Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
KING EIGHT RANKS
AMONG BIGGEST
Lightness, in Spite Of the Enlarged
Feature, Has Been Adhered
to Strictly

The King Motor Car Company, De-
'roit, came into the limelight late in
the Fall, with an eight-cylinder car,
selling with attractive type of stream
line body. This motor. which is of the
V-type, with cylinders mounted on the
crank-case at so degrees to each other
and in blocks of four. has rating OF
24.2-horsepower The engine weighs
little more than the four cylinder King
and has practically the same length
over all. Due to these features 1t Is
installed in nearly the same chassis
as that used fo rthe four.
The four-cylinder, which has been
forced into the background, so to
speak by the newcomer, is much re-
fined as compared with the previous
years car.
This eight-cylinder engine is the sec
ond to be installed as standard equip
ment in an American car, and 1t is
commemorative designed for lightness,
compactness and accessibility. All
valve tappets are readily reached for
adjustment, which is accomplished by
eliminating nearly everything from the
space between the two four-cylinder
blocks the center lines of which are
ut 80 degrees to each other. The crank
shaft is the same in design as that
used in n four cylinder motor, this
being possibly due to the coupling of
the two connecting rods to each throw
bearing. One rod has yoked END
which grips the outer ends OF the
bushing, while a small-end rod goes
between the two parts of the yoke.
The bushing is pinned to the yoke rod
with which it oscillates with the shaft
as it's bearing.
The King cars have for years been
recognized as standards of efficiency
and service. The famous King motor
has been regarded as one of the best
automobile motors on the market, and
has been favorably mentioned by some
of the leading engineers in the coun-
try.
For years, the King four-cylinder
car, their main production, has been
regarded as the last word in automo-
bile designing. This car has, with
each new year, been brought to a
higher standard, and now represents
the highest and best type of four-cyl-
inder car. Feeling that further i'm
provement in this line was bound to
be less effective than has been the
case in the past, the company decided
to pay more attention to the develop
ment of other types of its car. The
result is the present new eight-cylin-
der car, which is one of the most
handsome of such cars on the market,
and which is also notable in that it is
the first car of its type to be placed
on the market at price under $500.
The King is represented in Harris
burg by the King Car Sales Company,
S0-SS South Cameron street, w. p.
Keister is proprietor, and as distrbu
tor for twenty-four counties he will
display the King models at the auto
show in kelker street hail. assisted by
j. Robert Barr, sales manager.
A novel yet effective method of
testing the alignment of wheels,
eliminating the complications caused
by tenders and running boards, is to
jack up the wheels drench the tires
thoroughly with water and then re-
volve the wheels rapidly. The water
thus thrown off will leave a wet
streak on the floor, the streak being
exactly parallel with the plane of the
wheel. Doing this with the front and
rear wheels on each side of the car
provides a ready means for checking
up the alignment.