The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-01
Flick Motor Sales Of Bismarck
Have New Creation on Dis.
play for First Time
HAS L.HEAD TYPE ENGINE
Has Features Hitherto Exclu-
sive in Higher Priced Com
panion; Is Performer

Ollie TO be sold IN the 5000 to $1,000
price range.
The Marquette. titled after that
famous French explorer whose adj
ventures are linked with the pioneer
history of Michigan. is a surprise in
more ways than one.
First. we see an L-head motor made
the companion of a valve-in-head
favOrite. Second. we find a compar-
atively large-sized automobile for the
price it is being offered. Third, we
are introduced to features in this
smaller car that have heretofore been
exclusive to its higher priced com
paniOn. And finally we discover a
low-priced machine into which high
quality materials and workmanship
have been put.
So far as the cars motor is con-
But 1t does feature itself in the way
1t is put together and in the various
accessories applied to 1t to make 1t
what its manufacturers claim as the
best performing engine in its price
class"
Shines in Performance
The cylinders have a bore of 3is
inches and i. stroke of As inches.
larger than those of all other SKIES
in its price range. ~ a result the
motor develops 67.5 horsepO---: and
shows remarkable performance for It's
size. Tested for more than $50 900
miles at the General Motors Proving
Grounds, the motor has been able to
accelerate a standard four-doOr sedan
with two passengers, or $50 pounds
load, up an 11.6 per cent hill 140O
feet long from five miles an hour to
Is miles an hour in high.
The same car. driven under un-
biased test conditions, has shown to
In 8.8 seconds. from 10 to IS miles an
hour in 6.3 seconds. and from 10 to
40 miles ar hour In 1874 seconds.
It has been shown to attain a max
imum speed of nearly sc miles an
hour. measured accurately by means
Of the fifth wheel speedometer," and
its average fuel consumption is about
II miles to the gallon. It's engineers
say freely that the a can be driven
constantly at so miles without fear
Of harming the motor.
Built Well Throughout
Their assurance of such perform
ance is based on the sturdy construc-
ton of the engine as we'll as that of
the chassis and its constituent NOV
ing parts. They have put into it
light cast iron pistons on the assump-
ton that these will be able to with
stand the heat and strain of a fast
operating motor better than alumni
nun or alloy pistons.
Another basic improvement among
the low priced cars that has been
introduced in the Marquette Is the
use Of l-backed bearings for the
crankshaft. This type. in place of
brass-backcd bronze bushings, are
said to be much sturdier and to last
much longer, although they cost more
ana are harder to make.
L-head engines are notorious for
their hard starting. even in compar-
atively warm weather. So to facil-
itate easy starting in the Marquette,
the Buick engineers have not only
provided a thermostat arrangement
to prevent the water Of the cooling
system being further cooled by pass
ing through the radiator too soon. but
have added an automatic heat con-
troll unit OF the type used on the
Buick.
BY this, the first exhaust puffs are
Immediately returned over the intake
to heat the incoming fuel mixture to
a gaseous and more inflammable
state. AS soon as the motor Is warm
enough. the heat control opens wide
to allow the exhaust gases to leave the
proper way.
Many Good Features
Other features Of the Marquette
power plant are:
A counterweighted, four : bearing
crankshaft of heat treated steel. with
its bearings stepped down in size to
insure maximum of rigidity with q
minimum of weight.
Accessibility. from the side. to the
valves.
Full pressure fabrication, with q
gear type pump placed deep in the
oil pump Of the crankcase to insure
q constant oil flow to the engine.
Full crankcase ventilation through
2 special breather at the side of the
engine.
Gasoline pump fuel feed and air
cleaner.
An especially large muffler, with
long pipe out to the rear. keeps the
noise Of the exhaust down almost
TO q purr.
In the transmission. the single disc
clutch has q series Of small shock
absorbing springs built into it to alb
sorb any slight vibrations that might
occur between engine and transmits
sion. Adjustments to the clutch are
made merely by taking up on the foot
pedal.
Sturdy Chassis
Even more striking In quality than
the engine r. the chassis. It Is made
OF heavy steel frame tapered from the
front to . width In back that gives
ample room for three passengers. Its
springs are attached BY sturdy self
lubricattng shackles which are kept
from rafting BY means Of . tight
spring. The stiff frame also permits
heavier construction In tenders and
running boards.
Proceeding from one part Of the car
20 another. nothing but quality and
sturdiuess Of material can be noted.
The brakes are Of the two-shoe, fully
enclosed ty)e, and the system Is 90
constructed that Il there happens 70
~ 3 break even II the sefvo-cross-
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