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Automobile Letter
By Barney Oldfield
(Copyright, It22)
How to Store Your Car
Instructions for storing the car
used to apply to almost every
motorist because ten years ago
most of us were afraid to drive
through snow and ice and besides
nearly all of us owned open cars.
Things have been different during
the past five years. Closed cars
are now selling faster and faster
so that today we think no more of
operating our cars through the
winter than we do of taking a trip
by train during a snow storm.
The automobile is really more
necessary in winter than at any
other time because we want our
car to take us around with the
greatest speed and comfort. We
get that comfort in winter, but
still there are many persons who
desire to lay up a car either be
cause they have a summer car
and a winter car, or else because
they leave the cold territory for a
warmer climate in the south or on
the Pacific coast. For those who
insist upon storing the car the
advice given will be helpful.
r irst, it is necessary to give the
car a thorough cleaning, for if you
permit dirt and mud to remain in
contact with painted or polished
surfaces you encourage corrosion
and spoil the paint. For the un
painted and tarnishable metal
■ parts of the car no protective
coating is better than ordinary
grease or vaseline,-but it is essen
tial to have these parts thoroughly
dry before anointing them, for
otherwise rusting may occur be
neath the grease. Lamps, instru
ments on the cowl board, your
tools and jack, springs, steering
knuckles and the like should all be
given a generous coating of the
greasy stuff.
If you have wire wheels and
find that some of the spoke enamel
has chipped off, grease the bare
A View of the Proposed Racing Bowl on Absecon Boulevard
spots, ana ODserve me same pro
cedure with the car body and
fenders where the metal has been
bared by scratches and blows on
the paint. Go over the whole
car systematically, greasing even
small parts like lighting and
ignition terminals that have steel
parts. Clean the interior of the
car thoroughly, removing dust de
posits from the upholstery and
corners and brush the top care
fully. Leather upholstery as well
as the top and side curtains should
be painted lightly with linseed oil
to prevent rotting of the materiaL
With this preliminary work
done, jack up the four corners and
remove the tires and rims from
the wheels. If the rims are not
rusty they may be left on the tires,
but they as well as the casings
should be thoroughly cleansed
with gasoline and wrapped in
cloth or burlap. Store in a room
which is not subject to extremes
of cold or heat and keep them out
of direct light rays. The tubes
may be stored either flat or suffi
ciently inflated to make them
round, the latter being the better
WHERE TO FIND THEM
Car
Apperson
Auburn ^
Autocar :,'f[
Briscoe 10
Buick
Cadillac K
Chalmers ; ''
Chandler
Chevrolet
Cleveland Six
Cole Aero Eight
Dodge
Durant
Durant
Essex
Ford
Franklin
Gray
Haynes
Hudson
Hupmobile
International
Jordan
Lincoln
Marmon
Maxwell
Moon
Mercer
Nash
Oldsmobile
Overland
Packard
Paige
Peerless
Reo
Rickenbacker
Star
Star
Studebaker
Stutz
Templar
White
Willys-Knight
Tire
Ajax
Barney Oldfield
Brunswick
Carlisle . 2 ft
Firestone
Fisk
Goodyear
Goodrich
Holyoke
Horseshoe
Lee
Kelly-Springfield
Michelin
Penna. Vacuum Cup
U. S. Royal Cord
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AUTOMOBILES
Agent
Circle Garage
Circle Garage
Autocar Sales Co.
Circle Garage
Hall & Gravatt
States Motor Service
Bateman-Mixner Co.
Earle L. Farr Co.
Cuskaden Brothers
Earle L. Farr Co.
C. H. K. Motor Co.
Eastern Motor Co.
Baird & Foster Co.
Ray Colwell ^
Antrim Motor Co.
C. E. Henkelman
Franklin Auto Agency
Earle L. Farr Co.
Carney Motor Co.
Antrim Motor Co.
Alex Latta, Inc.
O. H. Guttridge Co.
Jordan Agency
C. E. Henkelman
Cuskaden Bros.
Chalmers Auto Agency
John S. Morvay
Parsells-Thorn-Nash Co.
C. H. K. Motor Co.
Coast Auto Co.
Samuel Walden
Bateman-Mixner Co.
Scanlan Bros.
Reo Service Station
Scanlan Bros.
Baird & Foster Co.
Ray Colwell
Mathis Motor Co.
Atlantic Motor Sales Co.
O. H. Guttridge Co.
Royal Bros.
Willys-Overland, Inc.
TIRES
Distributor
Ajax Tire Sales Co.
Chelsea Tire and Repair
Columbia Sales Co.
Rittenhouse
Chelsea Tire and Repair Co*,
• J. W. Marshall & Son
Harry Huffnagle
Berkeley Distributing Co.
Rittenhouse
Central Auto Supply
Campbell-Niedringhaus
Richard G. Edwards
Rittenhouse Co.
I Columbia Sales
\ Parsells Sales Co.
^Seltzer
Leppert
Address
1010 Arctic Ave.
1010 Arctic Ave.
37 N. Florida Ave.
1010 Arctic Ave.
2200 Atlantic Ave.
808 Atlantic Ave.
816 Arctic Ave.
2130 Atlantic Ave.
Hartford and Atlantic Aves.
2130 Atlantic Ave.
2720 Atlantic Ave.
2207 Atlantic Ave.
17-19 S. North Carolina Ave.
Parkway Garage
40 N. Albany Ave.
2213 Pacific Ave.
Harrisburg and Atlantic Aves.
2130 Atlantic Ave.
27 S. North Carolina Ave.
40 N. Albany Ave.
1127 Baltic Ave.
805-07-09 Baltic Ave.
2424 Atlantic Ave.
2213 Pacific Ave.
Hartford and Atlantic Aves.
816 Arctic Ave.
12 S. Virginia Ave.
9-11 N. Arkansas Ave.
38 N. Albany Ave.
2720 Atlantic Ave.
Atlantic and Texas Aves. .
3500 Atlantic Ave.
816 Arctic Ave.
3303 Atlantic Ave.
225-27 N. New Hampshire Ave.
3303 Atlantic Ave.
17-19 S. N. Carolina Jtve.
Parkway Garage
3305 Atlantic Ave.
2315 Atlantic Ave.
805-07-09 Baltic Ave.
1025 Baltic Ave.
Atlantic and Texas Aves.
Address
3304 Atlantic Ave.
3007 Atlantic Ave.
2018 Atlantic Ave.
5 S. North Carolina Ave.
3007 Atlantic Ave.
3302 Atlantic Ave.
2418 Atlantic Ave.
3306 Atlantic Ave.
5 S. North Carolina Ave.
29 S. North Carolina Ave.
3302 Atlantic Ave.
27 S. North Carolina Ave.
5 S. North Carolina
2018 Atlantic Ave.
1606 Pacific Ave.
901 Atlantic AVe.
California and Atlantic Aves.
•As.
The Best Auto
Story I Ever Heard
The Automobile Editor
solicits your contribution to s
column with this heading;, as
well as any notes of proposed
tours, dealer changes or other
information of interest to
local autoists.
plan. When the casings are not
removed from the rims, the tubes
should be partly deflated.
There is little-' to do to the
mechanical parts of the car except
see that they are well covered with
oil or grouse. Oil in the engine,
rear axle and transmission should
be left there, but the carbureter,
vacuum tank and main tank
should be drained. A generous
supply of heavy oil should be
poured into each cylinder and the
engine cranked a few times to
distribute it thoroughly over the
pistons and the cylinder walls.
It is easy to remove the grease
wun gasoline wnen you put your
car back in commission. Parts
such as steering knuckle, pins,
wheel bearings, universals, etc.,
which normally require lubrica
tion should be well supplied.
Drain all gasoline and water
from the car, and if this winter’s
experience is your first with a
particular make of motor, be care
ful not to overlook any draincock
in either system. The radiator
should preferably be drained with
its contents hot and the motor
should be run for a minute or even
two afterward to evaporate mois
ture still clinging to the water
jacket.
Velocipedes - Bicycles
Make the Best Christmas Gifts
A. E. BOYCE
720 Atlantic Are. Phone 2276-J
MBER 6, 1922 -
Heard Through the Muffler
{.Continued from page 19)
explanation ran something like this:
"You see, we have them equipped
from soup to nuts as they come from
the factory with a wide range of
choice. There is the light-six, break
fast size; the special six luncheon,
and the big six dinner menu. A
complete line of complete cars.
Those are the table d’hote models.
Take a look over at Man o’ War
standing in the corner, namesake of
the horse that has never been beaten;
that is one of the a la carte models.
“Now what do you prefer, regular
line of standard stuff or something
special?’’
“Give me a big six a la carte with
all the trimmings,” said the man as
he pulled out his checkbook and
made out a check in full.
FOR QUICK SERVICE
PHONE 8838-W
Atlantic Auto Radiator Co.
Manufacturing and Repairing of
Kuto Radiators, Fenders, Hoods, Tanks,
Lamps and Windshields
2641 ARCTIC AVENUE
(Cor. California and Arctic Avas.)
IT CLEANS
ALL UPHOLSTERY
Q U1CKLY—THORO VGHLY
AND REMOVES RAIN
STAINS
SELDICA
The Ideal Cleaner for
Automobile Interiors
APPLIED IN ATLANTIC CITY
By W. E. Schaumloffel
449 GUARANTEE TRUST
Phone 3162 Ask for Demonstration
I OFFICIAL SERVICE STATIONS I
ELECTRIC AND STORAGE BATTERY SERVICE STATION
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Test
Questions
for
Car Buyers
Before you buy any car
get the answers to these
questions:
Has it been tried out*
and developed, and im
proved, over a period of
years?
Do people, generally,
speak highly of it?
Is its re-sale value low—
or high?
We believe that the an
swers to these questions
wi*I safeguard your
pocketbook, and lead
you straight to the
Hupmobile.
We will be glad to help
you answer these ques
tions. Telephone tor a
demonstration now, at
once.
ALEX. H.LATTA, be
1127-29 BALTIC AVE.
Phona 2138
THE
NEW
CHEVROLET
TOURING
CAR
will be shown
in a few days
,at our sales
room.
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Manufacturer af
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Ford Sodas Ru((, 99.00
Slip Covers ,
21 N. IOWA AVENUE
Atlantic City
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