Show 1 JI I b ft K f ey 01 says 0 I I I c W CARS ARS AND r PRICE I SITUATION k t Barney Oldfield r I I bj tJ adl c We y- y ic over er the new cars it tt the I l shows shoes held In New I r and nd Chicago O ono one cannot fall all aile tt e distinct ad advancement ma made o I Imp c mp tI el short lime time that trl has had to get on ItsUe Its lie lle Improvements are many I f there are arc a great mn many ne nev than ay any year jear In tho the last bas i s not been tho the same dedan de- de d an ment that tho the Euro- Euro have have ihre shown In a a. sense I b e expected for tor a nation of or does does not make malto changes Its It Its main object Is to profit pro pro- fit 1 It has when hen tho the demand tl kd d the material supply Unstated un- un stated ted the automobile Indu Indus Indus- many more cylinder six cars cars r bodies both open and ande e e d detail Is better beUer tho the en- en en- en tits tu Jess less because of or greater I en-I to crankshaft bearing and andIan Ian Irn clutches and i been leen changed chan little the non metal type show how a 1 hewing Rear axles and andT andr lit r T sot act been altered to speak M of cars arc are higher and amI about aboul thirty more makers malters In which brings the list of or pas- pas r builders to about names 5 manufacturers who are are- produce cars sue EUC- Is so we shall seo a gen gen- drop This however howe I will unless the tho production j ie to e that the overflow demand demandy y be satisfied and builders r their cars Instead of or ha havi hay hav- i offer bonuses to get bet deLv deH not believe e that tho the prices to fall for another twelve a n months b because I believe bellevo e e that long long- for the tho factories ip and for the allied indus- indus tome come ome more full fully settled lIev that this years year's stock tock present but a a. feeble effort pest postwar war car Tho real post- post Ill 11 come when hon the thc factories Of a i i little more than moro morn time to develop develop- hn hangea e RI Right lT ht now now- no on one ot of dl production Jj disturbing production Is la quickly gobe gob- gob ra nSe e or of all the different chassis on the e mari market t shows hows r ot of about t 2500 Inches a wheel wheel- 1 and av average aBe e l horo ore figures ot of 3 Inch inches s. s I ge Amerl can ln car car- as aa seen York Tk k and Chicago 0 shows I plate clutch with three- three In n unIt with tho i a. a drive eni en- en Int tnt rearward by byM byar means tubular ar Shaft to Brakes a ah float loat M are arc o on n th the rear tha t gush ough h the av a eels V. V there average arago arc are rago considerably car has Jm more metal disc wheels and wire wheels I Ignition on a good majority of the passenger cars i is by a battery batter drs- drs and fuel feed through a ava aa vacuum va a va- va vacuum tan tank I. I Tho The disappointment In the acra average o car cu conies comes when the weight Is mentioned men men- It is pounds for tor the lourIng tourIng tourIng tour tour- Ing car rca ready y for tho the road This is slightly more moro than it was last year rear The The- average n car Is about 1500 to 2000 pounds overweight Tho average counting out tho the bl big expensive l c town cars of ot tho the enclosed type ought to tobe tobo tobo bo be around 1500 1600 pounds for a n. five passenger pas- pas car In instead tead of One Ono manufacturer claims he can pro- pro duco a pound 1000 passenger five and andI I am almost sure ho can do it and I get better belter results In speed economy reliability life repair cost and general general gen Jen- eral round all-round performance And at atthe atthe atthe the same Bamo time I know that the c. c car r properly designed d can be he made as as- largo large or larger than the avera average o run of or heavier vehicles The Tho weight figure flure I believe is the single lc disappointment of ot this years year's ears ear's automobile show That greater great r attention has been I given gUen to chassis lubrication is apparent apparent ent to everyone who nho has stu studied tho the car card in detail etall We are aro gradually gr getting getting get get- ting away from tho the car with fort forty grease cups hidden awa away so you ou cannot can can- riot not find them and wo we are coming to the car with a 3 few tew oil cups which are aro cas easy to reach has bothered tho the engineers engineers engi engi- because of the prevailing pre fuel standard Thero Thelo isn't a car on tho the market now that hasn't some form o of fuel mixture or air heater Some Somo desIgners designers designers de de- signers have changed the Intake manifold manifold mani mani- fold old and many have ha mado made use o of tho the so called hot spot area The Tho thermostatic thermo thermo- static control In the tho water lino is in great use oo co is IR the radiator shutter Tho latter I believe is tar far better than a thermostat alone |