The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 15, 1920, Page 20

; ‘THM SEATTLE STAR—MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1920. UFACUTRING PLANT TO BUILD VULCAN TRUCK |DORT SALES Big Plant of Local Truck Company Announcement has just been made | model, The new truck That the Vulcan Manufacturin Company has entered th ) Bile truck manufacturing wit shortly be in the prody Mhree sixes of trucks, the st | which ring to . i} can truck will be on display at the ine being their two and one-half ton | make ¢ lean truck not only es | Automobile Show during this week | pecially adaptable to the heavy tax _ ENGINE HAS on such vehicles In this 1 part « Great interest ls already shown fr the first models produced pnd the r © product. | first production chassis of the Vul Manufacturing com if MORE POWER berg ni . jduring 1918 ZAIN RAPID In Detroit-whare everybody knows every motor car and all about it—th jes of Dort cars tn Janu oe of the same in February is simple enough con got in its work al verywhere, one of the cent in a year the average Dort ot have to have pro- © oftener than will be known);and thru dealers tn various local! # 80 contrary to neunge that und extravagant, but care of the service depart his, It © upusual from an owner for y see him when he flits by the salesroom, I have ash ed many of them whether the fault , Pennsylvania's revenue for auto were with the local service depart country, but mobile licenses during 1919 Was! ment and the general reply wae that | make of the most pc 95,090,645, or $1,042,460 more than the owner has no trouble In attend ing to all the wants of his car.” To the mechanically inclined the! pany ts organizing this territory and) Clty councilmen’ in Philadelphia Since Janpary 1, tn 12 states, there almost prophetic advances that have| wil! handle the distribution of it*|are to have one or more automobiles | have been 467 motor vehicle bills in | made in Lexington Minute Man | OW? preduct thru ite own brancnes for inspection work engines must appeal in these of greater car usefulness and economy of operation. Despite the Increase in reserve . made possible by the Moore ple Exhaust System, which lit erally pulls all the burnt gases from | Who cylinders, and the Lextgasifter which is a veritable gas plant in it.) gelf, the bore and stroke of the Lex Angton motor has not been changed. But the scientific vaporization converts all the heavy por of the fuel into gas without Heating the air, which latter is the + of other systems, has remarkable changes in torque) power, characteristics. ES SMOOTH ' # U | Because of this additional power | which the engine delivers 10) at 2400 RP. M., the} shaft has been made larger more rigid. Four bearings in- mad of three are proviied. These are bronze lined with bab- The combination of these | not only resuit in the great- of “whip” at high | } high pressure thru leads from } gear pump to the main bear- then thru oll leads drilled tn y shafts to connecting rods. | n off of the rods lubricates ser walls and piston pins giving | ect lubrication of all the moving | | HEAD | crank case is of aluminum. | fs attached the cylinder block has a detachable head, making and pistons readily access } noid-Hardy joints are re in the propellor shaft. A thin nickel steel tube is used in fend of plain carbon steel, resulting Am considerablé saving in weight. and better method of fasten-| ‘the tube to the forging has been | by swaying the ends of the recesnes in the ng. After this operation, a hex- plug is forced into the tube ind the whole assembly weided to ether. ‘The result of this work is) this unit immune from | EUROPE IS | MOTOR MAD -American motor car manufactur who are awake to the possibill ‘of foreign markets, have an op partunity to become the prime mov-| * ers in establishing those internation: | relations which will give to Amer that dominant position in the “gommerce of the world, which she | destined to occupy. } “England, France and Japan, who | will be her chief rivals in the con-| for commercial supremacy, are, to the automobile industry | leadership, because transporta is regarded as the most neces factor in the post-war develop agg the trade of the world 3 is the opinion of Haward &.| , who haa returned from Eu ¢. after an investigation of the lag industry in England and “England is now rapidly making for what they call “mass pro * of motor cars, while the makers are hoping to com- with the American makers by ing automobiles in sufficient to meet the American ‘quantities Product in foreign markets. COSTLY Before the war, it was the policy f the French and English makers to build motor cars largely of spe @ial design to sult the limited pa- tronage of only the wealthier) classes On January 1, 1917, there were only 437,558 cars in all of Europe. while today there are more than six million cars in use in America. Since the day the armistice was signed, the most progressive British and French makers have been | ie their plants and training Gee men in imitation of American methods. / While they have made slow pro owing to the after-effects of ears of war, some of the most ive of them are looking comparatively large outputs 19: KEEP OFF THE TRACKS ‘ou may think it easy and smooth when you let your car ride} tracks. But do you know t the wear on your tires occurs where there should be the least ‘The tread is where the tire should wear. But riding the car along tracks wears the tires along TRUCKS FOR EVERY USE Fire Trucks, Hotel Busses, Heavy Transport Service, Farming, Lumber, Gravel, Baggage and Delivery. In the heavy hadling territories of Eastern Washington, Patriot Trucks have delivered the goods in the past year. 1,500 to 9,000-pound capacities, worm or gear driven. Built in the West for Western roads, in one of the largest factories in America; comprised of standard units, balanced to an engineering point that makes Truck operation a profitable pleasure; Continental “Red Seal” motor, Bosch magneto, Gemmer steering gear, Brown-Lipe four-speed transmission. 904 EAST East 5197 troduced before the legislatures PIKE ST. “Loafing Range” Economy and “Sporting Range” Luxury Both in the Several of the master builders of motor cars havesucceeded in pro- ducing cars that have an ideally sott smooth performance — by sacrificing the more rugged virtues. A few have produced cars capable of prodigious feats of power and Same Car of tremendous speed—by sacri- ficing the gentler virtues. The Peerless Eighty Horse- power Eight hastwoseparate and distinct power ranges that com- bine both the gentle and the rug- ged virtues in one and the same car. Let us demonstrate. Coupe os... esses $3,700 Sedan Limousine, $4,150 f. 0, b, Cleveland OLSEN-WARREN MOTOR CO. 1109 PINE ST, Distributors ELLIOTT 180 We called into consultation three of the most prominent newspaper advertising men in Seattle to help draw up a catchy bat- tery ad--- our conclusion what’s the use?—everybody —the most remarkable Storage Battery ever built. For Starting, Lighting, Ig- nition. A Battery for every car. All makes of Batteries recharged and repaired. Free testing and filling. The Master Electric Company State Distributors 921 East Pike Street—East 187 Formerly Leone-Dual Lighting & Ignition Co. Drive In for Service—Responsible Dealers Write