Show 11 r If This Dont Don't Bring a Smile mile l l Call a Doctor for Y Your our Bile J By A. A F. F I have never been able to understand understand understand under under- stand why some some Bome people make such i hard work of running nning a car To me me It Is th the most simple thing in the the world There is a starter a stopper a ste stef er t f er and a horn There is a place for gas a place for water about thirty places for oil and fifty sevi h places for grease Any mutt should be able to keep these full full and and really that's all there Is to it Of Ot course emergencies will arise but it if the driver uses common sense there should be no cause for worry To illustrate Suppose you see a cloud of steam coming out of or the radiator chimney That's a sure sign your car is overheated over heated and needs a drink Any kind kindor of or water will do but ice water is preferred In fact chopped Ice is a splendid thing to fill the radiator with Some people have ammonia pipes surrounding the radiator and when these are properly installed it takes a pretty stiff hill hili to make her boll boil Then su pose you wis wish 1 to park your car at the beach and having no log chain and padlock along you are afraid someone will steal It Just take off a wheel or two and bury them in the sand or let all the gasolIne gasoline gaso- gaso lIne out of the tank Then go ahead and enjoy your swim and be as assured assured assured as- as that your boat will be at anchor anchor anchor an an- chor upon your return Some people peo peo- pie have a habit of ot removing the en engine engine engine en- en gine but this is unnecessary and takes too much tine time ANOTHER PERIL Skidding is another source of an anI annoyance annoyance an- an norance t tt h many matey people but there is I no to worry about that Simply Simply Simply Sim Sim- ply remove the tires Ures and run on the rims or put on a sandbag device sImilar similar similar sim sIm- ilar to those used on railroad engines en en- gines A layer of sand will stop any car from skidding If your car knocks all the time try to locate locale the hammer The chances I are it is loose One of the most dangerous things I that can happen is to have the brake I rods give way In a a. case of this kind go go down hill on compression and if the grade Is t too o steep use a block and tackle Always see that the crank case is at Je least st partially full of oil Any kind of oil will do but hair oil or oil of ot wintergreen should not be used except except except ex ex- in an emergency Better be safe and use castor oil or oil of mustard mustard mustard mus mus- tard if you cant can't get Geroline Keep the nuts tight A loose nut may cause trouble when you are least Continued on page 10 IF THIS DONT DON'T BRING Continued from page 5 G. expecting it If you cant can't get lock locI locknuts locknuts nuts for your machine tie tic them on with a string I Some people have a habit of stripping stripping strip strip- ping gears This is entirely unnecessary essary but if it you insist on forming the habit the tho best way is to speed speedup up to a mile a minute on high gear and th then n suddenly shift into reverse You may not g got get t all of the gears the first time but with practice you youcan youcan I can leave them as nude as September Septem Septem- ber bel Morn I There is a disease called tinker- tinker I itis and many there be who are ar- ar with it jt If you get to tossing ing your car apart every very morning before breakfast and losing several parts in inthe inthe inthe I the grass you may know that you have been exposed is catching and generally fatal but It Itis Itis itis is encouraged by the repair shops In parking your tar car at the curb always back up until you strike something It may be another car a fireplug or of a a. a policeman but i if you back far enough you are certain of hitting som something i In passing a hospital blow your horn as loud as possible and ke keep p your muffler wide open This makes business good fo for the undertaker and besides it shows you are independent ent and dont don't don t cater cator to anyone These rules closely will either mako make a good driver of you yon or orlan orland lan land you you in about thirty days i |