ri ! H OMAHA NUN DAY MKK: MAY 19 1!M.
& A
Gossip
Along the
Automobilo Row
VC. T. Wllw.n. the local Davi A Grant
Itetrihirtor. enterteln hi friend with
M violin whrn the wewther interfere
e-Kh the eeilli.a of eara ...
The National Motor Vehicle company
if lndtnnapola has Just awit out advance
nformation eov.rln: two new uio'l.-l,
ne a els-crlinaer -car to well at fl,iw).
nd the other a twelve-cylinder model to
mil at S1.M0.
The Noyi Automobile company are
tao featuring Firestone tires. Thry In
tumiratprt this plan about April 1 and
heir huelnes haa been rapidly increaa
ng. Their tire repair plant In conner
'lon la one of the best equipped In the
state and la In charge of competent re
Hair men. .....
Mr. Noyea returned chock full of en
Uii:elaam over thU proposition and .Mates
'hat additional service cars will be added
ut aa.raat aa necaaaarr to give patrons
Hietant aorvU-e anrwhere within radius
1 fifteen miles of Orraha. He wna ac
companied to Kansaa City iy F. O, Rudl
tell. local manager of, the Firestone Tire
tnd Rubber company. ' '
Many of the locaJ dealer ans taking
Idvantaca of the had weather of the
Vt week by attending the raoea at In
llanapolt. The Omaha delegation In
tludea W. L. Huffman, Fred C. Huff,
kian. Jack Traynor, George MoVicker,
'. R. JamlHon. and no doubt a few oth-
ra who waited until the eleventh hour.
The last week haa brought out several
Startling announcements of prominent
ftianufacturers regarding radical changes
hi their 191 models over the lltlo product.
Ioubtleaa other of a similar nature will
e announced in the near future, aa a
treat many of the large producers of
Jiotor cars nave thus far given no Inkling
f what they have in store for the new
vaaon.
Carl Changstrom of the Standard Mo-
lnr Pur romnanv lnpnl AlMtrlhiitAiHi foi
ie Allen car. believes that ha could get
long J u ft aa well without a aleroom
T unlnn the unloading platforms of the
kcal freight depot. Last week he re-
i"l I - rirl tlircui pUsla A 1 Man mam
yhlch were driven off bv dealers and
Jwners without even a glimpse of their
Dmaha headquarters.
One of the famous National racing
Srs, known aa No. 8 and owned by the
Yaynor Bros., is now being put In con
lltlon for the ou City and Omaha
ace mrets next month by Harry Porkey,
rho will drive it. If this car and driver
nalntaln their past record they will not
mly bring added fame to Omaha, but
Sme substantial prize money aa well.
. K. M. Reynolds, the local Sphinx dls-
rlbuter, has taken the salesroom at HW3
"a, mam and is having it remodeled.
Vhlle he is not making any definite an
ouncement as yet. he haa gone so far
s to say that for the 181(5 season he will
landle a six aa well as an eight-cylinder
iar, and that the prices on both will be
nder the J1.000 mark.
The bad weather of the last week hat
t least been very helpful to 'the tire
(epalr business, aocording to Mr. Ny
fcaard of the Omaha Tiro Repair com
pany Bine car owner cannot uae their
ars for ploasure during the rainy
Vreather, they devote more time to put
ling their tire In condition for the good
raya that are coming and the result is
hat all of the tire repair men are
forking lull capacity.
Guy Smith was probably the happiest
en along automobile row last Thurs
ay while he was misv unloading eeven-
n carloads or Himeon cars. There
era exactly thirty-four cara In this on
Moment and Mr. Smith considers him
elf very fortunate In being able to ae
ure tnts number or car at a time when
he big dietrlbutors all over the country
re clamoring ror cara. It only empha
Icea the Importance of , Omaha - as a
Jetrirmuruj center.
. Manager Bowl of the Muronv-O'Brlen
V.uto company la anxlouslv awaiting
favorable news- from T. J. O'Brien and
fiert Murphy,, who have gone te the
-mire ana uoaire laoronea ai ue troll in
auest of mora cara. The local salesroom
continued to look vacant for the
fcst month. In spite of the fact that
shipments have been rather heavy. The
-agty aalea together with tha dealers de
.ifnds have been more than Mr. Bowie
ass Deen aoie to meet.
II. B. Noyes of tha Noyea Automobile
Steams-Knight Factory Working Overtime
pr
Th above pictura of the Bterna'Knlght
factory was taken aa the night force
took charge of the plant without any
Interruption to the day's work. Mr. Me
Intyre, the local distributer, states that
his factor)' has been working twenty
four hours a day for some time and the
prospect are that this condition will
continue Indefinitely.
company, who have recently Inaugurated
a free tire aervlce in Omaha. hua Just
returned from a trip to Kansas Llty.
While there he visited the Oustln-Bacon
Menufacturlng company, who are ren
du ting a tire aervlce of thla kind. They
ar now operating eight service car and
a fleet of motorcycles an it are averaging
nearly 100 calls per. day. The Oustln
Hiicon company attribute their success
largely to the service of Firestone tires
Willi-h they ars featuring.
The Master Bales company haa opened
a new salesroom and laboratory at 2418-20
Famam street and Installed the most
modern machinery used In winding oolls
and armatures, as well as instruments
for recalibrating ammeters and volt
meters. While thla company la engaged
in Jobbing all kinds of electrical supplies
for motor cars their laboratory Is es
pecially equipped for repairing and re
building eleotrlr starting, lighting and,
Ignition systems of all klnda. Th work
Is In charge of John Parkhurst, who is
a past master at things electrical, and
motorists who Inspect thla new plant
will find It very interesting as it Is the
first of Its kind here. The Master car
buretor la also handled on a very large
rale.
Dick Btewart of the Mitchell Motor com
pany is very optimistic over the outlook
for business as quickly as the rain lets
up for a few days. In talking of the
comparative value of automobiles during
the last two years, Mr. Stewart said: "It
is strange, but nevertheless a fact, that
our Mitchell line today at several hun
dred dollars lesa prlre than several years
ago. ia a much better built car. Thla la
due to the fact that better steels are
available today at much lower coat to the
manufacturer than ther were several
years ago, when the use of the very
highest grade steels and other material
was restricted almost exclusively to the
builder of high-priced ears. The manu
facturer have also learned that through
the use of the higher-grade metala that
th weight of their cars can be materially
reduced without Impairing the aervlce or
nrtnranee of the ears. In fact thla con
struction has n tendency to lengthen the
life of all motor cara."
The Fred C. Huffman Automobile com-
ranv has Just received an eight-cylinder
Ktroltor unit power plant whlcli they
are exhibiting In their salesroom. This
motor Is not specially built for exhibition
purposes, but Is a standard stock motor
rnd Its object is to give those who are
interested in eight-cylinder cars an op
portunity to pass Judgment on It where
all parts are accessible. While the motor
only arrived Friday afternoon. It haa al
ready attranted large crowds and It will
probably be necessary to continue th
exhibition for the next ten daye. There
is no part that cannot be subjected to
the closest examination, and In this fact
It la evident that the manufacturer haa
thoroughly perfected every detail before
adopting this type of irutor. While the
experimental work hss been going on for
the. last two years. It was not adopted
bv the Brlgga-Petrotter companv until
last January and waa announced
simultaneously with several other of th
new type motors.
New Era of Motor
Design is Here
Several years ago. i get more p-er.
the rule was to use mm-e cubic Inches
of piston displacement, but It has sermct
lesa necessary each su.M'eedlng rar to
do this, ruble space within the cyMndrrs
la nn longer th sole crlt lion of the horse
power that can lie ilnwMiped by a grien
lin motor. The new method ,s to In
crease the sHe,l of ih motor. If l.ftM
revolutions of the crank shaft n-r mln
ut was once the mot effective si eed. It
may he that today the moat freetlve
ped I from two to three times the
former speed.
This accounts for tii. poxslhtiity of
getting greater speed cit of a molor of
SCO cublo Inch displacement than wss
once possible to obtain from one twice
that alta. The ability of a motor to
consume an explosive mixture composed
jof gasoline vapor and ale is the best In
dication of the horse imwcr of such a
i motor. It la the explosive mixture that
'generates the power, matters of engineer
ing design, of course, t.e'ng prime con
alderatlona. Body design haa been a factor :n bring
ing tha speed of the S0-inch motor up
to and ahead of that of the 800-Inch type.
Wind resistance' is a tremendous factor
when speeds approaching loo miles an
hour ar obtained. In some racing cars
It takes over ninety horse power t j over
come th wind resistance at such speed
and less thaa ten horse power to rrnpel
th car. Tha fronts of the cara now ar
ao designed a to cut down the front
area, but It la also very Important to
have tha rear end equally rurefully
planned. Study tha lines of a fish and
Mo Ittineaeona Moaaay. No luncheon
will be served Monday at the Commercial
club. This being Memorial day and a
legal holiday, the club will give thla recognition.
Douglas 4401
Ream
Bros.
First Class Auto Repairing and Machine Work
209-11 North 15th St.
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Big $15,000 Auto Race
MONDAY, JULY 5.
Auto Row Tlekrt Oflle
1811 FARNAIY STREET
Now Open . . Duy Your Tickets Now
C
ion will fh.d that lh tail is mere tnere.
than the head, yvt without doubt the
body of the fish is fahlcred io gle ihe
maximum s:eer1
' Higher crankshaft luvili are lcln ol
lalncd In the motors today In various
wss 'in begin with, the iltons are
smaller. This means less weight and It
Is poylhlc in run them at higher speeds.
Hearings have lieen Improved so that
higher speeds are possible. Lubrication
his been Improved and these improve
ments have nuiili- It possible to operate
at blglier speeds. The circulation of
cooling water has been bettered, so thst
In short, the ?..V-ublc Inch motor of to
day ts a considerably mere potent power
creatoi than Its larger brothers of four
or five cnrs ago. Thua. continued high
motor speeds can no maintained for
'one- period.
The speeds possible with our XTMrn-h
motors loil.iy are not all due directly to
the motor, the Improvements have been
curt led nil through the chassis. Today
we have .wn-nh motors in car welxhtng
lean than :.0O0 pounds, whereas four or
five years ago we bad 4rn Inch motors in
car weighing S.iX pounds or more. The
redu- Hon 'n weight haa been accom
plished t y better ma.erlals, and belter le.
sign of the many perls entering Into the
car. The reduction In weight ha meant
higher speeds with a given motor ca
pjfi'lty. The Indianapolis race will be more or
less cpocli-mnliing In that It will he
America' f list great SXMnch race. Ku
ropc has had Its race of small motors
for several seasons, Its KT-tnch race two
years ago bring the real high-water
mark in racing with small motor and
highly developed chassis and bodies. Sev
eral American builder have tackled the
problem this year In a commendable
manner and the results of Indianapolis
will be watched with particular Interest.
Stop that ffaak -Now.
When you catch cold or begin to cough
take 1'r. Hell' FMne-Tar-IToney. It pene
trate the throat and lungs. All drug
gists. Advertisement.
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OAICLAD
1916 Model 38
$1050.00
Tho first large, lizht, roomy, high grade
Four at anything like tho price
THE QUEEN OF
THE FOURS
No more dependable Four at any price.
Look it over, ride in it, compare it in de-;
tail with any four at any price.
We Have Them in Stock.
Lininger Implement Co.
Distributors. 6th and Pacific Sts.
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Will You Pay for the Manufacturer's
Experiment of a New Motor Car?
That question confronts you today.
Th penalty of success Is Imitation.
On year ago ther was but one Light Weight
81 x the HudaonanA makers of four cylinder
cars and heavy alsea said, "Bhun the Light Six..
It la not safe." Thay said It would not stand up
and that It waa impractical.
Yet some of those who were most critical are
today Invading the Light Six cylinder field.
Thera are now II makers In this claas with car
Hating at $100 and under..
Practically every maker, of a Six bought a
sample Hudson. Now you are told; "Thla- oar
ia aim liar to the Hudson."- "W use motors like
the Hudson." Our car is as good as the Hud-
MOD."
But will you risk your money on such a carT
Isn't It safer to take the car that 12.000 cars
prove la a success.
Ton get that only' when you get a Hudson.
. Evea If tha other car juay cost a hundred or
two leas thaft the Hudson think what It means
if the car la not aa good!
The ' fnsuranc feature should be considered.
And -What About Service?.'
Hudson being th first, and 11,000 cars haying
been sold. Hudson got tha best dealera
There are D00 dealers who know what tha
Hudson will do. They have prospered, with tha
assures Hudson service In every locality.
These dealera ar not the second and third
raters. They ar In first place. . They glv an
added Value to Hudson.
A rival dealer In a big Hudson city tells his
prospects Hudson Is strong In that town only
because It ia sold by the leading dealer, who
could sell any car.
Well, that la no doubt true, for Hudson deal
ers have doua ao well they can have their pick
of any ear made.' Hudson dealers are auccesa
ful because tbey know motor-car value.
They know the chances of disappointment
of failure that confront every untried, new car.
Such dealers don't experiment.
Ho, with all these Inducements and needing
only to say the word to get the agency of such
cara aa you may have been considering thev
aay , "No." They Bay: "We know what the Hud
soa la" "We know how little aervlua attention
It require." "W know that (.000, even 7,000
and 9,000 mile en a set of tire 1b not unusual
for a Hudson." "Wo know positively what the
Hudson will do: w are not aure of cara that
have yet to proT that they are properly de
signed and properly built."
"There are more than 129.000.000 worth of
Hudson 81x-40s in use; we know tha Company
Is financially strong and permanent.
"About others we do not know."
"Ws won't riak our money on a uncertainty."
Can you. then be no eur of any other cap
ita correctness of design Us construction Its
Insurance?
Now Just One Word About Prompt Action
152 Hudson were Bold In March.
There are only three Hudson, on the average,
left for. each Hudon dealer. .
That compUtea production of thla modal
Last year thousanda waited from - April till
August for Hudson. And on August first theru
were still 400 unfilled orders.
If you delai you cannot buy a Hudson. Th
supply won't last. , .
-Tbs bright, happy aprlng days ars making
a oriaa asnutoa iur unuwu.
Think of 1526 Bold In March, '
7-raenger, Phaeton or S-Pagaenger
Hosxlater, $1550, f. o. b. Detroit.
HUDSON MOTOR CAR CO., Detroit, Mich.
Hudson service adds another Joy to
It mean constant satisfaction. We'll
when you come In.
motoring,
explain It
2563-67 Farnam St, Guy L. Smith.
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IOWA
Persia John K. faterson.
ClarLada I. isle Mfg. Co.
CoaaoU Bluff a. William Kopar.
Daalap W. A. Chauncey.
Tarragut Th Farragut Automobile C
Starlaa Booth Implement Co.
staa-aolla. Oiaa. P. Putnam.
Malvern Kalyr V Kay ton.
Ked Oak 1'stty Automobtl Co.
anduey Charles Monaon.
uenaadoak.... J. K- bUrkler.
mbaVka
AM Maahek Bros
Ariiaa-tea Fted Echtaukamp.
kattlCrk... t. L. Best
Beatrloa V. D. Andrews Auto Co.
Bellwoo4 Pater Powers Powers Oarag.
Berlla.... . H. Sc-hall.
Blair O A. Ttathmanr
BnutlasT ..Hlk TJaden.
Central City
creigatoa
alla City. ....
Oeaoa
Orand Island. .
Lincoln
Bw Castle . . .
Bwmaa Orov
OgaUaU
Tawne Olty. . .
Flatte Centet. .
Plattemoata. , .
t. Paul
eBay 1st. . . , ..
Boon's Blaff..
Spalding-. .. , . .
waatoa
Teetuneeh
Warden
Walton ,
Callaway
South Omaha. .
P. V. Hall.
.P. C. Bandog
.Kentop Broa
C L. Harris A Bon.
.Mr. E. A. Braadea.
.Lord Auto Co.
Curry Broa.
.Newman (irovs Auto Oa
Juv Wolllng.worth.
Wherry Bro.
V. R. Bly.
.Douglas Oroteluaschaa,
.A. T. Crawford.
f. . O H.ra
MiT- ' A Lautnschlagr.
.Th Fletcher Auto Co.
, W. F. Veach.
, Alex F. Krancke.
Oee. Bprouse.
-Holmes A Adktns.
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Rtpfdmcud From
MOTOR AOE
May S7; 1918.
Packard Is World Innovation in Touring Car Production
Twin Six Has a 3 by 5 Motor Rear Axle Gearset Discontinued.
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PACKARD TWIN SIX UNIT POWit PLANT WHICH' HAA A 3 BT I MOTOR, DISC CLUTCH AND TITTIEE-SPEED OEAHSTET. THTS
MARKS Tin! DEPARTURE OV THIS CONCERN FROM THE REAR AXLE OEAR9ET CONSTRUCTION WHICH IT HAS ' ADHERED TO FOR "
MANY TEARS. THE TWELVE CYLINDERS ARB IN BLOCKS OF SIX BET AT 60 DUOREE8.
PARALLELING In Importance the 600
nille race at Indlannpolls, li the an
nouncement jut made by the Packard
Motor Car Co. that It will market a twelre
cylinder model for 1916, leaving the former
sixes to rest peacefully In the discard. Pack
ard's bold announcement Is the first of Its
kind ever made In the world and it marks a
decided step toward America's supremacy In
the field of motor car engineering. Twelves
have been constructed before this, but never
has a concern perfected such a motor so as
. to make it practical for use in regular stock
models.
There have been many rumors concerning
the Packard intentions for the coming year
and car with twelve cylinders has been an
ticipated In many quarters. But the Packard
Twin Biz, as It will be called, is something
more than A doubling up of the design used
In 1016, for the. motor is a completely new
Job, of high-speed capability and with the
most recent practice as to lightness of recipro
cating parts, large valve openings and so on. It is an extremely neat
chassis In appearance, bag good accessibility and is a noteworthy
combination of racing motor power with quietness. Never before
have the principles of high-speed motor design been applied to a
touring car engine of so large a alze as this new Packard and It
needs but a little handling of the car to realize that the result is not
merely encouraging, but in Excess of all possible expectation.
The Packard company has done more than announce a twelve.
It has announced a model without a rear axle gearset. Ever since
the concern announced a four-cylinder model the rear axle type of
gearset hag been adhered to. Another decided change is that from
a progressive type to a selective, the former having been used by
Packard for about nine years.
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Motor Turns Over at 3,000 r. p. m.
The dimensions of the new Packard are 3 by 6, giving a piston
displacement of 424 cubic Inches and it will turn at 8,000 r. p . ru.
or even more, though the power at low speed is such that the high
end of the range seldom is needed. For the pUtons aa alloy of
aluminum is employed, and the connecting rods are machined all
over so that the reciprocating weight is very small. Actually the
pistons weigh 17 ounces complete with rlpgs; and the upper half of
the connecting rod, which Is reckoned as a reciprocating mass,
weighs 8.6 ounces only; this making thn very small total mass of 1
pound tt ounces. We know that the vibration which may be
present In a six-cylinder is due to the weight of the pUtons, etc.,
causing deflections In the crankshaft.
PACKARD TWELV12
ATTRACTIONS
Cylinders set at 60 digrttt.
One camshaft with twenty
four came. '
One carburetor in the V.
Thermostatic water control,
Twe wheelbate lengths, 125
and 1S5 inches.
Side-by tide connecting rode.
Delco ignition, Bijur ttarter
Unit power plant duplacet
former construction.
Compare this little piston weight with that
In the Packard six-38. This car has a motor v
displacement of 414 cublo inches or only 10.
less than the present model, bnt each, piston ,
weighs 4 pounds t ounces and the total re- -clprocatlng
mass 6 pounds 8 ounces. Thus
it is easy to see wherein lies th extraordi
nary smoothness of the twin six.
To appreciate this smoothness In combina
tion with high power it Is essential to rids
In the oar. All that one can say Is that the
twelve la an attempt to combine the advan
tages of six and eight and to simultaneously r
eliminate many of the disadvantages of both. -.
To whst extent the attempt has succeeded Is
a matter for each man to decide for himself, ' "
but for large engines, a very short experience)
with the twelve on the road Is sufficient to ,
prove to the average motorist that there Is .
much more In the system than anyone would
have imagined.
The Packard motor baa two block castings
of six cylinders, each set on an aluminum
crank-case at 60 degrees, so as to give the best torque which is
obtained with even Intervals between the explosions. The valves,
operated by a single camshaft, are located between the cylinders In
ordinary L-head fashion, but they are remarkably accessible, be
cause the narrowness of the 60 degrees V motor allows the gen
erator and starting motor and the other attachments to be mounted v
alongside the engine lust as In an ordinary four. This clears the
valves of all obstruction and the carbureter ia placed high enough -
to be ideal for accessibility in Itself and quite out of the way of the
valves. . '
An advantage of small cylinders ia that a high compression
rsn be used and a good fuel efficiently obtained thereby. On a
recent run In this car the average for nearly 200 miles was 11
miles per gallon. To get this small cylinder with high enough com
pression calls for a small combustion space, while the need for
large valves demands the opposite. In order to conciliate these
two warring conditions the valves are inclined as regards the cylin
der bore which gives room for big valves and yet calls for only a
small area of pocket.
It hardly la necessary to give a detailed list of the numerous
fittings, the tonneau lights, ventilators, upholstery, etc. Suffice It
to say that It U a little better In completeness than the 1915 Pack
ard equipment. Only this one type of chassis will be made, all other
models being discontinued, but there will be a choice of a long or
short wheel base and twenty-two different body styles. I'p to the
present the price, has not been fixed. The demonstrating cars are
Just coming out and the manufacturing experience gained In their
making has to be checked up to see how it compares with previous
years, but it is certain that the price will not be much as might
at first be expected.
ORR MOTOR SALES COMPANY
Fortieth and Farnam
Phone Harney 414