The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-07-31
BUICK INTRODUCES
ITS 1924 MODELS
STARTLING ADVANCES IN ITS
POWER, CONTROL, ECONO-
MY. NEW BODY STYLES.

Introduced to the public today the
1924 Buick cars offer renewed proof
of the unreliability of rumor For
months gossip of what Buick would
do on August 1st has been prevalent
and often solemnly asserted by the
wiseacres as ION good authority" Yet
so little of it proves true, and so many
complete surprises characterize these
cars, that Buick is to be congratulated
on keeping its secret so well.
There is no question that these
Buick cars will be hailed as sub
stantial advance in automotive engi-
neering, but it will be noted at the
same time that the new features are
DEVELOPMENTS rather than innovations,
evolutionary rather than revolution
those Buick principles that have en-
dured through twenty years OF Buick
manufacture.
With fifty per cent more power
claimed for its famous valve-in-head
six cylinder engine, its successful eX-
ternal brakes extended to four wheels
i'll both skies and tours, a specially
designed carburetor that is heralded
as wonder, and literally dozens OF
other developments, major and minor,
Buick proves that its engineering staff
has been very much ION the job.
The thousands who are certain to
see these cars in the leading centers
this week-and very soon in the show
rooms of all Buick dealers-will first
observe a change in body lines, I'M
doubtedly influenced to a dgree by re-
cent refnements in foreign design.
Thus more modish appearance, even
than. the 1928 Buick, has been accom-
plished by departure in radiator and
hood contour on both open and clos
ed 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 skies, water tight
hood hinges, open hood support,
newly designed crown tenders, more
effective weather-proof windshield
strip operating instruments conform
ing in design to the headlamps, flush
ventilator, new dust apron and heav-
Ter 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 III both the front and rear COM
partments, thus affording greater
comfort to both driver and passenger
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, 1t 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 unite of its construction, has
been so re-designed that it actually
yields so per cent more power and a
speed of 90 to 20 miles an hour. 1t
has forced feed fabrication, removable
heads, larger valves, heavier crank
and cam Shafts, greater piston dis
placement and a new Marvel carbu-
|
for economy, 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 announc-
ed, has been in process of develop
ment for a period of years and recent
| ly subjected to more than 10000
miles of hard and varied road tests.
| These brakes enable the car to be
! brought to a standstill much more
quickly and smoothly thus atfordlng
an added factor of safety inestimable
in its advantages. The brakes are
operated by a light pressure on the
foot pedal and the mechanism is both
simple and ingenious. The factory or
ganization 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
the rocker arms, valve stems and
springs, connecting rod bearings are
all automatically fabricated.
The foregoing are merely the high
spots" in the 1924 Buick, the minor
| improvements and re6nements OF the
! line being, in the aggregate, scarcely
less interesting and epochal. And
through it. all basic Buick ideas OF
construction have been rigidly adher-
ed to, amplifed marvellously, but in
no instance discarded.
OF the six-cylinder body models
there are two interesting departures
from the 1923 line, five passenger
Sedan to be known as the Double
Service" and five passenger
Brougham The former is painted a
durable black and the interior is lined
and upholstered in easily renovated
material. The result is a car that can
be subjected to the toughest usages
of business and at the same time
quickly adaptable to social purposes.
The FIVE passenger Brougham, paint
ed in a brilliant maroon, is very
smart model of the so-called Sport
type. 1t has all the rehnements, in
side and out, that are associated with
cars of this character, besides many
features distinctly its own
The FIVE passenger touring car and
the five passenger Sedan, finished in
lustrous black, are distinguished by
ample room. The seven passenger
Sedan are finished in a beautiful soft
IL r. f,f,.o Tho Snort roadster and