Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 70, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1934 — Page 4

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HIGHLIGHTS OF AUTOMOTIVE WORLD FOR THE WEEK

SPARK PLUGS OF NEW TYPE BEING SOUGHT Better Ignition Required for Automobile of Modern Make. Spark plugs with a longer life ■nd a greater ability to handle heat are being developed in experiments now being carried on by leading manufacturers, according to a report of studies in this field by F. R. Speed of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation. Improved electrical characteristics, avoiding losses of power and acceleration, are another factor in this advance, which, it was said, will enable the spark plug to function more efficiently over the wider range of operation demanded by the modern engine. Increase specific output of engines has made it more difficult f*r the spark plug to ignite the mixture because greater gas pressure at the spark gap has increased the electrical resistance at that point,’* Mr. Speed points out.

Part of Current Lo'-t “Therefore, more electrical pressure is required to make the spark jump the gap There is also an increased tendency for the electric current to seek an easier path, that is, to short circuit around the spark gap. In addition, electrical losses are greater due to leakage in the system, through the insulator itself, or through carbon deposits on the insulator itself, or through carbon deposits on the insulator or plug body. “Recently a number of improvements have been made in the electrical system, particularly in providing better high tension wires and in arranging them on the engine to prevent electrical losses. Better Insulation Needed "With these improvements, however, it has been found that many spark plug insulators under certain conditions of operation are subject to electrical deterioration to an extent that after a few thousand miles the electrical losses in the insulator itself may be sufficiently great to cause noticeable loss of power and acceleration resulting in unsatisfactory car performance. “Greatly improved insulating materials arc being experimented with by the more important spark plug manufacturers and it is anticipated that within a few months spark plugs of several makes will be available using insulators with greatly improved electrical and thermal characteristics. This should increase the life of spark plugs in a given engine, and generally improve operating characteristics.”

TIRE INFLATION AIDED Shot Placed in Valve Stem Will Permit Air to Enter. A BB shot dropped into the end of the valve stem will help inflate a tire when the valve has been screwed so far into the stem that the airhosc connection will not depress it. The shot, of course, must be removed before replacing the valvestem cap. REGISTRATION DECLINES About 515.D00.000 Lost in 1933 as Auto Use Decreased. There was a decline of 287.839. or 1.19 per cent, in the registration of motor vehicles in the United States in 1933. This decline represented a loss of approximately $10,000,000 in gasoJine taxes and about $5,000,000 in Tegistration fees.

Sturdiness of Plymouth Lauded by Stunt Driver

Lucky Teter Declares No Other Can Stand His Handling. "An accident going some place to happen.” was a bon mot famous in the early teens. It is a good description of a young man from Noblesville who has been startling the men and women of the cast and middle west with his staged automobile smashups. Lucky Teter, they call him. because he always comes up bright and snnlmg after his exhibitions of daring. He will appear at the state fairground Sunday under auspices of Twelfth district posts of the American Legion. Teter deliberately stages accidents. He drives a car around a track at from sixty to seventy miles an hour and then, in front of the grandstand. deliberately turns it over two or three times. Teter straps himself into the driver's seat for the stunt and has escaped serious injury during the nine months he has been stunting. Just for a little extra thrill. Teter drives his car down a chute full speed ahead and plunges the car and himself into a lake or river. The car always turns over and Teter finds himself strapped in the driver's seat, upside down at the bottom of the river. So far he always has been able to extricate himself, although on two occasions he has stayed down more than two minutes when the release to his belt failed to operate properly. Such stunts as jumping a car

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FORD DEALERS VIEW UNIQUE MECHANICAL SIGN AT OPEN AIR SALON

MENACE OF CAS ENDS Blower System Protects Garage Workers Against Monoxide. A garage in New York has eliminated the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning by a blower system with junction boxes at convenient points. Lengths of flexible hose connect these boxes with the exhaust pipe of the car being tested or repaired. Transmission Noise Ends All Dodge transmisison gears even the reverse gear and the reverse idler, have helical teeth operating noiselessly in high, intermeditae, first and reverse. High and second gears are in constant mesh; speed changes between them are made through a small, quick-moving selector collar as silent as the gears.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CHOOSES “YEAR AHEAD” STUDEBAKER

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\ new “year ahead” Studebaker has been chosen by the publicity department of General Electric Company for a tour of major cities to announce the new TVA refrigerator models, according to George Hartwick, head of the Citizens Motor Car Company Indianapolis.

DAYTON TO BE RACING SCENE Middle States Circuit Series to Open on Aug. 12. WASHINGTON. Aug. I.—The first Augus* automobile race in the mid-

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forty or fifty feet from a raised platform and riding a motorcycle through a wall of boards are just everyday happenings to Teter. He Plymouth cars in his demonstrations because he claims no other automobile will stand the punishment he gives them. “My stunts are the best possible demonstration of the durability and safety of Plymouth cars.” says Teter.

Indianapolis Ford dealers and company officials inspecting the new mechanical sign at Thirty-eighth and Meridian streets, which was unveiled this week at the opening of the Ford dealers' open air salon.

Good weather greeted the opening of the Ford Dealers’ Open-Air Salon at Thirty-eighth and Meridian streets Monday night. The salon will open each day the remainder of this week at 10 a. m. and continue until 10 p. m. Thousands of persons already have attended the elaborate display, and many have entered the "Ride and Tell’* contest, according to R. A. Hayes, manager of the Indianapolis branch of the Ford Motor Company. Persons desiring to enter the contest may obtain blanks from any Ford dealer, and will be given a demonstration ride in anew Ford V-8 car. The entrant will write a brief description of the ride, and deliver it at the salon this week. ■ Judges of the contest will be Louis I Schwitzer, president of the Schwit-

die western states championship circuit will be staged at the Dayton tO.) speedway on Sunday, Aug. 12, according to a schedule announced by the contest board of the American Automobile Association, national governing organization of the sport. Following the Dayton event, a 100-mile national championship classic will be staged on Saturday, Aug. 25. in conjunction with the Illinois state fair at Springfield. The Wisconsin state fair at Milwaukee is slated for a sprint program on Sunday, Aug. 26. and again on Thursday, Aug. 30. On Aug. 26 the drivers will race at the Cin-cinnati-Hamilton speedway near Cincinnati. Other events are likely to be added within the next several weeks, according to Ted Allen, contest board secretary. The opening of the night auto racing at the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) speedway on Wednesday, Aug. 8, has been postponed because of the extremely dry weather in that territory. * ’ ' MORE AUTOS SHIPPED Gain of, 42 Per Cent Over June 1933, Made by Hupmobile. Hupmobile shipments last month showed a gain of more than 50 per cent over June of 1933, and are the largest June shipments since 1931. The second quarter’s shipments exceeded last year's similar period by slightly more than 42 per cent. This increase in the company’s 1934 business was shown in a statement issued by Rufus S. Cole, vicepresident and assistant general manager, who pointed out that shipments and unfilled orders on hand as of July 1 equalled approximately 80 per cent of the company's total shipments in 1933. Parts Making Begun The first Japanese company to manufacture automobile parts has Degun operations near Yokohama. Russians Make Cars Soviet Russia, in 1933. produced 40.000 trucks and buses and 9,500 passenger cars.

ORIENTAL MOTORISTS SHUN BLACK AUTOS: THEY PREFER YELLOW Black automobiles rarely are shipped to the Orient. Publictaste there runs to purples, yellows and the like. In some countries they drive on the right side of the road with right-hand drive cars. In other countries they drive on the left side of the road, also with right-hand drive cars. In others they drive on the left side of the road with the driver in the normal left position, while in still others they take the right side of the road with the drivers controls on the right. Such Is the complexity of building automobiles for export.

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zer-Cummins Company, and chairman of the technical committee of the American Automobile Association at the Indianapolis Speedway; Tod Stoops, secretary-manager of the Hoosier Motor Chib and Sid Sullivan, publicity director of L. S. Ayres & Cos. The new motion picture, “Rhapsody in Steel,” is being shown at the salon for the first time outside the Ford Exposition building in Chicago. This picture, with an especially written musical score, has received national attention from critics ’for its unique features. In addition, there is a complete display of Ford V-8 models, and a separate display of cutaway models and motor assemblies. The mechanical sign at the salon is the first of its kind in the United States.

AUTO OUTPUT AIDS BUSINESS Transportation Lines Share Prosperity in First Half of Year. Railroads, boat lines, trucking companies and even air lines greatly benefited by the increased production of automobiles during the first six months of 1934, according to statistics recently analyzed by the Chevrolet Motor Company. During this period, automobile companies sold and registered more than a million passenger cars and trucks in the United States alone. The hauling of raw materials to the various factories and the movement of finished cars and trucks from factory to dealer make the automotive industry one of the greatest contributors to transportation revenue. Chevrolet, according to figures released. uses all channels of transportation in manufacturing, assembling and delivering cars. Three hundred and sixty railroads and numerous boat lines and trucking companies hauled 2.111,798 tons of Chevrolet freight during the first sifc months of 1934. During this time Chevrolet used 96,973 freight cars and the tonnage moved by means other than rail would have required an additional 63,528 freight cars. This one motor manufacturer has thus contributed more than $20,000,000 to the nation's transportation systems. These figures do not include shipments of parts and accessories by airplane, an innovation in the automotive industry which is growing increasingly popular witn dealers everywhere. Informative Sign Posts Sign posts now being erected on English highways not only tell : travelers their directions, but also provide a first aid kit to be used in case of an accident.

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METHOD SAVES TIRE Self-Vulcanizing Possible With Use of Two Chemicals. By applying sparingly a solution of thirty grains of sulphur chloride dissolved in an ounce of carbon disulphide, an ordinary cold tire patch can be made self-vulcanizing. The patch will automatically become vulcanized after the tire has been driven for a short time.

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NEW PEAK IN SALES GAINED BY PLYMOUTH Delivery of 3,544 Cars in One Week Highest by 24 Units. Chrysler dealers set anew alltime high for their deliveries of Plymouth cars in the week ended July 14. They reported retail sales in the United States of 3.544 Plym-

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ouths. which exceeds by twentyfour units the previous high attained in the week ended June 30. Together with the 3.544 Plymouth cars, dealers sold 696 Chrysler cars, a total of 4.240 units for the week. This represents an increase of 10.1 per cent in Chrsler deliveries over the previous week and an increase in Plymouth deliveries of 111 per cent. The combined total is 20 4 per cent above the corresponding week of 1933 and more than three times the volume of the corresponding week of two years ago. For the first twenty-eight weeks of 1934, including July 14. Chrysler dealers reported retail deliveries of 81.023 units. Chrysler and Plymouth representing an increase of 43 5 per cent over the 56.457 units reported in the corresponding twenty-eight weeks of 1933.

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SWING GIVEN TO LIGHTS Brakes Causes Operation of New Safety Device. Anew safety device for night driving is offered in a combination ! stop and tail light which swings when the brakes are applied. The swinging motion of the light attracts more attention than a stationary signal. Oil Leaking Ended The main bearings of the Dodce engine are lubricated by a powerful i pump which forces oil to the j journals through passages rifledrilled through the solid metal of ! the engine block. In that manner ! lubrication is protected and safe.