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OLDSMOBILE SIX

PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTOR

111-inch Wheelbase-19.84 H.P. (R.A.C. Rating) — 185 cuble inches piston displacement-1928 models.

Dickey-scat Roadster.

.4-seater

G. $1,200

Touring Car

6-seater

1,200

Sedan (2-door)

6-seater

1,250

Sedan (4-door)

G-acater

,1,350

All prices subject to change without notice.

Keen appreciation, hus greeted Oldsmobile's smart" now beauty. Naturally such modish lines and striking colours would win the lion's share of admiration from those who know it only by sight. But every day Oldsmobile perform- ance seizes the attention of those who never knew it before because you can't know it till you drive the car. thrilling, smoother performance is the crowning feature of Oldsmobile-the overflowing measure of value now yours at prices lower than ever before.

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A few noteworthy features:-

Comfortable Saddle Position

Double Roll Roller Big End Bearing Both Internal Expanding Brakes

Mechanical Lubrication

B. S. A. 3-Speed Gear Box

Efficient Silencer"

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927.

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After Segrave's

Record.

Under construction at one of the American car factories is a racer designed to beat Major Segrave's record of 203 m.ph.

ACCIDENTS, BLAMED TO SELFISHNESS.

London, Nov. 3.

Ninety per cent. of smash-ups: and collisions are caused by sel fishness, impatience and careless- ness of drivers, according to a report of the Royal Automobile Club of London,

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Cutting in, usurping more Shaped like a ciger, it is so small fair share of the rond, ignoring and thin that the driver will have signals to save slowing down and

"revs" per minute faster DIED AT THE WHEEL. than Segrave's engines.

MOTOR BUSINESS

SECOND.

A motor-car approaching Harn- mersmith Broadway at 4 p.m. turn- ed twice round a refuge, mounted the pavement and crashed into the wall of a garage.

a complete lack of spirit of glye: Every close student of motor)ly. when I depress the pedal and car matters have been Impressed this causes the gears to "rake" into lie down to steer it.

find, on The speedster is to have an en-and take are considered among with the enormous amount of time xetting, inte low. I

the clutch and money constantly being examination, that thrown away in the performance spring releases completely, but gine on the front axle and anoth.the chief causes of accidents. of entirely uncalled for and utter-still the plates do not entirely on the rear. The motors are to to 7,200 a minute, which is nearly ly inappropriate repair jobs on separate. Can you tell me what have super-chargers revving" up ears in which there are derange-the trouble is?

Answer: It may be that one or 5,000 ments of a somewhat obscure character, These are the cases more of the fabric linings are where something is known to be torn or roughed up sufficiently as still wrong, but which of the many that even with the dises at their causes that

produce the fall separation, there is trouble is not at all cleur. Most enough contact to make the clutch| of this waste results from acting spin. Or it may be that sludge ini upon false conclusions as to what the engine oil (in which this is causing the difficulties that re-clutch runs) has made the linings quire remedying. In other words, so sticky that they adhere suffi- Try filling the a wrong diagnosis having been ciently to drag. made, the treatment applied dous lubricating system with kerosene not fit the case, fails to improve and operating the engine and matters and results only in loss. clutch by the starter for a few the second important business In It appears that while motorists in minutes, in the hope that the Springhell, the capital of Illinois. general are securing honest and kerosene may clean the fabrics It is exceeded only by food sup-verdiet of death well intentioned repair work, they as to eliminate any sticking receive very poor advice as tolaction due to this cause. what should be done to remove derangements, which are not of an obvious nature. To correctly diagnose motor car ils requires a man who has made a special study of this line and who has had ex- tensive experience.. Some of the farger and better equipped service stations employ such specialists- shooters" OF expert "trouble

"motor diagnosticians"-but such! highly trained men are, sad to say, not always available. At the average repair shop the customer! with a badly, running car has to depend for advice as to the re- quired remedy upon the judgment of the workman to whom the job is assigned and this man-doubt- less firstclass' raechanic, but not specially versed in interpreting aymptoms-comes to a hasty and (too often) a wrong conclusion as to what is wrong and proceeds to tear the far apart and do fruit less and expensive work upon it. Our files are replete with pathetic letters from correspondents, who have gone from shop to shop having utterly misdirected work done at each, from which'absolute. ly no benefit resulted. simply because it did not reach the scat of the trouble. No doubt the work was faithfully executed, but | it was not intelligently advised. It was a case of "barking up the wrong tree," Space forbids re- counting any of these sad, truc instances, but similar ones are within the knowledge of every observant motorist. Here is a bit of money and time-saving advice: When any motor car trouble of a dubious origin develops, get the opinion of one-or better two ex- its pert trouble shooters as to nature, even if this costs some- thing in time and money, before haring any work done.

Fitting Piston-Rings. Question: I have a 1919 car, which has been run about! 80,000 miles. The block has never been reground and the original pistons are in use, although new rings have been installed three times.. I wish to install another set of rings with expanders hack of them. How can I determine the right size of rings to use? Would it be best to take one of my pistons, to aid me in selecting the right size of rings?

Answer: It is rather prising that these cylinders are true enough to warrant the instal- lation of sill another set of rings. You but of course they may be.

sur-

will not get the best results in fitting new rings by the pistons. It is much better to fit them to the

PLUG.criinder-bores, getting rings that are slightly larger than actually required and filing down their ends until they can be inserted in

Self-adjusting Ignition. the bore with the proper amount of clearance between the ends, to! New York, Nov.-Engineers allow for expansion. As the here hail the invention of a self-bores have probably worn some

AB system adjusting ignition

what large rear their tops, the second in importance to the self-rings should be fitted in them at a starler."

point partway down, so as not to This innovation in automotive bind in this part of the piston engineering has already been tried travel. In fitting a ring, be sure out with considerable success in that it is not tilted when being speed boat motors: It Is the de- tried in the bore. velopment of many years of experi- menting.

The new ignition principle is in- corporated in a single unit in the form of a spark plug with an auto- matically adjusting spark gap. That is, a short gap for. starting and a wider gap för running..

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Clutch Won't Release Completely.

Question: The clutch of my car fails to release complete-

spark.

Almost immediately the

This self-adjusting spark plug heat of the motor causes the gap to was first introduced last spring and open to .030 of un inch, thus doub was installed in some of the coun-ling the size of the spark for ideal try's most famous speed craft at smooth running.

When the motor is shut off, the the various national regattas. Its inventors point to the fact that in gap adjusts itself to its original all the important regattas heid in small opening, again ready for a the east this past season the new quick easy start.

This unit has been equally suc-

unit was used in practically every cessful on the race track and in 'winning boat. ..

The new type of spark plug is aeroplanes, as in speed boats. It said to obtain its self-adjusting fea-was installed in winning cars in ture by means of a bi-metal side cleven events at Rodlands, Calif., electrode. In starting, the gap of recently, and in winners at other

racing events. .015 of an inch gives a hot intense

The driver, Dan Galé, of Queen- street, Hammersmith; was found dead, with his hands on the steer-

Motor transportation ranks using wheel.

plies.

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death was due to heart disease. A from natural At the inquest, it was stated that

causes was recorded.

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