Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-07-03
Buick Adds New Six
To lis Line Of Autos
Announcement Confirms the RumoI
that New Model Was to
Be Sprung

Be Sprung
The attention Of automobile circles
will be conferred today on a new
| Buick, six-cylindcr car on an entirely
new chassis, and featuring eight
body models Mechanically it is es-
sentially the same as the present
Buick car, and is capable OF speed
of seventy-ti five miles per hour,
The new six is designated the
Standard Six" and as a wheel base
of ia SO inches, valvein-head en-
CINE similar to the engine now in
use in the other models, tour wheel
brakes, and low pressure tires.
The chassis shows advanced ideas
in numerous new details OF Simph-
city and accessibility. Among the
body models will be five passenger
touring; the same with an enclosed
body and heater; two-passenger
roadster; the same with closed top
and heater; a five-passenger double
service Sedan; a two-passenger dou-
BILE service Coupe; hve-passenger
sedan. and a four passenger coupe.
The permanent tops which can be OBJ
tanned with the open models are of
glass and are fitted tightly to the ton
neau.
The engine is a valve-in head type
with automatic lubric alton through
! out and with the cylinder head re-
movable. The clutch and transmits
sion form integral parts of the en-
CINE which is suspended at three
points from the main frame. The
crank shaft is a drop-forging, extra
heavy and balanced with four large
bearings. The pistons and connecting
rods are properly weighted and care
fully manufactured. Large valves are
operated by noiseless, adjustable push
rods thru rocker arms which are auto
matically fabricated from the engine
This motor produces fifty actual brake
horsepower.
1t has pressure feed fabrication to
the crankshaft and connecting rod
bearings, also to the cam shaft and
pump gears The oil pump is of gear
type, positive drive, located on the
right side of the engine, and driven
| by worm on the center OF the cam
shaft 1t has a maximum pressure OF
thirty pounds regulated by relief valve
! Pump oil screen is reinforced to pre-
vent collapsing. Pistons, cylinder walls
cams, rollers, and the other three cam
shaft bearings fabricated by mist OF
oil and oil capacity, 4 IL quarts. Fan
automatically fabricated from resor-
voir in hub. Water cooling is by cen
| trifugal pump operated from the cam
shaft by spiral gears. Harrison cellu-
lar radiator is employed.
Control is by means of short spark
and throttle levers in the center OF
steering wheel friction Retained
There is a button type foot accelerator
with rest. The clutch pedal is easily
operated Long leverage brake pedal
and starter pedal conveniently located
Gear shift and emergency brake lev
ers are convenient to the right hand
The carburetor is the improved au-
tomato foat-feed type, supplied by
vacuum system from the gasoline tank
mounted on the rear of the frame. Au-
tomato heat control insures proper
vaporization at all speeds. The air reg
ulator and choke buttons are on the
instrument board. ,.
Ignition is supplied by the high
tension lump spark system, the cur
rent being supplied by storage bat
terry and Delco electric generator. The
spark advances automatically. The
starter is a complete Delco single-un1t
system for starting. lighting. and ig-
nition built as an integral part OF the
engine and operating in conjunction
with the large storage battery. Com
bination switch with ammeter and au-
tomato circuit breaker is found on the
instrument board.
The clutch is a multiple disc, dry
plate. requiring but slight pressure tc
operate 1t is very smooth IN engage,
ment and very positive in action ano
the adjustment is particularly SIMPLE
The transmission is the selectivf
sliding gear type, three speeds tor
ward and one reverse. The gears are
special and heat treated There is pos
tive interlocking hand control sc
easy that the gears can be SHIFTED
with the tips of the fingers.
Thru single, large improved auto
maticallv fabricated universal JON
and fully enclosed propeller shaft. thrr
spiral gears in rear axle. is the drive
The propeller shaft housing connects
directly with the rear end of the trans
mission by ball Joint enclosing unlyver
sal. Strut rods from the front end o.
the propeller shaft housing to the axle
housing keep them in perfect align
ment. Both torque and drive are taker
thru ball JOINT.
The rear axle is the floating type
which means that all the weight o
the car is taken on axle tubes an,t
only driving torque is taken by axle
shafts. The differentia1 is mounted OF
high duty, ball bearings, piinion shat
on extra large ball bearings, Tea
wheels on Hyatt roller bearings. .Spl
raj bevel gears are fully adjustable.
The service brakes are Buick type
external contracting, operating OF
drums of unusual size and area on al
four wheels. The equalizer insure
proper distribution of pressure II
front and rear brakes. They are cas-
ilv adjusted for wear with ad just
ments very accessible. Hand brake o
internal expanding type operating OF
rear wheel brake drums only.
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