The Glenwood post., 1923-08-02

will first observe change in body
lines, undoubtedly influenced to de-
gree by recent refinements in foreign
design. Thus a more modish appear
ance, even than the 1923 Buick, has
been accomplished by departure in
radiator and hood contour on both
open and closed bodies. This applies
to both the six and four cylinder
models, of which there are fourteen
body styles.
Exterior features noted at first
glance are the new head lamps, nick
eled radiator on the r1xes, water-tight
hood hinge, open mood support, newly
designed crown Tenders, more eff
fective weather-proof windshield strip,
operating instruments conforming in
design to the headlamps, flush ventil-
ator, new dust apron and q heavier
and better looking gasoline tank.
1t will next be noted that two to
four inch longer wheel base on the six
cylinder chassis has created more
room in both the front and rear COM
partments, thus affOrding greater com
for to both driver and passenger and,
coupled with an improved spring sus-
pension, easier riding qualities also.
The finish is exceptionally fine, even
for Buick, and 'he appointments un-
usually complete.
But, despite til potable 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 valve-in-head en-
CINE, which has probably brought more
enduring fame to Buick than any other
unit of its construction, has been so
re designed that it actually yields 80
per cent more power and a speed of
go to 10 miles an hour. 1t has forced
feed fabrication, removable heads,
larger valves, heavier crank and cam
shafts, greater pistor displacement
and a new Marvel carburetor that in
cludes simple dash adjustment for
ecoro omy, regardless of weather or
kind of gasoline employed.
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 a period of years and re-
| Gently subjected to more than 100000
miles of hard and varied road tests.
These brakes enable the car to be
brought to standstill much more
quickly and smoothly, thus affording
an added factor of safety inestimable
in its advantages. The brakes are op-
Grated by light pressure on the foot
pedal and the mechanism is both sim
pie and ingenious. The factory organ
ization gives its complete approval to
this feature as perfected and in no
sense experimental
Another outstanding factor is the
improved fabrication of the engine.
There are new cup-top push rods and
thu rocker arms, valve stems and
sp-ngs, connecting rod bearings are
al automatically lubricated.
The foregoing are merely "the
ligh spots" in the 1924 Buick, the
m nor Improvements and refinements
of the line being, in the aggregae,
scarcely less interesting and epochal
And through it all basic Buick ideas
of construction have been rigidly ad.
hered to, amplified marvellously, but
in no instance discarded.
OF the fourteen body models Of the
line, ten are mounted on the six cyl
inder chassis and four on the -four
cylinder chassis.
OF the six cylinder body models
there are two interesting departures
from the 1923 line, five-passengeI
sedan to be known as the "Double
Service" and five-passenger brough
am. The former is painted durable