The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 23

ATURDAY, FEBRUARY THE SEATTLE Expressive of Rickenbac light as a family car, officials that the unusually enthusiastic reception ac in the manufacture of per sedan is on display at the au SELLS AUTOS Rickenbacker Models [oe Sener weiee seneey Slaten Sor Onerane Geers une otis oo Display New Features BY AIRPLANE Rickenbacker Uses One for Quick Trips Selling nutomobdiles by airplane may Sound futuristic and visionary Jo some, but it is certain to be uni- Versally according to Capt mY i Rc F Six, designed and built by his organization in Detroit, is be- ing exhibited at the automobile show. | Rickenbacker, the most f Yank flier in the world war viee president and director les of the Rickenbacker Motor company, Detroit, has his own plane in which he makes numerous trips to distribu. tors and deaiers within a radius of several hundred miles of his factoty. He cites that it can be done quickly, which is a decided advan- ‘tage, since time is a most valuable tnees of sieeping on trains and that it is truly a recreation to travel in the clouds. Rickenbacker proved last summer Tumerous trips to © that the plan ts e intends to do all of the air route in the| FIRES CAUSED BY GASOLINE Say Frictional Electricity Is Generated “The enormous and Mer incre ing use of gasoline and of hydro: carbon gases has caused many mys terious and disastrous explosions and fires, says Augustus H. Gill of Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, in the February number of In-| wire gauze which will exclude water Hardy Believes Vast Sales | dustrial and Engineering Chemistry. “An automobile was destroyed and its owner, a naval surgeon, severely burned thru the firing of the gaso- line by a spark produced by fric- tional electricity. The surgeon had Walked some distance to his garage in his fur coat and rubber boota. ‘The friction of the flapping coat against his boots generated the elec tricity, while they insulated him from the ground und allowed his body to store it “It has been demonstrated beyond question that when gasoline is ped thru hose, frictional or latie electricity is generated; under ter style, this graceful sedan has of Cline & Ayerst, Seattle deal cent of all Rickenbacker cars to show, opening Saturday. Motor of New Six Br Invention of N touches and refinements in comfort and conveniences, the second series of the Rickenbacker Vibrationless Six, which made amazing history tn tts first year of production, is an- Broadway Following the Seattle representatives. envation created with the vibration. quipped with the exclu sive Hickenbacker tandem flywheel, jcomes further advancement for this progress! organization, agents said Saturday An air cleaner, purifying the air taken Into the motor, removing all tn- furious particles of dust and other foreign matter which causes carbon and wear, a hot air stove giving the driver perfect control of the tempera- | ture of the air entering the carbure- | tor, the installation of Bosch genera- tors, starters and ignition improved braking with automatic equalizer, a | refined clutch, reduction In weight by | replacement of aluminum for cast Jiron in many parts and members, a refined body design and construction lof all body models, an added comfort with special spring arrangement and the addition of such conveniences as heater and rear vision mirror as {regular equipment are features in the | Series B Rickenbacker. Additional production facilities, in- cluding the taking over of a new fac- |tory at Detroit, will permit the build | ing of three times as many cars dur- Ing the ing 12 months as during the past according to EB. V Rickenbacker, vice president and di. rector of sales of the company. certain circurfitances a preasure of 400 to 600 volta has been generated. fven when poured thru chamois |skin dangeroite sparks have been | produced. This chamois strainer must be replaced by $0 to 90 mesh when first wetted with clear gaso |line. A chauffeur hung an ordinary five-galion can on the hook of a com- |mon gasoline pump. The ball of the lean had a wooden handle which in- sulated the can from the pump. A gallon had been pumped when a spark jumped from the can to the pump fired the gasoline. After putting out the fire the filling of the can wns repeated and it caught fire a second time. In filling a can or tank, care must be taken that good metallic contact is made between th nozzle of the bose and the arttcle filled.” CONSTANT POTENTIAL A—SAVING IN TIME—BETTER SERVICE B—SAVING IN EXPENSE OF RENTAL BATTERIES C—BETTER, LONGER-LIVED CHARGE D—LENGTHENS BATTERY LIFE Batteries Batteries SUNSET ELECTRIC CO. 1507 BROADWAY Downtown Station Fourth and Stewart Replete with advanced engineering nounced by Cline & Ayerest Co, 1830/ Model Has Universal Appeal, ported In the belief tt [bile cab model ix one of th the RICKENBACKER SEDAN POPULAR | CLOSED CABIS OLDS FEATURE, 2": Says Representative | market, Motor be ahow non, for salesman that has over appear und the salonmme ager, at the new business man, profensic it at the Rt paid Batur “The car has much more 1 usual |for the shopping tours and social |ealis of the woman drive rapidly leaped into the lime- ers, report of as closed The latest types. idea nd parce for trips and is ¢ ional the cab offer A feature of the car that is strong: It is pointed out|ty emphasized by Peterson ts the ded Rickenbacker closed models has resulted | comfort and protection the windows | winter | Ways weather and ggainst sudden storms | sturdy Oldsmobile against bent ve the |are behind tn their [LARGE SALES IN AUSTRALIA} MELBOURNE, Feb, 10-—There ts cane in the number of high-priced An into correct the rican care betng tm: Australia, tending to impression that |tacturers in the United States only, |make good low-priced ors. All pop- Jular American cars of medium price manu. ders, und the dealers are accepting deportts from purchasers to deliver three or four [months in the future There js a tendency among doa! to attempt to adjust prices on weekly, according to the supply and nit demand—a practice which in ¢ ered demoralizing to the tra imports of American-made wai, particularly for cars selling in the United States for about $1,500 £. 0. b. |tuctories, will continue steadily to Increase. verted from a closed to an open | model is something the public is al interested tn, and with the channis, the de- jin the warmer seasons, while sum-|pendable Oldsmobile motor and re- me breezes can be admitted as free- | finements of ly a8 in an open model eathes Pure Air Thru | ew Air Cleaner With three models. ton, sedan and « predominate the @uction and expecial attention has |been given ag this year to the |comfort and durability of the Ricken- backer bodies Additional conven-| fences are to be aoted in the new| Ricke pro- bode }iginal R |im retained appearance the or enbucker distinctiveness | Rickenbacker engineering nd | altho extremely simple in design, has| Proven decidedly efficient and effec- tive. Itis p progressive step toward longer life and added economy, ‘The purpose of the cleaner ts to prolong the life of the motor and tn- sure uniform performance. Actual teats show that an automobile con-| mames nearly twice Its own weight of | jair In 10 hours’ driving at 36 milea |per hour. Analysis has shown that| 90 per cent, on which « cleaner ts an imperative necessity, indicate th avtrage saving of repair, gasoline and | otf bills as from one-half to three-| fourths, Nineteen government tests con-| |ducted with the air cleaner used on| the Rickenbacker are interesting. The | feats showed an efficiency of 99.7 per | |cent removal of dust and dirt from |the alr. An average of the 10 lowest texta showed a nefficlency of 99.7 per | cent. The 10 highest removed 99.91 per cent of the particles of the air] tiken into the he cleaner requires no attention whatsoever MOTOR MARKET NEVER CEASES: | Still Possible | BY A. B. C, HARDY President of the Olds Motor Works When will there « to be new |markets for the automobile? | | phat ia ‘the qnestion which is mont Joften asked me by dealers and mo- | |tor car owners in all sectidhs of the | country bly my anawer I believe my answer is logical and, | while ft may not seem conservative | 0 many, I believe that there wil al- | ways be m market for new cars, ir} respective of the replacement mar: ) | ket, | The automobile industry in itself | is young. It was barely 26 years | ago that the Olds Motor works was begun, to be followed some years Ia ter by most of the big companies of today, and the General Motors Cor- poration, of which it is now a mom. | ber. For 25 years the industry han | been turning out automobiles by the | |millions, until today one cannot | |travel in any section of this country | |withont seeing thousands of all |makes and models. For the first 5 or 10 years of the} industry's history our market was devoted almost exclusively to the rich and well-to-do middie class, who bought cars for pleasure only, In |the next five-year period the history jof the industry shows that the mar. |ket was almost exclusively given over to a more or Man experimental stage, Some ears were wold to bur ness houses and others to persona who sed them in a combination of business and pleasure, such as doc tors and other professional men, In this era I might also state that the truck began fo come into its own During the last 10 years the auto- mobile industry has grown by leaps and hounds, until today it stands ax one of the leaders in the industrial | field of the country. Upon ft there [are thourands of other industries de- | pendent for fhelw existence, and hun- |dreds of thousands of workmen, ‘Whilo it in true that today, expe: cially in the Hastern sections of the country, the highways are crowded with cars during the —summor months, there in a vast field in the Went and South for the development of automobile salen. ‘The farmers of the country are fast comire to real tee the value of the motor car in connection with thelr farm work and it only remains for the development of ronda in various sections to open jup extremely fertile feids for oulos, the new cab thruout, |we are confident that the public will | Fourth ave. and Bianchard st. Saturday. |attractions thruout 19238. the same gratifying other mode nthusiasm that | in the |heavy plate glass windows, large | unusually LINCOLN oe —— awit thes C A R 8 The Lincoln car is not only the finest cre- ation, but the most perfect car mechanically yet offered the motoring public. So many features of this quality car are characteristically Lincoln, that the usual con- ception of a fine motor car fails to include them. These features are best appreciated when you drive it, Ease of control at all speeds is emphasized by the entire lack of driving effort. Sponta- neous flexibility is felt as you call for any range of power. And all roads seem to smooth out under“its easy-riding qualities, You are cordially invited to visit the Lincoln exhibit at the Automobile Show, and learn the many outstanding reasons for Lincoln superiority, _ Authorized Seattle Lincoln Dealers * Above is pictured the new Oldsmobile cab, a distinctive model for business and pleasure purposes, that is being featured at the Oldsmobile section of the auto show that opened at Officials of the Oldsmobile Motor Co., 1000 E. Pike st., local distributors, predict that the attractive cab will be one of the firm's leading massive headlights, {and behind the front seat, and is of strong construction thru compartment spaces both in the rear | out thesmechanical smectic