The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-16
BASE PRICE OF
S795 SET FOR
LATEST BUICK
Series 30 Offers Knee Action
and Other Features of
New Cars.

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engineered and designed as COM
panion cars of the present so, so and
80 series, but to sell in a lower price
bracket, with a base factory price
Of s795, has been announced by w.
L. Pavlovski, Indianapolis zone man.
ager of the Buick Motor Company.
The new car, a Buick thorough
bred from every standpoint, has
been designated the series 40. It
includes an initial production range
OF five body models on a 117-inch
WheelbaSe chassis of characteristic
Buick design and construction. The
new car is powered by a ninety
three-horse power, valve-in head
straight eight engine and is capa-
BILE of smooth, easy speeds up to
eighty-fve miles an hour, Mr.. Paw
lovski asserted.
Unusual performance and econ
omy are outstanding features, the
Buick 40 having been designed to
meet these requirements of the low
er price field At the same time, its
designers have maintained all the
engineering traditions of Buick,
built up over a period of more than
thirty years.
Knee Action" Used
The valve-in-head principle which
Buick has constantly perfected over
a period Of thirty years has its cul-
mination in the new series 40
straight eight engine 1t has a bore
of 3 1882 inches and stroke of 3 e
inches.
Having pioneered knee-action
wheels in its other cars, Buick has
incorporated this proven feature III
the new series 40. The same design
is used. This type of construction
permits the front wheels to move up
and down, each independent of the
other. The front axle has been elm
mated and none of the movement
of one wheel is transmitted to the
other. Jack pads are provided,
making the jacking-up of the knee
action wheels a simple process.
The knee-a ;tion wheels absorb all
breaking and driving strains, re-
lieving the coil front springs of all
work except that of springing the
front end of the car. In conjunction
with the balanced springing, the
weight of the car is distributed
equally front and rear, adding ma
terially to ride smOOthnesS.
The ride or sway stabilizer is a
spring steel bar mounted at the rear
end of the frame just under the
rear cross-member. The twisting
action set up in this bar, when one
side of the car tends to rise faster
than the Other-aS when rounding
a curve or driving on a rough or
crowned road-holds the car on an
even keel. This prevents roll and
side sway.
Equipped With New Tires
The fourth feature Of Bucks
gliding ride is provided in the air
cushion tires, which are newly de-
signed 16x6.25 tires carrying a pres
sure of only twenty-six pounds.
Modern interiors of the new cars
include such convenient features as
double sun shades, rear view mirror,
arm rests for each front seat pas
senger in all models, large package
compartment in the instrument
E0ard, easily read airplane type in
s.rumentS placed in panel in front
of the driver, front seat adjustment,
inside safety door locks, assist straps,
carpet covered tonneau, foot rails,
conveniently located ash trays, robe
rails and newly designed front COM
partment floor mats.
The full line Of body models to-
gether with standard colors specified
for them follow:
Five-pasSenger. for-door club
sedan with built-in trunk, crillion
blue: two-paseSnger business coupe,
empire blue; five-paSSenger four
door sedan, ambassador maroon;
five-passenger touring sedan with
built-in trunk, Nassau tan, and
four passenger sport coupe, Mon
tague green. Black is an optional
color on all models at no extra cost.