The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-28
STURDY POWER PLANT
FOR W|LLYS-KH|GHT
oniet Efficiency Of well-T'ried Motor
Distinguishing Vital Feature OF
Increasingly Popular Car.

Discussion Of WHY'S Knight cars
generally begins with consideration
J. ~ 'ssese quiet. estlxiy. power plants
's'a'r AZ 7eae sr>~sef ~ 1~.>.+e, 2>r.s
proved run cor anuously. virtually
without Interruption, under all condi
lions Of wear and through thousands
OF miles at service
Although the beautiful symmetry
ard graceful flowing body lines Of al
Will>s-knirht models have receiy
careful consideration and have won
praise from even the most casual OBJ
servers. il La principle among the
WHY'S Knight engineers O. the WHY'S
Overland company that d fine body
cannot raise the standard Of car
above the standard Of It's motor
y From the erri~eers' v'evp point the
WHY'S Knight BODY ts q Eue beautiful
covering f0r The marvellous D ch pow
cree perpetua}'~ youthful WHY'S
knight power plant
II lAok the .rdesf Kind Of testw
70 convince the automobile experts
Of the superior merit OF he sleeve
valve motor. 1t required the adytns
record OF the accom- plishmentz of the
british knight n1o-ored tanks and
omnib uscs - forever BAsnce the akep-
Hcs-
But long before :Ie war and cwer
che same r9ade. nov tern WITH ~helM
down which these lCrn bering hnigat-
motcred tanks ss~ept everything bef ~e
-s1hcrn. John n WHY'S made his first
tests of she slecve-valve motor before
deciding 10 build H.
War has forever established ne
sleeve-valve motor ~ the highest type
pf dependable long-itfe locomotion
IT differs from ordinary types Of
motors In many was Engineers tell
0s thar in any m cchanism The sirn plest
design is IN vaF1ahiy the most efficient
THE fewer the parts ana The simpler
the operation the less chance there
Is for friction and wear Therein
lies onr If the advan tascpe OF the
Wf1lys- knight motor. II has fewer
parts and thoee parts are mcehan.~
rafly correct
Instead Of clashne poppet va ives
charncteristic Of other types. raised nv
blows from steel caf1s and seated 0y
rtrcnS springs, the Knight motor has
sliding valves Two cyl rdrfcailv-
SHAPED sleeves glide gently rp and
down In a MIN q oil In these sleeves
are openings or "ports~
As these aleevcs Glide pnRt each
ether and thcse openings pc brought
cirecB. opposite each other at The
right moment, they FORM large pas
saTca for intake and exhaust
The action IS positive The burnt
Earsea are expelled and fresh charge
drawn IN through the larec openings
It Is these sleeve afvee which give
the knight motor these irnpc~tan' ad-
vantawes:
It improves with use. whereas all
Cther motors GefewiCrate A lively
powerful motor 70 heYin With. CON
tinped Use esrves TO polish the Sitting
surfaces In the Knight motor and
make 1t ever more smooth running,
more powerful, more ef7ctert
i liz more 7sxfbIe--449 flexible ar
nrg six-cy1rder poppef waive motor
Uniform conlpreseion IN ail cylinders.
nn9 ri all speeds makes II possible
70 throttle down to a walking pnce
en- high gear. Gear shifting Ia re-
6uced % minimum.
II is m ore powerful The vatvpw sra
operated ov connecting rods-their
action is positive. Because the valve
action la positive. an1 docs not de-
pend on the uncertain operation ~
springs. power increases with The