Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 231, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1933 — Page 16

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Terraplane Companion Car Larger Eight-Cylinder Model Is Displayed With Line of Sixes. Two new cars, a Terraplane eight and anew Hudson Super-Six, have been added to the Hudson line for 1933. Five chassis models represent a total of thirty-one body types, covering the entire range from the lowest up. Two cf the chassis, a six and an eight, are Terraplanes and the other three arc Hudsons; one of them a six an! the other two are eights. The Terraplane Six is anew edition of the Hudson car which made its entrance into the low priced field last July. The Hudson eights are now provided on two wheelbase lengths, 119 and 132 inches. Has 94-Horse Power The Terraplane eight has a horse power for every twenty-eight pounds of car weight and the engine develops 94-horse power. Wheelbase is 113 inches. The three-point motor suspension is rarried on a box girder motor secfon. The engine, clutch, transmission, propeller shaft and axle act together as a driving element independent of and insulated from, the unit steel body and chassis structure. Available on the new eight-cylin-der chassis is a complete range of bodies comprising a sedan, coach, two-passenger coupe, four-passenger coupe and convertible coupe. A lower price six-cylinder Hudson Super-Six has been added to the line this year on a 113-inch wheelbase. Anti-Stalling Device The engine develops 70-horse power at 3,200 r. p. m. Incorporated Is anew, two-piece aluminum and iron cylinder head. Other features of the engine are thermostatic heat control, improved intake manifold, automatic accelerator pump, anti-flood choke, intake silencer, anti-backfiring device, etc. Auto-Lite starting, lighting and ignition are used and the Startix automatic cranking and anti-stall-ing device is also standard equipment. The ignition distributor, driven by a vertical shaft with the oil pump at the bottom and the distributor at the top, is a special feature of design. Full automatic advance is supplied. Pistons of Aluminum Aluminum alloy pistons, in the new Do Soto Six, are of the Isotherm type, with a ventilated bridge and reinforced head. All pistons are measured for size and weight and balanced in sets *>f six.

Robinson Automobile Cos. 1018 N. MERIDIAN ST. announce their appointment as authorized dealers for BUICK and PONTIAC in Indianapolis We welcome the opportunity to join The Central Buick Cos., 2917 Central Ave., in this city in selling and servicing these cars, and to associate with two of the most successful organizations in the automotive field.

THE NEW BUICK FOR 1933 This year’s Buick Straight Eight . . the finest Buick ever built... is the logical result of 29 years of sound, reliable building. Smart new wind-stream styled bodies by Fisher . . . greater driving ease and riding comfort . . . simplified control. . . Fisher No Draft Ventilation . . . these and a host of other new and improved features enable the new Buick to give even more and better miles of fine, reliable motoring. And the moderate price of a big, roomy 1933 Buick sedan will be a revelation to you and your family! All models available on G. M. A. C. terms.

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NEW GRILLES ON AUBURN TWELVES

View of Auburn’s symmetrical front-end design and new treatment of the radiator grille on the twelve-cylinder salon models.

Low-Priced Air Cooling Introduces $1,385 Olympic, Supercharged With 100-Horse Power. Powered by an air-cooled, supercharged, airplane-type engine, the Franklin Automobile Company is exhibiting for the first time its Olympic model with a base price of $1 385. This lower-priced model, offering aircooling to anew market of buyers, rounds out the 1933 line. In the next higher bracket is the Franklin Airman, and then the Franklin twelve,

with a 150-horse power engine. The engine is of aviation construction, with liberal use of aluminum or aluminum alloys, including aluminum crankcase, aluminum cylinder heads, aluminum pistons and duraluminum. The Olympic is the companion car for the Airman and twelve. Styling of the bodies conforms to the modern streamlining practice of the airplane, from the slanting hood front to the sloping windshield and the contoured rear section. Built for Hills With its engine producing one horse power for every thirty-four pounds of car weight, the Olympic has been built for hill climbing and quick acceleration. Operation of the supercharger forces the mixture into equal quantities into each cylinder under pressure developed by the turbine pooling fan. It is also designed for fuel economy. The Olympic includes the syncromesh shifting principle, helical gears for silent transmission, and free wheeling, and is equipped for the road with five wire wheels, lull-bar bumpers, twin herns, double windshield wipers, a safety glass windshield, universal sun shield, cigar lighter and other conveniences. Airman Next Higher In the next higher price range comes the Franklin Airman. It is a larger car than the Olympic, having 132-inch wheelbase and sixtyinch tread. In addition, the Airman design features full elliptic springs, front and rear. The Franklin twelve has been de-

signed by Le Baron and has a 150horse power, air-cooled, supercharged, airplane type engine w'ith ; the double high axle available. The driver is enabled, by the mere flip of a lever on the dash, to utilize a ratio of 5.1 to 1 for traffic opera- | tion and extreme hill climbing abil- ; ity, or a ratio of 3.4 to 1 for uncommon smoothness and quietness at higher road speeds. CHEVROLET TOPS FIELD FOR YEARS During 1932, for the fourth time in the last six years, the Chevrolet Motor Company built and sold more automobiles than any other manufacturer in the world. The company's total production last | year exceeded 400,000 cars and ! trucks, and complete registration covering the domestic market for ; the first ten months of 1932 indicate that Chevrolet registered in ‘the neighborhood of 50.000 cars more than the second leading make. FRANKLIN REDUCES PRICES ON TWELV.ES Prices of the new' Franklin tw’elvecylinder air cooled cars have been reduced on the five-passenger sedan to $2,885, from $3,885 last year; the seven-passenger sedan to $2,985, the club brougham at $2,885 and the limousine to $3,185, all prices f. o. b factory.

THE PONTIAC ECONOMY STRAIGHT EIGHT The Pontiac Economy Straight Eight is a big car 3265 pounds (4-door Sedan). Far beyond anything in its price class, this Pontiac gives you comfort —big car comfort. The inherently smooth and quiet Straight Eight engine develops 77 horsepower produces 78 real miles an hour. Yet the new Pontiac Economy Straight Eight costs no more to buy—to own to operate than many smaller, less powerful cars. $585 and up, f. o. b. Pontiac, special equipment extra. Easy G. M. A. C. terms.

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Chevrolet Leans Toward More Automatic Car Manual Controls on Dashboard Eliminated; Engine Starts by Depressing Gas Pedal. Chevrolet's 1933 cars reveal longer wheelbase, new “aer-stream" styling, more power and speed, coupled with economy, larger and lower Fisher bodies, with new Fisher ‘'no-draft” ventilation, shatterproof glass ; in windshield and ventilators, cushion-balanced motor mounting, improved freewheeling plus synchromesh transmission, w r ith silent second gear, and a "starterator" for simplified starting.

The new models, with longer and wider bodies, represent a larger and more extensively improved car than any annual Chevrolet model since the car was changed to a six in 1928. While retaining the six-cylinder motor in all its fundamentals, the wheelbase has been extended to 110 inches. Engine Stepped Up The engine has been stepped up in horse power to sixty-five, mainly through lengthening the stroke, offering a present displacement of 206.8 cubic inches and delivering a top speed of well over seventy miles per hour. In appearance the car differs radically from any previous Chevrolet model, the "aer-stream” styling representing a medium between conventional stream-lining and modified "tear drop” design. The motif of the new leaning Vtype radiator is carried out through slanting hood doors and sharply slanted windshield pillars on to the rear end. where an extension of the rear body panel sw'eeps outward and downward, screening the gasoline tank and the axle and undercarriage of the car. Car More Automatic Skirted fenders follow the line ot the front and rear tires and a lower running board conceals all working mechanism. The engineers have eliminated several "gadgets.” Three fewer controls are employed in the new' car than in last year’s model. The starting button has been eliminated and a “starterator” added, by means of which the motor starter is engaged simply by depressing the accelerator pedal. This is provided with an auto- ‘ matic cutout, so that the motor operating the pedal performs only as an accelerator. The motor may be restarted without removing the foot from the accelerator, the hands from the steering w'heel or the eyes from the road ahead. New Spark Control A manual spark control has also been eliminated in favor of a twoway automatic control w'hich provides for accurate spark adjustment, throughout the speed range, regardless of w'hether the engine is pulling through deep sand or coasting on concrete. The heat control button also has been replaced by an automatic control, operated by a thermostat. The closed Bodies-by-Fisher embody the no-draft ventilation feature, w'hich permits of greater air

access without drafts and prevents rain or snow from entering the body. Windows are longer and lower, affording better visibility. A broad moulding marks the bodies just below the window' line of various models. Hardware is all new and chrome plated. The door locks consist of push buttons which reveal at a glance whether or not all doors are locked. The fingertip seat control has been extended even to the coach this year. The windshield is slanted at a sharper angle to reduce sun glare and thus add to the safety features. The windshield wiper is now concealed, and provision made in the header board for installation of a second wiper on the right side. All windshields have shatterproof safety glass which may be broken but will leave no sharp, jagged edges. The instrument panel is of airplane type, with the instrumens and controls grouped in an oval panel of semi-modernistic design in | the mode of the highest priced cars. All instruments are open-faced, so ! that they may be read at a glance. | The free wheeling control button j remains on the left side of the in- | strument panel, within easy reach lof the driver. The instrument board is finished in simulated mahogany. All Safety Glass Studebaker is offering safety glass in all windows and windshield as | standard equipment at no extra cost.

'!* THE NEW jj-| || | j |^F0 R 1933 maze Amesiiccm J/niMtuti&nd- % The New Buick body types have beautiful Bodies by Fisher, Valve-in-Head Straight Eight Engine Cushioned in Rubber and Fisher No Draft Ventilation • Individually-Controlled All Buicks may be purchased on liberal G. Af. A. C. terms. WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM ... A General Motors Value * Robinson Automobile Cos. Central Buick Cos. 1018 N. Meridian St. 2917 Central Ave. 1 Phone Riley 3347 Phone Talbot 1300

OLDS DISPLAYS SNAPPY NEW COUPE AT SHOW

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Oldsmobilc five-passenger touring coupe.

Hupp Conquers Car’s Sidesway Eliminator Is Installed on New Eights. Among innovations to be found in 1933 automobiles is the sidesway eliminator on the two new Hupmobile eights. The sidesw'ay eliminator consists of a spring steel bar. one inch in diameter, which operates to resist angular motion between rear axle and frame. It is mounted across the frame at a rear member in two rubber bushings, and is fitted with an arm at each extremity. Adjustable rubber mounted links connect from two ends of these arms to the rear axle. STUDEBAKER SHOWS TRUCK WIDE RANGE Studebaker is showing this year a complete line of high pow'er, low' priced truck chassis. There are four chassis models ranging from the 1 -ton model, the new 1% to 2 1 - 2 - ton chassis to the 3 to 4-ton units. The variable rating given these units is dependent upon road loads and operating conditions.

Lots of Miles Floating Power Runs Two Billions. Floating power, the method of engine mounting aimed to eliminate power stock from an automobile, has already been proven by approximately two billion miles of driving, according to figures compiled by Plymouth Motor Corporation. Floating power was introduced on Plymouth cars early in July, 1931. At this year's national automobile show it continues to be an outstanding feature of De Soto. Dodge, Chrysler and Plymouth cars. Approximately by a quarter of a million floating power Plymouths are now being driven by motorists throughout the world. Figuring an average month's driving at 800 miles and. with this basis, calculating the number of Plymouth cars sold month by month since the original floating power Plymouth was announced. the service statisticians arrived at the' stupendous figure of two billion miles. The Chevrolet Motor Company was twenty-one years old on Nov. 2. 1932.

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Size Added to Olds; Power Also Greater Sixes and Eights Have Good System of Ventilation. r T'HE new Oldsmobilc six and A straight eight are lower, with windstream lines flowing from the sloping radiator grills to the rear quarters. Body construction represents anew treatment to distinguish the cars. They are larger, roomier, more powerful, speedier. Both incorporate the patented Fisher No Draft individually controlled ventilation system. Front-end treatment of the eight shows slender chromum bars arranged n herring-bone style to com- ! pose the radiator grill, which is V-shaped with a slight forward curve at the base. | The radiator shell is lacquered to j match the color of the bodies and ; has a chromium moulding outlining j its inner edge. The individuality of the six is em- ! phasized by a close mesh radiator grill of chromium finish, behind | which the radiator core is conj coaled. Bullet typo headlamps are I mounted on windstream standards. Front fenders are deeply skirted : their curves at the side meeting | those of the radiator shell, then flow j down to the running board level. | The rear fenders also are balI anced, closely following the contour lof the wheel. A skirt on the rear fenders has a metal lining that conceals the rear chassis parts from view. All other parts of the chassis formerly exposed are also concealed to add to the newly attained picture of unity of design. Windshield and pillars slope backward. Twin Sun Visors Two adjustable sun visors are | standard equipment on all Rockne i Six closed models.