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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1925)
l Li. t Li Part Three Pages One to Six Automobile Section Radio Bicycle Motorcycle SEVEN TY-FIFTH YEAR I f SALEil, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1025 SPARK . P S INCR E'PO NGE 1000 MILES SlIPLlSiE FORD nUCTII the fact that cars manufactured in Manchester are absorbed in the British Isles. i All Ford cars made in England are built of approximately 90 per cent . British materials. Further, the policy of the English company requires that-British labor only be employed. And in accordance with this policy those parts not made in the Manchester plant are fabri cated by other English Industrial manufacturers. AH cylinder blocks and many other parts are cast and machined in the plant at Cork, Ireland, which operates under the name of Henry Ford & Son, Ltd. '- Popularity of the automobile in England, both as a passenger and commercial car, has been steadily increasing, registration figures as of January 1 showing a total of 778,211 motor vehicle units In Great Britain. lIlEiLQ kost liiipoiira Quarter Million Mark Reach ed; Popularity in Great Britain Showri i Necessary Part of Internal Combustion tngine's Often Neglected 1 '-" ! " '" -; ; : . -- r y NEW LUG EAS AFTER , j Champion Plug Wagon Covers Entire West r'"-"" - ill i. ! i- Government Gives a Spark Plug Lesson si4' 2 i-. L1 'he ! automobile owner who realize anything .of the actual money saving through keeping his car always in good condition wouldn't think of driving with a retarded spark. It his gasoline station charged him 10, 2u or 25 pet cent more than his neighbor pays he would soon see about it. 11a wouldn't drive with a leak in bin gasoline tank. It he discov ered one, he would go to a repair shop at the earliest possible mo ment. ! pTet, If your spark plugs have been used more than 10.000 miles, you are, in effect, driving with the spark retarded. You are real ly j paying 10, 20 or 25 per cent more for gasoline and oil than your neighbor who has Installed new spark plugs recently. And while your gasoline tank is not actually leaking if you are using old spark plugs, your exhaust U shooting good power into the air in, the form of. only partially bilrned gas. Spark plugs lose their efficiency sd gradually that you don't realize It They continue to fire, but . their weakened spark wastes gas and oil every mile you drive, de creases efficiency of the entire engine and, as a result, increases wear on the engine's operating parts. Pick-up, speed and power are all cut down. ; I With a new set of spark plugs you will immediately note a marked imrovement. You will get more mileage from gasoline and from oil. Power will increase. Acceleration is faster and start ing mnch easier. In most cases you can set your carburetor on a leaner mixture.: ; If! you have used your present plugs more than 10,000 miles, or have had: them installed more .than a year, you will find it real economy to put in a complete new met rlrht away. Thousands j of tests have proved, that -beyond 'tuerftion. One lest by you will prove it to your entire satisfac- tiod. - hvtflCER OP MOREIAND TflUCK COMPANY DIES J.'L Armer. whd for fourteen vears had been treasurer and a j director of the M oreland ; Truck comnanv. recently passed away. . . - - . . . ... J.W rmr. vno neia nis noaiiiun. wnu he Moreland company ever since ts inception fourteen years ago, i anil Ma was su auuiiug . kosa is considered incalculable by "members of the firm. iXCRliASEDEAllXlJfq? Packard Motor -earnings for tno fiscal year'auarter ending May 1 ari enacted to reach $3,000,000, Compared with S 2,9 00,0 00, or SI a share fcet for the common to tne first two auarters of the year end ed with February. It ia believed that -the f nil fiscal year will show about J9.000.000. or 3 a snare, based on the fact that production Is nearlng the 100 mark daily. and that 2500 cats will be turned out this month, and 3000 in May SAMMY SPARK PLUG Tr 4 rV - - , . J -V fif .1". . !, - - v s ik it A r! -y, y - r 1 t j frJ - ; . ' , 'd ttt ------j - -":v .t: J,m...zn. 'Mi!. I last week. . The quarter million tnaik was reached in Ford production In England at lTffl p. m. Friday. April 17. when car number 250, 000 left the final assembly line, in the plant at Manchester, ac cording to a cablegram received by fedsel B. Ford from the Eng lish company. s - j This is a production record for the automobile industry in Eng land and is significant also from SAMMY SPARK PLUG Above" is a picture or tne Advertising car of the cnampion SparX Plug company wUIch was in Salem jThis car covers the entire western territory from Canada to Mexico, Two factory representa tives accompany the car, cooperating with local dealers, arranging displays and advertising. Oil CAR RIVALS MOT CiELI DESERTS Chrysler Car Goes Around tne worm on bingie sup ply of Water A most extraordinary feat for motor eat. in which a Chrysler demonstrated its camel-like quali- j, i i i i ... i ties by going aroun the world on a single supply of water, was re cently rej?orted to J. W. Kikart, Chrysler IndianaU Last I roadster dealer In South Bend, negative factor in the Chrysler motor, and a single water supply will go for a long period of time with a minimum of evaporation.' Ever since j the Chrysler was in troduced a year ago, owners have reported this camel-esque feature. Perhaps the Chrysler stands a good chance of entering the Sa hara market and usurping the place now held by the faithful dromedary.. -; j; ;j i "i. !:i .p I - September, a Chrysler was sold to Norman A. Parker of South Bend. After driv ing It 5000 miles throughout the United I States; and Canada, he took it to New Zealand. In a let ter just received from Mr. Park er, the! following sensational news was' revealed: I brought it otit to New Zealand with j me, and It has excited admiration wherever I have been. The water you put In the radiator is still there, and I have not so ; far found it neces sary to id one drop.? I Mr. jParker's experience reveals a quality in the Chrysler that has excited the comment of many oth er Chrysler owners as well. That quality is the efficient cooling sys tem. fi i " ' Extra I Jarge water " passages completely surround f each cylin der and jvilve of the Chrysler mo tor. They 'give a minimum of one half Inch clear water circulation space I between each cylinder. Moreover,; the casting of the block is so designed as to insure no possibility of ' obstructed or con- Resiliency in Tires Big Factor in Wear . The mileage obtainable from an automobile tire Is dependent first of all upon the resiliency of the rubber stock in its tread, for it is the tread that has to absorb the shocks of the road and keep them away from the fabric, according; to Guy A. Malcom of the Malconx Rubber company. j , - "Tire manufacturers and chem4 ists have gone to heroic lengths; to produce tread stock of maxi mum resiliency," he says. "Ifj you take a ball made buto: the' tread stock used in the better kind Of automobile tire of the present- day and drop it to the fldor from a height of four feet you will notice that it bounces back about . three feet, a recovery of 75 .per cent." j .1 ;; r Says: A stitch in time, saves nine and a new spark plug in time jsaves time. After you have traveled 8,000 lyou'd be tired toow f Auto laughs Ull Rogers proproses to have 'all etui-bound traffic go east on Mondays, ' Wednesdays and Fridays and all toes t-bound traffic west on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur SAMMY SPARK PLUG stricted water passages. Consequently, overheating I s A cat has nine lives; a spark plug one. i i But there are more spark plugs than cats. Catch a new one to day, i i 1 1:; ; ; : i " AUTO LAUGHS Al Johnson said he act a job H as chauffeur and ihen lost it be cause he took the boss's car without permission. When asked how the boss found out . about it, Al re plied: "I ran over him," Says: jtnm VnnrVa ma ha a boost. I but m carbon knoclt ti not. , j Watch yocr spark plas and . yo'uH do4ge the kaocis. f AUTO LAUGHS When Neal O'Hara of ihe New j VArfr Ur'ArlA nu stabbed for aoitui t in the 'wrong direction on a one way street he asked whether it wasn't a poor nde thai wouldn't work both tvvyt. f " r - y United -States tires are : GOOD tires .. U. S. Royal Cords, .Vulcanizing . , . - . - - - . Clili's Tiro Iluse 197 S. Commercial nt Oregon ; Obtain Your Champion Spark Plugs from Marion auto i COIMPAN Y Studebaker and Franklin Sales and Service Phone 362 Open Day. and Night ii ' i 235 S. Commercial 'Chamapioiii. Pfcgo Balloon Gabriel Snubbsrs Tires, Rims and Parts i , - lira-Joirgeinicci Corner Hfeh and Ferry Sts. PLcne G75 CHAM Spark OTTO Plugs Ji WILSON Buick Distributor Marion and Polk Counties 388 N. Commercial St. Phone 220 1 , Salem, Oregon VICK BROTHERS HEADQUARTERS FOR piOSl ; Plugs' Mason Tires Accessories Oil I and Everything for the Car High Stiat Trade Salem, Ore. Wholesale . . ;i - . i 1 'Distributors for Q 75c : i. ;' ! i Dependable Spark iPliigs 'iiiHiif W! It 4 : "Jim" "Bill"! Smith 8l Watldns Court and Hish , , . Phone 44 Tests SLow Wliy Replace ment Should Be Made Every 8,000 to , 10,000 Miles .- 1 . . . m ' UNCLE SAM Has Decome vuaiiy interested in the conservation ; of gasoline Rnd has begun an ttlucaticnal program which Ii to eni jjrace the entire range of gas saving Ideas, To the sjark plug the Bureau i Min hffS devoted a photoplay galled, he Story of a Spark riag." f'rom this film come the illustrations and facts presented lere. J A hot, intent spark means econ omy. A hof, intense spark means poorer. A hot, intense spark means a live enqinc. j Vhen ft spark plug loses intensity because of the great stress to which jit is subjected in engrine operation, lit fdila to-give complete combustion iof gas in the cylinder. These things then happen: , Potter is lost. The engine is sluggish. Gasoline and oil is weasted. The engine brought daily nearer to expensive overhauling and conse quent loss of use of ear. Tne lesson to be learned 1st "Watch your spark plugs." They are vital to good car service. The best engine in the best motor car in the world is no better than its spark plugs. It is real economy to In spect spark plugs, frequently and to replace, them Just as soon as they . show signs- of a Weals spaTk gen erally somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000 miles. ; Most car owners have little real conception of just how their engine -operates. It is a widespread belief that a series of explosions, taking place in each cylinder, makes the en gine run. " This Is not true. What really hap pens 1st X As the engine turns over, gaso line passes through the earbura tor where air is mixed with it, the mixture entering the cylinder m the form of a kigMg inflam mable ads. 2 The valvet close and the piston moves upward compressing this gaseous r.iixture. 6 At a certain point in the opera tion the compressed mixture is ignited bu a spark leaping across tko gdp btlueen the electrodes of the spark plxff. . 4 The gas burns xslih extretoe rap- These pictures are worth studying. On the left is shown hove a gasoline engine should operate to attain maximum power and economical operation. ' On the right is a lesson in inefficiency less spark, lees combustion, Usf power, more waste. . i jj ' . . ,, .- I . is- 1 mull. ' J , ' . ! Here we have a hot, intense spark, igniting the cylinder mixture of gas and air. ' - . I A weak spark has not the force to fully ignite the mixture. This is the beginning of imperfect combustion. .i Here we see that this hot spark has' resulted in the cylinder mixture being entirely burned. Complete, combustion shown by white, jj Here the weak epark is producing so much slower burning that com-: bust ion is not completed, as at the left. White shows consumed gas. I , .A ----- WW r , Here, the burned gas is being forced out through the exhaust valve (AA). Full power is shown, no live gas escaping. - ' . iditlg and in burning 'expands, ' forcing down the piston and thus generating power. i jj. When your engine does all these tilings-in full vigor, Le-, with a hot, Her loss of power shown by slow burning is confirmed - because live gas lis actually being expelled through the exhaust A A) Intense spark, you're getting econ omy and power. When Ihere Is poor or incomplete combustion there is waste la power, gas and oil. Studj the pictures. , A H) !n V ' S-K ' Blo Box Line 7 - d. I)ep3ilable for X for Fords 60c Champion X ie the tendmrd mperk plug for Ford Care and Track end Fordmoa Tractor. We make, Champion Spark Plugs the very best we possibly can. Cham pions are so good today that we would fee fully justified, and entirely truth ful, if we should advertise tnem as everlasting, o . " But, we would be doing the motorist an in justice if we did not advise him to change his spark plugs at least once each year, as a matter of genuine economy and increased motor efficiency. f . ' ; :; i . , - -. For. the car owner would suffer a distinct losa by using even Champion Spark Plugs for more than 8,000 miles. This week, more than 95,000 equipment dealers will' assist the swing toward greater economy with a special Champion Spark Plug week. ; 1 y. Begin now, with a new set of Champions, to give your engine a real chance to deliver its full power, pick-up and efficiency. With a new set of Champions, you see all the difference In the world. " . . i Champion Spark Plug Company, Toledo, O. Cfcaaaptoo Spark Vtam Coapur of f mr. I imifxi. Wiadaor, Ontario C I O ry
