The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 8, 1919, Page 11

AUTOMOBILE SECTIOD Edited by FRANK A. BUHLER « All, Will Rule in Glory Elaborate Motor Car Showing in the Armory to Be Ushered in on Monday Under Auspices Dealers’ Association Automobiles, the cream of the offerings which the Year 1919 presents to the motoring public, will occupy the center of Seattle’s stage next week during the first Automobile Show the city has witnessed in more than three years, March 10-15 inclusive, at the Armory. The big doors of the National Guard institution will] Open promptly at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening, and from} that time on to the close of the six-day period, every resi- dent of the city is expected to think, see and talk about} nothing save the automobile. | Arrayed in ordered ranks, yet blending harrtioniously | With a wonderfully effective decorative scheme, will be) three-score picked cars presented by members of the Seattle Motor Car Dealers’ association, all of whom are participating in the exposition. Roadsters and big touring cars, sedans and limousines, Fords and Pierce-Arrows, will stand to- gether in their latest refinements. | Enclosed jobs will be shown, ranging in price ena $950 to $9,000. Luxuriously finished models, dressed in| blue and silver, white and gold, tapestry upholstery and| white wire wheels, will present a feast for artistically-| “inclined. Matter-of-fact five-passenger touring cars, boast-| ing more miles per gallon than the average man can con | ¢eive, will probably occupy the next booth, alongside the expensive landaulet. _ Special Chassis and Educational Exhibits Will Be Many Nor will types of cars alone mark the exhibit. There will be plenty to keep the motor and gasoline engine expert Busy; plenty to interest the amateur who wants to know - More about automobiles. In many booths will be stripped chasses, with lecturers on hand to explain just why the | engine stalls sometimes; and to demonstrate it in plain View of the audience. There will be cutaway motors, with © pistons sliding up-and down. There will be cars which the NS For the Ford owner there will be one of the sedans "equipped with the new Liberty starter. For the Winton "fan there will be two of the new models which have made ' such a sensation at the other automobile shows. For the E to be the lightest and smartest car which the Cadillac , factory has built. For the Oldsmobile owner—but why go Each exhibit will have something of its own to | attract the visitor; and never before has such an oppor- _ tunity been offered to witness so many offerings under the entire interior of the Armory has been transformed— unique’ design. * One interesting feature in this connection is that no | ee visitor glancing over the Armory will find all the car Fe part of one big expos’ | as individuals. Nothing has been forgotten that might destroy the main impression of decoration, and it might out knowing the identity of a single 6 or reference to the official program. “ In many respects the show this year offers intere: fing developments in automobile show annals. For one ar, unless by inquiry | Every detail of the show, from the finance committee to the advertising, has been directed by a committee of deal- | ; ers, the chairmen of which have comp | committee. At the head of the executiv © director of the show, A. G. Schaefer, who heads likewise Music by Guterson and Special Nights Are to Be Featured oa In music also the show will set a new mark. dealers signed M. Guterson, conductor of the famous si er brought together will play at both afternoon and ening showings thruout the week. M. Guterson will 4 b Appear in person at announced periods during the show; | b« and other musical features will be offered, such as Elks’ @ in F Tuesday night, devoted to the Elk py day night will, of course, be Opening night. Saturday evening will mark the close of the exposition. c i The hours for the show will be as follow: ~~ will open its door: The Armory ach day at 10 a. m. and close a ef at 10 a. m., and closing on the last night at 11. 1 KING AUTO TO His Majesty, Cheered by | While every member of the show this section has seen. It is sufficient to say that|m Frank Waterhouse | bright as day by big chandeliers and special lamps of of rs will be identified by name, pennant or sign. The/ ary ion, with none of them singled it PISTON RING be possible to go thru the entire show and emerge with- Fificiency pendent on Their Condition and thing, it is the first staged by the dealers as a body. This to per " item in itself betokens a feeling among competitors which," augurs well for the future of the industry generally, "°°" 7" P ed the executive which committee is the not ree that undue friction will 4 » the decorations and entertainment committees. ~ §ian orchestra, to direct this feature of the program, and the under his supervision one of the biggest concert orche stras | rete goodness with which rings fit ' ness with which the ¢ filled to # large extent the economy of ution of t /band on Liks’ night. oper Two special nights have been announced thus far—!t.. s ; 3; and Thursday night, | rir specially featuring the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mon.|‘' der is the clew to a great many {Ila There ar piston rin ach night day. there at 11:15. Monday and Saturday will be exceptions, |Of this number two are in ordinary | worn or warped vylinder do the show opening on the first night at 7:30 p. m. instead |\"" the miter or di step joint, These refer to the meth-|plosion | The Seattle Star =" SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, MARCH REIG a ~ oe call and shift gears, ander the tutoring «These Are Men Behind Seattle’s Biggest Show _ Cadilige owners there will be the new four-passenger, said Executive Committee of Seattle Motor Car Dealers’ Association in Charge of Coming Show. t- | publ y and advertising. (4)—Har tle Motor Car Dealer Association ry Austin, secretar f the Se ‘ one roof at one time. has worked with a will to make| Motor Car Dealers’ Association. ¢ the automob show the big event W.A allace of the Central Ford ' Armory Transformed Into that in now assured, the members of | Agency, chairman of the committee Dy 2 as th ais a pa sil egulations, badges and up Bower of Artistic Beauty Ne exeoutiv Re rt eet eae cea ay ee ae the majority of their time for the (6)—Roy Satter 2 thwaite of the Wm. L. Hughson The decorations, as has already been announced, will| !#t few months in the interests of | company, chairman ef the ehuwne | be the most elaborate ever attempted at any automobile| (ie exhibition. As pictured above, tee on allotments, drawings and con tracts, (ThE. C. Hoffman of the Pleree Arr the Sea are: ()}—P, B +4 4 a man of the ¢ clation Fenton of concealed, if you please—behind scenes from out-of-doors, | the Washingt Eldridge Buick co y, chairmar ) lattice work, trellises and other features, all illuminated as|/*" °F cp at a v0 bel Ft igo wie chairman The Armory, in w mmittee on show room floor #pace,|to be held, will be given up in it c t " and entertainment. | entirety to the exhibition of passer hoto by Curtia) G)>—A. R. tyson | ger cars, and the decorations will the Will rland. Pacific com | outshine anything ever attempted chairman of the committee on| in Seattle before od of cutting the ring much of the trouble from leakage § nds, because BIG FACTOR |S sul" * In addition to these two types of rings there are any number of m of special rings which ar of Engine Operation De. to over major deficiency of Manner of Fitting the two r Le, leakage at the end, In case ome patented When one stops to think of the| Means ix used for doing away witt A space of any kind #0 that the ring that piston rings reall q , an it fits in its groove complete form, these little parts big factor tn efficient seals the cylinder itself must be accura piston ring ely fitted to on rings are|the piston and in the eylinder j der that a gas-tight joint be had. I¢ this is not done, regardless of the of iron which pack the owed to make ltype of ring, there is bound to be 1 and cylinder | trouble from ol! and gas leakage I be so tight that gas con-| Tibfitting piston rings allow, as pass and at the same time be | Previously mentioned, the mixture to t|leak down into the crank case. At the sar duced. On the face of it thes time this mixture carries with like opposed qualitic tn ain amount of water, which they are, because if the ring aminates the oll. Also the lubri so tight as to prevent the| cating ofl working up past the piston lest amount of gas or mixture (Ting causes an appreciable carbor leaking past, they would at the|eposit and misfiring due to shorten time cause too much friction |ing of the plugs avd kindred trou t the cylinder wall, Upon | bles Clean Out Carbon ton and cylinder depends the| 4, Jefore new piston rings are fitted the engine Inter hould be thoroly linder is cleaned of carbon. ause carbon is with gas, the power produced 7 of compression, the com in abrasive and has a cutting action . : , f car lon the bearings, cylinder walls and due to burning oil and » fitting new rings the cylin engine, It is vitally | 7 should be examined and meas: nt to the ear owner, there “git gh ee rere : urec ‘ound out of round, warpec to know something about piston . . ‘warped eae nae ee. fitted, fan {of scored, they should reground i nd overdiamete: vistons id pisto: f the ring in the piston and oyt-| "4 overdiameter 5 and piston ring# Installed. Piston rings must fe have uniform wall pressure of suffi Many Ty clent strength to maintain a bearing e hundreds of types of|against the eylinder walls during but in general use to- ery operation of the piston Rings perhaps only a dozen,| that will aseu the shape of the nt have called respectively | the necessary wall pressure and may onally split and the| collapse under the force of the ex ‘These are IN SEATTLE. sgeat tO ‘Passenger Automobile Productic 0, in Armory, Doors open ¢ thereafter at 10 a, m. at 11:15 p. m. hriners’ night. passenger-car makers w armistice was signed and have had some difficulty in getting back under the direction of M. Guterson, conductor of Russian orchestra. Show directly supervised by the guns, mir attle Motor Car tanks, tractors, shells and similar material which could be made by modern equipment of the motor-car plants. picked cars being only est and best offerings of 1919. 128,157 to which will take some months’ time, and it may be that this year’s duction may not even reach the 1917 mark. There are now almost 6, \LO,HORSIE LOSES JOB Describes the Pack Horse and the Rise of Official Guide To Auto Show sources are interest’ng in showin the third largest maufacturing industry in this country: Passenger cars produce 1 in the United Commercial cars produced in the United S Number of passenger-car makers reporting Number of motor-truck ma Wholesa Who! 3—United Me 4—United Motors Co. Willard Battery elopments of & Service Co. ell Motor & Service Co. est Motor Co, est Motor Co. Value of pa Value of motor trucks exported . 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Recause of its importance in what has been termed a “war of mo “, on land and in the air—the automobile industry haa fered substantially in the making of its normal product. In some in almost 100 per cent on war materials when under t basis, Contracts were taken not alone for cars and trucks but: anchors, depth bombs, helmets, field kitchens, airplane n Passenger-car production was more than 800,000 cars short of yer cent of that year, while truck production increased fi 1, or 76 per cent Automobile manufacturers are now returning to normal prodi motor vehicles registered in the United States, with heavy replac demands during 1919 The following vevised figures from the War Industries Board and the war's effect on automobile making, Stat # reporting. nger cars produce mmercial cars produc rts of passenger cars (exclusive of A ports of motor trucks (exelusive of A.E. wer cars exported ...... value of le value of ¢ (Of this number about 480,000 are Figures From April, 1917 to December, 1918 manufacturers (more than) overnment enger cars produced on war contracts r cars shipped overseas for A r trucks shipped overseas by A.E ucks requisitioned by Postoffic Department for postal during 1919 and trucks during $ twelve months ended Septem WHAT’LL WE DO WITH THEM, BOYS? THAT IS, AFTER SHOW! Yes, the clothing, business in Seattle is excellent. And there is an especial demand for the nobby tuxedo and the nifty dress suit that the merchants find it hard to explain, It's simple enough when you know the answer, and any automobile salesman in the city will tell you his tale of woe on short notice. It all came about from the desire of the show committee. We mean the show committee that is putting on this here big Auto Show that is on everyone's tongue, Of course the committee are all wealthy men in their own right, and a little trifle like evening clothes means nothing in their young lives. But there are one or two among the vast horde of automobile salesmen who didn’t bring their dress clothes with them when they left college, and the preemptory edict of the aforesaid show committee that all salesmen On the floor of the Seattle Automobile Show must, shall and will wear the hard-boiled shirt, and the low cut effect that all regular waiters affect, came as a bolt from the blue: Therefore, biz business at the clothiers and haberdasheries. Come on, you Seattle, and see how fine the boys look as they tell. you the good points about their silent sixes and frivolous fours, The price of the fixings is NOT added to the price of the car,