasoning” it beli metallurgists that the cylinders can be ground and put through the various finishing proce as is re two general ways to tinish cylinders. One is by me lap, a process of cutting the eylinders to the required size while giving the walls a perfect finish. The other is a grinding process which has the dis advantage of scratching off about three times as much cylinder wall sur ‘e as the other method. Dut one prominent metallurgist has stated that us yet no way has been found to make a lapped cylinder true “These are points to be decided when buying just as you would de There can I find Smith wondered the manufacturers’ deta es,” 1 explained. “In parti scess explained 1 nies You 1 risons betw nd those of t I vou are limited points? ar tedd ,‘ ing the highest grade be able to make com the ideal p of the teeth de of car depends u way ge are made, to go a little deeper into the | _Next subject. One method of making gear | About S blanks provides for groupi any imperfections in the center where d out in the course of | finishing the gear. It ha y 1| that where the blanks is trans | dial the teeth three times Point in Judging Quali ““Case hardening i Someth Ten black white { color « favored it States Lelieve that ito-llcense i and wi Hie with six U rather break than ra - | is off about | impor- ing the ! count. || nt in en m ) o make it unusually hard is treated to a hardening process it will be 'HAPPINESS 1 USED CAR gron Joseph McReynolds Carbon is the teel, but for | gineers were up i brittle. If steel containing so 1 ! ake it unusually tough | will not resist w 14th STREET AT R’ is hardened it Jor Economical Transportation Think how low the recent reduction of Chevrolet prices brings the cost of a fully equipped automobile. Compare what you get for Chev- rolet’s new low prices with any other car in the world. Remember that Chevrolet equipment includes speedometer, Fisher body and balloon tires on closed models, Duco finish, Alemite lubrication sys- tem and scores of other features essential on a modern motor car. 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