The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-18
POST WAR CARS
LIKE: OLD MODELS
French Plan Little Change
i'm Vehicles for New
Peace Conditions.

e., with ,Il iheir ,l,' experience IN.
thr building ~ aviation motors and
Other motor equipment lur the cucf.
gr' rs ni Nif are rul proposing tO
introduce uy radical Improvements
in ''ur r. i.War cars according 90
" i Eaiiry the well luovn mo.
in.ur OIu pOndcnt ot Automobile
l"' lrr Summarizing thc plans ~
tIo leading French. manufacturers fpr
tha.t Immediate production lor public
u.r. hr wu'r,t
A. practically. every European AZ
icf'lrwIr car' viii hc hutl' with
electric lighting aoi starting. design
cf, mo- longer loy upon the magnetic
as Jn absolute necessity ard several
have eliminated Il go il,pf OF battery
ignition
Number Of Types Reduced
Al Um have Dnt down un 'Nc
ulwbcr oi ',lc, oi ,r. lpt ,rry 'cw
li,c de- .doI ~ nglc model Two
wi'l probably hc the average Tine hlp
firms. 200. arc going 10 continue build
iug touring ears and trucks, wnh. in
many cases. agricultural tractors m
addition -Four cylinders are going IA
remain ~ the majority. but there will
hc many more multl-cllindcf engines
than was the case in 1914
The preference appears 10 be for
III, vertical SIX. followed bv thc rlhi.
with the twelve last Thus. ,hc Ills.
plno ut,a Company which ha, been
all ou' uu aviation c'rh'S for three
and half wears. considers that sly
cylinder arc sufficient for a high.
grade touring car. l.Ii after huiil.
ing ,i,r, and twelve, TOR ,ir work
lint. o. eli 10 sNc, for touring car
work.
Detachable CYLINDER heads VII hr
adopted much more extensively. ihcr.
mo rn0r cooling will gdn some
ground tor the smaller motor, bot u.'
for The hr one. uH't construction a.
motor Irl grdfhly IS going 10 be q
very strong feature, the tendency 3.
tp get away from cham, for driving
cam,ha,t and auSilarc,. cylinder ca
pa.ity oi motor, IS being reduced ~
the same time there IS m important
saving m the total Weigh, ~ cars
high grade ALLOW ,'ccls. which before
the war were used only ~ aviation
motor, and g few rft'n ard sp,Ju,
clr,. VIII BE- made use Of for the nor
nal production
Internal Expanding Brakes.
With ur'' construction Of motors
and rclrlov both brakes are beng rG'
on The rear wheels. bu, IN all cases
thry are internal expanding. not eN.
t-fual here will he scycrd case.
of brake, on The propeller shaft Front
wheel brakes are pornP ~ be used on
many Of the higher class cars Gear.
set, will remain with four speed, aud
reverse SnrinCjng il strongly To-
ward, can'ilcver. with n tendency In
the direction oi quarter elliptic ior
light cars Wheels will he metal. t,
the exclusion oi wood The vacuum
gasoline supply ,ys,cm i going to be
adpn'cd rather extensively.
The mest popular type of car Is 90
ing 10 he a l0-hor,cpower, four cyln-
der wiki electric lighting and start.
iny and a : ! or passenger body.
Whereas before the war the mos'
popular type oi automobile in France
hal about los cubic inch piston dts.
placement the postwar corresponding
type Will reduce to abou, ~ cubic
inrEe, Some of the engineers clam
that a there has been a corresponding
reduction ~ weight and an increase IL
efficiency. these smaller motors vii
d. all iha, was obtained from IN,
larger ones IN 1914
Important Developments can be cx,
pcctcd IN the production OF agricultur
al tractors. Apart from the fact tha
the efficiency Of French farms wa
low hy reason OF old fashioned meth
ods. horses have become 50 tart
since the war that thcre IS no alter.
native bu, to make use o( gaSoln,
tractors on the land Many OF lh'
automobile factories arc looking tt
agriculture to keep their works run
ring. and the Government has pledc
cd itself to encourage the development
OF thc French agricultural tractor BY
all possible means
The present price OF gasoline in ,h'
nciphhorhood OF Paris IS 81 per gal
ION, running to 81 2S in on, ot th'
way districts For truck work in par
tcul,r 1t is believed that the nation
al fuel will be mixture OF 81 pc
cent alcohol, 2S per cent bcnlol, an,
2S pcr cent gasoline.