The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-12

Nearly every manufacturer offers Ut
least one eight. and Buick has gone
entirely to Fights. Cars are heavier.
lower, more powerful: wheelbases
are generally longer, treads wider,
bodies wider and ~roonaier: engines.
complete with exhaust systems, are
quieter and smoother: more have
vibration hampers and heavier crank
shafts. Oiling systems have been I'M
proved and many very effective de-
vices have been Installed to make Tub
rication more certain and proper in
summer and winter. The number Of
users Of central oiling systems has
increased.
Frames Are Stronger
There are more doubled + Op
frames, clutches are bettered. and who
hasn't heard Of ree-wheeling? But
free-wheeling isn't the only improved
transmission that has been adopted.
The synchro-mesh has its adherents,
and there + other forms Of con-
stant-mesh, or helical gear. trans
missions that give quiet operation and
easy gear-shifting.
Steering has been bettered, not
only In the post until itself, but In
the entire gear up to the knuckles.
Many more applications Of left-front
spring modulators are to be seen to
stop tramp and shirnmy OF the front
wheels. Down-draft carburetion Is
the rule instead Of the exception, and
dozens of makes have intake silen-
GERS, nearly all have air cleaners, oil
purifiers Of a sort, carburetor and
manifold improvements to give better
acceleration and more power.
There Is some Improvement In rear
axles. %springing, shock absorbers;
much has been done in brakes, and
many cars now employ the enclosed
cable brake control.
There are dozens of new metals
where only two Or three were used
before.
Stainless Steel Common
"The 1881 cars have numerous ap-
plications Of stainless steels and other
means Of preventing rust. There are
many new steels such as Nirosta
Nitralloy, Niresist, Bethalon, &c
Many of the new steels are used moi
only because Of their n%on-rustine
qualities but because of their high
surface hardness. Chromium a n {
chromium alloys have more applica.
lions.
In going through the specification.
Of even the lowest-priced cars now
expensive nickel, molybdenum ane
chromium and other steels r rs com.
mon as they used to be On higher.
priced carr years back.
Nearly all makes lave improved
cylinder iron, most Of them with {
nickel content, some with chrom,
nickel. Brake drums with higf
chrome nickel content show rumer'
GUS applications.
Here is the lineup for 1881 group
ed according to the number Of cylin'
ders used:
Fours-Austin, Ford, Mathis,
Plymouth.
Sixes-Chevrolet, DeVaux, De-
Soto, Dodge, Durant, Essex,
Franklin, Graham, Huppmobile,
ANuoII. OIuoIlIOUlle, FOIltldC, NeO,
Studebaker, Stutz. WHY'S, WHY'S
knight.
Eights-Auburn, Buick. Cadil-
lac v. Chrysler. Cord. DeSoto.
Dodge. Duesenberg. Gardner,
Graham, Hudson, Huppomobile,
Jordan, LaSalle v, Lincoln v.
Marmon, Nash, Oakland v. Pack
ard, Peerless, Pierce-Arrow, REQ,
~Studebaker. Stutz. WHY'S.
TWelve-Cadillac v.
SixteenS = Cadillac v. Mar
NOR v.
These groups will be altered befor
five months have passed. There wi
be fewer sizes made, there will b
more sixteens, possibly one more twel
We and a few more Fights.
Here r names that have bee
dropped: Blackhawk. Erskine, Loco
mobile. Marquette. Roosevelt, Stearn.
Viking, Whippet."