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UB BODIES IHE
IMPROVED
t -
. "Thia year’s innovations —th«
moat notable advances, improve
menta and refinements —in automo
biles will be found in bodies rathei
than in chassis as has , formerly
been the. case," says Colonel Car]
Tichenor, manager of production-
Rickenbacker Motor Company.
“In past seasons When we went
to the automobile shows we looked
for s' engineering improvements
meCnanieal inventions and new
ways of doing things in the /ma
chine shop.
"Since the war there have beqji
•evolutionary change* in that di
rection.
"A few led —and we were proud
to be leader of leaders; others fol
lowed more or less willingly, more
or less rapidly. x
Chassis Up-To-Date
"Most chassis have now been
brought up-to-date and the next
decade will probably see present
types of chassis remain as stand
ard.
“But body building has pro
gressed little from the days when
the first ones copied from carriage
types were mounted on the me
chanical horse instead of behind
a living one.
"As a matter of fact, up to this
year, the designing and building of
bodies had been left to tho old
time body builders —and was limited
by their knowledge of mechanics
as well as the science of stress
analysis qf materials.
"At larft, two concerns —one of
which was Rickenbacker deter
mined to break away from the
tyranny xof the deep-seated carriage
eon vention and modernise bodycraft
to conform to present-day knowl
edge and needs.
“For example—we protesteed in
vain that hoods did not fit and
Would develop squeaks and rattles;
we criticised the lack of uniformity
tn sixes and clearances of doors and
door openings; of sticking of win
dows and rattling of window lifters.
~ AO Could Be Right
"Why should one*“"body be right
and the next wrong at many points?
“Why should not every left rear
fender be so accurately curved and
formed every wheel - housing in
bodies be made as interchangeable
as are pistons in motors —any one
Os which will instantly fit any one
, of the 60.000 cylinders }ve produced
last year?
"Reply—when we got an audible
answer instead of a nasty, look was,
•Oh, that is all right when you are
I working with castings or forgings,
but with sheet 'metal, ‘wood and
fabric, it simply can’t be done.
"Finally Rickenbacker purchased
the plants which had been making
our bodies.
"Management was put under the
same heads who supervise the mak
ing of engines, axles, chassis, etc.!
Standard Is Set
"And we set about /o establish a
standard of close fits, limits and
“tolerances” just as accurate as we
use in the machine shop.
"Instead of allowing a "come-and
go” of a sixteenth or even a thirty-
for
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consecutive years
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
, ' 1924
1925 -
1926
In Volume of Sales
♦
/ Come to the Automobile Show
and see the Better Buick. Again
this car has won first place in pub*
lie favor. For eight consecutive
years the public has invested more
money in Buicks than in the cars
of any other member of the Na*
tional Automobile Chamber of
Commerce.
SPACE 15
AT THE AUTO SHOW
STANLEY H. HORNER EMERSON & ORME
1015-1017 Fourteenth St. N. W. 1620 M St. N. W.
1016 Conn. Ave.
Main 529« Franklin 3860
POPULAR MODELS AT THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW |
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second of an inch we specified in
terms of thousandths.
"And it works—much to the
amazement of the old-time workers
and trimmers.
“Why shouldn’t it? Sheet metal
of the finest grades such as we use
in building our todies is rolled to
a thousandth of an inch of true.
"Its texture, 'hardness and •duc
tility are* absolutely uniform —else
it would not meet our exacting
needs.
"Same is true of the finer fabrics.
“In short the variations, the
errors, were human—not in the
inanimate factors St all.
“We cannot hope nor do we wish
to retain a monoply of this in
formation. nor to be alone in its ap
plication," says Tichenor.
"Discoveries which benefit one
benefit all—they serve to keep the
automobile industry alive''and the
strife for leadership through ini
thls. of aIL industries, the most
provement and better service makes
dynamic.
9udge says prowler
IS ENTITLED TO BE SHOT
CHICAGO.' Feb. J.—lnvestigators
for civic crime agencies who invade
homes in search of evidence were
branded “prowlers with no right to
kick if shot.” by,United Statgp Com
m’ssioner Henry C. Beltler. in dis
missing charges ' brought against
Victoria Shaw of violating the pro
hibition laws.
"1 wonder how men like you get
bv without getting shot,? said the
commissioner to Oswald Thompson
and Walter M. Scott
THE WASHINGTON TIMES t 77b« National Daily WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY < %J926
OETIILS MJKE
MOTORCAR
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f Small, inconspicuous details of
motor c*r construction sometimes
> assume roles iof considerable con-
> sequences—especially if their me
dium of expression is a rattle .or
i rumble. The otherwise irreproach-
■ able character of performance of
■ an automobile may be -impeached
. by some slight but insistent dis-
■ cordance, and a delightful motor ex
s perience reduced to more transppr-
> tat ion. Builders of fine cars, how
- ever, are over watchful of these
; small, inconspicuous details. An
i illustration of this close attention
is contained in two features o( the
construction of the Lincoln car.
Viewing a. motor car at the auto
.mobile show, one is scarcely con
scious of the fact that a creation
of such beauty should possess
‘ humble * accoutrements like shackle
1 bolts. Yet after thousands of miles
* of driving, these unnoticed points
1 may develop an amazing amount
of annoying clatter. The shackle
bolts of the Lincoln car, of which
there are fourteen,' s We larger than
those used on any other automobile,
measuring one inch in diameter.
The surface is hardened and ac-
> curately ground and two notches
, are cut in the head to prevent the
bolt from turning. '
_ . .
Upper left—This is the first
horseless carriage, run in London
about 1874 and propelled by steam.
Upper right Peerless is showing
this attractive sport roadster at
the show. It is equipped with
runbul seat a)nd its long, grace
ful low lines make It one of the
most attractive exhibits of the
year. Buick Coupe—Stanley Hor
ner and Emerson A Orme ■ have
one of the largest exhibits at the
show and this is but one a* the
many attractive models displayed.
Glenn Curtis—Standing alongside
his latest Cadillac. This is the
new* brougham Jtnodel and is on
exhibit at the Cadillac exhibit.
MODS TO
CRDSSDESERT
DETROIT, Feb. 3.—Dr. Roy
Chapman Andrew*, master prober
into the past, will sail March 6,
lIIIM Utr J/nnfc, w ... -r
from Vancouver or San Francisco,
for China, on his fourth and most
Important of all expeditions into the
heart of Mongolia.
Annuncement of his plans was
made here today by Dr. Andrews,
who was In the city for a private
lecture to employes of Dodge Broth
ers, Inc.
Arrived in Peking, Dr. Andrews;
will proceed Immediately to com-1
plete his organization, which will'
be practically the same as the one
that cbmpfised last year’s expedi
tion. His caravan of 150 camels
is scheduled to leave, Kalgan on
February 15. and will have pene
, trafe some 700 miles into the Gobi
desert before it is overtaken by
Dr- Adrews and his party of 40.
The lattter travels by motor car.
During his visit in Detroit,
Andrews spent several days at
Dodge Brothers factory. He has
used Dodge Brothers cars on all his
expeditions. year there were
five In his,fleet, and this year he
will increase it to nine, four new
vehicles having been ordered for
shipment to China. February 1.
There will be no other cars or motor
vehicles x of any description In ,the
expedition, which Is sponsored
jointly by the American Museum of
Natural History and Asia Magazine.
"My experience with Dodge
Brothers Motoc Cars," Dr. Andrews
said, “satisfies me that we can
readily penetrate even farther into
the Gobi desert than ever before.
The. endless stretches of shifting
sands and rough -and utterly road
less desert wastes apparently mean
nothing to these cars. We have
• staked pur lives repeatedly on their
reliability and ars prepared to do
so again.
“Only a few days ago I eabled
my motor transport men, J.; Mc-
Kenzie Young and Norman Lovell,
in Peking, asking a report on the
condition of last year’s cars. Their
immediate answer was that they
had already taken down two of
the cars completely, with the in
tention of replacing all worn or
broken parts, but had found abso
lutely nothing wrong. The only
work to be done was to clean the
dismantled parts and put them back
again. They were expecting noth
ing more difficult on the other
three. /
"Os course we take the best
possible care of the cars, but even
then they are often forced tp
operate under trying conditions. For
example, we once ran out of cup
grease. Mrs. Andrews had insisted
on packirig some vasoline and cold
cream for use in case of cold.
These answered the purpose very
nicely. On another occasion we
found our oil supply exhausted. It
was at a particularly unfortunate 1
time when food was very low and
we were hungry." We came upon
some natives who had a store of
mutton fat. We melted the fat —
and while it was melting it gave >
off the odor of a delicious roast, i
adding more to our discomfort be- j
cause it whetted our appetites. But i
'tbe oil we got from that fat did
♦he work. Our cars went on 500
miles without the slightest trouble.”
Him
ATTRACTS
Showing the new model 69, im
proved equipoised eight produced by
; the Peerless Motor Car Corporation, .
; is attracting crowds to the Peerless :
display at the show this week.
Incorporated In the new model
are a number of improvements over 1
the former eight-cylinder product of
the Peerless company. The wheel I
i base has been lengthened from 128 '
j to 133’/i inches, the horsepower has
been increased from 70 to 80, block
test, the frame has been strength
ened considerably in proportion to
the longer wheel base, disc wheels
have been made standard equip
ment and other details of a minor!
nature have been improved.
The new Peerless Is one of the
| fastest stock rars on the market.
;It has been found necessary to
equip it with a 100-mile speedo
’ meter.
i The frame is now S 1.« inches
j deep instead es -i 2 Inches. The
j clutch has been improved and re
quires no lubrication.
The new model will be offered In
four hody style*, roadster, five pas
senger . sedan. seven passenger,
sedan and seven passenger Berline
limousine. Watson strabulators have
been made standard equipment.
The engine is of the same 90
degree V type which has been used
’eerless since 1916.
All of the usual standard equip
j ment found on high grade cars Is
I included with the new Peerless. Tn
(addition the distinctive Peerless sun
1a nd rain visor made by extending
the top over the front is a feature
of the new model.
Smoking sets and vanity cases
are standard equipment on the
closed cars.
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