Show 19 1 1922 What Was has at the New York Show I A Little Light on the High Spots of Progress I It is a long Ions comparison between spring hats and automobiles but we have an idea which may be worth tho the price of a new bonnet for your better better better bet bet- ter half says the Automobile Dealer Deafer and Repairer This spring when y your ur wife wite begins her annual nagging campaign campaign campaign cam cam- for a a. new hat you will have a comeback Friend wife will start in by saying that the old car is good enough enough for another another another an an- other year you will pro protest est b bu t she e will overrule your arguments by saying that thata a a. new coat of varnish will make mak it look Just like a new car On the other hand however her hat Is a dead issue styles have ch changed so much that last years year's lid might just as well be tagged out of date But as we said this year ear you have havea a comeback you can tell her that this this years year's styles of cars are absolutely new the new models are aro distinctly nineteen twenty and last years year's car is as passe as one of the tho 98 vin vin- tage If she wont won't admit the necessity for forthe forthe forthe the new car you can fall back backon on the fact that at least you will need a new I Iset set of lights all around Drum headlights headlights head head- head I lights sidelights taillights and so on I are the last things in modern equip equip- equip I ment The old funnel shaped lights I Iare are as much a sign of out of as an plume on a peach basket hat Probably the war Is to blame at any rate drum lights form the equipment of nearly every new model Another distinctive feature Is the tho abundance of disc wheels It is no exaggeration to say that every car on exhibit represented an excellent value for the money for prices have havo been pared won to the minimum In some cases not only have the prices been cut but the equipment has been increased Accessories which in former days were never considered as standard equipment are now on the car when you buy it And now when you buy a acar acar acar car you can rather expect the term fully equipped to Include at least a aset aset aset set of rear and front bumpers Wind wings those sheets of plate glass attached to the windshield are areas areas areas as common as windshields were in 1906 and they surely add a touch of distinction to the car Sh Shock absorbers or are found on a large majority majority ma ma- of the cars as standard equip equip- ment Now that the manufacturers are so keenly competitive they vie with each other to produce the best fully equipped cars A most careful examination examination examination exam exam- of every car at the show fails to find a single one which can be said to be poorly finished or poorly de de- de signed The bodies are roomy rakish and well wen upholstered One might shut ones one's eyes pick out any car and feel that one is obtaining full value for the money A good illustration of how the manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers man man- have standardized construction construction construction tion and cut down costs Is had In the new Dort light coupe and sedan models In these cars are used the roadster and touring car bodies but tout with a top firmly welded to the lower parts Thus it is possible to take ad advantage advantage advantage ad- ad vantage of quantity production In open cars and yet produce a closed car at but I a small advance in price over the tho cost of the open models The Maxwell designers have overcome overcome overcome over over- come a big objection to disc wheels by producing a disc wheel with a de de- de mountable split rim Four wheels and an extra rim being standard equip equip- ment The problem of headlight Illumination tion and road laws governing this phase of motoring Is cleverly solved ved by the Lexington people In chine the headlight reflectors are free freeto freeto freeto to swing inside the housing When the car is Is standing still the light beams point downward but when the engine Is running the vacuum from the manifold manifold manifold man man- is utilized to swing the reflectors upward An adjustment on the dash enables tho the operator to obtain any adjustment adjustment adjustment ad ad- desired The Nash machine shows a new kink kinkin in spring design On this car the thelong thelong thelong long leaf of the spring is topped by a short stiff leaf which ef effectually effectually effectually ef- ef checks the rebound and makes for longer spring life A second second sec sec- ond onel noteworthy feature in this car is the use of a inch four-inch wide service brake drum on the tho propeller shaft The new roller tappet construction on the Cleveland engine is worthy of note as it is the first time such construction construction construction con con- has been put in a car of this price Designers have spent much time on oiling systems and it may be bo said that this phase of the design is well taken I care of however in the Elgin car we find a no feature entirely new In this I Icar I car the oil is fed to the overhead rOc rocker rock rock- er arms through a hollow shaft Thence the oil travels through the rocker arms armsto armsto armsto 1 to the tappets and the cams It is the best example of a fully fuBy lubricated engine engine en en- gine that the writer examined at the show I en-I To look at the Lafayette one might thing that massiveness was an outstanding outstanding out out- out out-I standing feature True the engine is isa isa isa a large one but what can be done inthe in inthe inthe the way of reducing weight is evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence by the fact that the five bearIng bearing bearing bear- bear Ing crankshaft with two-inch two crank- crank pins weighs but 30 pounds The oiling system was much ch chin in evidence There Is a general tendency tendency tendency ten ten- teni i dency to design cars without hidden grease cups In fact grease as a chassis chassis chassis chas chas- sis lubricator Is being displaced by oil on Hidden grease or oil cups are a athing athing athing thing of the past and many of the cars one may lubricate without soiling the hands has been considered seriously by practically every Hot spots combination manifolds manifolds manifolds mani mani- folds heating stoves and so forth mily may be found In some form on every car exhibited The Mitchell rt six ix has a cleverly cleverly cleverly clev clev- erly arranged system of ot intake mani mani- fold In this engine the gas is carried by an easy grade to two points midway midway midway mid mid- way between each set of three cylinders At these two points the gas manifold again splits and is distributed to the cylinders The total traveling distance distance distance dis dis- tance of the he gas from the carburetor to each cylinder Is practically the same In line with and kindred evils we might mention the improvement improvement improvement improve improve- ment made In the Hudson Super-Six Super engine Heretofore as our readers know the Hudson has had a high compression compression com com- engine which was designed some years ago But with the advent com I of the low test fuels this high compression compression compression com com- was too great once carbon had formed in the firing chamber The Hudson people have increased the size of the explosion chamber and thus cut down somewhat on the compression Space does not permit us to er the new cars which appeared at the show for the first time Taken as a whole the show was a success It served to bring the people to a full realization of the tho values values- in cars obtainable It has helped to the industry and if the one at Chicago Chi Chi- Chicago cago and that at Boston are as well attended the automobile business is I headed toward prosperity |