The Washington herald., 1916-04-30
EXPERTOUTLINES
AUTO OF FUTURE
Joseph A. Anglada, of Society
of Motor Engineers, Tells of
Probable Improvements.
NOT MANY CHANGES
Better Lubrication VIII Be Principal
Feature-Auto Parts Will Be
More AccesGbly Located.

The automobile has been carried to
such a high state of efficiency and
every comfort OF the passenger has
been looked after with such care that
predictions Of any wide changes in
the car Of the future arc not regarded
as well founded Among the lesser
developments expected is in regard to
the care and attention a car requires,
especially as respects to fabrication
ON this point Joseph A. Anglada OF
the Society Of Automobile Engineers
says:
The car OF the future will be pro-
vided with more accessible means for
lubriCating such parts as the spring
bolts and steering connections, and the
provision for Withdrawing oil from
the motor and means for furnishing
new oil to the motor will be more con-
vsnient than in present cars. The
parts requiring adjustment and care
will be more acCessibly located, and, in
short. cars will be made so that the
owner can care for them more readily
They will be refined and such minor
details as the adjustable location of
pedal pads and steering wheel so as
to make the car conveniently adapt
able for use Of various members of
the family. and attention to weight
saving. as well as throughness of per-
manent fabrication, will make Gears
more economical and permanently ef-
ficient, so that we mCy soon expect
the car which is the desire of the
average owner. the car which requires
attention. aside from repIenishment OF
fuel. only once in six months"
Discusses Progress.
Regarding the wonderful progress
made in bringing the car to its pres
ent stage Of development. Mr.. Anglada
said:
The modern pleasure motor car
speaks for itself when II is appre-
Ciated that a trip from coast to coast
and return can be made with practi-
CalIy no adjustments requiring me-
chanicaI skill, and over highways
which are a disgrace to our country
Having reliability, beauty OF outline.
and equipment which up to n few
ears ago was considered superfuous
in its completeness. it is difficult to
imagine wherein our present cars can
be much further improved without
going to extremes which might be
considered eNtravagant.
The manufacture OF tires has i'm
proved wonderfully during the last
few years. 50 that it is now not un-
common to have tires which carry the
car from 5000 to 1000 miles, but the
r0Ei7eers Of the industry are not sat
isfed with this. They want greater
tire mileage, and want cars which per-
fern better than our present cars, and
one way to get more mileage from
'i-os and better performance is by re-
CU"iHE the weight Of the cars.
weight reduction was formerly ac-
.Ou1lished principally by the use Of
'uminum castings. but the high cost
~ this metal prohibits its use in the
-sssra5le priced car which the Amer
.,-n public demands. The ingenious
-1gtneers do not bemoan this fact. but
.--iEn their cars so as to combine va
ri~us parts in units and thus dispense
w.-h the multitude of couplings, rods
I'D levers which were formerly used
to connect these various parts.
Gives Typical Example.
a typical example is the combina-
'irn Of the engine, clutch and trans
-ni.sion in one unit with the pedals
md hand levers mounted upon this
unit and this unit mounted directly
on the main chassis frame. whereas
formerly these parts were separate
units with the motor and transmits
sion mounted separately on a sub
frame and the levers mounted on a
separate bracket attached to the main
frame. Consequently, with the modern
construction. considerable weight
complication and expense are saved in
addition to obtaining simpler and more
reliable construction.
The use of pressed steel parts for
crankcase bottoms. covers, and vari-
Gus other large and small motor and
transmission parts, which were for
merly made from castings. and the
use Of drop forgings of scientifically
correct proportions and shapes, in
place of malleable iron and steel cast
ings. are other features which have
had a potent influence on the reduc-
tiOn of weight as well as a better un-
Outstanding Of the methods Of heat
treating steels to increase their
strength and stiffness. Speaking fur
ther Of weight reduction. the construc-
tiOn combining the chassis frame with
the body, mudguards. and steps will be
watched with considerable interest
during the coming year in view of the
fact that a few makers have SEEM
inEly successfully used this construc-