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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1923)
Fuel to Figure in Future Races on Speedways Petroleum Derivative Assures Smooth Combustion in En gines, Tests of New Product Show. Indianapolis, June 9.—Important developments In the new field of fuel enemistry are forecast to be the pro jected plan of Cafl G. Fisher, presi dent of the Indianapolis Motor speed way, to revise the racing rules for the annual Indianapolis 600-mile race so as to place a premium upon fuel economy as well as upon engine speed and power. The sensational performance of the new 122-cublc Inch engines In this year's contest, practically duplicating the best efforts of the larger engines of previous years, is held to demon strate that material improvement in engine design, excepting still further reduction in size, is no longer pos sible. Additional gains must come, It Is held, from the scientific treatment of engine fuel, calculated to secure greater efficiency from the fuel itself, rather than from the mechanical agencies through which it Is con verted Into power. Even Combustion Best. The limiting factor of Increased fuel efficiency has been the uneven, haphazard combustion of the various elements entering into fuel composi tion. Some explode to suddenly, giv ing rise to a high pressure gas wave that results In the phenomenon known as pinking or knocking. Others burn too slowly, so that they are only partially consumed. With the various fuel elements so. unified through some efficient agency as to insure their well timed, har monious combustion, not only would an immediate increase In mileage re sult. but also the use of higher com pression engines would lie made pos sible, bringing about still greater gains. At least one successful solution to this problem has already been an nounced, in the frorm of I.ubac. a s -trntlflc petroleum derivative re fined by the Lubac corporation, Chi cago Lubac Assures Smoothness. Extensive tests conducted bj Armours institute. Chicago, show that when added to gasoline, benzol, or a mixture of the two, Lubac as sures smooth, complete combustion, eliminating detonation. Participants in the recent Indianap olis 500-mile race who used Lubac, in cluding the Mercedes and Bugntti entires, proclaim it a tremendous aid to increased fuel efficiency. Because of the results obtained, its universal employment in future racing contests are now being con rinded to place this new product on tjle market, with the assistance of motor car manufacturers and automo bile, accessory and fuel distributors interested in improving motor ear per ! formnnce as well as conserving the f nation's rapidly diminishing fuel supply. Motor Car Dealers Stressing Service That motor ear dealers’ service managers should he educated today more along the line of good merchan dising maintenance practices to the end that car owners will be netter satisfied with both the service itself | and the cost of service was the gist of] an address made by It. A. Armstrong, ! service manager of the Oakland Motor Car company, at the recent service! managers' convention of the National | Automobile Chamber of Commerce In Detroit. "We have been educating our deal ers on the most economical manner of merchandising maintenance on cars," stated Mr. Armstrong, "be cause we feel that the stress today should be placed on this end of serv ice maintenance. “Today throughout the country, at j our main distributing points, dealers’ service managers and mechanics are meeting our factory service represen tatives who conduct schools covering the product from a mechanical stand po^it and good business methods." /Hayward Motor Firm / to Handle Franklin , Franklin motor cars will be handled ii> In this territory by the Hayward Mo i tor company, it was announced yes terday. Both sales and service depart ’ ments are ready to give expert serv ! Ice ot Franklin owners and pros ' pectlve owners. v The service department Is in charge of Frank Wersehay. With him are I associated Roy Nachueber and Wli 1^ liam Pratt.'who have been connect j ed with Franklin aervlce for six or ( eight years. f "For many years I have taken a. great Interest In the development of the air cooled car, and have watched th^Franklln since it came out In 1904,” Mr. Hayward said. "The company has not changed from the original principle on which It started, hut has put the entire energy of Its plant Into developing not only Its motor but also the com plete car." Sprague Tire Service Station Opened in Bluffs Another Sprague free tire service station wag opened In Council Bluffe Saturday, according to E. H. Sprague, president of the Sprague Tire & Rub ber company of Omaha. The new sta tion Is located at First avenue and Fourth street and Is under the super vision of J. P. Piper. Bike the Omaha, Pallas and other stations, the Council Bluffs unit will render free tire service both at the station and on the road to motorists who have tire trouble. y The Council Bluffs station contains several features not represented In ? other units, but which will lie added as soon as space becomes available. The most Important of these new fea tures Is the rim buffing machine for the free use of motorists. Every rim that cornea Into the station Is buffed In this new machine, all the rust and dirt Is removed and the rim Is given a frssh coat of aluminum paint. The next station to be opened prob ably will b« In South Omaha. i I Autoists Battling With Mad to Set New Detroit-Coast Record Left to right: J. S. YVanibold of Omaha, Al Nagell and “Happy Mark” Mcl>aughlin, who are piloting a car to the coast, and E. L. Hurst of Omaha. - Undaunted by miles of quagmire which once were roads, “Happy Mack” McLaughlin, salesman for the L. G. Hanson company of Chicago, Studebaker dealers, and A1 Nagell, relief driver, passed through Omaha Thursday on their way from Detroit to Los Angeles. Mr. McLaughlin is trying to lower his record of 92 hours driving time between the two points, set last year, and is at present several hours ahead of schedule. He made Chicago from Detroit in 8 hours and 52 minutes and made Omaha from Chicago in 17 hours and 30 minutes, through inches of mud. In addition to being a jovial auto salesman, Mr. McLaughlin is a for mer professional ball player, having played with clubs in South Bend, To ledo and -Cleveland. Mr. Nagell won the open city golf championship in Rochester, N. V., in 1920, by turning in a 71 both mnrfi ing and arternoon in the final round against Walter Beamish, his oppo nent, who took 78 and 77. Nagell is a member of the Genesee Golf club at Rochester. Two of his brothers are profession al golfers. The men are traveling In a Stude tnker Big Six and report that in spite of bad conditions, they have ex perienced no trouble thus far. Visitors at Olds Works. Among the visitors at the Olds Motor Works, in Lansing, Mich., this last week were C. H. Larson. New York distributor; Louis Engel, jr., Buffalo distributor; A. L. A. Spitler, Minneapolis distributor; H. M. Na deau of Pittsburg; J. Tallmadge of Boston; W. J. Clemens, manager of the Detroit branch. London has 45 theaters and 38 music halls. New Road Guide for Tourists Out Automobile Club of America Publishes Informative Book for Vacationists. Motorists who are planning vaca tion tours during the summer months will be pleased to know titet the 1923 Associated Tours Guide, the official roadbook complied and published by the Automobile Club of America, is now ready for distribution. By following the carefully selected itineraries and clearly defined road maps with which the Guide's 104 pages are filled, summer vacationists are enabled to tour by,motor through the most charming sections of the eastern United States and Canada to seaside, mountain and country re sorts. All tours In the Guide are compiled with a view to scenic charm; the roads mapped are the best stretches of hard highway that the country affords. For transcontinental motor tour ists there is a double page Atlantic to rnclflc road map, showing the sev eral routes across the'United States, accompanied by complete Itineraries for this increasingly popular trip. For those visiting the New England coun try there is a map of the recently adopted road marking aystem. A feature of the Associated Toura Guide that motorlsta particularly ap preciate is that the Itineraries are ar ranged to allow for logical stopping places at the end of each day's run at towns where accommodations may lie readily secured. Synopsis of state motor laws, ferry schedules and lists of good hotels and garages also go to increase the Guide's usefulness to ths nutomobllist. Stephens Six “Sport Foursome” The new "Foursome” has many distinctive features. Fawn and gray contrasted with black fenders and apple green wheels give it an appealing charm found mil y in the most carefully designed motor cars. $1550 THE STUDEBAKER LIGHT.SIX SEDAN Where Quality Counts Above Everything Else Quality is more important in an enclosed car than in most any other product in daily use. Regardless of price, it is not economy to buy a makeshift job in which the quality is skimped and cheapened at every turn. Paint, imitation leather and fibre board too often cover serious structural de fects and cotton-and-wool trimming cloths are short lived. The chancaa are that the buyer will more that) pay the difference later j-^in higher upkeep cost, frequent ripairrand excessive depreciation. The price of the Light-Six Sedan Is the lowest at which it is possible to obtain a substantial, high grade hardwood and steel b^jy, uphol stered in mohair, in combination with a chassis of proved depend ability and performance. Studebaker’s rich heritage In the art of body construction dates back to the very inception of the vehicle industry in this country. Today* Studebaker'* South Bend plants build more high quality closed bodies than those of any other automobile manufacturer and consequently overhead costs are reduced gad the price to the customer is low. | The in-built quality of the Light Six Sedan is evident the moment one gets behind the wheel, and is ap preciated far more after twenty-five or thirty thousand miles of servicf. The second-hand market further reveals the high intrinsic value that it traditional with Studebaker cars. The Light-Six Sedan, with its sturdy four-door body, its improved L-head motor, and the excellence of its chassis, combines distinction of appearance with* reliability of per formance, a degree of comfort and economy of operation unknown in any other car at anywhere near its price. After 71 years of service the name Studebaker enjoys confidence and respect more than ever. Power in surplus measure to satisfy the most exacting owner Four wide-opening door*. Right-day clork. Quick-action cowl ventilator. Attractive coach lamp*. Heater. Mohair velvet pluah upholitery. Glare proof vlaor ami windshield cleaner. Dome light. Thief-proof tran*mi*clon lock. MODELS AND PRICES—/, o. b. fmctoriau | LIGHT-SIX B-Pmm.,U29W. B.,40lT. P. SPKCI Al^OIX i-p—',nrw.B.f3on.p. mu hi* f T.rmm . I*' W B .40 H F. I Touring-$ 071 Rond at or ( 5-Paaa.)_075 Coupe-Rondate»( ] Paaa.) 117} Sedan-1 1550 Touring_11278 Roadster (2-Pass.)_1230 Coups (3-Psas.)_ 1978 Sedan_ 2030 Touring_$1730 Bpe*d«rr (3-Paw.)_1«35 Coop* (3-Pm )_ 3330 Sednn 375* Torma to Moat Your Conoonionco STUDEBAKER O.N.BONNEY MOTOR CO. 2550-4 Farnam Street HA mey 0676 HIS IS A STUDEBAKER YEAR Killy Motor Company to Handle Stephens . ^ VV. L. Killy. The Killy Motor company has arranged to distribute Stephens cars in the Omaha territory. Mr. Killy has Just returned from the Stephens factory, where he has been Inspecting the manufacture of the product. "In the years that I have been In the automobile business I don't think I have seen a car so carefully built in every part as the Stephens," he said. The cars are produced In two dis tinct models with seven body types. Former Owners Buying. A remarkable high average of sales to former owners Is now being exper ienced by the General Motors Truck company of Pontiac, Mich. During the last month sales to former own ers averaged 39.6 per cent, according to an announcement by the sales de partment. GATES TIRE5 “The Tire with The Wider and Thicker Tread” This May Surprise You— It surprises many to learn that the twentieth unit of our factory— just put into operation—is alone larger than any other independent tire factory in the west Probably no other tire has built a business of this magnitude within just the past 6 years. Of course there’s a reason for such unusual growth. It’s the ex tra miles delivered by the tire with the wider and thicker rubber tread —the Gates Super-Tread Tire. — ONE-TON TRUCK Here is a chance for you to get started toward greater profits —or to build up a business of your own—and it costs only $5.00 to make the start. Everywhere, Ford One-ton Trucks and Light Delivery Cars are saving more than this every week for their users. So, as soon as your truck starts running it will quickly take care of the purchase price and add new profits as well. It will widen the area in which you can do business, enlarge, the number of customers you can serve and keep your de livery costs down to the low est point. Start now toward the owner ship of a Ford Truck or Light Delivery Car—use the v enrolls you under the terms of this Plan. We deposit this money in a local bank at interest. Each week you add a little more — this also draw's interest. And in a short time the truck is yours to use. j For Particulars See Any Authorized Omaha and Council Bluffs Ford Dealer The following Banka ore acting as depositories for payments made in connection with the Ford Weekly Purchase P/an; IN OMAHA t f Live Stock National Bank Bank of Benson Merchants National Bank First National Bank IN COUNCIL BLUFFS City National Bank First National Bank