Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 85

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. DECEMBER 12 1926—PART 3. - T ————————— Y ROCK'NG UNLOCKS GEARS | starter gears to jam. For the motor- | snaps out of the doldrums. High 1s WN TH| AD—Aggra £ —— ist who has not had experience with | the gear combination to use. In this Al"fl FIRE HAZARD v ERO As vating Moments of a Motorist. By BECK | this problem, it may be said that the 1 combination the car can be meved far- The season is at hand when the oil | .\ 4. jjee in putting the car in gear, | ther with less effort and, in conse- on the starter shatt will congeal, re-| with the ignition off. and rocking it | quence. the flywheel moves through a HIBHER'N WiNTER ST A IS OF iND | ‘ g e oo [T S BLEW THE GARAGE DOOR Carelessness in Starting One SHUT JUST AS YOU WERE . of Common Causes of Loss BACKING OUT THE CA L. to Owners. Fire haszard in connection with automobiles is something that the average motorist too seldom considers. He knows that automobiles are de- stroyed by fire, but that such a thing might happen to his own car too sel- dom occurs to him. This is the time of year when auto- mobiles are most susceptible to this menace. ‘Use of such a highly volatile substance - as line - under con- ditions of great heat, as in the motor car, makes for a degree of danger at all periods, but in Winter, when mis. firing 18 almost an ever-present chance, the automobile fire hazard is u its h'a‘: ts are borne out by fig- urel of the Great National Insurance Company, with headquartérs here. | /4 i The ‘atatistics Avaliable in the library e 1 5 o of the company show that one of = the greAtest causes of automobile & [ i / fires at this season is the tendency of / the cold engine to back-fire into the / / carburetor. 7 e —— Careless Starting Costly. an c e Carelessness in starting the car on a *eold morning is another cause of numerous fires. aEvery motoriste shoud trv. i ox ot 3 Graham Brothers Trucks are known the It hta‘boan staried " A recent fire ose ; Lol L world over for unfailing records of dollars Thers was no backfring In the & earned, miles run and work well done. case in question. So far as the owner could see, there was no apparent rea- son for external ignition of gasoline ; 5 i o < e g ¥ ‘ They are quality trucks, built complete caze as Torlows: 1] H G in sizes and body styles to fit the needs The owner of ths car had made g e e LU 0 N : 2/ 1.TON cHAssIs of your business. They are priced low. to heat the exhaust manifold which = = 3 X my are 'etvi l quickly, gkfllfully l g“llretnr ";“nfhe‘g:u“glfll::t ‘thoe start ) = i retor. . In v : the earburetor was fiooded again and L s L3 reasonably by Dodge Brothers dealers the raw gasoline dropped upon the = 2 ms everywhere. heated manifold. This, in itself, would not necessarily cause a fire, but the o s St e St ok Msvile Touveled Auto Routes Fost WARNS OF EXCESSIVE T o lue “Shoriea” 5 fi’eco;fng More Popular Than Ever| BLEVOING OF AUTOGAS| o515 The G-Buemblem mz&;b a truck ;l:nwm s S G work well and ably day in and day out, ‘The external shorting of a spark | (Answers to last week's questions.) e plug caused ignition of the vapor and (, The .,‘:o::.. otk p;:hm h" e v Motorists Are Informed Careless £ s I el existence |SmAll dtbrénsion In the fenter of the| The heavily traveled routes from | day or nisht when traflc i ste o | Mizings Are Likely to Produce $1,295 live long, cost little and make money for ed e B e g L sop aiare theclathe holds it duting| iy ov. uked to b, consistent travelers | cannot ba heaten by any amount of Unstable Fuel. its owner. 1 Y 3, P is said to by report. It seems that many of them |back road traveling. . RIRRES Wthe Dring of Whh pinyion the {0 & D I e cprimder | Aind & little trafc preferabie to miles 5 — i When using some of the new gases ngine was caused by | O of possibly hilly, winding roads by the SAFEGUARD THE CAR slight "dificulty should be expected 2.-TON CHASSIS m D-l.- Brodhers *'r- ) c-,msu*d condensation wh ad dam; type of engine. < o, jonich had, ampened | "3 Good balloons should deliver | “back way.” when attempting to make a pertect from 1..)00 to 20,000 miles of service. If a route attracts a great deal of o mon condition in climates where the s adjustment of the carburetor. This I8 Smosphars ontains & emtvely DS | NATY.£18 Conmierany more iesse | ram i ey Thet 1 TRierass e | imia Drivers Known to Brr When | paiuialy e bachuse. moteriat $1,445 SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY P 4. The easiest way to calculate how tween two paints. That means much in Elevator. HiiE up the| ISl UHHLAER K RAPHAEL SEMMES, President many feet the car is moving per sec-| o the man who is in & hurry or who ries a blend of its own. If Mondlnc 18 F. O. B. Detroit . D ‘ C|u| 613 G St. N.W. 1707 14th St. N:W. ALCOHOL AIDS STARTING ond at any given speed 18 to remem. | does mot particularly enjoy bouncing| IS't it strange that the most timid | carried too far the gas is apt 10 be ""' W " 1424 Florida Ave. N.E. e oy nx ons e e [overiDeeiC FOR T KICHIIMAEINIY | of 07 rers will take every precaution 3:;:’:0::&’“?&;}“3% o M ain 6660—Night Phone, Main 1943 - e pee e ok, subiishe and towns rath: | [, Keop the front wheels stralght|' 4 e of this instablilty i little Assists Warming Up Engine in|JUSt multiply this by the speed of the | pass through suburbs and towns rath-| .y ag when the car is golng up or | enough penalty to pay for car. Thus at 30 the car is traveling for 40 0- miles the great Cold Weather. 30 times 1466, or 43.98 et per second. B A0 e o lmpse. Towns | down the elevator in & public garage? |noknock advantages of the cracked, i 5. A “singleacting” shock absorber | bieal up the trip. They offer plenty | What is there about this to suggest | blended or doped ghses. S it the én- n condemning alcohol as an antl| checks the rebound of the EDring only. | of noveity. The tourlst 18 o buey | aiing satety? e rvie {:':fi'u'l:"' it freegs one is apt to overlook one of its | While a ‘‘double-acting” type checks carburetor lent w! p one of its the comp: fon of the spring as well plm%‘e his way and watching his In addition to setting the holding uvnm It is true that an alcohol has no time to find his trip | brake, keeping the gears in neutral ‘will cause the Boiling point | &8 its rebound or recoll. monotonous. Miles pass by rather and the foot on the service brake Error Held Ezousable. ti-freeze of the solution to be lowered and will T quickly. pedal, the front wheels should be necessitate greater care in guarding | The trade in rubber products of the | ~ What further serves to popularize Pirned to.thelr extrame on one side | The way some veteran motorists against having the radiator boil over, | United States with Brazil in 1925 [heavily traveled routes is the fact|or the other. If then, for any reason, ignore “No Parking” sighs it's no wén- mmm but it is also true that an alcohol so- [amounted to $1,536,997, as compared |that all cars are going faster. The |the car happens to move it will bump .‘35&"{;: r;ll.'c\{ r::‘:oc: e::qg;:!i:?;; lution ndu-d in warming up the en- [with $894,207 in 1924. The tire group [ideal -arrangement, of courss, is to|the side of the elevator and stands & Huch parking vegistered the heaviest increases. select the traffic route at a time of islim cl e of running off. 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