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Show I AUTOMOBILE NEWS Ranges in the automobiles "The old order changctli and giv-Heth giv-Heth place to he new Th's is pre-eminently true of the develop men', ei Hip i.u to mobile. Bjr'Tffft'tfme was required for do-pners do-pners to outgrow the Idea thai the Mltomobile was a "horseless car-mge. car-mge. and so the early automobiles ( Bpfered an though something, pre-tnably pre-tnably the horse, were lacking. Tu-Lar Tu-Lar frames, small tires and tiller String, the heritage of bicycle days. : I Lg to the early automobile with I Persistency worthy of a better Hkdaiujse of tho steam ear is dif- ,';Wto explalu. l ertainly the steam were silent, good hill elimln-rs. Hnd fast, ro a remarkable extent Per-Hhapp Per-Hhapp they v. en" too conipln or Htoo hard in f-'af nr r ' -r 1 1 ; fi tl,o rnh-Hfe rnh-Hfe preferred In. smell ul : HOTio knows? HDne of the most insistent demands! Bthe early motoring public was for J Pmpllclty. But le present t-iM; ,,, Bwarrl self starters, electrii Ugh inp fcwer driven pumps, etc.. shows tliail .mplicity Is noi so important after H, if the parts are correctly designed I H: fabricated, Certainly Ada ,1 aud Fe led simple T!(w would prefer their mode Having to the complex mechanical , Blzation of the present. Change Took Time I Bhe ireseni controversy over right Hlefr hand control recalls the re-I re-I anee of some manufacturers to I Bilge the rear entrance tonneaus Mthe side door type They claim-I claim-I I Hthat the side door type was struc-. struc-. Hlly weak, and pb to passengers I ' I , Hking around in the mud, oh. that VM not matter ''.":vB'he present wave of favor for sixes y' Ljvttle sixes recalls the old dis-Bif dis-Bif n oer the relative merits of H JBf r two c-v,inder8 Tne single cyl-.'.V' cyl-.'.V' I : advocates claimed simplicity, iy-y I .''JKfl the two cyllnd r adherents re-L'lt": re-L'lt": Wb on 0T,e O'UndT to bring them IV ; when the other broke down, as equently did. simple two cycle type of motor IJlois'o have failed to keep up with lie procession, and the complexity if the present nonpoppet valve type i a rar cry from our old valve! riend. Spiags and ratchet pawls so nec-i?arv nec-i?arv when brakes had no reai bed belr present state of effieleno, hae Isappeared, save for a limited appll-i cation in the case of heay motor trucks. Nail catchers, generally consisting of a metal grid, held close to the tire I and supposed to pull out nails before they penetrated the casing, seem to have passed out of use. Probably the general i se of studded treads and nonsklds added to the difficulty of holding the nail catcher close to the tire without Injuring the lire. Spark Gaps Gone. Spark gaps, once considered a cure for everything from punctures to loose cylinders, have been sent into oblivion Probably the general introduction in-troduction of the m.igneto had much to do with this though the realization realiza-tion that two sparks in series require more electric energy than a single spark was a contributing cause. If a spark plug is carbonized obviously it should be cleaned, and. if cracked, replaced, instead of trying to worry along with the aid of B makeshift auxiliary spark gap. A good idea, that seems to have disappeared, was the placing of the trout and rear springs at an augle of 15 degrees with the horizontal, the idea being iha' when a bump is encountered en-countered the resultant force is not I vertical but diagonal, due to the combination com-bination of the vertical lift of Ihe , wheel and the forward motion of the vehicle . |