Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 231, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1934 — Page 19

FEB. , 1931

PONTIAC ADDS POWER; LESS FUEL NEEDED Seven Windstream Bodies Comprise Line for This Year. The 1934 Pontiac—successor to the straight eight of last year—although larger, faster and more powerful than before, remains a low-priced straight eight, asserts O. F. Wampler, manager of the Indianapolis zone offices. Several improvements In motor design result in a 10 per cent improvement in economy. Seven smart new windstream bodies have been created by Fisher.

With the motor dev e 1 oping 84brake horse power —seven more than in last year s car —the 1934 PoQtiac accelerates with silent pickup and attains road speed of more than eighty miles an hour. Indepe n and e n t "knee action’’ suspension of the front wheels is largely responsible for Pontiac’s improvement in rid-

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Ing comfort, especially for rear-seat passengers. Other contributing factors are increase in wheelbase to 117*4 inches, increase in car weight to 3.455 pounds < for the four-door sedan*, low pressure tires of larger diameter and longer, roomier bodies, rubber-mounted on anew type K-Y frame of tremendous strength. In Pontiac's new front-end spring design, the conventional front axle j and front leaf springs are eliminated, effecting a reduction in unsprung weight and rendering it virtually impossible for road shock to deflect the front wheels from the line in which the car is traveling. C hange to "Soft" Springs The suspension, eliminating the conventional method of attaching the front axle to the frame through leaf springs which had to be given I considerably greater strength than the rear springs to prevent steering deflection by road shock, now permits use of equally "soft’’ springs front and rear. Asa result the car rises and falls gently over road obstacles without shock or pitching. An automatic stabilizer reduces body sway. Bendix brakes, simple in design, which multiply pedal pressure many fold. afford additional driving safety. Even with the brake shaft sawed completely in two —the rigorous French government test—the car still can be braked on all 'our wheels by using the emergency hand lever and the foot p?dal. The emrgency. incidentally, is not merely a rear wheel parking brake —it operates on all four wheels and provides braking power beyond that of the foot pedal. Vibration Reduced Due to the strength built into the motor and the balancing of all moving parts, the road speed of the car can be advanced in one-mile stages throughout its entire speed range with only a slight trace of vibration. A larger harmonic balancer guards the seventy-one-pound crankshaft against torsional vibration. The heavy cylinder block, with deep, rigid crankcase, short stroke and main bearings supported by five solid webs cast into the block, provide other factors which contribute toward the smoothness of the motor. Pontiac's compression has been raised to anew ratio of 6.2 to 1. A new type of cylinder head, carrying cooling bosses above all valves, permits the use of regular grades of fuel under this high compression. Fuel Economy Attained Although the engine develops greater power, the 10 per cent saving in fuel consumption has been effected by the efficient new cylinder head and by the new method of vacuumatic spark control, operated bv the vacuum in the intake manifold. Regardless of load or speed, this vacuum spark control times the cylinder explosions at the instant which each piston reaches the top of its compression stroke. The gaselector. another economy feature, enables the owner to make a manual adjustment of the spark which obtains the last ounce of power and economy from any grade of gasoline used. Starting Simplified Winter starting has been made extremely easy by adoption of a larger seventeen - plate. 167 - hour storage batten.’ and by a generator of 50 per cent greater charging capacity. Electrical controls have been simplified. The starter control is nowoperated by the accelerator pedal. As long as the engine is operating. it is impossible for the starter to engage. When stalled in traffic, only one movement of the foot is needed to get the car underway. OUTLOOK FOR TRUCK SALES HELD BRIGHT Chevrolet Official Expects Unusual Activity. Prospects even more favorable than those confronting the passenger car market for 1934 promise a year of unusual activity in the commercial car and truck fields, according to W. E. Holler, general sales manager of the Chevrolet Motor Company. Building and construction work long delayed, public works projects requiring trucks and replacement of ‘Obsolete equipment deferred during the last four years all help to swell the normal outlook for this year. • To meet the anticipated demand the Chevrolet company now has on display at dealerships the countryover three distinct lines of trucks and commercial cars. The first line consiata of commercial car bodies of half-ton capacity, on a wheelbase af 113 inches. The other lines are I*4-too trucks on both 131-inch and 157-lneh wheelbases. Upward of forty different body types are available.

REGISTRATION FEES CUT Redactions Set in Thirteen States Daring 1933. Thirteen states reduced the registration fee for passenger cars during 1933. and the New Year finds several other states preparing to take similar action as a means of encouraging car ownership and use and thereby maintaining tax revenues, according to the American Automobile Association.

Redactions Set in Thirteen States ‘ IBKjB 11 - Jitv'ed the r*gts{"A I V if) V; , /l-ftfcf*, , j'Sk Mk k 7 h. BNs Association. | c=rh " ~^ vk K Vi Three members of General Motors family for 1934. The two-door Pontiac, with straight-eight engine, and, Instant Reading of Dials Possible j The instrument panel on the new Tim 6 in Markfit. . No two American cities have iden I plane practice. The dials canbe E | oj t

The most voluminous member of the family, Chevrolet; model shown is the de luxe coup.

Radical Improvements . Made in New Plymouth

Front Wheel Springing Is of Individual Type; Engines Larger. Two new Plymouth models, the six and the De Luxe six, both radical in improvements and newly styled are on display at the automobile show this week. The De Luxe model has all of the improvements of its lower-priced companion car, plus de luxe features. The cars have anew type of individual front-wheel springing with coil springs of anew molybdenum steel declared to be practically unbreakable under severe tests; more powerful 77-horse power motors, with floating power engine mountings; smart new bodies of low, rakish design; new interiors, with luxurious trim, and many other style and mechanical advantages. Both retain basic Chrysler Motors engineering features, including hydraulic self-equalizing brakes and new all-steel bodies reinforced with steel. The Plymouth six is offered in four attractive body styles—the four-door sedan, the two-door sedan. business coupe and rumble seat coupe. Wheelbase is 108 inches. The De Luxe Plymouth is announced in five body styles—the four-door sedan, the two-door sedan, the business coupe, rumble seat coupe and convertible coupe-road-ster. Wheelbase is 114 inches. New Features Abound There are more than twenty-one new features and improvements on the new Plymouth cars, including: Independent front wheel springing; new springing system banishes wheel shimmy and “wheel fight,” and in addition to the new system of individual springing the new cars have exclusive shockless cross - steering. A bigger, 77-horse power motor, which combines sparkling performance with economy. This is accomplished through motor refinements and downdraft carburetion. An aluminum cylinder head is available as extra equipment on both models, increasing the horse power to 82. Ventilation Is New Anew ventilating system. Both the Plymouth Six and the De Luxe model have anew type of “coil wind” windshield. A small handle directly above the center of the instrument panel opens the windshield with a twist of the wrist. There also is a cowl ventilator. In addition the De Luxe Plymouth Six has side window vents which are declared to be the last word in ventilation. They may be adjusted to any angle to control air currents, and when desired they can also be lowered with—or without—the entire window out of sight into the door itself. There also are two rear window vents on the De Luxe closed models. The efficiency of four-wheel selfequalizing hydraulic brakes have been further improved, with the braking area increased by a third on the De Luxe models. Bodies of Safety Steel The safety-steel bodies reinforced with steel have also been strengthened to an even greater degree through several structural design improvements incorporated for the first time in thb new cars. Airwheel tires are optional as extra equipment on the Plymouth Six and standard equipment on the De Luxe Plymouth Six. Anew attractive all-steel. artillerv-type wheel is also standard equipment on the De Luxe models, with wire wheels available if desired Anew transmission, quiet in all forward speeds, is now standard on all models. Refinements have been made in the floating power engine mountings, which make the Plymouth motor even smoother than before. Greater steering ease is achieved with a roller bearing steering system The new steering ratio now is 18 4 to 1. The clutch has been redesigned, so that it gives softer pedal action and needs but slight pressure for operation. There is an automatic compensator on the de luxe models. Wired for Radio Plymouth cars are factory-wired for radio. The new I-head sixcylinder Plymouth motor is designed to achieve a far greater degree of silence through the use of an improved silent tming chain and aluminum alloy pistons. Further adding to the riding ease of the new cars are rubber-cored shackles on the front ends of all rear springs and "Silent U” threaded shackles on the other end of the springs. The rubber eliminates any need for lubrication and is rattlefree, and the -Silent U” shackles permit free action at the rear ends of the springs, yet always hold them in perfect alignment. Both models have anew coil wind windshield. There is a handle jus above the center of the instrument panel, with which the driver can open the windshield easily with

PONTIAC, BUICK AND CHEVROLET . . . THREE POPULAR MEMBERS OF GENERAL MOTORS FAMILY

a few turns. The windshield itself opens on a section of coiled steel. There also is a convenient cowl ventilator.

NEW PIMMI AUTO SHOW FEATURES NEW AND OF RIDE NOTSPRINGS ALONE.. .A MOLE NEW CAR BUILT FOR BETTER BIDING! •|£, Nine new Body Types, all with Individual Front Wheel Bj Br'gr , jjßßßft R B ft *2 Springing and 77-horsepower engine. De Luxe Models • % feature 114-inch wheelbase, Airwheel tires, and new, jf| perfected all-weather ventilation. n' OIF ’ IBBSf i ABw BSHBI Est, -mIIhM ft <1 ft fft ft®ft. This year —it’s the rile that Seventy-seven horsepower to carry counts. No body questions that. ping up the hills! Sev< ftgft a^^MftflftMftlßftjfftE^'^fl^^flj But this year— get all the ride that's seven horsepower to give smooth, coming to you! . . flowing response to every foot-touch and evenly B over ruts,\>umps, cob- is the only low-priced car with the .*1 '..wM bles, car-tracks—any kind of road unbeatable combination^ of Floating / \ AMfmrA’s biggest i.ownew feature in <?//models —even in draulic welded into one piece of steel! seat’s a—the ame stufdy! ings give to Plymouth. nomical six as last year-but with All bodies are Safety-Steel-steel existence i t has fewest parts. It MBBI Upended. Airmuch more power. reinforced with steel! Long life and savesmoney f or owners _ guarantees H tJMZ, i wheel are a.andard •• . | iV> 1 results in smoother braking action. \ r* / N l A ride in Plymouth will tell you \ ,r/A\ 1 :1 St IsITM L H s prmg; ng— an and about bloating \ JPBF/ ' """*’ ' ' \ |V ; Power, safety-steel body and hydrau- \ jlmM ‘ witnpLilS I Li i lie brakes. . j | I believe that this new j; The De Luxe Plymouth, for instance, 11 1931- Plymouth Six is the a * I \ / is the biggest car in the low-price \ - ■TT***'- 'r V ■ Jfu ■M I field—ll4-inch wheelbase. It has Air- best engineered car in the wheel tires as standard equipment, lore price field. .■ ■■■&&&:. - | smart, new, artillery-type steel wheels and all-weather ventilation. /7 * Any Dodge, DeSoto or Chrysler dealer will give vou a ride in a ' / iffDiviDt’AL WHEEL SPRINGING dim,*- Plymouth without the slightest v heel has its o.n coil spring a, B BHil fftk cost, bee the nearest dcalc-r today! [L = =— —= I arh can take its ov* n humps. This • S springing is standard on all mMflflH|ft| PERFECTED Ml W EATH ER VENTILATION I \ * I i jVfl jj j t|jL![LlJi (On all l>e Luxe Plymouth*.) The %hole V jaS front vindow ran he dropped out of ■* sight, out of the way, and the windshield ; l || S H B * VW|Br jg jWB if crank! No to yet full breezes when you want them. jj 11 *■ Jf 1 1 U| Ijtl B HoNT WAIT. . SEE PHMOUMAT THE AUTO SHOW TODAY!

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Protects Glass Lefore the blade of the windshield w-iper is brought into action, the windshield should be wiped off with a soft cloth to prevent the scratching of the glass. Road and Auto Ratio There are eight cars for every mile of road the United States.

Three members of General Motors family for 1934. The two-door Pontiac, with straight-eight engine, and, right, the popular five-passenger Buick sedan.

INSTRUMENT PANEL OF HUPP COPIES AIRPLANE Instant Reading of Dials Possible • With New Arrangement. The instrument panel on the new series of Humobile follow-s airplane practice. The dials can be read instantly. A glance of the eye discloses the full visioned aero-type instruments grouped with the two large dials. The speedometer occupies the dial to the left. The ammeter, electric gasoline gauge, engine temperature indicator and oil pressure gauge are located on the right hand side. The push-button type magnetic starter switch is located conveniently at the left of the panel. The throttle and carburetor choke control, ignition and lighting switches, cigaret lighter and ash receiver all are mounted in the center of the panels. A full si?e glove and package compartment is located at the right.

Always Slow Bombay Insists on Own Time in Market. EMPLOYES of General Motors, India, Ltd., warn motorists that the clock on Bombay’s principal market is alw-ays thirty-sev-en minutes slow-. The city government persists in maintaining what is known as ‘‘Bombay local time,” w-hile the rest of the city follow-s standard time, which is thirty-seven minutes faster. *• Chevrolet Trains Workers To assure an adequate supply of highly skilled labor required for the precision machines used in building Chevrolets, the company maintains two apprentice schools where young men receive specialized training while on the pay rolls.

EVERY CITY DIFFERS IN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS Harvard University Bureau Lists Factors Involved. No two American cities have identically similar traffic problems. Relation of central business district to residential district, shopping district and wholesale or manufacturing sections is a controlling element in this respect, says the Erskine traffic bureau of Harvard'university. Motoring habits in different cities are likewise unexpectedly different, engineers find. While in one city many persons motor to work, in an adjacent city few do. In the mater of parking, for example, Los Angeles has extremely little curb space in the central business district and New York has a large amount; but in off-street j facilities the situations are reversed, i

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LINCOLN ORDERS RUNNING AHEAD OF PRODUCTION Two New Models Powered With Same Engine of 160-Horse Power. Well started on what promises to be the most satisfactory season sine# 1929. Lincoln Motor Company comes i to the automobile show with a com--1 prehensive display of two new Lin- ; coins for 1934. First presented in mid-December | at showings in New York and principal cities throughout the couni try. the new Lincolns, according to Edsel B. Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, already have won such recognition as a result of these displays and their presentation at ' the national automobile show that retail orders accepted by Lincoln dealers already are running well ahead of factory production. In addition to the displays at th# show the new Lincolns also are on view at the salesrooms of the Browning Gent Company, 1001 North Meridian street, Lincoln dealers here. The new Lincolns, one with a 136inch, the other with a 145-inch wheelbase chassis, are both powered by- a single 160-horse power twelvecylinder V-type engine. Development of the engine to the point where decision was reached to standardize upon the single engine design for both chassis marks on# of the important mileposts in Lincoln engineering progress. Twenty-one body types are listed in the new Lincoln series eight