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BUS HELPS SCHOOL.
There are more than 1,250,000
EVOLUTION OF AUTO.
"Trafic congestion," says a red school children who ride 14,875) Motor vehicle registration in part of the merleau Automobile buses to school daily in the United the United States Increased from Association, "Is that condition" ex- States, according to the American 4 in 1895 to 24,193,124 in 1928, isting on the highway who the Automobile Asseviation. These Fifty-five per cent of the ears are Individual is miable to proceed atf buses cover more than 110,000) in towns with populations less a desired or, legal rațe of speed.” miles daily.
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CANDLE IGNITION
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What TWIN IGNITION Does
THE New Nash Twin-Ignition motor has two hig aircraft spark
T plugs for each cylinder, instead of the ordinary single plug. Both plugs fire simultaneously. The gas vapor is ignited at two points instead of the usual one. One effect is quicker combustion, which produces more power, more speed, much faster acceleration. Another result is more uniform combustion, which helps to create the very noticeable smoothness and rhythm of Nash motor per formance.
And still another result of Twin Ignition is more efficient com bustion, which preventa wasted fuel,
With Twin Ignition, instead of single ignition, higher compression is practical, and the same Nash motor produces 12% more horse. power, 5 miles an hour more speed, and 2 extra miles from every gallon of gasoline.
THE NEW
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929.
COMMON SENSE WITH THE CAR.
Operation-Lubrication and Temperament,
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE.
Motor Engineers' Plan. tion would greatly simplify the
admit that they are at least look. ing into and watching closely the- possibilities of the front wheel drive. Such a potential innovas
engineering problems Involved in rear axle constructon. The hazard of skidding also is anid to be cut down when a motor car is pulled rather than pushed from the rear,
GREATER SAFETY.
With the first quarter of the In the tenth of the fourth series the element of danger as well.dustry enters the second period at
year behind it, the autonibile in of "Radio Talks to Motorists," the They seem to be under the Impres-full speed and with every Indica-
Hopes for Next Year. Vacuum Oil Company's lubrication sion that to be careful and caution that factory facilities will be has planned to come out with a One automobile manufacturer engineers stress the need for a tous shows timidity or a lack of atrained to their utmost capacity front wheel drive this year, but" study of the car one is driving, jnerve. and of a complete understanding," To get the very best results from for weeks to come. January and has delayed his plans to work out if such It could be termed, between a motor car from a driving stand months, ak no doubt March will be probably see a few of those en- February were record breaking improvements. Next year will driver and car.
point to secure the greatest How many of as operate our amount of pleasure for yourself found to have been, with a final gineering efforts ready for ap motor cars as if they were really and comfort for your passengers: Larers. This will be sure to show
check-up by the various manufac|proval. a part of ourselves? Do we feel one must acquire a delicate touch figures for the initial quarter of ing engineers something to shoot In an effort to give their design- that synchronism-that perfect on both the clutch and brake
· manufacturers harmony-which should exist be-pedals. We have ali noticed at 1929 that will surprise the mant tween the "thing of atcel" and our-times cara almost jump for two or demands for cars of all makes and wherein automobiles now
ufacturers themselves. Spring throughout the winter to And out. selves? Some years ago-before three feet when starting off. This prices are surpassing any similar have failed to satisfy. It develop- motor cars were as common as practice throws a tremendous sud-) they are to-day-one would often den strain on all parts, from the period in history. hear the expression: "He is a clutch to the rear wheels-prob- good horseman;" and that was one ably five times the strain that is and their engineers jealously average, the owners generally of the highest compliments one exerted when pulling steadily upperiments, not a few of them will
guard the nature of their ex- wera antisfied;
Seventy-nine per cent, of the | answers to. 600 questionnaires
Tremendous Strains,
attempted
in use
ed that although the cars in use While automobile manufacturers wore several years old on the
could say of another in the realm steep hill. A piece of campion of sport. An analysis of this string will suspend a pound weight and go a long way towards reported body mallsfaction. Riding expression would develop the fact indefinitely, but lift the weight up liminating all those aggravating qualifications were classified as that "he" had his heart and soul a tle way and let it drop and expensive repairs which so good by 81 per cent. of the owners; in horsen-and that there was denly and the string will bej some kind of a bond between the broken.
frequently become an unwelcome steering qualities good by 78 per necessity to the motor car which cent; brukes satisfactory to only iwo. He had the faculty for con
has been operated in an ill-advised 55 per cent; engines satisfactory trol of such naimals, and The rear axle of your ear, the manner. So, tune up-get yourself by 81 per cent; 70 per cent. thoroughly sensed their whims, diferential mechanism, the drive in tune with the engine, the clutch found the gear shifting good. temperaments, and peculiarities, shaft universal joints, and trans-accelerator, Brake, and car as a and could develop in them permission are all designed with formance to the extreme degree-high factor of safety, and wil calculated to cause your friends to whole, and operate it in a manner 2425 animal under his direction stand tremendous. strains with remark, "He is a good driver." would behave and answer instin-applied evenly and continuously, elively every wish of its rider.
but when the ear is jerked ahead) from a standstill by harsh mani-f pulation of the clutch pedal alt
Its Off Days, "What has that to do with motor cars?" you say. A motor car these meinbera have to absorb the simply a thing of steel, inanimate momentum of a heavy fly-wheel without that power of compelling suddenly, much the same as the affection. Well, that may be true piece of string subjected to the In an actual physical sense, shock of the fulling weight. This course, but did you ever see sort of careless clutch manipula- locomotive engineer pat his engine tion carried on over a period of affectionately after a hard run? time works lintoid damage, and Almost any locomotive engineer may be the cause of a serious will tell you that his charge hae breakdown some time when leist its whima-its off-days and its expected, and, of course, such a good days-its fits of temper and breakdown will happen, as usual,] such like. It is also a well-known when
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fact that some engineers can get where are "miles from any better resulta out of their engines, than others would if placed in 'the driving that will pay one well te There are many little nieeties of Bame cab.
Why is that? It is because the added pleasure in driving, both to acquire. They will give much more eflcient man has had mare yourself and your friends-wil}; years of experience. Not aladd a factor of safely to the trip
tovether that. But he had allowed. the great mechanism of fron and] steel to become a part of himself, As if were, "The thing of steel"; seems to feel and respond to thei master's touch. How true all thisi is,, too, of motor car driving. There are many drivers whof operate their cars over Jong periods of time without much! actual trouble or expense. The machines always seem to be inj tune, always ready to respond, and yet the owners drive just as hard and just as far as many others whose results are not at #1F Kratifying. But they do it all in such a different way. for Jone thing, when driving they keep theirj Iears in perfect balauru. If I could| take you down, to the corner- 14| the intersection of two well! travelled streets-I could maket my meaning onite sai. Leannot) do it actually but let us pay a psondo, visit, anyway.
Two Examples,
Here comes in fairly farze tour-} ing ear, with six people aboard. probably running about 30 miles
hour. The driver intende making the turn. He slows down some, of course; but evidente nat enough,, because you will notice that those in the rear seat arej catapulted to the far side with quite some force. Now, probably this did not entail much of # strain on the chassis in general, Thut its effect is noticed after; several thousands of such turna. And how about the tyres? They Buffer severely under such side strains and skidding tendencies, to say nothing of the discomfort of the passengers who are being bounded around in their seats this, way and that. Now watch this other car make the game turn. happen to know this driver, andi iranly to watch him perform in an inspiration in itself. His car fe just as heavy, he is making about the same speed, and he also is carrying six passengers.
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In the first place he doesn't wait until the last minute before apply-i ing his brakes; neither does he apply them as if he were jamming) on an emergency lever of some Sort. In making the turn the Inside wheels take the lower partį of the road near the gutter, and the car swings around and into. the straightway without being out of balance for a second, much the same as a Pullman car. takes; a curvo-the outer rall is slightly higher than the inside rail, the curve is hunked.
Continued Good Service.
I have been asked repeatedly': "If I never drive over 25 miles an hour should my car not give long continued good service ?". Yes, it should, but it also depends a great deal on just how su drive -the bumps, the bules and other hazards which appear suddenly in front of you at times. Then, too, there are lots of folks who just; naturally like to ride rough-shad. over everything-do not slow up even for railway crossings. course, this kind of driving is nol) only injurious to the car, but adds'
Of
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motive engineers themselves.
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