Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-08-04
NEW CARS ON MARKET
Progressive Firm, GrotoIuschen Co.,
at Gray, to Represent Them
in This Territory.

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presentation before the motoring
public of Bucks new four-cylinder
line. There are four models in the
line, including roadster and five
passenger touring in the. open cars,
and three-passenger coupe. and five
passenger sedan in the closed mod
els.
Inasmuch as 1t has been, known
in the automotive trade for some
time that Buick purposed adding a
line of tours, considerable interest
attaches to the specifications COW
ering the new models. In motor
construction Buick has adhered to
the valve-in-head principle with
which its name has been SO prom
inently connected for twenty years.
The cylinder bore is 3ss inches with
stroke of AZ inches. The motor
develops between 35 and 40 brake
horsepower and road tests have
shown that the power plant will de-
liver up to So miles an hour with
ease. Features of motor construc-
tion are the large three bearing
crankshaft and 12-inch long con-
Meeting rods, extra long rods being
provided to reduce vibration to a
minimum. A circulating splash
.oihng system gives automatic lubri-
cation throughout Another i'm
portant feature. which is standard
equipment on all Buick cars, is the
automatic carburetor heat control
through which ideal yaporizing con-
ditions are obtained.
The transmission is of the select
i've sliding gear type, three speeds
forward and one reverse. The uni
versar joint is of standard Buick
construction, being virtually an in
tegral part of the transmission, and
automatically fabricated from the
transmission. The clutch is of the
multiple disc dry plate type, built in
exact accordance with the princi-
pies which have guided clutch con-
struction in Buick skies. All NOV.
ing driving parts are enclosed.
Front axle of the four-cylinder is
an I-beam forging. The rear axle is
three-quarter floating type, all the
weight of the car being carried on
the axle tubes, and only driving
torque and steadying of the wheels
being taken by the axle driving
shafts. The third member is OF
standard Bnick type of construction
designed successfully to eliminate
all twisting or weaving In the rear
axle, Gear ratio OF the rear axle
on high speed il AS to 1.
Wheeibase on all models is 100
inches. The spring suspension is
designed to, give fine riding quail
ties to car of'this wheelbase. The
front springs. semi-eliptical type,
are SO inches long. and the rear
springs, also semi-eliptical, are
ssh inches long.
Cord tires are standard equip
ment on all models. These tires
which are 31x4, are the first
straight-side cord tires in this siz,
ever Manufactured and were built
especially TO meet Buick require
ments for the newt four-cylinder
cars. The tires have been adopted
as STANDARD size.
The chassis is fabricated with the
high pressure Alemite system. Del
co starting and lighting system is
standard equipment. All models
are complete with tire carrier and
extra rim and all are equipped with
nOn-glare headlight lenses.
Shipping weights Of the four
models are:i Roadster, 1910 lbs. +:
touring car. 1880 lbs; coupe, 243O
lbs; sedan, 2650 lbs.
Prices, I. o. b. factories at Flint,
Mich, are: Roadster. 1895; tour.
ing car. 1915: coupe, STATS; sedan,
$3.50.
In adding the four-cylinder mod
els to the seven models of six-cyl-
inder cars now produced, Buick ex.
ecutives feel they have rounded out
their line and constructed cars
which areAin every respect worthy
OF the Buick name.