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THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1928.

SMALLEST. DETAIL, Its camshafts. Each cam on

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HOW CHRYSLER TESTS ALL PARTS.

"TOOTS" AND SUNBURNS.

formance of each has been

elice.

every camshaft is very accurately checked by a specially construct- ed machine, Chrysler being the pioneer in this ingenious method of checking.

PACKARD CARE.

ATTAINING LUBRICATION

PERFECTION,

THE CHINA MAIL,

HOME OF BUICK.

GROWS INTO A BIG

CITY.

FACTORY TRIPS.

New Record in Exports.

NEW INVENTION,

Just outside the famous

The sale of Chrysler cars in

Weather conditions give the Flint, Michigan, home of the laboratories of Chrysler's engin- foreign countries also set a new

automobile According to

manufacturer his Bulek, preacuts one of America's small, sound-proof buikling. In it. C. Morse, director of exports, moment that the owner of a car mant in response to the world de- eering department in Detroit is a record in 1927.

hardest job. At exactly the same most striking Instances of develop- ahricking, shrill automobile Chrysler's 1927 foreign sales horns keep up their continuous amounted to 15 per cent. of the is piloting his machine through mand for motor cars. A village of As company's entire business for the snow drifts in Medicine Hat, with only a few thousand persons when "tooting" day and night. they wear out they are replaced year, a percentage higher than the thermometer 40 degrees be- the Buick, Motor Co. first started! by others, but not until the per- ever before reached. Its exports low zero, the car just ahead of it operations there in 1904, Flint has re approximately 70 per cent. the assembly line at the fac-grown several hundred per cent. mechanically registered for referatead of the 1926 total and 150 tory might conceivably be wend-until to-day it is the second elty in ing its slow way through Broad-Michigan and one of the wonder ber cent ahead of 1925.

Wide Heat Range in Cylinders. Way's traffic. At the same time cities of the United States. They are samples of horns Tests by Chrysler engineers third companion may be rushing As the automobile industry de- Supplied by accessory manufac turers. Under the inflexible rule have proved that the temperature at top speed across the Molayeveloped, Flint gradually became | which applies to every part of an an automobile cylinder changes desert in California, with the the Mecca for hundreds of people theremeter showing 120 de interested in Industrial subjects. produced in the company's plants so well over 3,000 degrees during grees and trying to climb higit Records kept by the Buick Motor or elsewhere, even horns must every power stroke of the pistov, built exactly alike, is expected (2) of visitors every day, indicate that Chrysler car, whether that part is from approximately 400 degrees

Each of the three cara, ul Company which entertains scores perform equally as well as the several thousand persons inspected to contribute to Chrysler owner.tons for all Chrysler six cylinder others, last just as long and new that factory last year.

cars now have Invar steel struts. spite the vast

no more service adjustments, de difference in they combine the advantages of climatic conditions affecting al ight weight alley and cast iron, three. Cold weather has always and have none of the restrictive taken a toll, in wear, from th lisadvantages of either. Their motor car, however. At one mo

He illustrates the heights to How Number. Increased. which Chrysler engineering has ment an automobile engine, after a hundred-frequently make the trip "When we first started to test risen and the insistence on qual-standing for hours in sub-zercit a time. them," says J. E. Fields, Vice-ity, regardless of cost, which fea-temperature, may be almost at President in charge of Chrysler tures Chrysler manufacturing. sales, "the best we could buy Sunburn by Machinery. would not give more than 5,000

undergo a relentless test to assure their reliability and fitness

satisfaction.

This particular test has been conducted nearly four years. One of its results has been 1,900 per cent, improved efficiency of

Chrysler horns,

The horn test is quoted by Mr.

ing effort

Fields as illustrating the unceas- constantly devoted throughout the Chrysler plants to attain perfection in every part of

its cars.

Invar Piston. The aluminium alloy pis-

The Ideal Car.

Its

Buick maintains a regular sche- tule of factory tripa, two of which re rundle cach day. During the

summer months, when automobile ourists are numerous, as many as

Guides are provided to explain very operation, so that the visitor takes away a definite impression not only of the plants magnitude but of the marvellously systematized effort which is producing automobiles.

One of the most recent expansion steps at the Buick factory was the "amous unified Buick assembly line, completed last year. Thousands have come to Flint just to see, this ine at Work. Technical men con- ected with the Industry have term- d it the last word in efficiency, and

adaptations of the Buick plan have been installed in many other fac. orles,

The problem was particularly dif

cold as metal can get. At the next instant, with no preparati Among the many scientific de-of many rotating and other mor for the abrupt change, it is a thing blasts without being lubricated vices used in Chrysler's rigorous ing parts and housing violent or adjusted. By working in our tests of materials for its cars is white hot explosions. laboratories, and in co-operation an ultra-violet ray machine.

For All Weathers, with engineers of horns pro-function is to determine the re-

Practically no lubrication has ducers, we raised the number of sting quality of paints and been offered the engine at these blasts the first year to 25,000 fabrics to fading. So thoroughly periods, although they are inter Our present standard is 100,000 does it reproduce the effect of vals when it is most vitally essen. blasts without attention of any he sun's rays that Chrysler en- tial. Choking necessary to star kind. We are aiming to produce gineers can acquire a Palm Beach the motor when cold, sprays raw a horn with a capacity for 200,000 coat of tan without cost by a gasoline into the cylinders, wit blasts and expect to attain that short exposure to its action.

ing away even the film of cold, point before long,"

A reporter once asked Walter congealed oil left on the cylinder walls from previous running am. Chrysler for his conception of some little time intervenes beforticult of application because of the the ideal motor car. A car with the oil in the crankcase warms liversity of parts which go to make the power of a super-dreadnought sufficiently to reach the cylindersp a motor car. Buick. engineers and the speed of a fleet scout

The Packard Motor Car Com-olved the many sided problem by cruiser." was the answer of the

four famous pany, it is asserted, has found working out a system of conveyors man who built Chrysler Service Expense Low..

means of obtaining the proper The low service expense of Chrysler automobiles to realise lubrication for the engine in the sign, starting each at the plant of every imaginable type and de- Chrysler cars is a subject of com- bis ideal in every one of the four coldest weather which at the which produced the part and end- mon remark anug dealers, who major motor car markets.

same time has only a beneficiang right at the assembly line at the Five Rings Per Piston. say it is less than on any other

One of Chrysler's outstanding the current models of both the

jeffect in the hottest weather. Or xact spot where that particular car they have ever handled re- gardless of price. These reports, contributions to automobile pro-Packard Six and the Packard part was to join the chassis. says J. W. Frazer, Chrysler sales ress during 1927 was the de- Eight a valve in the oll line is the assembly line at one end, and that the materials and workman-ring, used in sets of four., with a pulled out. Oil is carried through gradual steps, the chassis takes on manager, afford practical proof velopment of "Tungtite" piston opened when the choke lever part by part is added until, by ship put into Chryslers, under the fifth ring for oil control, on each tube along the outside of the shape as a motor cax. company's policy of standardised Invar strut piston, instead of the motor block and openings into quality, result in longer life and conventional equipment of two or each cylinder from this tube er ment of mezzanines makes il pas- greater durability,

three compression rings. Advan manifold cause a spray of oil cible to lower such units an engines,

combination be thrown into each pistons. Chrysler's Success Phenomenal.tages of the new

In its four years of production,uve been numerous. They have With this system, an exclusive bove, conserving storage space on Chrysler has achieved one of the S enhanced performance and feature with the Packard, the main floor, and adding to the greatest successes ever recorded assenger enjoyment that this pistons do not have to wait for miciency of the system. Wheels in motor car annals. Chrysler improvement has been hailed as the oil in the motor to heat up are delivered through a series sales for 1927 were more than six one of the most important recent enough to reach them. They get racks which remind one of the times larger than during 1924-steps toward perfection of inadequate lubrication during a Chicago stockyard run-ways. Nov. its first year.

Gains have been ternal combustion engines,

period when normally they would ing chains time the arrival of the made annually at a rate so rapid

wheels exactly as they are needed. that the Chrysler Corporation, "The list of Chrysler owners

All Parts Treated.

Batteries likewise come via a cor

year.

ers in the last two or three years,”

"Who's Who" in Motordom.

have none.

Bare chassis are started leng)

An arcange

transmission and búdies from

of

Carry

which ranked twenty-seventh in literally represents a cross-section The automobile chassis lubri-veyor specially adapted to its first appearance at national of Who's Who in America,' says eating system on Packard cars them. Steering wheels, horns and shows, achieved third place last. W. Frazer, Chrysler sales takes care of the parts of the car various other units have their in-

manager. "Leaders in the coun- which ordinarily suffer from want dividual conveyor accommodation try's social, professional, indus- of lubrication through neglect in Buyers Demand Quality.

A feature of the unified line "An obvious change has been trial, business and sports realma, winter weather. Even in the which has interested most visitors developing among motor car buy, and Navy officers and famous Florida greasing a car is a job too steam-cleaned so that it may be together with a long list of Army bright sunshine of California or is the booth where the chassis is says J. W. Frazer, Chrysler sales res in the nation's political frequently

neglected, either painted. This operation occurs manager. "Buyers are seeking life, are among Chrysler owners." through a distaste for dirt and just after the steering wheel is at

First on the Water Too, quality more than ever before.

grime attending the work, or an tached, and before addition of the Greater quality per dollar is the

Chrysler engines are proving unwillingness on the part of the wheels or the body. unmistakable trend of the times. themselves as powerful and re-owner to part with his car for a

Live steam is introduced to the The strong sales Increase regis-liable on water as on land. tered by Chrysler each year is Chrysler Imperial marine mator, work done at a garage,

The period long enough to have the booth under pressure, washing all introduced in the spring of 1927

grease and dust from the chassis, due in large measure to this ten-

In winter weather, just when which passes into a second booth and now standard equipment on spring bolts and like parts need for the spraying of enamel. This dency of the buying public. was anticipated in the standard-such foremost motor boats as the lubrication the most, crawling quick drying material hardens be- ised quality principle, which ChrisCraft Cadet and the Dodge under a car and greasing the fore the chassis has travelled the underlies the entire manufactur: Watercar. not only set a new re-chassis points is work even the few intervening feet between the ing system of the Chrysler fac-cord for sales in its first year but most hardy will put off.

was a consistent winner in prac

paint spraying booth and the next No matter where, Medicine Hat operation. tically evory racing event it enter-or San Diego, fresh oil is sent to

It requires just 75 minutes to Chrysler sales manager.

in exactly the amount needed Bulek. Redhead Roadsters Popular.

merely by a slight pull on a knob The vogue of the roadster, in- located at the dash. The task is most extensive of any company in the industry. They now number augurated by the smart car of no harder nor more unpleasant 12 units in the United States and this type Chrysler brought out in than the winding of a watch. Canada, devoted to production, its first year, is the Red Head en Packard has even extended the sales and service of Chrysler gine as standard equipment on automatic lubricating system to cars, including large plants in all roadsters of Chrysler's four include the clutch throw out Detroit, Dayton, Ohio, New models. The company's sales bearing, a part that has been body types were announced to-day Castle, Ind, and Windsor and analyses show a remarkable in accorded the treatment of an by the Cadillac Motor Car Com- facilities for assembling and ser-type ear since Young America concerned, since motor cars were reduction in the price range has Walkerville, Ontario. Extensive crease in their demand for this orphan, so far as lubrication is pany, together with price reductions on existing La Salle models. The vice are also located at several discovered the fascination of the first built.

tories."

Chrysler's Many Plants.

Although only four years in according to J. W. Frazer, every part of the Packard chassis transform a bare frame into a finish

production, the Chrysler's manu- facturing facilities are among the

central points in Europe.

Springs Cradled in Rubber. Springs of all Chrysler six cylinder cars are now mounted in

new performance standards of high compression, with which the Red Head led the way.

NEW LA SALLES.

Five new Fisher-built La Salle

been made possible by the produc tion and successful marking of more CHRYSLER SERVICE. EXPENSE than 15,000 La Salles in the past

LOW.

The low service expense

of

nine months, resulting in Increased economies and efficiency of which the benefit goes to the consumer.. Commenting upon the Company's announcement, Lawrence P. Fisher, Company, stated President of the Cadillac Motor Car

"As a result of public acceptance

Modern Requirements, Modern traffic congestion im- rubber, instead of the metal poses new requirements on motor shackles in general use for spring car builders, according to J. W. Chrysler cars is a subject of com suspension. This results in in Frazer, Chrysler sales manager. mon remark among dealers, who creased riding comfort becauseTo meet to-day's needs of the elimination of road shocks must necelerate quickly, respond car they have ever handled, re- a car say it is less than on any other and jars.

to the slightest touch on the gardless of price. These reports, Farmers Buy Chryslers Heavily sicering wheel, be speedy, have says J. W. Frazer, Chrysler sales of Cadillac's companion car and of One of the marked features of quick-acting brakes and be easily manager, afford practical proof the record breaking sales of the new Chrysler's 1927 business was the parkable," he points out that the materials and workman Cadilac introduced in September, large increase of sales in country "Chrysler cars are built to these ship put into Chryslers, under the we have started the biggest pro- districts made by all four of its requirements and at the lowest company's policy of Standardised duetion programme in our history new models. More than half the prices of any cars in their respec- Quality, result in longer life and for 1928. thousands of new dealers apply-tive price groups.”

ing for Chrysler franchises were

located in towns of 10,000 and MORE AUTOS THAN PHONES. less,, according to J. W. Frazer,

greater durability.

In 1927 we produced 25 per cent more cars than in any previous year and our 1928 pro- increase ol gramme calls for an more than 25 per cent. over 1927. Automobile production in France The five new body models added to

FRENCH 1927 OUTPUT.

+

pro-

Chrysler sales manager. He re- Statistics 'compiled by the gards the rural market as espe- Chrysler, statistical division show cially important because of the that there are more motor cars than for the calendar year 1927 is estim.the La Salle line have been heavy proportion of its auto- telephones in use to-day. The auto-ated to be 190,000 units, according duced in response to demand and mobile registrations and the motive Industry now surpasses the to preliminary figures furnished by we anticipate a considerable volume shrewdness and carefulness of steel business, the clothing and the the automotive division of the De- from these new models."

American telephone industry in size. It has partment of Commerce. Camskafts Carefully Tested.

become the world's most important manufacturers will sell during the Chrysler's insistence of accommercial activity except provid-present year in France a total of curacy in manufacture is aptly ing food, clothing and shelter for 1,600 passenger cars and trucks, it illustrated in the manufacture of humanity.

its buyers.

is estimated.

New concrete roads to be laid in Cameron County, Texas, are to he coloured green.

AFTER WE SELL

WE SAVE

BUY A

CHRYSLER

AND

SAVE DOCTOR'S BILL

FREE INSPECTION AND ADVICE. During the first year of a vehicle's life we extend a vehicle's life we extend a “CHRYELER" owner; periodical inspection service to all

some of our leading mechanics will give advice regarding the driving and upkeep of the vehicles without any obliga tion whatever.

THIS IS A SYSTEM WE FIND HELPFUL TO

AND APPRECIATED BY OUR CUSTOMERS.

A. LUNG & CO.

19, Queen's Road, C.

Tel. C. 1219.

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