Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-11
1878 FEATURE
IS EQUIPNE
Elaborate Added Equipment Is
offered on New Cars at the
New York Show.

visitors to the thirteenth National Au
-,uarn. show, which opens today in
.r....a square Garden and Grand Cen
,-sr Palace viii be literally amazed at the
..y.-r. that has been made during the
last season in pleasure car construction.
,ras does not mean that many radical
changes have been made in mechanical
construction. but refers more particular
r. ta fine very complete equipment that
is being offered. Editors of the various
,rtamoble trade journals refer to 1913 as
am .-aulDment year" and the visitor at
the show viii find that fully 80 per cent
NJ .he car manufacturers are furnishing
their cars with more essential Access
series than ever before and more than was
ever dreamed of only four years ago.
This equipment does not include a lot of
.rrarauous and useless parts, but such
devices which make for more efficient
orerauor and ease of control of the car
with less labor for the driver.
SELF Starters Everywhere.
For instance, where only three years
ago only two manufacturers furnished
SELF starters with their cars, this year
there are scarcely a dozen out of nearly
zoo pleasure vehicles that are not equipped
with some form Of motor starter which
does away with the laborlous and dan
ceruus method of starting the car by
I. .If.-
five classes, as follows: Electric. COM
pressed air. acetylene, gasoline or other
volatile liquid and spring starters. The
first type to appear as an integral part OF
car was the compressed air starter;
then came the spring starter and then
that depending upon the explosion of acct
Neua gas in the cylinders to start the
motor At last years show 80 per cent
Of The cars on exhibition were equipped
with acetylene starters: Al per cent with
compressed air or gas and only SO per
cent with electric starters This year it
is estimated that more than 50 per cent
of the cars viii have electric starting
lighting systems
New Electric Starter.
one prominent manufacturer of access
eor.es win exhibit an electric starting
and lighting system which consists of
separate generator and motor The gen
orator may he driven from any suitable
part OF the engine, while the electric
motor is designed to be placed either on
ue transmission housing or at the front
of the engine. The small electric mo-
Tor, which weighs only "a pounds and is
rated at one-third horsepower, has a fv
wheel at one end and at the other a
Worm which meshes with a worm gear
tTIIIHU the ~ he
mission shaft. Many drivers, remember
Wg their experience with balky and
'.eh-ilring engines, ask the question
What happens to the starter In case of
back kck?"
To TIE electric starter mentioned above
.' back kick is taken care Of by an
Ingenious arrangements. The worm gear
IS aipped in the shaft and held in posi-
"'A only by friction under the tension
Oh. spider spring similar In construc-
H.N to the shock absorber made by the
same company. The tension is sufficient
." transmit the power. but in case of a
''.enJ back fire from the engine, al
'"S Inc shaft to rotate backwards with
WI, DONG any damage.
'u''aer electric starting and lighting
.e't winch is proving popular with
-''.'''ueFs and car owners, combines
tAADtbl ana generator IN one
"-'' ana stores surplus current in a
storage battery When the car IS RIM
."5 me unit acts as a generator, supply
"1 saifcient current to light all Of the
".'Is' as vel as for keeping the stor-
-s battery up to it's rated capacity.
'"'" Ihe battery is fully charged, the
''''H1 is cut off by means of an auto
.'". switch, which prevents the bat
rom charging back into the gener-
." When the car is to be started. the
at'r acts as a motor and engages
s IE wheel through a set Of sliding
t. gears, turning the motor over until
''Nes mp its regular cycle firing oper-
'0". under its own power This is ac-
pushed merely by pushing a small
.'." "h the toe board.
Special Lamp Designs.
""0 this rapid development Of cleo
starting and lighting systems there
also come wide production of
oi special designs, especially
...N TO automobile use. They are de-
.sae. to- be dust and water proof and
curse are operated from the driver
merely by touching a button or cleo
F" SWITCH
important trend in design is seen
s ADOPTION of wire wheels by several
"'"uefs, Wire wheels have been
common in Europe for several
out it is only within the last sea-
...s a' they have been seriously consid-
.. IVY jhe American manufacturer At
... ..ar show only one company ex-
Wire wheels, While this wear no
M ."'' tve wheel builders viii show
ha.. me wire type. Two Of these
III ountable rims, which is a step
a. t7Hce Of European practice. while
... .S' nave special devices which all
mn "e wheels to be placed and locked
l. nun in fifty" Several new de
ss wood wheel demountable rims
"II he shown.