Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-03
BUICK INTRODUCES
ITS 1924 MODELS:
MANY NEW BODIES
Startling Advances Are
Made in Power, Con
troll and Economy. II
New Body Styles.

Introduced 70 the public Tgs-4ay
/ Of this week, Buick day, tho lsL4
| Buick car offer renewed proof Of The
| unreliability Of rGmor. For ~ ea
. gossip Of what Buick would q ur
] August ! has been prevalent and often
/ so.emuly asserted by the wiseacrr- us
ION good authority" Yet 50 N,E.r
/ Of il proves true. and 20 many r.n-
p.etc surprises chaacterize the .arz
/ that Buick is 20 be congratulate uu
/ keeping it, secret 20 well.
There h. no question tina thee
/ Buick cars will b. hailed as subj
tIal advance, in autumOtive ergrErrI-
| iug, but IL will be noted at tn same
| time that the new features arr a,scI-
OpmgEts rather than innovation o.
. lutEouary rather than reyolu;..-
and consistent thruOut with hose
I fundamental principles that harr en-
dured thru 20 years Of Buiek u
faCtuTr.
With so per cent NOR power
claimed for its famous valve ad
six cylinder engine, its sue, ful
external brakes extended 10 fDur
wheels on both Skies and Four, a
specially designed carburator hat is
haFalded a. a wonder, and literally
dozens Of other Development major
and minor Buick proves tina, t- en-
giueering staff has been ven much
"OD the Job
The thousands who are certain TO
see these cars In the leading rrutors
! this weekend very soon lu the
show rooms Of all Buick dealers-
viii first observe change in the body
lines, undoubtedly Influenced TO a
/ degree by recent refinement in for
eigu design. Thus NOR modish
appearance, even than the 1923 Buick,
mas been accomplished by a departure
/ in radiator and hood contour on both
( open and closed bodies This applies
70 both the six and four cylinder mod
els, of which there are fourteen body
styles.
| Exterior features noted AT first
| glance arc the new head lamps, the
RicEeled radiator on the skies, watel
tight hood hinge, open hood support
newly designed crown Tenders, a more
effective weather-proof windshield
strip, opcratoring instruments con
/ forming in design to the head lamps
| flush ventilatoT, new dust apron and
heavier and better looking gasoline
tank.
| 1t will next be noted that two to
( four inch longer wheelbaSe on the sis
/ cylinder chassis has created more
room in both the front and rear com.
/ partments, thus affordng greater
comfort TO both driver and passengers
and, coupled with an improved spring
suspension, easier riding qualities also
/ The finish is exceptionally fine. even
for Buick, and the appointments I'M
usually complete.
But despite the notable advances in
/ Buick appearance and roominess, it is
( the chassis that reflects most the pro-
tracted and intelligent effort that the
/ Buick organization has applied in de-
| veloping its car to this, the highest
attainment of its history
The six cylinder valye-in-head en-
CINE which has probably brot more
enduring fame to Buick than any 9TH
er unit of its construction, has been
so re-designed that it actually yields
! 80 percent more power and a speed OF
60 to 10 miles per hour. II has
forced feed fabrication, removable
heads, larger valves, heavier crank
and cam shafts, greater piston dis
placement and new marvel carbura-
tor that includes simple dash ad-
| justment for economy, regardless of
the weather or kind of gasoline en-
ployed.
The extension to all four wheels OF
the highly successful Buick external
brakes is a feature that, it is an
nounced, has been in process of devel-
.opment for period of years, and re-
Gently subjected to more than 150, 600
miles of hard and varied road tests.
These brakes enable the car TO be
brot to standstill much more quickly
and smoothly, thus effecting an added
| factor of safety, inestimable in its
advantages. The brakes are opera
ted by a light pressure on the foot
pedal and the mechanism is both SIM
pie and ingenious. The factory or
ganization given the complete APP
proval to this feature as perfected
and in no sense experimental.
Another outstanding feature is the
| improved fabrication of the engine
There are new cup-top push rods and
the rocker arms, valve stems and the
springs and connecting rod bearings
are all automatically fabricated.
The foregoing are merely "the
high spots" in the 1924 Buick, the
minor Improvements and refinements
of the line being in the aggregate
scarcely less interesting and epochal
And thru it all basic Buick ideas OF
construction have been rigidly adhered
to, ampiified marvellously, but in nc
ir-tance discarded.
OF the "A body models of the line,
10 are mounted on the six cylinder
chassis and four on the four cylinder
chassis.
Of the six cylinder body models
there are two interesting departures
from the 1923 line, a five-passenger
sedan tn be known as fha e0nuhle