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THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929.

AAN THE MOTORISTS' PAGE A

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IN PARIS SALON

Cutaway Engine Displays

(From a Special Correspondent)

Paris, Oct. 3. Two of the most interesting dia. plays at the Paris automobile salon in the Grand Palais are cutaway engines of the world champion Studebaker President Eight and the Director Eight.

PRIZE-CONTEST

Automobile Chamber Of Commerce

SPECIAL ALLOYS

For Modern Motor Cars

The National Automobile Cham-

One of the most important factors ber of Commerce annually holds contributing to the dependability prize-competitions for the pupils. performance of the modern car and teachers of elementary schools la the progress made in the in the U.S. In this manner an development of new ateels and deavour is being made to have steel alloys. To achieve maximum school-children take a greater in strength, long wear and light weight | terest in Street Traffic Problems in automoblie steels, metallurgists and Regulations with a view to or the industry have created many bringing about thoughtfulness and special alloys to meet the strict re- thereby reduce motor fatalities.

quirements imposed by to-day's advanced engineering and design,

One piece of steel may look just like another as far as the lay- ja concerned, but it is probable that the motor car contains more different kinds of special steel alloys, each adapted to machine of similar weight or price. its special purpose, than any other

The working model of the Pre- sident Eight reveals in every detall the design and operation of TE power plant which holds morc

This year, for instance, the pupils official speed and endurance records

had to write on the theme: "My than any other engine in the world. Duty as a Junior Citizen to Obserye The President's list of record break-

Traffic Rules." All school-children,man ing achievements includes eleven 14 years and less, of the fifth, sixth, world records, twenty-three inter-seventh and eighth grades were en national class records, and a total couraged to participate in the con- of 115 American stock car records tion was not to exceed 600 words. test. The length of the composi- established by the President Eight's eroch making speed and endurance Each easy to be illustrated by an run of 30,000 miles in 26,328 con-

original drawing, or photograph, or secutive minutes.

by

an appropriate magazine or medals and a similar number of newspaper clipping. 442 pre-cash prizes were

con-

The advanced engineering de sign, fine quality materials, and cision workmanship which tribute to the championship per- formance of Studebaker cars are characteristic of every detall of the

two motors.

"Inside View**

to show

At every possible point, sections of the two engines have been cut away to provide an "inside view of their design and operation. Sec. tinns of the crankcase and cylinder block have been removed the massive crankshaft, the vibra- tion damper, and the big main bearings which contribute ao large ly to the exceptionally smooth opera- tion of the two motors: al

every speed. The light weight alloy pistons and forged steel connecting rods are also revealed. As the pistons rise and fall in the polished,

cylinders, flashing lights show the action of the spark pluge in ex- ploding the fuel mixture. At the same time observers con see the inlet and outlet valves

open and close, first admitting the petrol vapour, then permitting the pistons to expel the burned gosses from the cylinders.

awarded.

gold

There

are nickel steele and vanadium steels, chrome molyb- denum, chrome nickel and silico manganese, chrome vanadium and

nickel molybdenum to name only al fcw of the more important alloys. Exclusive Patents

Be- sido these the pupil submitting the best essay

was awarded a gold Studebaker has always been one with all expenses paid and was pre-alloy steels in its ears, and, in fact, watch and a trip to Washington

of the largest users of high quality sented to the President of the bus not only pioneered the use of United States.

tae special new alloys, but has also developed and holds exclusive pat- or the automotive steele. ents on one of the most important This is nickel molybdenum, now widely used for such important parts as steering mission shafts. knuckle pina, piston pins, and trans-

"The Training of Future. Citizens, in Street and Highway Safety" was the theme the school teachers had to deal with. of the composition was limited to In this event, the length

not less than 1.000 and not more

than 3,000 words. Rewards of 3500, $300 and $200 each were vided for the three best essays. pro-

WHY DO DEALERS PREFER TO SELL MOBILOIL?

Because they can buy it cheaper than other ails?

Because we give them a lot of fancy equipment to handle it ? Because of extended terms ?

NO!

Because it is the best known oil on the market?

Because it adds prestige to their business ?

Because its quality and service satisfies motorists ?

YES!

and because it outsells any other three so-called popular competitive Brands combined. It is the oil that motorists demand.

GREAT RECORD Gruelling Tyre Test

This special alloy combines light- ness and extreme hardness with ex- These annual prize-contests of the optional strength National Automobile Chamber of shock. This last quality is most to withstand Commerce have produced satisfac-importunt tary results by getting both school.the steering knuckle rin, where in the саве of children and teachers interested in failure might involve a cne objective: Traffic Safety.

Travelling day after day, week aceiflent.

serious after week and month after month. A8. &n additional safety factor Studebaker gives in one of the most gruelling road an Oldsmobile Six is participating steering knuckle pina a finish of tests automobiles have ever been chromium plate, which prevents put to. The Oldsmobile is part of rust and wear.

Another example of Studebaker's now is completing a run which will the Goodrich Silver fleet, which choice of fine quality steels is intake it through every State in the that chrome or chrome manganese the nickel steel transmalsalon gears. United States and will pile up more Studebaker metallurgists point out than 30,000 miles. strels would be cheaper than the made to test the wearing ability of The test, primarily, a belug they insist on the finer steel as a efficient test of the stamina, per- 3-1/2 per cent, nickel steel used, but tyres, but it also la proving a most stripped gears. Kuurantes against chipped or formance abilities and wearing

qualities of the automobiles.

CRANKSHAFTS Astonishing Precision Achieved

#

mannu-

An explanation of the astonshing precision achieved in the The entire cooling and lubricating

facture of the Ford Model A is aytems are revealed in every detail,

revealed in even to the drilled oil passages in several million fine gauge measure- recent count of the crankshaft, the gear driven allments made during one day's pro- pump, and the automatic valve in duction of 7729 crankshafts. the cylinder head, known as the It was found that every crank- thermostat, which prevents water circulation until the motor has of 174 checks

shaft was subjected to a minimura reached an efficient operating tem- units requiring as many as 234, in- for accuracy, some The built in oil filter, cluding both those made by the which cleans the oil every time it operatora during manufacture passes through the engine, is shown those made by inspectors.

perature.

as well as the crankcase ventilator which in combination with the filter, makes it necessary to change oil in Studebaker motora anly nt 2500 mile intervala.

Weeks of painstaking work by Studebaker craftmen are repre- sented by the two motors, which are the most elaborate ever prepared for the annual automobile salon. Each motor is valued at over $3,000. Inside and out the motors are finish- ed with the utmost care, with all polished metal surfaces plated in glistening chromium, or covered with gold or black enamel.

TROJAN

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. -Automobile Dept. C.3192.

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In One of the most interesting tests fact, this run is again proving on laboratories is made with a machine miles proved at the General Motors the Studebaker engineering the open road what millions of test guillotine, and which drops a weight Oldsmobile Six was offered to tha which resembles the old fashioned Proving

Ground before the from a predetermined height to test public. the shock resisting quality of any Since each of the 7729 shafts

strol part.

Dick Ray, pilot of the Oldsmobile, was measured at least 174 times by some tests which clearly show not car said, "After 22.000 miles of Engineers there recently made in praising the performance of his delicate instruments precision.

of Infinite the total number of the progress that has

only the difference in fine steels, but driving I can say that Oldsmobile checks for the day's production in metallurgy. totalled more than 1,344,846.

been made has more real ability and depend-{

of

The crankshaft is only one the many parts of the car which requires the most exacting tests for

accuracy.

Of the total number of 174 checks of five ten-thousandtha of an inch: per unit, twenty-nine was to limits sixty-two to limits of one one-thou aandth and twenty-eight to limits

of ane two-thousands.

All the gauges used in the Ford plants are in turn frequently check ed for accuracy on Hohansson gauge blocks. Those blocks, made by the Ford Company, are

accurate to within four-millionth part of an inch, which is many hundreds times finer than the thickness of the aver- age human hair.

Dependability

ability than any car I have ever Last Word in Strength

driven. The thing I get the biggest connecting links between the steer-livered getaway and speed with so

Steering arm balls, which are)

thrill out of la Its performance. I never have driven a car that de- ing gear and the steering wheel,little effort. were taken from current produc-power and hill-climbing, I have And as for pulling similar part considered the last or a mud or sand road too tough tlon and tested for strength with a never yet found a mountain grade, word in atrength and safety several (for Oldsmobile. years ago,

The 20 pound weight of the 22,000 mile trip without once falter "The Oldsmobile has made the "guillotine" was raised to a height ing, and with nothing more than of 3 feet and dropped on one of the minor service. It must have good obsolete parts, which broke at material all the way through to the first impact of what the stand up, the way we have punish- engineers call a blow of 60 foot-led it. pounds. The new parts were then tested and found to stand up under 'more strenuous

"No other car has ever made a run than this from three to five blows of 180 foot-,Oldsmobile, as far as I know. The pounds.

average driver on tours seeks good roads, We welcomed bad ones. The average driver covering the Fame ground would travel much slower. We kept up a steady pace,,!.. rain or shine, good reads or rocky oncs.

of the Ford special racing car, in which John Hahrer spoed driver was killed: crashed through the guard-rail at the Evans Speedway, Woodbridge, NJ., Rohrer was twen fire years old. A defective steering gear is believed to have caused the fatal crasita 10

"So this test. I believe, means a lot to Oldsmobile. It would mean a lot to any car to come through this test so well."

Attention to Detalls

This teat, made by u disinterest- et company..proves the painstaking care and attention to every detail taken by the Oldsmobile engineers when designing. the car. During this period fleets of the new Oldsmobile were driven day and night over the varied roads.con- tained in the General Motors Proving Grounds-rough roads, and speedways, lovel concrete and steep ills-until every detail of per- formance was selentifically proved to meet with the high standard, the engineers. had.set.

Due to this method of proving every engineering detail of design and all materials used, the Oldsmobile Six, coming fresh from the production line, was enabled to take Its part in this gruelling run and win high praise from Its driver.f

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