The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-04-12
THE TWO BIC
CARS THE HERALD
WILL GIVE AWAY
Studebaker Local Agent Tells
What Many Prospective Au-
tomobile Owners Want to
Know Of Operating Costs.

Candidates for the two big 5-pas-
senger ~studebaker automobiles which
the Herald Is going TO give away.
among the capital prizes In It's big
subscription contest. nov well under
way. will be interested IN knowing
something about the cost OF operat-
ing an automobile, and especially the
s~tudebaker. Mechanical construction
also Is an important point which
every prospective owner OF an auto
mobile Is now investigating with care.
These points were brought out yes
terday by c. NJ. Barber, local agent
for the S~tudebaker automobile. Mr..
Barber has experience with buyers
who have driven expensive cars and
now see the same looks and comfort
az a lower figure. and also with that
vast majority Of automobile buyers.
the army of men who take care OF
their cars themselves.
These days the man who Is TO pay
the bills want TO know what the bills
viii be-" he explained. "Those who
have enjoyed high priced ears want to
know that they will save on tlrea and
gasoline by using n machine like the
Studebaker. which although Il APP
pears massive is really a llght car.
Then they inquire about increased
repair bills. But there IL no argu-
ment on that score after ! call 10
mind what they already kaow, the
high standard studehaker demands Of
It's engineering and manufacturing
department.
Il emphasize Il moi only by showing
what little repairs have Dsen aeces-
sary on cars / have sold iihht here
myself. but also by the fart that less
than So per car Is the average in a
city OF a99 900 uf the middle west
since last August on 1915 models. This
was AN exact factory check.
The questions OF the man who will
dealing aisO with gasoline and tires.
I ind arr concerned largely with ac-
feasibility. There are two reasons for
this. The FIRST Is he wants 20 know
how much trouble he Will have In
going over his motor and transmits
sion himself. He knows there are In
eyltable adjustments Ia be made. and
re wants a machine that will give
him the maximum OF accessibility.
THE other reason IL that II he Is
paying a garage mechanic TO make
some repairs. he does not wish to pay
for an hour spent In unscrowing plates
and parts OF mechanism, for work
done because OF difficulty OF
reaching, and for another hour spent
in screwing ON the various parts
What he wants Is TO remove
three screws. Mt something out. and
be at the seat OF trouble.
Accessibility Is always one point
on which ! interest visitors to my
at once, whether they know
anything about automobiles or not
when they come In. There are seven
different divisions into which accessl-
allity naturally falls. A man about TO
purchase a machine should give them
all consideration.
FIRST. the olllng system must be
accessible. Il Is no pleasure TO crawl
under a machine and reach up into
the dark to turn a grease cup. Sec
ond, the rear axle must be accessible.
The same IL true OF tho steering gear
third on the list. Fourth. the clutch
be accessible. Fifth, u IL i'm
10 have the gas line. carbu-
rotor, and entlre gasoline system
perfectly accessible. Sixth, one should
able to gel AZ the cooling system
In the Siudebaker, this is
by taking two bolts, the stay
rod and then removing two hose
Last but not least TO con-
Is the transmission unit. The
Is so made that shafts,
gears and bearings can be removed
without removing rear axle OF wheels.
we have even figured II down 10
matter OF minutes for each opera
lion. When a mechanic turns In
card showing ten minutes 20
on a generator. ! so out myself
10 see what Il wrong with the man
Dr. machine because l know Il should
be done In seven minutes. Il IN the
with every other operation. l
rare OF my customers Ia my
department on the time sched-
ale that factory and garage exper-
epce has estabiished.''