La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 01, 1928, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextHa (iranite lEwmttg (bmmx- MOTORING NEWS WANT ADS VOLUME XVII LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928. NUMBER 5J). STREAMLINING TO INCREASE SPEEDS NEW NASH "400" STANDARD SIX CABRIOLET New Tests Indicate Possi . bility of Defeating Re sistance of Air P lly 15. JM'it'litoltl (A. )'. Ailtomnbil.. IMitor) WASHINGTON A) H auto mobiles wcro tttri'iimllned liko air plant1 tlu-y would double their lirefii'nt KpeedM. However, they would rlvul the futuristic designs of modern artists und probably would not bo wunted by present day motorists. Kpeeda of stock Automobiles to day. It hu bt-rn 1 -at nt-d through experiments carried on by the bu reau of standards, are determined Hi most exclusively by the amount of resistance of fercd by the air through which they must pass. tra reful HtreamlininR' solved the problem of defeating air resistance In airplane construction, but a streamlined automobile with a pointed front and a long thin tail Is beyond the averaged motorist's imagination. It lias been learned that the present-day uutoniobllo with a maximum speed of OU miles an hour would hav to liuvo an en gine eight times Its present size und power to uttftlu a spued of 100 miles an hour. This Illustrates the enormous amount of speed sacri ficed In automobiles because of present design fixed by popular taste und convention. J)r. K. 1. Dryden of the bureau of standards found in the course of his tests with perfect eighth scale models of a small car now on the market that a 4 miles an i ; I vq --Vr-OnS.,. - , i !!M(l!l!! hour, eight extra horsepower would be necessary to overcome tho air resistance of the full scale automo bile. At fill miles an hour. 15.7 ex tra horsepower would be required: nt CO miles, 27.2 horsepower; and at 70 miles, 43.2 horsepower. In curry in? out the bureau of standards' project. Dr. Dryden used the wind tunnel which has proved an Indispensable aid to the devel opment of airplanes. The tests w ere made at the request of an American automobile manufactur er, who supplied two erfectly scaled models built at a cost of $1,000 for the tests. The wind tunnel Is capable of stirring up an air stream or gale of any Intensity from a few miles an hour to more than 1 oo miles an hour. The model Is suspended In tire tumwlm thru tho air fore can be studied and recorded on ap propriate Instrument! which show the extra horsepower necessary to overcome air resistance in automo biles of present design. Overcoming air resistance Is a vitul factor in the successful flight of airplanes, because without si ream ling planes would not bo able to maintain speeds sufficient to insure controlled Might. In auto mobiles, however, the designer has bowed to the desires of the public for beauty of line and plenty of room, only to sacrifice spei-d and make necessary the use of larger engines and more gasoline. It would take a bruve designer or manufacturer to put u car on tho market conforming to the Urns which scientific investigation might reveal us most efficient. Conventional designs have become so rooted in the minds of the buy ing public that any depart ure would be doomed to almost certain 'failure. The tests are valuable, however, to learn how much speed is sacrificed and to make possible further st tidy w hich may lead to development of some device to cut down air resistance without injur ing the lines and beauty of the UUtuinoblle, gas liner; si t dy V AKHIMrTO.V AP) Aroused by the continuous increases in the retail prices of giisoline. the lioyal Automobile club of Italy has an nounced it will tudy factors enter ing into the act ua cost of gaso line, front the time of its purchase in the producing country until it is delivered to the consumer In Italy, the department of commerce lias been Informed. I v. Here Is ( aptain l-inar laiudlMTg. SucdKli iller, wlm rescued (icu. Nobllt- and other members of tlx ere iv of I be lll-rutcd dirigible Italia, hlaiidlng beside his new Aash tno" standard slv cabriolet. t'ait. l.undherg's flaring exploit ta iesciilng Nobllo lias gone far touaiil making him a Swetlish mi- Willys-Overland Leads Industry In First Nine Months Of The Year TOLKDO, Dec. 1. The WiUj'H Oveiiuud Company of Toledo, man ufacturers of Whippet fours and sixes and Willys-Knight sixes, stand in first position In the entire auto mobile industry In percentage of gain for new car registrations for Urn first nine months of the cur rent yea r, as compa red wit h t he same period of hist year with un increase of SC. 3 percent, according to figures just released. In the same period the automo bile industry as a whole showed a gain of only 12 percent over last year, placing the Willys-Overland business 74.3 percent above the in crease shown by the entire indus try. With Its record breaking sale of Whippets and Willys-Knights, dur ing the Jii'st nine months of the current year which established a new high record for. the company. WIHys-Ovcrland finds itself in un disputed possession of third place in the industry In total cur sales, first and second place going to two other manuluclurtM'S whose .. pro ducts were limited only to four. cyl inder cars. In this record-breaking nine months the Willys-Overland . Company secured 7.8 percent of all the business done by. the en tire automobile industry. Kegist rations for the month of September alone gives the Toledo manufacturer an increase of 140. S percent over September of last yeai whth ilie industry as u whole for September showed an increase of but 4'i.2 percent. These figures bear out the. state ment recently made by the cxhmi tives of the Willys-Overland Com pany that I !' 2 -s from month to month has established ihe greatest sales volume In the history of the company and that the business for the year already bus surpassed the best previous year since the com pany started business more than twenty years ago. The fiiet that 1 tie company's business in September showed such a remarkable gain over the total business done by the industry as a whole. Indicates that the buying ileitiii nd for Willys-Overland pro ducts was not effected by the usual seasonal slump. Hum-row i;m:i modus WIX J'HllNCII 3IOTOIUSTS PAU1S (AP) The trend toward higher - powered automobiles was nccentuated In tho displays of the 22nd International Automobile Sa lon here this year. Kuropean manufacturers -ulone showed 21 oight - cylinder cars, whflo for the first time six-cylinder models were more numerous than the four-cylinder cars. One of every four cars displayed at the salon was of American manufacture. Cadillac Markets New Body Model Cudillac-LaSa lie, distributors and dealers are just receiving their first shipments of a new body mo del for the KaSalle chassis. It is the I .a Salle, town sedan, un addi tion to tho recently announced new lino of LaSalle cars. An advance showing of the model was made at the General Motors Kail show In Detroit. The new arrival is a five-passenger sedan, somewhat shorter than the standard sedan, with two doors and two windows on each side. The upper rear body panels are of metal. The model is beautifully proportioned, umi combines strik ing appearance with exceptional balance. A trunk at tho rear adds a smart touch to the exterior ap pearance, and the entire effect is individual and distinctive. DEISEL TRUCK MOTOR NOW ON GERMAN MART TIIIK OITPtT HOOSTIID HKICI.IN (AP) The German tire output last year Increased 70 per cent over 1H26 but owing to (he heavy Increase In motor traf fic consumption in Germany kept pace with production. The output of tires in 1U27 totaled 18.076.48. Official A. C. Service On A 0 Gasoline Pumps Take Ihe Place of Vacuum Pumps. Complete Stock of Service Parts Factory Equipment on These Cars Some men take good care of an automobile; others treat it like one of the family. Lite. WASHINGTON (AP) Soon af ter the Packard Motor company's recent announcement that it . has installed successfully a new type Diesel engine in un airplane, the department of commerce has been Informed by its Iteriin trade com missioner that u new tractor pow ered with u liesel motor has been put on tho German market. , The new German oil-burning tractor, which Is being manufac tured wit h equipment for both agricultural purposes and for street hauling, bus attracted much atten tion within the German motor in dustry, James K. Wallis, Jr., Amer ican trade commissioner at Berlin, reported to the department. Adapatlou of the Diesel oil bumlng typo of engine, now in Cpmipon use in ships u.He.a, to the purposea of the .motor or airpluuo Industry, had shown little progress until the recent experiments were completed with success. The National Advisory Commit teo for Aeronautics lias been work ing on the development of an oil injection engine for airplanes ut its l.angley Kletd laboratories for siine time, and has reported encourag ing progress In Its experiments. The Packard Motor company, from experiments carried on privately and from aid obtain. -d through the National Advisory committee, re cent y perfected a I desel engine, installed It In an airplane engine, flew it with reported success. The new German tractor engine consists of a two-cylinder, compres sorless Diesel motor having a con tinuous output rating of 27 horse power, and a maximum rating of yu horsepower, at sr.o revolutions a minute. The motor has been especially deveb, p-cl for tractor work, with great advantages both 1 in fuel economy and safety of operation. Clank, Clank! Here's the Cavalry! , t A u bit i-n Buick CMC Trucks Graham-Paige Oakland Oldsmobile Pontine StudebaktT Chevrolet Cadillac LaSalle DALE COX "Auto Electric Service" 1 125 Adams Ave. I I? r The pklurcquo tavalrynian of tradition mjr oon lie only a miimir', m a renult o testa with a motorized cavaliy. unit maIc by the L". S. army. A drtachment of seven armored cars, (IrviKiK'd to replace tlij nlil fa'hloui'd mountnl troopcra, completed a 2uil mile overland trip fioni Maryland to t'L Bliss, Tcxarf, and drew cmlnii.i,tlo comment from i'icera In cliarpe. Above la one of the lUlit scout cars, fitted Hlthj two one-pounder that can be used aa anti-aircraft cum If jiece?ary; belox Is a heavier model, equipped with .51 and .50 caliber macbiu Four States To Build New Road Systems, Report CHICAGO. (AD Four atales will undertake Riga n tic road build UK projects In 1U"9 as the result of bond Issues, totaling $:MUHio,. oou, approved by voters In tho No vember election. . lowans are- preparing to "w out of tho mud" at an even faster rate than during lit 28 as the result of a $10(i.imk.(MM bond Iwue up proved by tho electorate. The bonds will inak possible the improve ment Of 6.6)10 miles in the state's primary system, and the taking ov er of ffiO.uUO.ueO indebtedness vot ed by 61 counties. IjOuislunn, Missouri and West Virginia are the other three states plunnln nn expansion of their road building programs as Ihe re sult of new bond 1skuci approved. Louisiana voted to raise Its Ras titx to four cents a gallon to pro vide a t:iu,(H)u,uuu bond i-sne for Improvement of Ihe state highwuy system. Missouri Is preparing to com plete t he state's system of 7.640 miles of improved roads, und the construction of "farm to inarke-t" roads over U three-year period. The bond lHsne of $7fi.00t.UO0 is to be divided Into three parts with an equal portion being used during each of tho next three years. Went Virginia's approval of a $:tf.lHni.ouo .bond iwuio make pos sible the improvement of rural roads and the construction of new sections of the. state's road not work, rians uro under way for the immediate beginning of opera tions under tho bond issue voted. Two slates, Pennsylvania and Colorado, turned down, proposals for new highway bond issues at the November election, while Califor nia frowned upon a propositi to spend IHUMio.uou for the diminu tion of guido crossings. Officer: Hay, lady, do you realise that you woro going fifty miles an hour? The l.ady: Oh, Officer, 1 couldn't havo been; I've only been driving fifteen minute)! Hupp Company To Control Chandler OLKVKLAND. O., Pec. 1 AP Samuel Uegar, treasurer of tho Chandler-Cleveland Motors corpor ation, announced that negotiations for control of the Chandler com pany by tho Hupp Motor Car cor poration wero concluded yeoterday. Ppeaking for himself and his as sociates, Including Kred C, Chand ler, president, who Is abroad, Ho gar said the deal had been consum mated and arrangements made for the transfer of Chandlcr-Clovclund to Hupp. No statement wus Issued as to Hupp plans for the Cleveland plants acquired. .WASTi:i KI'IXMIT Two attorneys, one decidedly glum of countenance, met on tho street. "Well, how's business?' tho first axkecl of the dismal one. "Kottcn!" tho pessimist replied. "I just chased an ambulance 1 1! miles und found a lawyer iu H." Hotary Itominder, FIRESTONE CO. FACTORY WILL OPEN ON DEC. 4 LOS ANdKLIOK, Dec. 1. Ac cording to official announcement made this morning, tho program for the formal opening of the now l''ireslorut tire raetory in Lou Ange les wtil take the lorm of a five day celebration starting Dec. 4, in -which many distinguished guests from out-of-town, rest one offi cials front Akron headquarters, the Los AngeU s Chamber of Commerce and the leading automotive dealers and operators of tho district, will have a prominent part. On the opening day. the keys of the new plant will bo formally presented to general manager It. J. Cope, by John W. Thomas, vice president of t he parent organiza tion, Akron, O. Another tiling that doesn't turn out us it should Is tho automo bile just ahead of you. Exchange. - m ri ace .... i r 3 IA your order U 010- ie Lutstana iM inevroiei S3 of Chevrolet History - a fix in the price range of the four! Since t!ie announcement tif The Ontst.'".i.lins Chevrolet of Chevrolet History, tenj of thousands of people hav; alrearly placed their orders for this sensational new car! Never before has r.ny new Chevrolet ever won such tremendous piihlic ac ceptance in so short a period of time! The new six-cylinder valvc-in-head motor is an engineering master piece. Not only does it develop '2 more power than any previous Chevrolet motor . . . not only dies it offer increased speed and faster ac celeration hut it provides this ama:iiiR performance with such out standing economy that it delivers an average of octter twtn 20 miles to the gallon of gasoline! A new heavier crankshaft, statically and dynamically balanced and de signed with shorter crank throws to minimize torsional strain results in n degree of smoothness and free dom from vibration that is truly remarkable. A new automatic lubricating system carries a continu ous supply of oil to the entire rocker arm mechanism resulting in ex ceptional quietness of operation. A plentiful supply of gasoline is assured under all operating condi tions by a new AC gasoline pump and filter. An automatic accelerating pump on the new carburetor gives faster acceleration and inn cased economy. And scores of other features such as fabric camshaft gear . . . hot-spot manifold . . . high compression, non-detonating head ...and sctni-automalic spark control contribute to every phase of per formance, economy, long life and dependability. i Throughout the entire chassis is found similarly Hch-Srtccd design. Tour long semi-elliptic shock a'v sorbcr springs set parallel to the frame and equipped with Alcmite lubrication at all the shackle joints cushion the entire upper struc ture against road shocks. A full ball bearing steering mechanism, with complete lubrication nt all the points of contact, results in delight ful ease of control. And newly dc- signed 4-wheel brakes positive in action, easy of application and noise less in operation provide a measure of braking control more than equal to the most unusual requirements. The marvelous new bodies byFisher arc longer, lower and roomier and incorporate in all closed models an adjustable driver's seat that may be moved forward nnd back to suit tha comfort of the driver 1 Come in nnd learn the full on 1 significant story of this gre.itest of all Chevrolets! Advance Showings The Oittstnndinp Chevrolet nf Ciet' roct History will he clisldyed in a series of noVonce showing in tha citt'ei listed bclowt V.'.iwlilfitttnn, Pec. 1-4. Mflvtln-A-T Hotel . . . ( liirnco, Pec. Pure Oil Hlilii., Wai k. r lr. nut Wuhinh Ave. . . . !. AnKclm, P'C. Ambnisjulnr Hotel Amtllorliiin . . . Snn I'raniisro, Pec. 8-1 1. OvJc Auditorium, I -nrtin Mall . . . 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