Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1931, Page 51

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, APRIL 1931—PART FOUR. Soundly built to serve you long and well /(4o i » o S il i 7 @R i e E S it 7 S § SN B s ) gr,’” a A scenein Chevrolet’s great drop forge plant. Afront axle is being forged from a bar of fine alloy stecl. NEW CHEVROLET SIX The Great American Valne Chevrolet’s famous 21 points of superiority (1) Smooth siz-cylinder 50-h.p. motor. (2) Lowest operating cost. (3) Comfortable Fisher bodies. (4) Fine appearance. (5) Lowest priced six-cylinder car. (6) 109" wheelbase. (7) Full length frame. (8) Four long springs. (9) Easy steering. (10) More ball bearings than any other car near its price. (1I) Sturdy front and rear axles. (13) De luxe wire wheels. (13) Four hydraulic shock absorbers. (14) Complete instrument panel. (15) Safety gasoline tank. (16) Variety of colors and choice of upholstery. (I7) Powerful four-wheel brakes. (18) Non-glare VV windshield. (19) Insulated driver’s compartment. (20) Liberal Owner’s Service Policy. (21) Product of General Motors. NEW LOW PRICES Roadster, $475; Sport Roadster (with rumble seat), $195; Phaeton, $510; Standard Coupe, $335; Coach, $545; Standard Five-Window Coupe, $545; Sport Coupe (with rumble seat), $575; Five-Passenger Coupe, $595; Con- vertible Cabriolet, $615; Standard Sedan, $635; Special Sedan, $650; Convertible Landau Phaeton, $630. Special equipment extra. Chevrolet truck chassis, $333 to $5%0. Low dclivered prices and easy terms. All prices 1. 0. b. Flint, Michigan. Chevrolet Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, If you could see the new Chevrolet Six being built, you would under- stand why it performs so well, lasts so long and brings so much satisfac< tion and pleasure to its owners. Visitors to the Chevrolet plants marvel at the care and precision with which the Chevrolet Six is made. They find that the quality of raw materials is held to standards unsurpassed anywhere in the automotive They see many remarkable machines and processes developed by Chevrolet and used by industry. Chevrolet exclusively. They learn that in the manufacture of the engine alone there are hundreds of separate inspections! Pistons are w@d indi~ vidually, matched in sets to within one-half ounce and then are fitted by hand to three one-thousandths of an The piston pin test— showing one of the many marvelously-accurate gauges used to maintain Cheorolet qualisy inch clearance. Piston pins must be within 1% tenths of one one~ thousandth of their specified size. These pins are first carefully ground, then burnished and finally chrome-plated so that they have a surface as smooth as the finest glass. Connecting rods are matched in sets of six to within one-quarter ounce and, after precise machining, are individually fitted by hand to the crankshaft. The special alloy-steel crankshaft is the subject of tyuly amazing care and precision in manuface ture. All bearings must be lapped and rolled, and are not allowed to taper over their length more than one half of one one-thousandth of an inch. If they are out-of-round over one quarter of one one-thousandth of an inch, the crank- shaft is scrapped. After being machined, the crankshaft is checked for dynamic balance in apparatus specially Cheurolet precision instruments are regularly checked against master gouges which are @ccurate to one millionth of en inch developed for this purpose by the General Motors Research Labora- tories. This machine indicates with marvelous accuracy the exact amount and direction of any out-of-balance. Before any crankshaft is accepted it must show a dynamic balance within 12 inch-ounce of perfection. These few examples of Chevrolet manufacturing standards serve to Indicate the solid worth built into % < Chesrolet oars are rems millions of wiles ench yesr @t General Motors® grest proving ground every part of the car. Many of these operations could be less accurate and less painstakingly carried out— bx‘1t the Chevrolet owner would not get the long life, the dependability, the smoothness of operation and the remarkable economy that he now enjoys in the Chevrolet Six. Soundly built to serve you long and well! No compromise with quality in manufacture means no compromise with satisfaction in ownership. .u