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Show BUICKMODBT" FOR 1818 HEBE Randall-Dodd Announces First Appearance of New Automobiles. Efficiency, Comfort and Convenience Salient Features, Fea-tures, Says Davis. The 1019 Tluieks aro to make their first appearance iu Salt Lake today in tiiu sales rooms) of tho Kandall- Uodd Auto company, distributors of Buick cars in this section. , J-'uw events in motordom attract more attention than tho announcement that a now Buick model is to make its first appearance. Buick has held Rui-h a conspicuous place for bo lone; in tho automobile world that very one particularly interested in motor cars, regardless of whether he owns a iuiek or whether ho intends to buy one, awaits with interest to see what changes and improvements havo boon made in tho new Buick. as compared with the one of the preceding year. For this reabon many visitors aro expected today and all this week at tho Kandall-Bodd company's sales rooms to view tho new Buick. Tho management declares they will not bo disappointed, for tho new cars are said to be ouo more step in tho development of a Hue of cars already famous for their hand-pomo hand-pomo appearanco anil mochanical efficiency. ef-ficiency. 4 ' The absenco of radical departures in manufacture and design of t tic Buicks aa they appear ( rum year to year has made possible- tho upbuilding of tho Buick car as a thoroughly eon-wihtont eon-wihtont whole, tho designing effort being be-ing eventually distributed over the entire en-tire car every season, in order that no detail of its completo utility should be flighted," points out Sales Manager Tom Davia of the Randall-Dodo company. com-pany. Improved Models. ' ' Convenience has been dovcloped side by side with efficiency. Comtort has increased in the same ratio as utrongth and long-wearing qualities. New and better body types have been devised, whilo lighter and stronger materials ma-terials were being brought into service. ser-vice. ' ' Improvements have been made in tho valve-in-head motor, chief of which is the automatic lubrication of the valve mechanism, properly protected from dust and cutting sand. This means tho valve mechanism requires attention at-tention only onco or twice in a sea-pen, sea-pen, and long lifo is insured to" all the working parts. ''The oil circulating pump has been so improved that it cau be successfully operated in the most severe climates. A pii.-itive, oil lew) gauge of new tvpe lias bi-eii plui-ed on t m; crank -a-e, and a dash procure gaiigt ketps the driver .informed at all tun-s regarding the : proper lubrication ot the motor. The front breather tube ha bee a changed ; to an extension comb i nation oil filler ': .nd breather with screen, making it i easy to fill the crankcaso without the j aid of a funnel. i ' i n this manner the entire chassis iias been gone over, :ind tin? improve- : ! incuts have been made in the clutch, 1 t rariMn ission, rear axU', springs, steer-! ing i;ear and ho on, even down to the muffler. F or example, the rear springs are (jfthe improved cantilever tvpe, j but have been lengthened, with the" result re-sult that the bodv has been lowered . one and one-f ourt h inches and sti 11 ' better riding qualities obtained with- , out changing the .type of the spring suspension. "The open models all have new tops' of at tractive designs and substantial material, with plate-glass windows in the back curtains, h-dd i'irmlv in place by nickel-plated frames. The flat side curtain pockets are located overhead between tho bows, giving more headroom head-room and a much neater appearance. The side curtains themselves have largo celluloid windows, and aro all properly marked to assist the driver iu placing them in position quickly. Coupe Refined. "The inclosed bodies have been improved im-proved also. Tho model Ii-Six--17 coupe has full frame doors with patented mochanical mo-chanical devices by which, tho plate-glass plate-glass floor windows are raised ami lowered, combination hinges and door stops, and a waterproof baggage compartment com-partment beneath the rear dock. "Tho same new typo of doors, patented pat-ented window raisers and combination hinges aro used on tho model H-Six--1'3 and Jl-Six-oO sedans, as well as tho new bumpers and dovetails. Tho front seats are full width, properly do-signed do-signed to give more convenient en- i trance and exit to and from the rear! compartment. Improved auxiliary ; seats have been designed for the ex-1 tra passongers in tho modol II-Hix-uO , sedans, permitting the occupants to , face forward, also affording a great deal more comfort than is usual in seats of this typo. "The new models include a three-passenger three-passenger roadster, four-passenger coupe, five-passenger touring car, fivo-passengcr fivo-passengcr sedan, seven -pasenger touring tour-ing car and seven-passenger sedan." .Inasmuch as all automobile manufacturing manufac-turing coucerns havo now been placed en a production basis, an adequate supply sup-ply of Buicks is expected wit h the opening of tho new automobile season. Mr. Davis and other officials of the Handall-Dodd Auto company predict greater triumphs for tho Buick than ever during the coming year, not only because of tho improvements made in t ho new models, but also because of tho excellent record which Buick has inado throughout the entire country. |