The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 19, 1922, Page 5

mca 7 OLDS SPORT CAR 4 CLAIMS RECORD b Four-Cylinder Model Con- | quers Slippery-Ford Hill An Oltsmot uneylinder semi sport model, w lock 4 in high, haw broken alt records In Cal, ite gear ab amento, to a run from Reno, Nev negotiating the Blip: | gery Ford Hil, @ feat Seed impossible b Bile dealers the ‘ The car Was a ste iget doctored in any way was taken tly oie Francisco dealers, the gear shift Diag bandie removed and the trans on sealed in the presence of wit by * always consid. assis and it is said from the pavitt Whe feat was considered so remark that San Francisco automobile a refused to believe the test documentary evidence was pro- | that it had been plished t was J . of Sacramento, manager of | w Leavitt company; Bil/ an Aptomodile race driver, | hoids an A. A. A. license; George | , a Sacramento artist, and R. ¥-. er, press representative } Slippery the Pacific coast for tts ex: | . sharp piteh, and it is mo oe | usin ‘a mile im length, Added to the y grade difficulties, the bili} two hairpin turns at which most ws have to shift Into second. motor of the Oldsmobile was mopped for more than 48 hours. was started when the car was | ficiency. ac w really in car 4 per. Jimmie Murphy, American 3 So, when Jimmie M tentive ear. “The driver who would atten type of motor is really the onl And the Buick valv Sacramento, over the road to Reno then back to Sacramento and al- | jhead would be hopelessly outclassed. it is hardly likely that I would buy any other type for my personal use. ; race driver and racing car mechanical expert par excellence, Ford Hill ts noted knows motor and motor cars, because knowing motors and motor cars is Jimmie Murphy's urphy talks, the motoring public lends a respectful and at- Here is whet he says about his new Buick, which he recently purchased: | mpt to race today with any other type of motor than valve-in- So, knowing what I do about valve-in-head motors, v type of motor from which you can get the utmost ef- é-in-head motor combines power and economy of operation from the showrooms, driven | with @ remarkable quietness that causes much favorable comment among my friends.” “JIMMIE MURPHY to run for several hours there | ~~ GRUELING TRIP Pilot Drives 6,148 Miles in| 17 Days DETROIT, Aug. 19—What tn} imany ways may be considered the) | most remarkable plece of prolonged land almost sustained cross-country ldriving so far placed on the record hooks has been completed by Ray | | F. MeSamara, road engineer of the| |} Maxwell Moter corporation, news| “Bill Warmer” Says | ‘Well—Here it { A ; | | } Al your Aren't and see um, Let's get ac- paper writer on matters pertaining /ation the funda that are tied up in| ney everyday car operation, but quainted. What Kind of « to the automobile, and the man who|thetr extra tire equipment. Thin|\irt, yontca te comtinuons anoeding. | in In said to have seen nearly 1,000,000 | point was brought out by E. Plone tice bills of the apecder are like: Ds | Strang. manager of the Seattic neh z AD kindectwo Roadsters, [am] Miles of good, bad and indifferent}. oon of the Spreckels “Bavage’ | '” ‘© b* higher than those of the driv 4 Touring Cars. be! bir roadway fly under him in his 20 |-rire company. er who proceeds at a moderate pace. Some “stal it" an | — _ — _ some heven" but they ° | years in the industry. The extra tire, according to And theyre Bil good ones. { priced right. CURVROLETS In this, his tatest achievement, which carried him 6,148 miles cloner |torists neglect to take into consider: | TIRE MAN URGES! COVER ON SPARE Unprotected Tires Deterior- ate Rapidly | pias jin the heat developed, says the Uni ted States Tire Company. Heat exerta a deteriorating effect sity and length of time the rubber is i it Running at high speed Heat of Speeding Burns Up Casings A high grade tire on a racing car will 500 miles, about one-twentieth of the sometimes stand up as far as | life of @ tire operated under ordinary nditions, This difference tire rvice i» due directly to a difference Everyone has heard the story | about the rubbers being put at the end of’ lead pencils because of the Mistakes that are made with the other end of the pencil. A local tire|"™bon tol owen ‘ t man, however, states that the points | (u°Kiy malas he tetpernitne the are put on pencils In order to 49° | ternal friction set up in the tire car them tn figuring up the cost of tires.) 1 Tires are ps ao restet | comm. c > y mo. In figuring up tire cost many MO-| ine otrects of heat produced by ord! alwaya be kept covered The expense of the extra tire ts, Strang, even if ft ts never taken off the rack, is subject to process of About “ix” of these. Some to the million mark, McNamara pilot: | disintegration and must be estimated course, increased where two or Rimost ‘new and none of il a Maxwell touring car, standard |&* @ portion of the tire cost just the |more spares are carried, and there foe Vere GG. 21 te Good in every detail, from Detroit to Loa |*ame aa the tires that have actually |ia probably no greater falye econor shape and ready to #0. Come sec HO DG te model «@ Touring Car. T | Angeles aad return in 17% days, driv ing every foot of the distance him-| self, carrying no mechanician, treat- | A and shape and ready for | ood the car as would any tourist, and) Ee oroag oa = Deage resorting to no unusual and special | “i * case c servicing as is frequently doe, not so often In standard tests of thin nature, but in those. runs designed as adver-| tising stunts. Jn fact the car re} lauired practically no service during | | the entire trip. ~ | Leaving Detroit on June 13th, Me- | LA Tourtng Car and a Road- * t models. un as good they left the “factory. Have excellent fubber. and lots of “extras.” Look “em over. STUDEBAKERS tee A late mod: ring Car |Namara maintained a reasonably iy and e “Sedan” Remember muleven pace over the varied roads a om pretty fast | which stretch across the plains, des _ AS “ erts and mountains of the southern A 1922 cylinder geikertng oreo i es Sood Touring Car. Flun lesa than proute te the em re, eee bos 7, (200) two hundred miles. | the equally multiform course of the Same as n but sotd with | Lincoln Highway auger ge | Dally mileage of course fluctuated i hand about with the road and climatic conditions — 5) en Moat but an aver of 361.31 miles per ? day wan attained for the entire dels at all And will journey. The speed of the run, how fever, is n dered as remarkable sy McNamara as some of the features | lof the performance of less spectacu Har but more substantial nature. TRADES wr will trade tn your present “car.” or anything else that you no longer need. So, no matter what you want or what you want to pay Cig sr “MILL WARNER FInST* OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS Wamer Auto Company WOE. Vine St. Kast 0256 \Endurance Test Mitchell Is Due} Trying for an endurance run of 110,000 miles, a Mitchell, with loc ked | Res and ecrankense, is expected to| arrive in Seattle Saturday or Bun the | day, decording to a wire from auto firm's hendquarters. i = Announcing PRICE REDUCTIONS on | Haynes 55. 4 ie : Touring . eyreeee ees $1,745 F Roadster preecoe+- eine 1,795 | Coupelet opecececeiere seeiein, 2,385 Sad cisteracicieisiciviercel AMOOP Prices F. O. B. Seattle, Including Tax Harvey Dise Wheels Will Be Furnished If Desired Without Extra Charge SEATTLE AUTOMOBILE SALES COMPANY 1101 East Pike St. East 0462 | H. P. GRANT, MANAGER | Seattle's First Dealer | | lee !!111 g 11 gggg gg 2 been run on the wheels. Tire covers help to prevent deterioration to some extent, and for thin reason as well extra tires should to purchase tires of low as for looks the The Finest Model ‘45” Buick Ever Built ‘The 1923 Buick "45" bas taken the country by storm. Always « favorite, this model reaches the highest pinnacle of value ever attained. fitand off and note the snappy lines, the higher hood, the full crown fenders, stardy artillery wheels, drum-type head and cowl lamps, the low khaki-lined top. Then aif in the car. Here Is com- fort equalled only in the costilest automobiles. The upholstery and trimmings sre of the finest quality, the instrament board is equipped with richly finished instruments, the control lever is at finger's end, the cow! ventilator control and windshield wiper are within easy reach. Tent the new rear cantilever springs—you will be amazed at the difference in riding comf Lock the handy tranemission control and know that thie feata’ Buick « low rating by Insurance underwriters. Even the famous Buick Valve-in- Head motor shows important chang: — higher cylinder block, larger connecting rods and olstons, larger crankshaft. with pres- eure feed to main bearings. DELIVERED PRICE Model 23-6-45 Five-pass, Touring 23-68-44 23-6-46 23-6-47 23-648 Two-pass. F 23-6-49 1 Five-pass, 24-6-60 e 408 Thr P 23-6-54 ‘ sn Five-pasa. Bed * adster . +. 1,800 Five-pass, Touring 23-6-55 e-pass, Sport Sedan .. 4 + 1640 TOUFING sce e cess 1068 EvpperGRZSALEs @ East Pike at Harvard East 0842 COUPON FOR 1923 BUICK _CATALOGUE 7 MAIL TH % | [Name . UICK SALES CO., 802 East Pike St., Seattle RIDGE B Please send mo complete catalogue of 19: Address CONSOLIDATE With this in mind the n om. ; . shay wis ebsttatio tn digg om'jart, gives the longest scenic boulevard to be found in any city on the Pacific Coast, and con= installation of light alloy pistons. stitutes an attraction to touyists of which the entire state may well be proud, according to | ioe eae kore pinton'¥s alrendy | the Automobile Club of Western Washington. we nown tn this territory as the Ine . , . fo 28 1 i 4 i Tiahtest fitting tiie rritery ax the} Unstinted praise for the board of commissioners was voiced by D. Shelor, speaking for The valve-in-head | in proportion to the inten: | ULEVARD | 4 “BIRD’S-FYE VIEW OF LAKE BO PISTON BUSINESS Ralph R. Wheaton and Rol- lin Van Amburgh Merge Ralph RN. Wheaton, Weatern Was! Ingto: distributer for the Ka Fie, fikore Piston, and Rollin Van Am ee "21K a { burgh, who handles the Dowmet a“ * piston, have merged their interest WASHIBGTS li be located at 721 Kast Pine According to Mr. Wheaton, the] many high grade ears that have 4) carded cast iron pistons for thowe of | 4 Maht alloy rove " 1 doubt that , > 7, iy ie proves beyond doubt t With the final four-mile stretch between Bellevue and Newport completed, the Lake the ultimate piston will be or - r whose weight does not tnteretere| Washington blud., comprising 52 miles of unbroken pavement e neircling the lake, will be with or lower the power de yea | open to autoists Sunday, August 26. : by the gasolin xpl The boulevard, pronounced by examiners an excellent specimen of the highway engineers? ithe Automobile club, Saturday. “They have worked tirelessly with the other organizations It is comy ed of a very rd, tough light w alloy, which, while it|in putting this project over,” Shelor said. * can be titted closer. than east tron.) Most of the pavement is 20 feet wide, and the little that is narrower will be of the mazi- wit not seore or stick in the t ion of the Victory highway. cyto) mum width with the complet | ‘The Dowmetal piston te a product chemistry Dowmetal t« «| a a page ‘MAIL TRAIN iS | Motorcycle on Wheat ane an n! re, 0, 4 will « cro mags ki “ ae Powe ah sites | nd rie of tis aaueaeene a | flywheel banda, eo . “3 tae i 1 nd for ‘quick, concareomaeall on lequipped to rebore cyt nike wethoue mand for quick, continuous service, — thun saving the ear owner consider. | 000-Mi : 5; ange jable expense ‘This wane ie een Chevrolet Makes 1, “Mile webu the adel aa =e picture on the special delivery stamp: to a boy on a motorcycle and equip its messengers accordingly. either in thelr own shop or anywhere | eine in the city of Beattie. Run in Record Time BY THOMAS B. BEEMAS, County Lngineer | Am one of the nections of the world) wey ENDING AUGUST 19, 1988 new stamps are to Gelaae n which motor cars are being sold} ,, AVED ROADS KXCEPT se-|t#>eular in shape, and will be printed — | n large numbers, South Africa has a KENT, WET MIDE, iN | 10 blue ink of a slightly lighter shade interest for American mo- CONDITION, |than that now used. They will not SPRUCING and automobile manufactur | be fesued regularly until all of the old TOWNS ers. Cars of American make are |"™ Oe oo. ones are disposed of. ¥ } jon popular in that country. | Renton-Mellevas—Renton-Newport | ppear to be ununually pro-| Newport-Betlevue gremive and to have plenty of the} Open Augual 26 fo to circle the lake on Caps Stre: Don't make the mistake of tal jit for granted that it makes | difference whether or not a cap d used on the tire valve and when # leap is lost use the tire without ong | This idea is entirely erroneous, | motorists who do not use the |cap can expect valve trouble, |Tourists Inspire Civic Pride} proeresstve »pirit 20 manifest in this | country, makes 1¢ por paved roads, i | ote r c ently |Keat-finek Diamond—Pavement for 1 Thruout Nation | A motor event which hus recently |Meat: Binck Dtamen@—Pavement for 1% patties arouned wide interest in South Africa | peston-Barlington |and which has received wide publicity | Maple . in the prose there w endurance | Eaumelaw-Franklin—Good, » the prong there Was AN enduranes | ganect Highway—Open, Good condition | sosbhdand of th ind HH. Rice. |run from Cape Town to Pretoria tn | "icing count of the Cad Motor Car King cou “ an to establish a faster record : Company, in commenting recently on |), ot gplardnyreee Hedy ton = yy oes oy |the great increa ratate tour. | "an ts ade by the mail trains. The teat was highly successful “Main atreet ie being beautified |thru the automobile.” said H. H. Rice y ity —Kaxcellent, ein in -Kedwvond tia be Atituenchihe ‘Owners Ieeaquab (via Lake Sammam- rhe pi aga Bega one | ‘There in no real road between the) tah)--Redmond.to Inglewood fair, bal-|__ Ven the cap is not used >. See Srevely jtwo capitals, but a thousand odd} od overy ‘probability that sand many memories of civic milon of veldt with all that that trn- | Immeaush-Newport—Cood, will work down into the when he. returne from a trip thru ies, Over that the motorist fol kage mmr eigae Dismond—Gravet section! uitimately produce a leak. some ot wn 0 Tnited | y e os in peek See part ot Unit 4 {ows tracks, {lldefined in places and | Stevens Pass Wighway—Open to « point| tire remains inflated this dirt Aisoam a od the official : ‘. “ three miles beyond Skykomish. Feir| cases may do arm. it w |e In analous to have hee otticlal: | iu to travel upon always. ‘That a car fw eetaption "at Labe ae Pvt: Prager hi & new inflation is made the pump "| drives the dirt down into the vall jand makes an airtight connection y road, | most impossible, ould be driven over ft at such a ace as to beat the mail train was | Weed arded as an impossible feat The | Kent: transformed into a place which tn vitew tourists, He voter for pavements, boulevard 1 nd mod bet B journey was made three hours and| @rn school and municipal buildings. | oe Hin pride In civic affairs can of.|{rty-tleht. minutes under the time] Renton t side road. | faire can Of. eee be Motnes-T: Hightine—In good | ten be traced directly to the trip he | Dstmed by the train, | condit gh tn pines. ‘ook with his wife and family thru], Th¢ Car used was a stock Chevro-| naches to perk entrance. e ys of drivers were waiting bod | r ond King county, and/ some town ina @ state. “Staten bee neighbors Johannesburg and other} "** el on end in. Pleree | thru the motor car. Another great | PO! Dusit the Soar ATV" | Seattion Bothell Rond—Closed, due te con- PISTONS link in our democracy has been weld. | °T* lat the road many times, but in struction of Victory wav. To 6d by the automobile which brings of. | "Pte of the time lost in this way | — mont at take Forent Park|| Do you know that 68% of the ficialy of the state and nation to.|*ucceeded=in making a record that] Astour via, worth seank road f° worth || cars now built, excepting Foi e ng the problems of | h®* aroused widespread interest. oar ake are facto equipped with spill | tated Mr. Rice. peony |Lake Forest Park-North Trunk Connec-| | **!rt #lloy pistons a | Hem—One mile pavement excellent, | KANT SKORE PISTONS 4 et 2 ee The production of automobiles in|), balance fair gravel 1 von dal ais. gain in touring a . Nellevue. Redmond — Fetr. CARS BRTTER. ferent states, Mr. Rice t 464.000 ®S Of | Kedmond-Fall City--Good. New gravel te our reboring Six miflion gallons of varnish | in plates Br driving thru New York nie at Tolt cloned ‘ou money by rebor-| paint were required across Racguat punted license plates from 36 f : i cach Toit, detour via Fail City or || ing cylinders without removing states on one stretch of highway | Anville- Duval, the m¢ : further Information eal Main 8900, |] Oll proof rings—1,000 miles to! Paris policemen are now provided| local 2 the gallon. The average number of people to| with motoreycles that can carry four Re a In automobile in Califor 16 28.5 ' ficers of the law in the side! “Re a good felloe,” says the wheel says the fan Alabama {t car “Keep cool AN YOU BEAT THIS? 1/5 DOWN BALANCE IN 18 MONTHS WILL BUY A NEW %o72~CAR YHE UNIVERSAL CAS TOURING | ROADSTER COUPE SEDAN 754.80 835.65 Per Mo, INCLUDE INTE 'T, INSURANCE, GAS AND OLL Fr. 0. B. SEATTLE G INVESTIGATE NO INTEREST OUR X-MONTHS PAYMENT PLAN NO BROKERAGE ‘ AUTHORIZED - DEALERS) BROADWAY AT PIKE PHONE EAST 0320 “4 ENTRAL AGEN