Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 127, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1922 — Page 12

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OPEN TYPE OF MOTOR CABSARE BEING OISCAIIDED Lexington Motor Cos. Head Says Closed Models Will Eventually Be Universal. The open motor ear will go the way of Ahe summer street car and the early type of railroad passenger coach, in the opinion of Harry W. Gaston, president of the Lexington Motor Company of New York, who is vice chairman of ihe great closed car show to be held in Grand Central Palace in New York City the latter part of September. Startling as it may seem, Mr. Gaston predicts that the closed car will eventually be used to the absolute exclusion of the open car. Coming from an automobile man of Mr. Gaston's experience, his conclusions. based on a careful study of statistics of the industry over a long teriod of years, are regarded as something more than a mere bid for sensationalism. In a special statement on the closed car situation, Mr. Gaston says: “My best judgment tells me that the closed car will eventually be used to the practical exclusion of the open car. Percent is Equal “Ten years ago ninety-eight per cent of all motor cars marketed were with open bodies. This figure had dropped five years ago to seventyfive per cent, and today the closed car s holding its own with the open car. In another five years. I believe that eighty per cent of all cars sold will be equipped with closed bodies, and in ;en years' time the open car will be a thing of the past. "In the old days people naturally gained their impressions of a motor car from riding in a car owned by someone else. Naturally, too. th s was an open car because very few closed cars were in service. It followed eventually that the first-time purchaser bought an open car because he knew nothing at all about the closed car. Gradual Evolution “During this early period. wh n n the open car predominated to an overwhelming extent, the public in its effort to offset the disadvantages of the open car ran the gamut of experiments and accessories not realizing apparently that all of these d.sadvantages could be eliminated instanter by the closed body. For instance. the first cars sold were not equipped with windshields or tops: then came the windshield and later on the top. Then the storm curtain was devised, the tonneau windshield, the winged windshileds. each of these beng intended to overcome some cf the drawbacks to the open car. “With the closed car we have shelter from the sun overhead, protection from rain. cold, wind and every other disagreeable element, whether the liassenger be riding in the front seat •he rear seat.

Removal Sale Cut Prices % We are abandoning this storeroom, which is too small to carry a complete stock of Auto Supplies, and will move to larger quarters, November Ist, located at 126-128 East Now York Street, four doors West, where we will have more door space, and will carry a very complete line of “Quality” Tires, Tubes and Auto Supplies. Everything at CUT PRICES during our Removal Sale, now going on. We invite comparison of Quality. § Fabrics Guaranteed 6,000 Miles—Cords Guaranteed 8,000 Miles Removal , T 0 , KrK \ w'U *a qc 10-Lb. cans 600 W. Trans- __ 3ta3% N. S-Vuleaii .....$11.90 8 6.95 mission oil $2.00 -78 JOx-B/j X. S. Quaker 12.95 Folding Buckets, holds either 30x3(4 N. S. Gillette 12.15 7.55 gas OP water, with fun--33x4 Plain Goodrich 21.15 12.85 nel 1.25 -49 30x314 N. 8. Leto Cord 1 1 IXo 16.75 10.35 Shalcr Headlight Lens 3.50 .99 31x4 N. S. Columbus Fabric 18.75 10.35 Never Slip Valve 32x4 N. S. Quaker Fabric 21.50 1 4.75 Lifters 75 .21 33x5 N. S. Inland Cord 46.95 21.65 Spot Lights 5.50 2.85 33x4 N. S. Quaker Cord 30.15 19.75 Bar Caps (for all cars) 2.50 1.45 32x31/2 Goodyear Cord, N. S 22.95 1 7.35 Bar Caps, Fords 1.00 .49 32x3 1 / J N. S. Gillette Cord 21.90 1 4.25 Sterling Jack (1 ton). 3.50 1,85 32x4 N. S. Gillette Cord 28.95 18.85 2-Cyl. Pump 2.50 .89 33x4 N. S. Gillette Cord 29.90 19.95 Stop-A-Lcak 50 .14 34x4 N. S. India Cord 30.70 1 9.35 Lyknu Polish 1.00 .48 Sizes Not Listed Sold in Proportion. Cord. Trans. Lining. . 1.50 .85 TUBES Flash Cleaner -50 .15 First Quality—Extra Heavy. , _ , r> sprrini Special Johnson's Carbon Remover. 30x3i/o $1.29 32x4 $1.99 Quarts 2.00 ‘ 32x31/2 ..$1.44 33x414 $2.34 Johnson’s Carbon Remover. Q _ 31x4 ~ $1.79 34x41/ 2 $2.39 Pints 1.25 •* Other Sizes Not Listed Sold In Proportion. Ass’t- Wrenches, all DENHAM’S PURE OIL sizes and kinds 35\50 .09 Highest grade engine oil made or sold, Pennsylvania Par- Ford Transmissions affine crude base. Sets, 3 pieces 1.00 .39 Five-Gallon can •• $3.95 T.To 1 7-. 00 Watch the Papers Each Week for Special Prices. ” x ’ 2 ,rs! 1 s "‘ 1 Mail Orders Prepaid to Any Address TOeL'sdjustahle": i M il9 Jacks, Spark Plugs, Auto Chairs, Service Units, Tool Boxes, Tire Covers, Ford gasoline gauges, which ten the Tow Lines, Chains and Other Articles Too Numerous to Mention at ° r “" Bht Prices That You Cannot Duplicate regular price, SI.OO 24c Prices Effective at Both Stores “QUALITY CONSIDERED, WE SELL IT FOR LESS” Wholesale— Open Saturday Evening Till 9:00 O’Clock —Retail Citizens Auto Supply Company, Inc. -acht.tt^Avenur nnd 2 STORES 128 E. NeW \Ork Street

Altitude Plays Queer Pranks on Engine of Motor Cars

Motorists who have returned from a summer touring trip to the mountains are still wondering over the queer performance of their cars. The boat was running well as the motor party left home. But somehow she lost pep when touring the heights.

FAULTY SPIRE PLUGS COMMON Missing of Engine Often Due to Simple Cause—Test Alignment of Car. Missing of th© engine is due often to faulty spark plugs. Here are three chief causes for missing. First, the spark may jump from shell to terminal because of a short shank and a wide gap. Second, the points may touch, due to screwing the plug too tightly into the cylinder. Third, wire may have become loose from terminal. When the car is still new a couple of metal templates may be cut to fit

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the axle and wheel joints at front and rear for testing in the future. They are convenient permanent checks on the alignment of the steering knuckles and axles. Alignment Tester

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A gasoline or kerosene spray’, act- 1 ing under air pressure, will quickly remove dirt and grease from the en-

gine or chassis. This form of spray’ can easily be made at home.

i The engine overheated more easily. And the car was not so good on hill work. On returning home, however, the cld pep came back. The engine performed j as well as ever and the car climbed the hills with ease. The answer to this mystery is altitude. The higher the car climbs the rarer is the atmosphere and the more difficult becomes the engine's ability to perform. Air Pressure j As the car goes higher, the pres- ! sure of air is reduced. Normal air I pressure at sea level Is fifteen pounds jto the square inch. But at Denver, ; for example, which is a mile above sea j level, the air pressure Is only twelve S pounds. j This reduction in air pressure has Ia material effect on the power pro- | duced by the gasoline engine. The ! compression of the engine is reduced, | and this directly affects the power j behind the piston stroke. The reduced weight of the air also | affects the combustion in the cylinders. Besides lower compression, theerfore, there is also a reduction in j the amount of air needed for complete i combustion of the fuel. This means | that the supply of fuel must be cut down proportionately to maintain proper combustion in the engine. All this means less power.

To make up for this loss In power it is best to open up the air intake, rather than cut down on the needle valve of the carburetor. At higher altitudes, the boiling point of water falls off. Which means there is a greater danger of overheating the engine at such heights. Therefore. it is well to replenish the water more often than at lower levels. When the motorist comes down from the highlands he finds he has to readjust his carburetor to heavier atmosphere, if he happened to do this before he went up. Average Driver Shifts His Gears Improperly The average motorist does not know how to shift gears! This Is the conclusion reached after a series of tests recently conducted by the lowa State Colege in cooperal-1 tion with the National Research < oun j cil. Especially when he takes a hill the average motorist shifts his gears improperly, find these • xperts. The motorist waits too long to shift from high to second on a hill, say the observers. Thus they lose speed, overtax their engines and consume more gasoline. Tin general admonition, not to slow down to less than 8.5 miles an hour, they found, is rarely fedlowed. The tests also showed that, in descending a hill It is cheaper to retard the speed with the brake than by leaving the clutch in. The Test Alice —Do you really think that clothes make the man? Virginia—Of course not. It’s the kind of car he drives.—Life.

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BUYS LAFAYETTE AND BANG! GOES OLD TRADITION Hon. H. C. Wallace First Secretary of Agriculture to Use a Motor Car. In official Washington, a tradition of more than thirty years' standing has just been shattered. The secretary of agriculture, Hon. Henry C. Wallace, now rides up and down Pennsylvania Ave. In a motor car—a vestibule sedan that bears the LaFayette cerneo on its radiator front. If you are ignorant of precedents, the latter statements is not at all astonishing ant' vou might rightfully inquire: \Y ~ what about it/ Doesn't all Washington, like all Kokomo or all Oskaloosa, motor?'' The facts in the case, however, ere these: Never before in the history of the department of agriculture—lt was established in 1889 near the close of President Cleveland's first term—has the holder of this particular portfolio had occasion to patronize a gasoline filling station. In fact, the horsedrawn carriage in which the first secretary of agriculture, Norman J. Colman, rode, was accepted as the official vehicle of the department by all of his successors, and during the administrations of Presidents Harrison. Clove land, McKinley. Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, the Secretary of Agriculture looked to a team of spanking bays or prancing blacks for motive power. Traditions Die Hard “Traditions in Washington, obviously. die hard,” said Mr. R. H. Losey, local distributor of the IjaFayette, in commenting upon Secretary Wallace s precedent-smashing switch. 'lnasmuch as it took thirty-three years and approximately ten million automobiles to kill this one. “The fact that the secretary of agriculture has citing so long to the horse-drawn carriage as his official vehicle is all the more surprising when you consider that the class of citizen tie represents — th*- farmer—is ; the very backbone of the automobile market and has taken more advantage of automotive power than any other productive group.''

MOTOR OUST

Keep emerger brake adjusted. Three hundreu ,-ies now have sites. .Motorcycle outpi ’ in the last fivei years has fallen oft’ 5 per cent. Salt has been tried as carbon re mover. Ten per eent of the motor cars produced this year tire trucks. laimp black forms a good polish for the headlight reflectors. Uy 1 y3. It is estimated, the I’nlted I States will have 17.200.0.00 motor ears on its highways. Cover for a roadster’s rear seat is I made so that when opened It serves j as windshield.

Franklin Sedans Prove Popular With Auto Public SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 6—The popularity of the sedan type is strikingly evidenced by figures just prepared by officials of the Franklin Automobile Company, showing that during the year ending Sept. 1, of the total number of cars shipped, aggregating 7,359 in all, 37.7% were sedans. Over half of the cars shipped during that period—s 2.7% to be exact —were closed cars, consisting of sedans, coupes, touring limousines and broughams. The sedan, however, continues to b* the leader, as it was the among Franklin closed cars, 70.4% of all closed cars shipped during the past year being sedans. During the twoyear period ending Sept. Ia total of 7.030 sedans have been shipped from the Franklin factory. MENU IN NINE TONGUES Jap Restaurateur Takes No Chances of .Missing Trade. SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 6.—Although there are many restaurants along the water front here, one enterprising Japanese case manager is taking no chances on missing possible customers, foreign or native, because of their ignorance of any other language but their own. In nine different languages he has signs painted on the case front, advertising choice chops, fish and oysters.

TIRES LONG WEAR Cord $Q.93 30x3V2 Fabric $*7.50 30x3y 2 = First Grade. Guaranteed. LILLY Hardware Cos. 114-118 E. Washington St.

The Price IS Important But Don’t Let It Overshadow the Quality

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Auto News and Notes

Reports from the R. V. Law Motor Company, 1219 N. Meridian St., local distributors for Hudson and Essex motor cars indicate that the new prices on Hudson and Essex has acted as a wonderful stimulant on both new and used car sales, Charles E. Stutz Sales Company, 848 N. Meridian St., announce new prices effective immediately on all Jordan closed models. The new prices certainly' place the Jordan in the class with the best automotive buy's in the country. The C. H. Wallencli Company is now comfortably located in their new headquarters at 833 N. Meridian St. The new' location will afford Dodge owners better service at a minimum charge. The Franklin-Indianapolls Company reports the new Franklin as one of i he sensations of automobile row. The new Franklin is truly a yvonderful automobile and has features and refinements a year or two ahead of some of the other automobile engineers. The Kanouse Auto Company newly appointed distributor for the H. C. S. motor cars and Stephens Salient Six has moved into new salesrooms at 846 N. Meridian St., w'here larger and better facilities are available. Disc wheels are becoming more and more popular with motor car owners. Many cars noyv carry disc wheels as

- jadL, DOWN TODAY $525 —NEW PRICES—OVERLAND WILLYS-KNIGHT Touring was $550; now $525 Touring was ...$1375; n0w... 51235 Roadster was ...$550; n0w.... $525 Roadster was ..$1375; now. . .$1235 Sedan was $805; now $875 Sedan was $2095; n0w... 51950 Coupe was $850; n0w....5795 Coupe was $1875; n0w...51795 South Side Overland Sales Cos. Authorized Overland and Willys-Knight Dealers 7tH Virginia Ave. DR exel 6240. Frank Rosner, Prop. Excellent Values in Used Cars J. W. Miller, Manager.

standard equipment. The disc wheel is not confined to the larger cars as many of the lighter cars are using them with excellent success. Most prominent among the lighter cars is the Maxyvell, which has been using oisc wheels as standard equipment for about a year. The Lathrop McFarland Company, 424 N. Capitol Ave., and The Detroit Electric Sales Company, 963 N. Meridian St., report the new prices on Oldsmobile motor cars has created an unusual large demand for both open and closed models. Both salesrooms have been open every' evening this week in order to accomodate the many* prospects who do not have a chan® to call during the day. Now is the time to buy a used car. Most of the larger new car dealers are now putting on used car sales in order to dispose of the many cars taken In trade recently’. The prices are right. Many' dealers predict higher prices on new cars next year. Automobile prices are now lower than they have ever been. The Auto Equipment Company formerly of 72 W. New York St. is now located In their new building at 1023 N. Meridian St. Our Picture Brides Every time a movie star marries. It seems to be all over but the shooting.—Life.

OCT. 6, 1922

GREAT SHIPYARD IS AIM GONE Hog Island, Costing Huge Sum, Making Way for Factory Locations. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. Hog Island, the great shipyard where the Government spent some $270,000,000, is today almost demobilized. Where once an army of 36,000 men labored frantically to build ships and more ships, wrecking crews are now at wofk with acetylene torches and other instruments of destruction. The Government decided to dispose of the great shipyard piecemeal after attempt to dispose of it as an entity had evoked only very low bids. Nearly every day auction sales are held to dispose of things ranging from household furniture to steel in 100,000 ton j lots. It is estimated that some $25,- f 000.000 will be realized on steel and equipment by the time the sale closes December. But the 946 acres of Hog Island which were swamp before the war will not be useless, for Government engineers have made it habitable. It is expected that some large factory will l,e erected there after the shipyards have been removed, as it is idealily located for such purposes.