El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

IN UDYARD KIPLING'S story OF ne
Ship That Found HerseH, y usJu
IN as case in point 70 3,,Ian
assertion that the usasS 5.I-- Of
modern motor car in the first rev wees "
its existence often determines On9 ii-1
Kipiine's story is that this particular ship
was built of steel plates tnat nau 49, 80
hammered and forced into ~ - 80
then held there by rivets Wni1i 49, ~ sba
had been hammered into place, w a - as,
slipped from the ways she creakeu ~ S' ~
joint and when she went OUT uPon 75
ocean her stiff unyielding FORM CIeaiAs4
still more. Finally, however e4Gn Ii +te
gave just a little, while sun nOlu 1Is -.
plates firmly to the braces; grauual4y -
that very flexibility was its strength W ~ ~
each part had yielded just a HlIl5 % - -
strain the captain said, 'Ihe snip no
found herself Until this had happehS9
the old seadog had not felt safe nor would
he call her real ship.
The new automobile should be treateH
exactly the same as an experienced cSptalli
treats his new ship 1t sho9lu DS ti- 90 On
the owners treatment Of q car during tne
first few days or weeks OF use WhelheI -
ever does ''ftnd itself" If not its me
IAN automobile is another thing of steel
iron and aluminium. When 1t leaves tne
factory it is necessarily stiff, despite the
many tests given during the various sISses
Of assembly The body Is rlgloy @el .5S
together. and each chassis member IS rlBluly
riveted to the frame; and the frame is al
most. as rfgidIy attached to the springs and
axles If properly handled each r1VeI VIII
give little each joint take a htLle pay
and the automobile will become IleAloIe,
yielding, sweet running, noiseleSs thing But
drop her quickly into a chuck hole at Iull
speed and the result will be the same as
when you strike yielding taffy smart
blow with q hammer. Something must
break. since there is no time for it to give
at is not infrequent-in fact 1t is Won
der manufacturers get so few complaints
about body cOnstr1cton-and 1t Is the most
difficult thing in the world to explain 70 an
creals never would have happened but for
his own treatment Of the car But the
chassis as we'll as the body Of the car must
be allowed to find herself as must the
more sensitive, more complex and more
finely made motor.
sHThe man who races his new motor or
drives it at speed under full load is, to
speak plainly, a fool, and he's mourning an
eypense account that will be appalling when
it comes in. OF course, he will never blame
himself He will talk about the man who
made the car.
traction in a motor-and especially in the
highest type Of motor made nOwadays-the
one in which the cylinders are cast "en
bloc" The big problem in this type OF
pansion Of the metal under the heating and
cooling conditions.
The heat being greater in the heads Of
the cylinders, the expansion Is naturally
greater there than in the base and, If you
heat the cylinders up rapidly, you viii Ilnd
that the walls no longer stand parallel, but
that the head Of the engine has elongated
perceptibly But heat it up more slowly
and the expansion is uniform-because
that's the problem on which engineers nave
labored longest and have worked out most
accurately. A bIOc-cast motor is the most