Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-15
SAFER CONTROL
1892 AUTO TREND
New Cars to Be Better Built,
fabricated and
Powered.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, November 1.-THE new
automobile of 1882 Is going to be better
built, powered and fabricated than the
cars we have had, and its operation
will be under easier and therefore safer
control than ever before.
Aside from boGy lines streamlined In
the 1882 fashion, two exterior changes
may be noted IN new models that
typify internal improvement and re-
finement not visible on the outside. In
front the average car will be equipped
with two windshield wipers instead Of
one, and in the back 1t will carry two
red rear lamps In place Of one. Both
changes, apparently minor III their i'm
portance, nevertheless have been proved
essential by research and the new de-
mands for added safety that are being
made upon engineers. -
They At into a new general ensemble
Of bettered value in performance, COM
fort and convenience that all the new
lines Of next year are to embody.
More Free Wheeling.
Nowadays the research specialists
work out the problems of improvement
and supply the new devices in the way
of either processes or accessories that
solve them. The last IL months has
seen free wheeling sweep virtually the
entire field In It's adoption. With the
crop Of new r1odols now coming up for
the national shows free wheeling is
being further refined.
AS an instance, three makes-Pack-
ard, Hudson and Nash-have added the
''startix' mechanism, developed by the
BendiX Corpora ton, that prevents the
possibility of sailing in traffic, for
which various free wheeling systems
have been criticized.
Now comes general motors with It's
adoption of new method Of clutch
control by vacuum power brought from
the intake manifold to give the free
wheeling effect and to supplement the
Synchro- mesh transmission which Is in
its second year OF use on cars that the
corporation builds. AS distinct from
the Bendix clutch control recently in
PRODUCED for application to any car in
the way of extra equipment, the mocha
nism in the new Bucks has been en-
gineered specially for Bucks use and Is
more elaborate than its predecessor.
1t provides reewheeling, the General
Motors officials point out, as an adjunct
to Synchro-meSh, but let's the driver use
either or both of them at will. Thus
If he elects to operate his car in the
conventional way he has oeen accus-
toned to, the clutch, brake pedal and
accelerator movements are the same as
before.
Extend Floating Power.
Along similar lines and with the same
objective of providing driving smooth
ness, Plymouth's floating power" sup
PIGMENTS free-wheeling as Chrysler uses
1t. Other forms of cushioned or sus-
pended power by the use of rubber en-
CINE mountings are promised before the
new year. The brand-new Rockne six
will adopt it, according to George M.
Graham, its sponsor. Ford, the reports
say, may apply the principle in his own
way TO the companys new model, which
1t is believed. will be ready at or before
the first of the year.
Streamlining and its vogue are going
to remove the visor or peak from above
the windshield in the new body styles.
In the Visors place there will be ad-
Unstable sunshades mounted in such a
position that both driver and the pas
Will to prevent glare both by day or
night.
The windshields that show a forward
slant to the point where they join the
coWl are to be used in numerous models,
and In some the slant will be carried
down further into the shape OF the
front door. 1t will cut into the lower
part OF the cowl and provide additional
leg room in at least one of the low
priced makes
For comfort, the Packards now in pro-
cuct1on already have a "ride-controF'
device whereby the pressure in the
Shock absorbers can either be frightened
or freed to mt rough or smooth road
conoltlons. Buick now has ride control
which can be adjusted in nine different
positions. 1t operates from q small lever
on the steering column below the wheel.
Instrument Board Changes.
Instrument boards, too are under
going changes. The newer type Of clock
raced speedometer is displacing the
roller type. Research has shown that
the right position for the speedometer
Is IN front OF the drivers eyes and not
al the right, as it used to be. To make
this change practical, the three-spoke
steering wheels now used are being built
with one inch or more Of added width,
ana II IL still is awkward for the driver
10 see the speedometer or wheel spoke
mterIeres with vision, the steering COL
cmn can be lowered to make the view
easy.
An added option which General Mo-
tors u glvin with the new Bucks Is the
cnolce OF either high or normal COM
preston In the engines. It is enecteo
py the use OF cylinder-head gaskets OF
varying thickness and made OF special
material 70 Withstand heat and prevent
isaks. FOR normal. the gasket used =
tn'cker tnan ordinary. The change ior