Evening star., 1933-10-22
CODE ON USED CARS
WILL Be DELAYED.
Enforcement Difficult Owing
to Formulation of
Price Basis.
r1isnatch to The Star.

epecial Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT. October 81 (NANA).-|
Enforcement of the N. r. A. code pro-
vision relating to used car trade--in al,
lowances is certain to be delayed until
mid November.
At the time the code was signed by
President Roosevelt October 3, the un-
derstanding was that regulated prices
would become effective so days later on
November g. But word from head
quarters of the National Automobhe
Dealers Association in St LOUIS Is llaC
preparation of the official allowance
hook, which is to be the legalized GUIDE
for automobile dealers. is requiring
longer time than anticipated.
The probability is it will not be ready
before November Is at the earliest.
Fifty thousand copies of the book are
to be printed and sent out for the use
of dealers and until the books are III
, their hands. price regulation must walt:
In the meantime the labor. wage ana
other code provisions under which buSl-
ness is operating are in full force.
Strikes Have Little Effect.
Few if any changes in manufacturing
programs and the introduction OF 1884
models have been necesSitated through
labor disputes with which plants IN the
Michigan area have been afflicted IN
recent weeks. In instances where FAC
tory retooling in preparation for new
cars has been delayed, the preparation
of dies has been switched to other cites
and to plants not affected by, strikes.
The result may prove beneht TO
production in the way Of economy. In
the opinion of factory officials. the pro-
duction of dies. which is a vital factor
in plant make-overs for yearly models,
has cost too much in the past.
Statistics cited by an executive of
Detroit factory recently in connection
with body manufacture show that S75.-
100000 was expended in 1882 to pro
Guce approximately .000, 900 body units
used on cars selling for less than 81 ,0OO.
He took the position that expenditures
for engineering and tools were out of
proportion to the number OF units pro-
duced and were generally economically
unsound. and that in view Of the limited
production of recent years. an extra
amount of labor might be more economl-
cal than expenditure of large amounts
for tooling.
Oppose Rigid System.
Speaking before the recent 1nterna-
tional Engineering Congress Of the So
cietv of Automotive Engineers at Chi
T. r
charge of research for General Motors
CORPORATION, voiced a concurring opin-
Ion.
There is one unit" he said. that has
to change. and that is the Sl0,GC0 unit
in tool making. You know, no tool
maker can make anything for less thar
$4,000. We have got to spend less
money on tools and keep more flexible.
We must realize that We must come oIt
Of this depression not having SO much
of the cold and rigid"
r11entS of one year hence determined IL
the preceding June. the die and tool
programs of the plants are under way
in the early part of October. Ofi1clalS
of plants regard It as fortunate that the
labor troubles developed es early as they
did. and not later. when work Would
be further advanced.
Methods of independent wheel spring.
ing promised as the outstanding lnno-
vation in the new models for 1884.
continue to be the liveSt topics OF dis
cussion among the men who design and
build cars.
In recognition of the prevailing inter
est, the Detroit section. Society OF Au-
tcnotive Engineers, has delegated to
Athel F. Deuham. field editor of the
publication Automotive Industries. the
lob of assembling all available informa-
ton and presenting it as paper before
a forthcoming assembly here.
so Types Offered.
It has been stated that there are no
less than 60 different types OF inde-
pendent wheel springing in existence.
Most of them are European in origin,
and the research engineers over there
still are seeking the one best adapted
to quantity production at minimum
cost.
The majority of European cars still
are equipped with rigid aXles as well
as with the flexible type used for in
- dependent wheel springing because OF
fexibility and better absorption Of road
shocks. The change from one to the
other involves substitution OF coil
springs for the conventional leaf
springs with which present American
cars are equipped.
1t Is the prediction of the engineers
that the independently sprung wheels
are to give improved riding comfort and
stability in place of certain disadvan-
tages blamed on rigid aXles with leaf
springs. The rigid axle, 1t IS pointed
out. allows "futter' Or "shimmy' at
certain speeds. especially in front aXles.
despite the progress made in improving
shock absOrherS This. in turn. is
blamed on difficulty in guiding or,steer-
ing a rigid front axle, which independ-
ent springing aims to eliminate.
Copyright. 1919 bv North American News
paper Alliance. 1nc.)