Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

| lated shoe type" The brakes, said to
| give longer service than ever before,
may be adjusted without removal of the
plates from the drru.
An improved valve-in-head power
plant of six cylinders Is improved and
refined to develop greater power, quieter
perform nee and more fieXibility. Light
weight pistons are used, with steel
backed crankShaft bearings. The car
| buretor has been improved in size and
| the air cleaner has been redesigned.
! Smoother and easier clutch action will
| 7 suit, it is said, by use of clutch i'm
/ provements. A new type of Self-aduSt-
ing spring shackle, in which spring eyes
and brackets are eliminated. Is used.
while shock abSorbers have a rigid
! link rod instead of a strap. The posi-
! ton OF the steering wheel in relation to
| the seat has been made adjustable
| Disk wheels are standard on all models
| except the sport roadster and sport
| coupe.
Chrysler. Four distinct lines. which
/ include thirty models are listed in the
| Chrysler exhibit, the largest car range
ever offered by the company. Ranging
in price from $9cR to $685., the I'm
| ~ial, TT" TO- and go" are shown
in variety of body styles and color
combinations. A feature of the line is
/
under 81 900.
! The lines powered higher than the
SO" all offer multi-range four-speed
transmission, with standard gear shift,
the ultimate range being notched off
| for occasional use only when high speed
Is required. Final drive is direct, while
in third, it is said, the car will &C.
celerate up to so miles an hour.
Standard engine equipment includes
Il afcr1yrn
draft carburetor. Other features in
clude seven main bearing crankshaft,
counter-weighted, statically and dy-
| namically balanced; positive fabrication
and a new decarbonizer device. Rubber
| engine mountings are standard, as is
''parafieX' spring mounting. with
| springs parallel to the wheels, and
pivotal steering. Body models are fea-
tured by new color combinations sweep
ing Ines and air wing" tenders. Ex-
terror hardware is chromium plated
and outside parts are rustproofed
Closed models in the ITO" and "77'
are wired for radio.
FrOnt-Drive Car Is Shown.
Cord. For the first time the 'front.'
| drive product of the Auburn Automo-
bile Co-the Cord cars presented in
the current show. This automobile
has been one of the sensations Of
| the last few months, and is the first
! OF what probably will be a series Of
front-wheel-drive cars. 1t is built in
four models, sedan. brougham, phaeton
sedan and cabriolet, all furnished with
individual coloring and finish.
The Cord is driven from the front
wheels instead of the conventional drive
through q shaft to the rear wheels.
Engine, transmission and differential
O. 10 he kA@ 4y1 Al1a
front of the car. The drive and shaft
and heavy rear axle are eliminatd.
The Cord sits low to the ground its
height being only 81 inches. Because
of the design, skidding is said to be
virtually eliminated the line of power
| always being in the direction of the
| front wheels, no matter how they are
turned, with the rear of the car being
drawn after. Because of its construc-
ton, So-called ''unSprung weight" has
been reduced to q minimum by elm
ination of the heavy rear axle, gears
and gear housing, drive shaft and other
heavy parts. The hood is 40 inches
in length. The car is powered by a 1875
horsepower Lycoming engine, similar to
that on the big Auburn eight, with
dual ignition and carburetion. Brakes
are of the four-wheel internal expand
ing type, with emergency brake OPP
Grated by hand to the rear wheels
The gear-shift lever extends through
the instrument board horizontally. In
struments are grouped on panel.
De Soto presents for the first time
a straight eight, experimenting the six
of last year. Both lines will be in
seven body styles, the eight line to in
clude roadster, phaeton, sedan. de luxe
sedan, business coupe, de luxe coupe
and convertible coupe The eight will
be priced at about 81 900. Closed cars,
excepting the convertible coupe. are
equipped with slanting windshields and
adjustable drivers seat. The new en-
CINE develops 72-horsepower, with pis-
ton displacement of 207.7 cubic inches
Steel strut, light-alloy pistons are
used and the engine is rubber insu-
lated and uses full-force feed lubrica-
ton to all bearings.
The new engine has down-draft car
buretion, feeding the mixture to the
cylinders by gravity. Fuel is supplied
to the carburetor by a camshaft-driven
pump. The transmission is Of the
conventional three-Speed-forward type
while the steering wheel is three-spoke
The car Tas four-wheel hydraulic in
ternal expanding brakes. Throughout
the line mono-piece body construction
Is used, with running boards Of heavy
steel. A newly designed wide-band
radiator shell is used on the eight
which also has distinctive instrument
panel and features the rust-proofing
process for exterior metal parts.
Deusenberg places in the show, as q
factory exhibit. a line of cars which
follow the general specifications OF thi;
FAST powerful automobile. on two
chassis, one of 142 inches and the other
OF 1881 inches. The power plant Of
the new Deusenberg is an eight-cylin-
der job, developing considerably more
than 100 horsepower, with piston dis
placement Of 42O cubic inches. Body
lines are longer and lower. and thu
tire size is 1900 by z, a big balloon
tire job.
Dodge Also Produces Eight.
Dodge also has gone into the field
Of eight-cylinder cars. with q new
automobile and q new low-priced six
as additions to the present standard
and senior skies. Four distinct serie:
of cars form the Dodge line = the
most complete in the history Of the
body styles, with mono-piece body
freshly designed, lower, and so built as
to eliminate squeaks and rattles. The
new eight in line car features the four
door sedan, coupe with rumble seat
convertible coupe with rumble seat
phaeton and roadster. The cars have
the ventilation type windshields, sci
at an angle to avoid glare
The power plant of the eight Is 76-
horsepower job, with bore of 27s inches
and stroke of AZ inches, with piston
displacement OF 220.7 inches. The
crankshaft, balanced statically and dy-
namically, is drilled to enable oil to bt
forced to all bearings at preSsures of q
to 80 pounds. Light alloy pistons are
used, while the spark plugs have heavy
electrodes similar to those in racing
cars and airplanes. Down-draft carbu-
retion is employed in the new eight