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Buying an Auto Is Generally a Compromise
Betwefn a Man's Purse and His Ideal, and
the ']-'..””pr. for \l:m_\ Practical Reasons,
Nearly Always Properly Decides the Course
. Buying & cAr ia generaily a com
promise beiwean & man s pocßethook
and his ideal Nearly aiwars the tdeal
s wrong and the pocketbook right
u reasons which & little thought wil
ebvicus in other wurds, It &
WaAn Mmakes a Cleßn s eep of his bank
poll in buying & car and has his eres
ahut 1o the other faciors in MAaNing
& purchase, the chances afe that he
will make & mistake thet will be
mere costly than the first payment
There is a logical method to follow
in selecting & oar and one that will
satirely eliminate the chances of se
euring & vehicie which will either, 1,
cost too much in the first piace. 3
Soet toe much to run, or. 4 Wil prove
s be genarslly unsuitable for ihe
purposes to which it ls 10 be put
The proper car for a man with an
incoms of §3.600 per annum and sev
o%‘.r- i pot the same as that
: t single youth with & §IO.OOO
allowance, Wwith mo ons 1o suppert
but a bulldog
Preparedness in Buying.
Before ever vanturing into the lair
of the persuasive saleaman your ar
mament must be prepared. In the
quist of your own domicile eit down
with & pencil and paper and collect
z' thoughts by concanirating oa
following |
3. How much can 1 reasonably af
ford to spend for a oar? ‘
2 HMow much can I afford te spend
for the malntenance of (His machine?
These are the first two factors
ARter the germ of car-desire has
Bitten the prospective purchaser tul
some vital spol, he will not lack for
reasons As (o why he should have 'I
ear. The reasons that spring up,
however, should he ahelved until thuo'
two questions are answarad definitely. |
It would at first seem difMcult for
the average person who has made but
& casual inquiry inte prices, ete, to
g'ct alther of thess questions. The
of the matter is, that the less the
prospective buyer has looked inte the
matter the better it will be to get
these questions out of the way im- |
mediately. The automoblle ustry
18 on such & plane at the prasent time
that over the entire price rangs there
is such & choloe of cars that a man
may spend anywhers from S4OO 101
$2.000 on & car and have & wide range
of specifications to chooss from.
The intending purchaser will there.
fore nearly always set down a figure
‘which will sufMoe to put hMm in a
certain price zone of cars. He may
say, for example, anywhere from S7OO
1o SI.OOO. This will open up a wide
fisld from which to choose.
The second figure, on upkeep, will
depend whether or not the intending
buver is A city dweller or a country
dueller. whether he intends to keep
& chauffeur or drive himself and also
on the mileage he intends to travel
At any rate the second figure should
be about somewhat higher than what
is figured for actual cost, to take care
of the incidentals whioh may come
up
Should Consider Needs
Having carefully determined the
purchase price which is correct and
then resolutely made n? his mind to
stick firmly by his decision, the car
buyer should ecarefully consider the
foatures that he wants In a car
These features must be selected from
among the following: Bpeed, capac
ity, nature of country to be driven in,
amount of usage expeoted per day,
number of passengers to be carried
on the average trip, seasons of the
srreu'h!obound.mndofulu
be taken and who is to drive
- If a car is desired for medium
speeds, as will be the case In the vast
_majority of instances, it does not
%rth‘:mh:.rvmmu tu:‘.
be able run high speeds. For
medium apeeds, however, where 36
;wu hour will be the average run
rate in the open country, any
of the stock touring models will fill
E&ifll. For high speed, where the
B bet e
; y n a
: l‘m instead of & car geared
dor4l-2 tol a car with a
g of 3to 1 will be selected.
By the expression onpaelt{ is meant
] load-carrying ability. If a oar is
= where several people can pile
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31x3/, 8.32 878 28 2.57
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34x3/F 1027 1203 250 2.77
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ED. C. GRIFFITH, Pres.
234 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
DALLAS, TEX. 2032 Commerce St.
NEW ORLEANS, LA., 600 Bareane St.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., 533 Van Ness Ave.
HOUSTON, TEX., Cor, Main and Dallas Sts.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Ave. C and Travis St.
NEW YORK, 1625 Broadway.
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'h; Al unsapeciad Mamenia & MIER
passenger bady will be dealratue it
€ tae other hand t s known Ihat
the load will always be & ceriain
famount { is far more sconomical 10
;g. srehase 4 ar with & body baving
sipialier capa: ity, because It is vheap |
or to opetate, A 8 11 cal Ties he oad
welght. The three.passcnger rosad -
ster is & good example of lightness
w here sMma capacity with economy
i desired
The naturd of the country o be
driven in should govern the car o A
greatl extent A car for hilly country
should have plenty of reserve power
| The buyer should compare the piston
displacemenits of the cars in the price
Imno in which he deaires 1o remain,
:u-d If the car = for hilly country,
| high horsepower, b g valves and nigh
goar ratio should e selected
i City Neads Are Different.
On the other hand, If the car is to
be driven largely in the cily, the mo
tor should be smaller, se as (o out
down weight. The speed of the motor
should »till remain high, though, ‘o
provide the good SOCelaration neces
sary In city work and also to permit
the car to be operated at very low
speeds on high gear. In thiz way &
quick start ean be made without
shifting gears
Fiat country, with few towns of
great popoulation, offers an ideal
combination for the motorist. He can
use & light engine geared fairly high,
and thus secure the condition of max
imum economy. Around the city, the
two big factors of hills and trafic re
quiring on the ona hand plenty of
reserve power and on the other hand
Iqul& accelaration, mean that the mo
tor must be powerful and aMcient
Ihflnc a high rotative spead to sacure
the snappy scceleration and also the
power necessary for hill-climbing
The buyer from the metropolis will
demand the utmost in the high-speed,
high-efficlency powar plant. and he
should know that his car will throt
tle to at least five miles an hour on
Ihifb
f the oar in to be used several hours
every day. as In business work, the
lightest possible body that will
do the work should be selected A
two-passenger rondster dasign is good
for the business man and If he do
sires to take others out on week-ends
the type with folding seats In the
rear deck should be stuflled. At any
rate, the lightest possibis hody anlc
ment that will do the wark should
selected. Also If the car is to be
Ariven 15,000 or 10000 miles per vear,
a sturdy gear-box with wide-faced
gears and the same qualities in the
rear axie should be sought Overst
tires will also be of advantage in the
car required to do high mileage.
| Touring Question.
™ I 8 unnecessary to pay the price of
& seven.passenger body m the
M-R:muor load will be stieally
all that is ever carried. The larger
body costs more In the first place and
also costs more to keap, hecause it is
heavier. The springs of A seven-pas.
‘senger body wil| not act eorrectly un
der a“five-passenger load and the
Ivbo\o vehicle will be as much of &
misfit as If & five-passenger body was
purchased for a seven-passenger load.
If the car is to be driven In all sea-
Im of the vear and In all kinds of
weather it would be profitable to buy
‘elther an inclosed dulgn or one of
the convertible types, which are open
in the summer and closed In the coM
or months. For summer only, the
regulation touring body suffices very
well. For the winter, something
warmer is really required if the car
is to be used to any great extent.
Under the head of who is to drive,
the q!nuuu of woman drivers comes
up. If the ladies are to take a turn at
the’ whee! the car ghould have adjust
able pedals and a steering wheel that
can be reached readily. The control
levers should be accessible. The
brakes should he powerful and easy
of application, the clutch should be
readily disengaged and every thought
should be put upon the elimination of
any chance of acoident through in
ablility to reach the control members.
Summing up, the purchaser should,
before doing anything else, decide the
price he intends to pay.
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34x4', 16.23 18.99 411 4.56
35x4L, 16,95 19.83 421 4.67
36x4, 17.22 20.18 4.34 4.82
317x41s 1704 2100 444 493
34x5 20.94 26.19 4.68 5.20
35x5 18.96 23.70 5.00 6.55
36x3 19.28 24.03 5.08 5.64
87x5 20.07 25.08 6.17 5.74
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA., 123 W. Duwal St
OAKLAND, CAL., 1758 Broadway.
LOS ANGELES, CAL., Sixth and Olive Sts.
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NEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 16 1916
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UPER SIX is the model name by ‘
S which the 1916 Hudson s known,
this name being given partly be
cause of the unusual performance of the
car as demonstrated in recent tests conducted
under the rules of the American Automobile
Association, a 5 told elsewhere in this wsue
The new Hudson, selling at $1.375 shightly
more than the 1915 car, is capable of a speed
over seventy-five miles per hour in touring
form, and can accelerate from a standing stan
to fifty miles per bour in 162 seconds.
Aside from performance, which is infinitely
better than that of any former Hudson, the
aew model is better looking than its predeces.
sors. It has an entirely new 3% by 5 block
cast L.bead motor made in the Hudson fac
tory, & disc clutch and three-speed gearset in
unit, Hotchkiss drive and
a semi-floating rear axle
Tires are 35 by 4%, nos
skids all around
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The striking changes, which will be appar
ent to the average observer, are those con
cerning the body, which is a new double-cowl
type sited with a slanting windshield The
line from the windshield to the radiator is
almost parallel with the ground The radiator
is 3 new one, high and narrow. fashioned on
HUDSON SUPER SIX
SPECIFICATIONS
Cylnders . caib viis 250 o Miae
Bore and stroke ....... .3V by 5
Electric system .......... . .Delo
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Wheelbase ... ........125% mnches
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Price of seven-passenger 51.37 g
Wonderful Advance in Autos Revealed at Show
Significant developments in the uu-l
tomobile world became apparent to the
trained observer at the Grand Con-I
tral Palace, New York, last week, |
The manufacture of automobiles lnl
an infant industry. It has hardly
reached its fifteenth birthday. There
fore, it can not stand still. It must
go forward or backward, and since
thers is no hint of the latter, it must
be progressing.
And it is progressing. This past
year has seen practical developments
of what amounted to nothing more
than hopes but two short vears ago.
Achievements which are marvels In
themselves and which at the same
time may only represent small detalils
of manufacture have been made, and
‘the result is that never before con's
‘the purchaser buy so good a car for
so little money.
Important Developments.
These developments were noted at
the show. They were not all on ons
car. A point here and another there
all lent their aid to swell the total
of improvement and refinement which
goes to make the 1916 car the most
eflicient vehicle which was ever put
at the dlsposal of man. Xt the ex
hibition the X-ray was turned on the
finished product, and as the jewaelar
proudly displays his tray of brilliant
gems, the automobile Industry proud
ly spread before the public the fin
ished product of the concentrated ge
nius of the automoblle engineer,
The motor is always the local point
of interest. It is the heart and soul
of the car and everything is dependent
upon it. It dld not take a survey of
many cars to bring home the fact that
the block-cast motor, in which the
cylinders were combined In one unit,
is a very outstanding feature design.
In fact, the effort to combine the units
which go to make up the power plant
into one comprehensive whole formed
the first interesting point to study.
This unit construction includes not
‘only the motor, but the clutch and
‘what is commonly known as the
Itmsmlnion. or gear box. It goes
further than this, even, and includes
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parts of the motor that were formerly
left exposed, the intake and exhaust
manifolds. The valve actions are
covered by light removable plates and
the result is that the exterior is left
simple and clean, giving an appear
ance of accessibility and substantial
ness, which is decidedly attractive,
On the whole, the person who de
sires to compare figures found that
motots are smaller than they were a
Analysis of Motor Designs
Found in the 1916 Models
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The 1916 motors as a whole are
smaller, show a higher rotative
speed, are better balanced, and per
form better in every way than those
of the previous year. The average
rated horsepower has, however, re
mained practically constant, and there
is a simple reason for this. While
there has been bore reduction in the
fours, thus tending to cause an ap
preciable drop In the average horse
power, there have come in eights and
twelves with their consequent higher
rating, because of the greater num
ber of sylinders. In other words,
what the fours have lost In rated
power has almost been compensated
for by the others, thus keeping the
rated power flgure only slightly be
low that of 1916. We can predict that
if the present tendency to multi
cylinder engines increases there will
be an increase in rated power for next
year.
With these better performing en
gines of higher speed, and more
power there has come a change in the
average gear ratio from 3.8 to 1 to
4.1 to 1, this having been done to
supply the almost universal demand
for better performance at low speeds
when using the high gear.
With the cars considered in general
we can step to an analysis of the de
sign of the various units so that we
can get a good conception of the
trend in the details of construction.
The most important unit, the motor,
can rightfuily be taken up first,
Summed up, our 1916 engines give
more power, because of the higher
rotative speeds of which they are
w: h body, and how HudsdW engineers
. " iy have gone into every detail, it might
= L be mentioned that there is a leather
Y 1.". - flap on the top of every door so that
’ when the door is opened or closed
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A% L . the polished door
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year ago. The bore and stroke are
less, and, therefore, the piston dis
placement is also less. Still, at ihe
same time inquiry brought to light
the fact that makers clalm even more
power for the motors than they did a
yvear ago. This apparent contradic
tion is overcome by the fact that the
motors of to-day are more efficient
than they wera before, and can Dbe
operated a higher rotative speeds.
capable; better throttling, becaues of
improved carburetion and valve tim
ing; better response to the throttle;
they vibrate less, because of the light
ening of the reciprocating parts and
the better balance obtained; they are
cleaner In exterior appearance and
the parts are more accessible. There
may be other points worthy of, con
sideration, but the mentioned ones
are no doubt those of greatest im
portance to the average owner.
A higher r.p.m. has been obtained
by either fitting alloy pistons, which
is being done only in comparatively
few cases, or by outting the section
of the iron piston. The aluminum
alloy piston, introduced by a few con
cerns {n their stock motors, has
worked out well; so well, in faot,
that they are to continue their use.
Those slow in adopting this form of
piston for 1916 have spent the year
in experimenting, with the result
that few rejected it for stock work.
This means that many of our 1916
engines will have aluminum pistons,
and as the months roll by maker
after maker ls expected to take up
this form and in a few years a good
percentage of the engines will use
them.
Connecting rods have been light
ened also, in many cases by cutting
the section and using stronger ma
terial and in others by the employ
ment of tubular rods, although this
latter form has not made the advance
expected. This reduction in rec’pro
cating weight has given a reduction
n inertia force. hence the speed 18
increased and vibration lessened.
More power is secured for less dis
placement.
This is accomplished by Ilarger
valves, lighter reciprocating parts in
the motor and in the better designing
of the parts which have to do witlh
the carburetion. The diameter of the
valve is generally a given proportion
of the cylinder diameter or the bore.
The fact that the bore has fallen
off and the valve diameter has In
creased shows provisions are made to
allow more gas to be taken into the
cylinder on each stroke. This In
creases the power in two ways.
First, there is a greater relative
amount of explosive mixture, and,
secondly, the motor can rotate more
rapidly befors the power begins to
drop, becauss of the fact that the
gases can not be drawn rapidiy
enough through the valve passages.
Engineers express this by stating that
the volumetric efficlancy of the 1818
motor is higher than that of the
1916.
Lighter Reclprecating Parts.
ILighter reciprocating parts refer to
the, conneoting rods and pistons.
These have been cut down In weight
by many of the leading manufactur
ers and others are using aluminum
alloys. The aluminum piston was one
of the features noted at the automo
bile show. Where it was not used it
was interesting to study how the de
signers have cut down welght by =
scientific arrangement of the mate
rial.
Carburetion parts which have had
a significant part in increasing the
efficiency of the 1916 motor not only
include the carburetor itself, but the
mounting of the instrument, the cast
{n-block manifold and the preheated
air all help. .
Ca?uretors are now able to readi
ly hahdle the poor grade of fuel that
is now being supplied without chok
ing when the throttle is opened. The
carburetor is mounted closer to the
motor and does not give the gaso
line opportunity to recondense Dbe
fore entering the cylindet, and the
cast-in manifold keeps the gases
warm and perfectly vaporized. The
tendency to keep the intake manifo!d
las short as spossible on many of the
cars was noted at the shows
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Big Toledo Concern Selects Elab
orate Peachtree Site for Dis
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tributing Point.
.
A branch has been opensd ai Al
lanta in the former Locomoblle build- |
ing. operations having started January
1. This brasch will be sone headguar
ters, and for the Lime um- activi
ties will be restricted pally 1o
the distribution of parts in the Bouth
east. a large stock of which will be
carried at the branch
This, however, does not in any war
interfere with the distribution of
Overlands by the Overland Bouthern
Automoblle Company, which will re
main at its present quarters, Ne. 333
Peachires street, with W. 8 Becker in
charge.
. The present business of the Onr-|
tand-Cleveland Company at Cleveland
will be taken over in its entirety aad
operated from January 1 as a branch
‘which will be erected during the sarly
A new bullding Is being planned now,
months of 1814
Another direct branch (s already in
eperation at Kansas City, The plan
of operation here will be identical to
that at St. Paul. as the company wi.l)
conduct ity own retall establishmen®
at Minneapolis. a'though in the city of
8t Paul the former Overland dealer
will continue to sell the line
At 8. Paul a buliding for ware
house and service purposes has been
completed. and is now being occupled
A service bu'lding. which will eon
tain zone offices, is already under way
at Boston: but at this point the Boa
ton territory will be handied by the
presert distributor, Connell & McK ne
Company
A bullding for a direct hranch s
well along toward completion at
Springfeld Mass The Overianl
Company s already operating its own
business at this point, and the new
quarters is expecied to be ready In|
March |
A location has bean obtalned for a
bullding in New York City which will
be used for service for the New kal
dealer. . T. Silver Motor Company,
and for the zone ofMices and wholesa's |
distribution of the \\'M,\'.-O\orurdi
Inc ’
Willys-Overiand. Inc. as has been
previously announced, has been or
manized, under the laws of Virginia, |
to take over the markeiing of the
products of the Wiliys-Overland Com
pany
The stock in the new corporation is
entirely owned by the parent compa
ny, and its ofMicers and directors are
all from the active ofMclal siaff of tnol
Willys-Overiand Company I
The change has heen made for the
greater convenlence of the hnnn',l
company in carrying out some new |
selling plans Heretofore Overland
executive sales work has been con- |
centrated at and restricted to the home
office at Toledo. In the future it wl.ll
be handled on what is known as the
zone plan, with thirteen zones and
zone managers, all reporting to the
general sales department, in charge »f
H. B. Harper, as general sales man
ager, and Joseph McDuffee, as ass:si
ant sale® manager, at Toledo
The zune headquarter cities, which
wil'! provide the name for the zone,
and the respective zone managers are
Boston—W,. B. Sawyer, l
New York City-—~E. M. Lied |
Philadelphia—A. W, Barber ‘
Atlanta—E. N. Culver, |
Toledo—K. R. Jacoby. !
Kansas City—E. G. Hosler
Bt. Louls—J. F. Toole.
Chicago—C. E. Wagner
Minneapolis-St. Paul—F. N. Coats
Omaha—C, H. Tyler.
Dallas—W, D, Sapp.
Denver—George A. Clark.
Pacific Coast—B. J. Mac Mullen.
Besides zone offices which will,
starting January 1, be operated in
thirteen different cities, the vompanyl
will open and maintain some direct
factory branches. |
This departuie from the past aell-I
ing plan of the Overland Company
creates the need for an important new
Not in price per gallon, but in
Consumption, by the use of a device
that is mechanically perfect. We are
State Distributors for the best gaso
line saver manufactured. Guaran
teed to save 20% to 40% of Gasoline
bills. Automatically controlled from
steering post.
Agents wanted for every county
in the State. Some good territory still
open, but going fast.
REED OIL CO.
Atlanta, Ga.
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Six of Twelves Developed Sines
Last Year Show Rapid Strided
in Industry.
There were ne 1318 tueives Mo
1914 there have been six of them Al
nounced and more are probably coll
ng. The lowest-priced twelve so far
quoted is §I.OOO. Two years ago B
was impossible 0 get A car with
the number of eylinders and :s
anything like the same equipment
that r(l“
If it was possible during tu“
year to cut into the twelve-eyl
fieid a 0 deeply, when at the beginning
of the year there were none on the
market at all it would not be safe te
predict what new developments thie
infant industry will put forth duse
ing the coming twelve months, There
pave already been suggestions of ste
teen and twenty-four cylinder carg
but these have never gone past t:
tdie rumors stage; in fact, It 1s &!
enlt to concelve of either of thess des
velopments during the coming yeal
Excollent Qualities.
One of the greatest achlevements
of the twelve-cylinder and eight
cvlinder motors is the setting up of &
standard of performances as & target
for the manufacturers of fours 'fi
sixes to shoot at. The resuit is
betta® performance is being secured
from cars with fewer cylinders stme
ply because it has becomes necessary
for makers to meet the excellent
qualities found 'n the motors with &
greater number of eviinders
To do the same work as the twelve
with half or one-third the number of
evlinders is & diffiesit task for the
designer, but some wonderfu! accel
eration figures have been obtained
from eixes and fours during the past
few months which may well m-k-::
twelve-cylinder manufacturers |
to the!lr lavrels in this respect
‘Neat Wiring Noted.
The neat wiring secursd on the
twelve-cylinder motors, In spite of the
large number of cylinders, is a e
ture which should be noted: in faok,
the ingenious placing of all the ao=
sessories on a motor with this num
ber of units is a matter which is
worthy of much commendation. 1t is
seriainly a useful argument in come
bating the arguments generally ade
vanced against the twelve—that there
is too much complication o
Arguments along this line need
not disturb the designer, as practls
cally every bit of progress In Automos
bile design has been opposed at the
time of introduction by a number of
people who have raised the cry of
complication. The six-cylinder motor
is an example of this. Now there are
as many makers of sixes as there are
of fours, and the number of makers
of eight-cylinder cars is greater than
of fours, in cartain price zones around
$2.900 The tweive has, In all prob
ablility, its own fleld, and this belng
80, it has come (0o SIAY
Elimination of the
Ona of tha noticeable effects of the
effort tQ secure simplicity s in the
elimination of many of the water pumps
and the corresponding increase of ther
mo-=iphon cooling Another reason sq;
the thermo-syphon is that the size 0O
the motor is decreasing, and it is muoch
easier to cool a small motor than a large
one by the thermo-siphon circulation.
position, which will be known as di=
rector of branches, and G. M. Berrn
formerly advertising manager, ha#
been appointed to the new place,
An essential feature of the new
plan is to place on the ground at the
zone city headquarters stocks of both
cars and parts for convenience and
quick distribution to the Overland
dealers and owners. For this purpose
buildings that will be used for ware
house, service and selling purposed
hulve already been started in some
cities.