Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 317, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1927 — Page 2

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NEW TROPHY OFFERED FOR STOCK CAR RUNS

FALCON KNIGHT . MAKES DEBUT ON AUTO ROW New Sleeve Valve Motor Interests Trade at Initial Showing. The new six-cylindered Knightmotored car, the Falcon-Knight, is being presented to the local public this week by Murphy Motor Company, Inc., 436 X. Capitol Ave. This new six is the first Knight-motored engine to be built in the SI,OOO class, made possible by concentration upon quantity production of an engine of the Knight sleeve valve type. Sales organization headaquarters and general executive offices are in Detroit, while the manufacturing plant is at Elyria, Ohio. . Initial production of the Falconshows three body types, a four-door sedan, a two-door sedan and a roadster, all marked by a low swung appearance, accentuated! by the length of the hood and the low swinging of the body on the frame. The motor develops 45-horsepower at its point of maximum efficiency, and the crankshaft is suspended in seven bearings following the most advanced engineering practice in this type of construction. Lubrication is by a full pressure force feed system, the oil being automatically controlled in volume to correspond ■with the requirements of the motor at varying speeds. The enclosed medols will reach sixty miles an hour at top speed and ■will accelerate from five to twentyfive In eight seconds. The turning radius is forty feet, permitting the ear to turn in narrow streets. The power “build-up” in the motor at norma! engine speeds is rapid, due partly to the high compression ratio in the motor, which is stated as being 25 per cent greater than that of the average motor of the six-cylinder type. AUTO ENGINEERS MEET Hold First Prodijetion Meeting at Hotel Severin. Indiana section of the Society of Automotive Engineers will hold its first production meeting Thursday evening at the Hotel Severin. Dinner at 6 o'clock will be followed by an open meeting at which several papers will be read. These include one on “Chromium Plating," anew process that is taking the place of .nickle plating exterior surfaces of automobiles.

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It hugs the curves as true as a train— The full expression of the Super-Six principle is usable and enjoyable because every detail of the chassis is engineered to provide for the speed, power and stamina of the motor. ' The rapier flash of pick up, dexterity of steering and enduring speed 'cross country, are all easily delivered, therefore normally used.V In all Hudson does there is effortless ease from its •wist, smooth glide into motion, to sustained high speed and back to the soft instantaneous stopping action of its four wheel brakes^ Performance that is spectacular is also safe and usable.

HUDSON SUPER-SIX Standard Models Coach a f # • *1385 Sedan • ■ t * 1385 Custom Buttt Models \ Roadster • • • *ISOO Phaeton '• 1 1600 Brougham * •>' r ‘* K - 1575 5-Passenger Sedan 1750 Sedan 1850 _ AO prices f. o. b. Detroit, puis war ]i excise tax.

HUDSON Super-Six R. V. LAW MOTOR CO: Distributors 1219-1225 N. MERIDIAN STREET ' MAIN 4082 —ASSOCIATE RETAIL DEALERS— P. B. SMITH AUTO CO. G. WININGS CO. J. A. MURPHY, INC. 4.50 N. Cap. Blvd. Lincoln 3603 3816 K. Wash. St. Irvington 3398 3131 W. Wash. St. Belmont 3900 OAKLEY MOTOR SALES CO. NORTH SIDE HUDSON-ESSEX CO. 1666 8. Mot. St. Drexel 4743 2441 Central Are. Randolph 3334—6093

International Harvester Moves

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The local branch factory of the International Harvester Company of America recently moved into their • new sales and service building at 421-129 Kentucky Ave. Tom Mescal) is sales manager.

NEW FACTORY FOR DODGE COMPLETED Higher Priced Car to Be Built* in Structure. Tlio immense new factory in which Dodge Brothers’ new line of higher-priced motor cars will be built is now completed and installation of the machinery is being rushed, according to a report received this week by F. L. Sanford, local Dodge dealer. One of the most modern, in* the automobile industry and said to be the longest in the world used for motor car production, the building is a one-story structure platined on the latest principles of factory construction for maximum efficiency in manufacturing and assembling operations. The new building adds over 500,000 square feet of floor space to the large manufacturing facilities of the plant. Two lines of railroad track enter the factory at one end and extend almost its entire length, accommodating seventy standard freight cars at one time. Wide concrete loading platforms at the level of the car floors facilitate quick unloading of materials and loading of the new motor cars as soon as they have passed the final test. A one-mile concrete test track with a roadway eighteen feet wide and turns banked for a safe speed'of forty miles per hour on the outer outer edge, is along the side of the building. OFFER NEW ACCESSORY Xovelly Company Displays Latest Ventilating Device. No-draft ventilating caves arc -the latest automobile accessories to be offered by the Gerlnch Novelty Company of 2817 E. Tenth St. The leaves are of black enameled metal

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\ and fit the top of the windows of a j ear. They are designed to permit adequate ventilation without the I creation of a draft, and are especially ; desirable in rainy weather. The i eaves are made for all types of cars and many different styles are carried in stock. Ben Helkena is president of the Gerlach company and Maurice Morgan is secretary-treasurer. Con- ! corns nojv handling the no-draft ventilating eaves are Auto Equipment Company. Wangelin-Sharp Company, Grover Winnings, Ed Orr filling station at E. Tenth and La Salle Sts., and the Ott tilling station at Rural St. and Massachusetts Ave. 1926 AUTO TAXES NEAR $1.000.000 I Motor Car Registration Exceeded 1925. More than $750,000,000 was paid out by American motorists in the form of Federal, State and municipal taxes last year, reports the Department of Agriculture, showing an increase of $83,000,000 over total of taxes paid in 1025. The total motor vehicle registration* in 1926 was 22,001,383 vehicles which included 19,237,171 passenger cars. These figures show ;an increase of more than 10 per cent over registrations. Included in the total taxes paid are $288,282,332 in receipts from registration fees, licenses and other State annual taxes. Gasoline taxes | brought in $187,603,231, and Federal excise taxes on passenger cars and trucks vehicles for hire and on parts, tires and accessories were estimated at $153,000,000. Most of the money derived from this source is put back into public I roads. Motorists may therefore ex- : pect a wide expansion of the road I building and improvement program.

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The Tail Light By Swede Swanson

Through arrangements made between the license division of the secretary of State’s office and the Hoosler Motor Club, licenses may be secured at the club when the secretary’s office is closed. The motor club is open each evening and on Saturday and Sunday. F. E. Schortemeier, secretary of State; Mark Rhoads, in charge of the license division, and the Hoosier Motor Club should be highly praised for this service to car owners. A branch salesroom lias been opened at Forty-Second St. and Broadway by the Bohannon-Over-land Sales Company. Phillips Auto Sales, associate dealers handling Willys-Kniglits and Whippets, has opened a branch salesroom in Brightwood. Dee, that amiable tire mechanic at the Indiana station, says that she is only a taxi driver’s daughter, but you auto meter. R. F. Thompson, formerly connected with the Marmon distributors in Chicago, has been appointed city supervisor of Willys-Knight and Whippet sales. Nearly a dozen people parked themselves all night in front of the doors of the F. L. Sanford Bldg, last Sunday to wait for the opening of the Dollar Sale of cars, and to get one of the cars for a dollar. A long wait, but surely worth it! And by the time the sale was to start there were nearly 400 people waiting to get in. resulting in 394 people, who didn’t get a car for a dollar. Fortune teller;. “You are going on a journey and you will meet with good fortune.” Andy Trieb, tireman: (anxiously) “You iViean that when I drive downtown tomorrow, I will find a place to park?” The latest contribution to our spring poet’s column: His brakes were bad and failed to hold And he was In a quandry. The ehoo-choo buzzed around the bend, Now his wife works in a laundry. By Jake Feld.

Two New Parts in Dodge Brothers Motor Car Tell Important Story

Will Be Awarded Driver Who Keeps Up 60-Mile Pace 24 Hours at Speedway. The Stephens trophy, a loving cup donated by Samuel Stephens of Rome. N. Y., has been accepted ay the Indianapolis Speedway Association and put up for competition. The trophy is to become the property of the first manufacturer whose stock automobile, as sold to the public, completes a twenty-four-hour run on the local speedway at an average of more than sixty miles an hour, and thereby covers a distance of at least 1,140 miles or 576 laps of the track during the twenty-four-hour period. “Each test shall be held under the drect supervision of a board of three engineers, members of the Society of Automotive Engineers, to be selected by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, who will be permitted to make any examination of any detail of the stock carpentered,” says the official announcement. “All cars entered must be of stock chassis, of which the manufacturer has made at least 1,000 similar cars, and equipped with a standard Closed body of which at least ten have been sold at regular stock prices on the market. “Each car must have standard ; valve tappet clearance used on regular factory output, with stock pistons and piston clearance. “Fuels used on the test will be standard gasoline purchased by the technical board for the test and every other precaution will be taken to insure the fact that the cars en- ' tered for the tests are absolutely of j stock similar to those for sale to the j public. “Manufacturers wishing to mak° ! the tests shall notify the Indianapo-1 lis Motor Speedway at least ten days before the date desired for the test, depositing the entrance fee covering costs of the actual test, and winners of the trophy are required to deposit a bond covering the time they hold the trophy. After the trophy is won by any manufacturer, it may he transferred to any other manufacturer establishing anew ! record for the distance during the j 24-hour period. The i trials when held autowill come under the * sanction of the American Automobile i Association which will work in cooperation with the Society of Automotive Engineers. A number of entires* have beer, received and will be announced at an early date. Tests

TELLS AN IMPORTANT STORY<— *

The small part typifies hundreds of similar refinements made by Dodge Brothers during the past two years ... endless detailed improvements, never spoken of, rarely observed by the layman, but vitally important in their total effect on performance and dependability. With the new crankshaft many other major improvements could be listed. A new silent-type clutch. Anew two-unit starting system. Smarter and stauncher

Standard Sedan $976; Special Sedan $1,028; De Luxe Sedan $1,161 l*j Delivered

may be made at any time dxcept during May when the track is reserved for the racers.

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Make Your Ford Car Look Like New And Save S3OO The equipment at the price quoted includes the distinctive nifty Radiator shell nickel-plated, Aluminum moulding on cowl, linoleum-covered running boards, mahogany finished Instrument hoard, dome light, Yale lock and lever latches on the doors, rear vision mirror, sun visor, oversize gas tank in the rear with Stewart Vacuum System and Special tire carrier. Upholstering—A higli grade Beaver Velour. The cushions are deep and just so tilled M insure maximum comfort at all speeds. The painting is a rich deep blue of Pyroxylin Enamel. Liberal Allowance for Your Body or Car in Trade Something New—Something Different Distributed by / Swisshelm & Parker 544 E. Washington Street Open Evenings and Sunday

NOTICE THESE TWO PICTURES The small part is anew exhaust valve —now used on all Dodge engines. Also on all fine aeroplane engines. Made of alloy steel, containing Silicon and Chromium, it costs four times as much as the valve it replaces. The other is Dodge Brothers new five-bearing crankshaft. Made of costly chrome vanadium steel. One of the finest shafts in any engine.

F. L. SANFORD COMPANY North Mrisian Stkbkt INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA MAIN 4385-88-B7 stnvict aTATinm 9*19 PAST T R ATT T. RILSY 4362

ROOM FOR MORE ALTOS John W. Prentiss, New York banker, says that there is no such

body design. Bright new colors. Com-fort-tilt seats. New silent-type muffler. New steering ease. Softer pedal action. New air cleaner. Improved engine mounting. New design propeller shaft, differential, axleshafts... and,many others. # Drive the car now! Experience its new zest and flexibility—marked ease of operation — pronounced comfort —and the striking new smoothness and silence of . the motor at all speeds!

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thing as an autqmobile saturation point. He believes there is no limitation in the automotive field.