Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-26
THREE NEW TYPES
OF STUDEBAKERS
Light Four, Light Six and Big
Six Different From
Predecessors

The new Studebakers, represented
by M. L. Mumma, include three
models, new throughout and all en-
tirely different. They embody Stude-
bakers siXty-six years experience as
one of the worlds greatest manu-
featuring institutions, together with
| the latest and greatest achievements
of some of the ablest and most ex-
pert engineers and production ex-
perts known to the industry. And,
as predicted. these latest Studebaker
offerings have many outstanding and
original features in cars of their
price class.
The Series 19 Studebaker cars in
clude a light four of thirty-five
horsepower, 112-inch wheelbase, in
a ffve-passenger touring car and a
two passenger roadster, finished In
Studebaker blue; light six of fifty
horsepower, 119-inch wheelbase, in
five-passenger touring car, a two
passenger roadster and a four-pas-
senger roadster, finished in blue or
maroon; a big six of sixty horse
power, 126-inch wheelbase, in a sew
en- passenger touring car, finished in
chrome, green or maroon.
Bodies of all three cars are dis
tinctive and remarkably graceful in
appearance. They are of the full
stream-line type, low hung, clean
cut and unusually attractive. From
the graceful radiator clear back to
the rear of the tonneau the lines
viewed from any angle the effect
Is most pleasing. These bodies have
been as thoroughly designed and
worked out as the lines of racing
yacht-in fact, the methods used in
laying them out were precisely the
same as those employed by naval
architects. The result is that the
different curves flow smoothly into
one another and form a beautifully
balanced and most harmonious Ell
feet. The big six gives an impression
of great strength and power; the
light six suggests speed and COM
fort, and the light four shows the
comfortable, easy lines expected in
an ideal family car.
The improved motors of the new
Studebaker cars were designed and
built by Studebaker in their owr
shops after exhaustive laboratory
and experimental tests of the most
thorough nature, extending over o
peTlOu Oh MANY lllOHlIlS.
The exhaust line leads forward
from the rear of the motor, then
down and back, thus eliminating the
usual hot floor boards. Extensive
experiments conducted by the Stude-
baker engineering department re-
suited in a superior valve timing,
which, together with increased valve
lift from one-fourth to five-sixteenth
inch and improved carburetion and
hot spot" manifolding, gives a
twenty per cent. increase in power,
smoother operation and unusually
low gasoline consumption. Steering
knuckles have long bearing surfaces,
which make for easier steering. Oil
cups which provide positive lubrica-
ton are used wherever possible In
place of grease cups, and in inaces-
sible places, which an owner usual
" neglects, packed oil cups give au-
tomato fabrication for long periods
without attention.
y The poor grade of fuel of the pres
ent day has made it necessary for
all automobile engineers to make
special study of the problem of car
buretion. Studebaker engineers
have successfully overcome this
drawback, and as consequence
greatly increased fuel economy m
their new models. This has been ef-
fected by the use of what is known
as hot spotted" manifold con-
struction. This hot spot in most in
stances is simply a heated portion
of the inlet manifold over which the
fuel mixture is carried. In the Stude-
baker design small area OF the
manifold. near the point of branch
ing off, is kept very hot by contact
with the exhaust manifold. This
serves to vaporize the liquid particles
of gasoline which are not properly
atomized in the carburetor. This
hot spot is effected in the six-cylin-
der designs by leading certain
quantity of the hot exhaust gases
into a Jacket surrounding the intake
manifold; in the four-cylinder de-
sign by the position of the intake
manifold itself, which is placed at
the proper point directly under the
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