Evening star., 1925-01-28
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

One has to be careful when visit
3nE the current attraction at Con-
Sentfon Hall not to assume that be
cause the name plates on most of the
cars exhibited are bywords of daily
life that innovations and improve
ments are lacking in the 1925 models,
for the fact is that some of the
greatest improvements are displayed
by some of the most conservative
manufacturers.
Overland building a popular priced
six, for instance. Cadillac Offering
a coach at the price of the open car
for another. Hupmobile with a smart
line of straight eights. to mention a
third. Right on down the list, as this
review will reveal, the old guards
are out with more genuinely new de-
deyopments than one would be likely
TO suspect.
Many of the popular makes are be-
coming such common sight on the
avenues that when the motorist goes
TO the show he freqcently makes the
mistake of passing by the booth of
some well known make in the belief
that he knows the whole story. One
spectator, for instance. spent all his
time at the Rickenb ba cker booth in
specting the vertical eight never
realizing that the six had been treat
ed to one-eighth inch increase in
the bore of its cylinders, giving it 90
per cent more power. He did not
know that the new motor in the six
has been shortened IN inches over
all by means of eliminating the extra
1ywheel bearing at the front. which,
with seven bea ring crankshaft,
would be considered superfuous.
Another Example.
A spectator at the show may we'll
pause to admire the Jewett de luxe
sedan or brougham models in their
bronze green satin finish, and note
that the equipment includes one extra
balloon tire, complete with tube and
tire cover, and yet never stop to con-
slider the improvements under the
hood The four-wheel hydraulic
brakes, supplied as optional equip
D1ent at slight extra cost, are readily
noted on this makes latest models,
yet the silent front-end drive, that au-
tomatically takes up slack, may be
overlooked entirely. just because the
motorist thinks he knows the Jewett
by heart. This device is the one that
has proved so successful on the Paige.
New things are found on cars of
every class. Wills Sainte Claire is out
with an extremely interesting six
cylinder model that is a show in itself,
and yet you will find just as much to
Star or Chevrolee, both of which are
radically improved this year Lin
coin, while much the me under the
hood by reason OF the fact that il has
always been sufficiently far ahead to
be spared regular annual changes, has
much to offer in the way of smart
bodies, with equipment that YOU do
not usually find in the average car.
New tenders are part of the detailed
NM ant md
noticed them before the vertical shut
ters on the radiator are worth inspec-
tion.
New Motor Features.
But back to the Wills Sainte Claire
six, which is now added to this COM
pany's line Of eights. The valves of
this engine are in the head, but are
operated by an overhead camshaft,
such as one finds in areoplane en-
gines. The cylinder head, being re-
movable, offers the company the pos
Sbility Of carrying spare heads and
valve gears in stock to accomm odate
owners who do not want to be de-
layed when having valves ground and
carbon cleaned. To give you some
idea of how interesting this new
motor is you have only to consider
the thermo -syphon cooling system,
which Cools the oil as well as the
motor. Inc cool water enters the
lower right front leg of the engine
and passes the entire length of the
engine through a cored passage in
the upper crankcase.
The Wills Sainte Clair six is mount
ed on the same chassis as the eight,
and the bodies are the same. In
doubtedly the simplicity of the new
model is going to be very welcome
to the many motorists who, though
desiring the advantages of the eight,
have hesitated because of its more
complicated motor The six is said to
perform equally as well as the eight.
In fact, the performance has surprised
those who have come to believe that
the eight was the last word