Arizona republican., 1918-07-28
Which Is Which
 On Wheels
THE sTuDEHAKER
A non technical tribute to some
 standard car each week.


 The House of Studebaker is a pio- neer in quantity production. Quantity production means nothing unless it in cludes quality and it was in this com bination that the House of Studebaker became famous-vast quantities with certain quality.
 In the Series 19 Studebakers this sterling company offers three types of cars, big and little six and a four. While radically different from previous Studebaker models in many respects. | they have the elements which have gone to make other Studebakers the success they have been, for the striv- ing has obviously been in the new series to give greatest possible value 1 for the money, as it has always been in the past.
 l In nigh class features no car at the 1 price excells the Stakeholder. The new series. as did the old, specialize In l 1imken bearing equipment. This year [ the rear-end is semi floating in type and the transmission has been moved up arnidship forming a separate unit l carried on a sub frame. This adds i greatly to accessibility, a consumation devoutly to be wished in all machinery The highly successful cone, leather faced, clutch is continued. the mater !al used being of aluminium
 The most striking thing next to the removal of the transmission, whict makes the car ride infinitely better, is the fact that the new, series has the famous Hotchkiss drive The method of this drive is explained elsewhere this week in the automobile section.
 Studebaker has for several years had a power plant whose design could hard ly be surpassed for perfection and the lack of trouble It gives. In the first place the now famous Wagner electric starting and lighting system was frs designed for Studebaker cars and f there is any system which does tn, work wf,h less trouble it has not ye been brought out. Its work on Stude. baker cars was so uniformly excellen that it's spread to other makes was ont of the sensations of the automobiJ world. The starter which never fails weighs only about a dozen pounds anc there is admittedly no better two uni system than this.
 | The new series is equipped witt spiral-bevel gear drive of particular, sturdy model and fine design. makin, a drive which for quietness and eff
  The new Studebakers are particular ly well equipped and as the House 0 5 Stakeholder has always been a leade Tn finish. they are dolled up with tn l best in this respect. There are a SCOT
 of little conveniences about the ney , cars such as the side curtains whic swing out with tile doors so that on , does not have to duck" on getting i , or out, the particularly well arrange . 1nstrument board, the deeply carpete < tonneau, the speedometer drive off th propeller shaft. thus doing away wit
 a host of small and fussy adjustment l on the front wheel and the anti-spi S brake on the clutch, which allows e quick gear shift with no clashing ( s teeth.
 It is said that the House of Stude l baker by the perfection of machiner l which does work better than by hant 9 has reduced labor cost to the minimum ] and made parts so standardized tha . they can absolutely be depended upo
 to fit and last. It is to be noted tha
 this factory introduced the method
 process inspection. This plan is
 have each workman inspect the .wor
 in process done previously befol
 doing his own part For eXampl , Take piston. First it is grooved fc the rings. Next man is to fit the ring He measures grooves before he doe anything. If they are right he ii
 rings, if not he discards the piece an
 no more work is done on it, only to
 wasted. The old way was to have Q final inspector pass on all the processs y and he rejected high percentae S whereas with rejections going on a d along the line when the finished pro if duct now reaches him but a small pa Is have to be thrown away as scra r. metal.
 r It is tradition, efficiency. mechan o cal ability and engineering which h: e placed the Studebaker Series 19 out n the auto world with the crown it d. = serves.