Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1926, Page 77

control the preheating of the gas from the American lly bec wther de- | quickly in the exhaust. Improperiy | i opment. . the idea of Ul | jegjgned manifolds are the cause of ation in public SAFE'I'Y [} AMPAIGNS OBSERVERS SUSPECT TENDENCY |NEW-TYPE AUTO USES BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL ‘stove,’ which is simply an arrange. | there than for undertakers. have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of has been made necessary reason of ; s . e RIS 1. Automohile Man Urges Police Various Phases Discussed. eration of motor vehicles by charcoal S — e Y ments provide for hot’air to the air motors American automobiles? | the best average speed during these | t0 the Department of Commerce. “pipe” that conveys gas vapor from |ready for real work. The idea is now gland and William 1. Irvine, | from a motor with a displacement of | tativ b tative purifler for preparing the char | jye terms. This pipe s known as the - car the |18 to distribute the < properly in | B iei e kol s ann Ll e placed on several tractors and trucks. || ;;rneq gases from the engine to the of an automobile’s ab-| that there is such a tendency. The at there is such a tendency. cubic inches. During these two | trucl 5 . ol b ibic inch uring truck has been run for 400 miles with | “i\vhat g the erence between |ting an exhaust manifold next to an Gilioh carbaniiroubld and!po such encouraging ve-} j “tha British expert as a protection kit L i e o Gt e ma allow 2 s ed to warn . Nor wi u ; h the maximum allowed | $2.20. It s planned to adapt the 848 | geir when you become a little better red to warm it up. Nor was |23 TGC BSL IR N customed to stop, listen, [ i The small’ type of sutomobile power 2 t Sk e ures is thz spee ars in-| st janc 2 zas we o side of the engin s is that the speed of the cars in The necessary appliance, placed to | Piled, T pipe [u & LRI INEN Uit | sas’ went in one side of the engine, | TLEGES B Be e T O o the kal r o0 m o D. C, MAY 16, 1926—PART 3. [ 4 a suitable lever on the instrument on't attempt to save money by CHARCOAL F FUEL board. Don't confuse this arrange. | being niggardly in vour expenditures TO SMALLER AMERICAN MOTORS COAL FOR FUE ohn sSmith an IS AT’ | (boara” Bon'c 'contuse, thie arrange, | boink Mgty i Tour Sependivess i f E T < R 7“’; 7 Swedish Concorn Perfects Process ment to take air for the carburetor g 2 from around a secti f the heated ] Use of Europe Type Urged on U. S. Manufacturers,| by Which Truck Is Run 400 itk Sialihita o chatachsr whioml evstpimmvsoriapal ) G UL i LI e Perfection of a process for the op- the other 20,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. the popularity of air-cleaners, e fuel is claimed by a Swedish company, No. 150—Models in Manifolds. curves. Gas now hits these ends, flies | jo. 0. his arrangement probably as Improvement. Recent d e William Letts | thece wenre neine 9445 miles per hour | A type of generator fitted with & ro- |carburetor to éngine when 1 suggested A0\ ork in many new engines, givin Gas Mileage Increases = i use of the high-speed motor in small ¥ fo 5 and: the e S Lol faaet he and is said to have been operated muffler being known as the exhaust small motor, as built in Europe, was e averige Wneeall 4 . A p sides ol verage Sp a load of two and one-half tons at a ‘pipe’ and ‘manifold’?” Smith anked. intake, or ne A consid d folly st f Rau: PeBIE ToanE ¢ sults and with the vounger ration. | o our mobile export busin . B | acemen generators for tractors and later for acquainted with the situation!” 1 r ngoing g ne Setuieniie b ami b H. H. Brooks of the M Motor » i e ¢ S in- plant is to find general use in the in-| . 6 IR RV, i & 5 ODCE 2 . ks a5 | reased materially with the decrease | the left of the driver's seat, does not [ Pi% SR (& WHHCFOH i B (CE fand came out the other. Sreiseaeront ceven miteonn e | | T o T o THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ey advantage of enabling the driver to Cheap Upkeep Dangerous. ment with what is known . b . : Mi .20. i selfish; er he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad 1o of the picture. ) s change | But Conclusive Proof of Efficiency Is Demanded. Mo G b ot e e s Lt D 5 e e S bean il Sty though it is true that, some arrange Regulation of Pedestrians | 1. were a twena towara smater continued through 1921 and 1922, | 2COTdIng to a report trom Stockholm | Smith was speaking about the |inio bits and hes the evlinders | i tomporary the advisability of talking in automo- | considerably more pep and better “The big problem in manifold design | trade commissioner of the De. | 18114 cuble inches, coal for use a : i o s motor fuel has heen ey intake manifold, the one ing ed from the | the case of the intake, and dispel them | dowed s E se thi . A e towed with a sixth sense that s seems 1o confirm the contention | of the motors was restricted te below | successfully. It fs reported that u o manifold. urged upon Ameriean manufacturers | was 98.23 miles an hour, achieved by | cos Pat e 2 4 % gt 4 A niles an hour, ac d by | cost of 8.5 crowns, or approximately | P\ Flih answer that quetsion your as in the pioneer d d | linders get neatly twice as much gz v at least part of it, growing up e [ ey ers, however, point out that i . b MOWe " A s sting fes ¥ L - t rucks. o sar o d » of engine, n interesting feature of these fig- | motor truck BiieAT *K Dot 1 a comparatiValy nii: . In th arii type offenpinel | ARA]EWO- Intakel manielns (N A3 Car Co. thinks the an | dustry in the near future, it will have ; . < ! e ] in piston displacement, or, in other | require an excessive amount of spac ) : . of BDACE | apgines s bound up in the dexign of Brought Out “Hot Spot.” eights is particularly dificult. 5 oo B proot of the | worge with the increase in the me- | and is not expensive to fit. Reports | {6 S t “ates + in the future, for b 3 ‘hanical efiiciency of the power plant. | state that an army truck thus equip- |4l IERITOAS 000 acaop. | “With Lehead and valve-in-head en- Not so much progress has _Ir;e;*n Gabriel Snubbers have Bt . e future, fo v : > 4 b | Padinan bes -t g A E ence, e ew developal o 0 e S e etstom | made with the exhaust manifold . g evolution 1 « slow and gradual proc-{ availa n the subject is that r . Lo L e [ o g || merts fintmanfola (dkMen that are|SIICE 50 DODURS today, the custom | BEOF WO Ol der why, on so many (Ml always given me satisfac- t\lnvu‘(:w}”(:{ would s pacine A0 S:I” ”h.»‘lw‘: \ | ploved in Iurops an design. satisfactory results. R iy o DRI setnty itk 1 3 2 1E it leads the burned gases for tion and I can safely rec- s ; ions o tianapolis speedway | MG CIOT ar cent in piston creased power. e i : nd then leads them down under € 3 worthy facts Smoothness One Aim. elth 10w arburetor and to the muffle ommend them as the = ” Jediktyian, . q displacement was followed by an in- found that © s of fuel, | o S tan | Lrought out: crease of 31 per cent in speed ca- POINTER ABOUT POINTS. “Until very recently,” T began, “en- |heat Trom (he exhiust halped to vapor. | This is to conduct heat from the re: bber that wil 1 Pedestrian Often Careless. | Indianapolis Race of 1911 pacity L gineers figured that the problem in |ize gas of low volatility, thereby in- |and hottest cylinder and to keep the snubber that will do the wedes t esponsi- | 1n 19 he Indianapoli - While the decrease in piston dis- . i designing an intake manifold was 1o |creasing power and gas mileage, | IFSt ov coolest cyiing _ ork.” ovist and ad apin T Siston Al atement of the. types ‘of motors | Burned Switch Contacts Give Ef-|; ke the puth of the ingoing gases | Manifolds Phegan coming closer to. |haust gases from one c work ccident the L k00 tubic " inches, | The | commonly used in our passengers cars fect of Weak Battery. fault. But the vedestrian, while! . stered had a displace- | at the present time has not been c often the victim. he points out et i inches and[mensurate nor on the same D often more & thought- | yehieved a speed 3 71.13 miles | with the decrease in ra nterfere with proper expulsion a8 smooth as possible That is why |gether u 1 ere was ploped ha : the manifolc 1 most engines are |is known as the ‘hot spot.’ In a typ ‘ Feeble starting is not always trace- | gracefully curved. Their interiors are | jcal hot spot’ some of the exhaust gas LAl DuG JLeliGie (0eL LU ) able to low battery power. One of the [<moothed and no sharp bends are cles that portion of the intake | '© D€ SOIVEC. | mith decided a mantfold was no i et pead anierage ol o e |Gl thesoiBas een; o marked o factors the car owner fails to consider | found. This looked sound not so long S jLtt aboYe the catbiretor wtorist. | per hour for the 500-mile {rip. The | st re has been : « I is just above the carburetor. [, SM wobile ac- | winner in this race was a car with |in motor ¢, with the smaller is the condition of the starter button |ago and still is considered the logical [ This facilitutes quick warming up and | PIPe: WALLACE MOTOR CO. United | 437.1 cubic inch displacement with an | mensions, higher-speed power plant jcontact points, Burned starter swit rrangement by many engine But [results in greater economy when an = 3 contacts will give the effect of battery [let me tell you what the advance guard | engine is running fast. At moderate | Next week—"Testing Old Car Tests.” Nash and Ajax Distribctors shows thit | average of 74.50 miles an hour. gaining favor. e tery | ot me can € e Ny di In 1912, with the me regulations, g > Ve s a 8 C on is not u nas done. speeds, the ‘hot spot’ on man cars | (Copyright by the Ullman Feature Service.) Still More Marked Reduction. common “More progressive engineers dis-[has proved to be a disadvantage. 1709 L St. N.W. vided Detween the | : the t motor had a displacement o the man at th he: it | e bie inches and averaged | The adoption of the European-type . covered that too much fuel reached| “Some engines have intake and ex- St 0 61 Lt Nulle het wnaF 17 Gic iignt darsRiiTRan oW i the cvlinders in only half vaporized [ haust manifolds built so they resem- 2 ] IGKO: Hin olE Lt cur bl B0 Jack Tests Loose Bearings. ondition. Fuel, of course, was be-|ble one piece. In such construction,| Despite warnings by safety and po- Gabriel Snubber Sales mately 143,000 i n 1 | ’ of 490.8 cubic | s 3 stances th & 157 miles. an | Still more marked reduction. Itis not] oose mi arings of the engine s volatila and the smooth |the ingoing gases are heated, not in |lice officials, many motorists continua . ning or o sty E ; probable that we will see the four- fare discoverec jacking up the fly- | ty] as not doing very |one spot, but along their whole line [ to drive without rear-vision mirrors. and Semce Co., Inc. were crossi o 4 the regulations ri eylinder motor which will continue to | wheel. \ith the crankcase dropped *h to provide a better fuel vapor. | ¢ ivel. Al this represents what | This practice obviously is | : ¢ cubic | mark the small, light car brought | the bearings can be watched as the at some one thought of 1t be considered the latest in mani- | gerous, necessitating turning around L. S. JULLIEN, President. o L down to 122 cubic inches, but figures | shaft, through the flywheel, is raised | making the intake manifold treat the | folds, yet there is now a tendency while moving forward. Quite a num- 4 h displacement and | not far above this may prevail and lowered. Bubbling of ofl around |ingoing roughly. This was ac- |separate exhaust from intake, substi- [ her of accidents result from just this 1443-1445 P St. N.W. part of pedest it | e 6308 milen an hour, whils | The adoption of such a motor, with | any main bearings during this process | complished by providing square ends |tuting a small heat pipe from the ex | cause, it is stated in authoritative S gense of f lay. many of | the winner, with 448.13 cubic inch di- | Its power and speed possibilities, will n indication of loosenes to the manifold instead of the gentle | haust to the carburetor. This the | circles accidents might huve been ave rou | mensions averaged 2 miles an |entail radical changes in the general construction of the small, light car. President can imagine ho Otorist hour. el The same regulations prevailed fn| Among these will be the necessl il > street after 1914 and the winner was a car with |for a higher developed lubrication & oy Smey ns ste | a displacement of 380.2 cubic inches, | tem than has 1 e n our . v under the wheels is en which averaged $2.47 miles an hour. | light cars. atory cooling 4 = tailure. 1 have| In 1915, 1916 and 1919 the displace- | system and four-wheel b will be ) 3 s { 3 figures were cut to 300 ssential, for any light car powered ¢ ntly, to all the world, |inches, the winner in 1915 with a high-speed motor of the Euro- enatched by more watchful bystand 4 miles an hour with a motor pean type will be fast on the ra ers from v the very wheels of a cubic inch piston displacement; |and snappy in pickup, two desirable DASSRECIE 916 averaging 83.26 miles an hour | features, but two which require am- LS i@ Molss motor of the same dimensions | ple control facilities when it is desir ot "':"',‘:""" l" - as previous, and | able to stop the car quickly. no iolates a traf 5 {0 kncs erame! 06 with 8 he is liable 1o penalty. A pede [ o1 the A eraEe N e piace.| Viewed as Natural Deduction. however, seems (o he immune Y 5 g 5 It is only a natural deduction that trians 1 t a light with such a motor will may & Drastic Cut Made In 1920. also require that the weight be car- , Those who 3 ose A drastic ent was mad 920, | ried closer to the ground than is the M ¢ « 2 4 when the maximum displa @ practice at the present time, and this ! = 3 . al- | Jowed 183 cubic_inch would lead to lower bodies. : my > to anticipate | s—————————————————t———==| * Many interesting surmises are pos- ant a hen's | sible along the lines of what a light, 2 me of ,e. | taxicab companles, who wish to de- @ le , small car of the future will look like | crease the use of privately owned ve-|if we adopt the European type of en- | hicles—for further regulating motor- | gine construction. It is afe to as- ists sume that it will be considerably dif- | *Tt is the motorist himself, however, | ferant from any of the light cars ‘on. | Who individually and in organizations | which are now being built treets—n | has been bearing the brunt of the | - @ hard. | safety crusade: who has gone out of | denied his ‘bike,- | his way to make the streets and high- s puthe should be | ways safer and to reduce the num- ulevard: and | ber of accidents | Sl wl e Observance Must Increase. parks and playgrounds, too: ore open spaces, » will Keep the ehil, | _“Perhaps a small percentage of all the motorists are irresponsible and A city street as safe for a small | reckless, and it is these who com- ar proinise the careful driver. With the ellmination of this lawless element Times Have Changed. must come some means of regulation “With 20.000,000 automobiles in use |of the pedestrian. = in the United States today, and with | “If the motorist must obey ‘stop’ W this number being increased by sev-|signals, why shouldn’t the man on eral million a y we must realize | foot? If the motorist is forbldden that we have outgrown the horse-and- | to dash along the sidewalk, why buggy age and are living in an age of | shouldn't it be just as much of a . gas and steel misdemeanor for. the pedestrian to “Countless laws are constantly pro- | dash across the street? Conveniently Located posed—many them actuated by| “These suggestions, I believe, de- on Fourteenth Street selfish moti sponsored by politi- | serve the consideration of all who & 2 panies, bus and wi interest in public safety.” | 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 reater Values + & tothe man who thinks a qual- 3 . . —_ ity Six Is high priced. Itthrows ‘T his sturdy Six will out-pull, out-run ..y, we took te 18 best cars of America and Europe and combined YEAR D RODUTIO m’g%,’?m' ::y"-lg::«ll’i: e, A and out-perform any car of its their salient features in this new-type Overland Six. TOTAL PRODUCTION S-minute study of these facts 1 i 1 1021 92,476 $2150 oo+ o e size, weight, or price-class. s+ TR 1922 164,037 1440 when you buy an automobile. Lowswung. Itfairly hugs the ground. 1923 179:505 1385 In the Overland h:: we have achieved :;l;lt :fie::‘:t‘ mfm.bri:hl horsepower is delivered ht‘o a ‘;:nldht And it possesses asingularly happy color-combination. engineering authorities believe to be ul e rom its low swung engine through reare “ o oo o aclinment o Tght s desien. el st ey i ot e o 1925 259,967 1195 The spectacular performance of this car is already This big sturdy Six will out-pull, out-run and out- its beautiful Velour upholsteryandattractive fitments. 1926 (greater still) *1075—'895 known throughout the world. 65,000 were sold in perform anything else of ite size, or weight, or il R e T YOG (o Besl IR eaE *DeLuxe Sedan its first year. And sales are multiplying at the rate price-class. 3 m{o:e‘:n: you to find ourf v::at it offers before *9Standard Sedan very week & . e It is & car of exceptional comfort. The big, broad making up your mind. The middle column explains why Dodge Surely no car could hold this pinnacle place in public doors are 32}4 inches wide. You can get in or out e L ’ lead favor . . . unless sheer merit put it there. with the utmost ease. Don’t let the low price mislead you Brothers have been able, year after year, 1 Seats are wide, luxuriously comfortable. There is The, exceptionally low price of the Overland Six is SUEBRE - product il FOHER e f o this r/orld-fnmm Six more cubic feet of inside space than in any car of ‘made possible by the mgnendoua pugchnsinz power this price ; . . with plenty of room for five full-size and manufacturing facilities of Willys-Overland - S———— . The Overland Six is a car of tremendous power .. . r legs without which are unexcelled throughout the world. . a car that will give you the thrilling perf i Passengers. Room to stretch your legs without Greater and greater production automati- 55 miles an hour, whenever you want it. feeling cramped or crowded. 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The Willys Fi Plaa Dependabz]lty you drive this car. $93 ....::"u.. :rney down, thaneverbeforeinDodge Brothershistory. ° Be prepared for a big surprise when you take your An Artist Created It i cossta Touring Ca: $795 Cou first ride in an Overland Six. A brand new kind of the ouring Car.... Pe .oo-cn..$845 ¢ motoring experience awaits you . . . it’s bound to ‘The distinguished, smart looking Overland Six you R e Roadster ......$795 Sedan ........$895 change your whole idea of motor car values. see in the illustration above is not a chance result. ‘change prices and apecifications without notion F. O. B. Detroit See the Dodge Steel Body on Display in our Showroom Branch Salesroom W ARDM AN MOTORS y InC o 1526 145';1; NW S M C 10th and H Sts. N.E. Maint D : ¢ emm otor Compan _ aintenance Departmen Mar.Dis _— y England Motor Co. NEW BUILDING—1526 14th St. N.W.—NOW OPEN Motor Car Co. RAPHAEL SEMMES, President 8 Dupont Cirde g13G St Nw. 1707 14thSt. N.W. 3110 M St. N.W. Potomac 5600 Mt. Rainier, Md. 2819 M St. N.W. ; 1424 Florida Ave, N.E. Main 6660—Night Phone, Main 1943 0DGE BROTHERS | OVERLAND S]x 4 MOTOR :CARS i |