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Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Jun 1924, p. 11

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BATURDAY, JUNE 91, 1094 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIGC SERS ES ee A Woi Armored Speed Wagon Tank Serves AUTO SENSE TELL IT TO THE JUDGE Los Angeles Bank iets - -- [za voc! way ASY A HOOTING FISH SORRY, OFFICER , --1 WAS : --AND USE. YOUR CHOKE i 50' Y00 MANAGE A BARREL KEEP YOUR --SEE THAT YOUR BUSY TELLING HIM HOW TO GET ONLY FOR STARTING, JUDGE. |'*~ GET 25 ENG Rit FROM LRN CARBURETOR 18 ADWSTED MORE. MILES To THE ¢ GALLON AND YOI VALV TO GIVE BE. ESA : AND FORGOT HOW WE SEATED. AN ENGINE WERE. GOING. HATES CARBON LIKE A CAT HATES WOT S " 1 POSSIBLE AND RUN WITH OH! ZATSO! THE SPARK WELL - Kad (Copyrighe, 1984. Associared Efhors. Ine. | make twenty-five miles to the gallon Your carburetor acts as an atom- If your car has no mixture adjust- | starts down on the power stroke. | circle marked "Average Summer | of gasoline, but by proper care and | izer for the fuel. There are too | ment on the instrument board, try | The spark lever on the steering | Heat." A shutter of some kind is Five thousand rivets are required result of the ruthless shooting of | handling a material saving can ba many types- of carburetors on the | placing a smalller jet in your car- wheel regulates the time of the ex- | necessary it you are to regulate the to hold together the latest "life in- messengers by bandits who attempt- | realized on a large majority of them. | market to attempt to explain the ad- | buretor and drawing out the choke | plosion. Retarding it causes | heat of th e : i the h th surance policy" which a Los Angeles | cd to seize payrolls and money i Poorly seated valves ariow the vap-| justments n cessary, but it is neces- | rod to a point where you can get the | the explosion to take place a little | he gine. sitivasrtie tous bank 'has taken out for the protec- | transit between banks, railroad sta- | or to be force t of the cylinder | sary to keep them all clean and to | most power. This will enable you to | later and results in loss of power, | Pe cute may be run up by placing tion of its messengers. tions and the express company on the compression stroke and wast-| have the needle valve adjusted to a | cut the mixture to a much leaner A cold engine requires more gaso- | ® Piece of newspaper against the A powerful tank has been especial- The reduction in the JNSUTAnce (oy. Carbon causes. loss of power | point where it gives the most power | point. If you are to get all the pow- | line than a warm one. If your ear | radiator, but remove it as soon as 1¥ constructed for the Hellman Com- | rates on the money alone, it is sald, and it requires more gasoline to ov-| on a set throttle. Be sure there are | er you are entitled to, the explosion | has a motor meter, the mercury | the desired heat is reached mercial Trust & Savings Bank as a'| will pay entirely for the tank within | A A A AAA A AAA Aiea arama y a by , on A A AA Ate Ata satan, Save og} | | | Keeping Down Headlight Glare There Is Plenty Of Non-Glare Law, But It Is Lazly Enforced | Not évery car can be expected to, ercome this loss. no air leaks in the intake manifold. | should take place just as the piston | should -be kept in the ceater of the » || Atuo Tops and |/|- Prompt, Courteous Service in ; Seats Robo | 299-305 Queen FROST'S Phone 526 We are starting a Flat Rate Service. Priees for labor on grinding valves and cleaning out Car- bons: 6 cylinder 4 cylinder . . .. Chevrolet with 4 cylinders | a reasonable length of time. | "It is the lives of our messengers {and not the money that we consider j Brat, however," said Irving Hellman, NOT ONLY INCORRECT FOCUSING of the bulbs, but improper | Te resiient of the bank. pointing of the headlamps themselves result In glare. When pointed The body of the tank, constructed upwardly too much the intense beam, even if correct in other respects, [oParmor plate, 1s mounted on a will rise more than the legal distance from the level on which the car standard Reo Speed Wagon ¢Mhagsis. is setting and will dazzle the eyes of persons approaching. There is | All apertures are filled with bullet- usually a clamp adjustment, by using which each headlamp can be given | proof, laminated glass, fully tested. such an elevation as will secure a good roadlight, but will keep the | One of the panes, struck by a bullet beam below the Tegal height, which is generally given as 40 inches or from a policeman's pistol at close slightly more above the ground. Many instruction books give very clear | range, showed only a mark like a directions for adjusting headlamps, but it is perhaps safer to follow the pin-prick regulations of the local authorities. In 'some sections there are official ! ait . headlight testing stations and most electrical service stations can make The motor, radiator, lamps, rear- the adjustments required by law and satisfactory service for motorists vision 'mirrors and even the hand who do not care to do this work themselves. Motor vehicle departments signal also are armored. and the police have occasional spasms of headlight statute enforcement, The driver sits alone, or with one and it behooves all motorists, if for no better reason than to avoid companion, in the front seat Be- trouble with these authorities, to keep their lights out of the glaring { hind this seat is the gun chest and class and up to the required standard of road and roadside illumination. then, practically in the center of the Watch the effect of your lights on buildings and judge from that the car, is the compartment for money. probable effect on the "other fellows" eyes. Access~to it is had only through a JON'T SPEED UP PROPERLY | lever considerably when you want sliding door over which the messen- | to run fast, gers who sit in the rear of the com- fo -- A TI, ------ --- . Amn ean WHAT CAUSES SHIMMYING? partment have no control. They are h {°F HE. M. asks: What causes my locked in. Behind and above the placing your order. i ~ car to shimmy. 1 have messengers, in a square, highly arm- [tested the wheel alignment, exam- ored tower, sits the chief guard. By 35 MONTREAL STREET I CG. AUL { ; 'PHONE 2544w. ® ~|ined all bolts and bushings for a series of buttons he controls the w, | RY i ee | tightness and have had heavier : -- { | springs put nto the sissring con: | enition and can shut oft the motor |SNIIIIMINIIINIINININID" } (nection rod, but still have this at will. He also controls a brake |= tm | trouble, especially on brick streets. lever to stop the car quickly and an- ("KILL THE GLARE i : other brake lever which control the SAVE THE LIGHT" | Has proven its high qualities. For that reason the We Can R rind leading dealers recognize its superiority, and now stoek them A, W. C. writes: I have noticed | ER ATs A, door to the money compartment and recommend them to Automobile Owners and Radio Fans. that my -- car Increases speed FA" |, \As sVER! where the messengers sit. There oi "Kill the Glar ave the Light." Yo Cylin ers steadily up to about 35 miles per 4 no access from the tower to the 0 . The California Division of Motor square with the' use found apd Ask for the Mon ch hour, but that when I try to force : 5 8 ant. o y A money compartmen in aking the ea paign true with a heavy duty cylinder || | MADE IN KINGSTON. Side Curtains, SELECT AUTOMOBILE PAINTING All Kinds of Bevelled || Ee -------- Glass Lights ---- ANcEalR 1 Willys Knight 'PHONE 1684. SERRTI Canada's Most Popular Car Eien T0 TOPS | ll ARTHUR CALLAGHAN 210-214 Wellington Street 6 cylinder . . -.$10.00 4 cylinder .... $6.50 " Chevrolets and Fords, rear New and vepaiven, | axles, labor $6.00. Slip Covers, Cushions. ! ' See us and get our prices and All kinds of Curtain Lights. now what it will cost before Call and see us.. IE A it to go faster, it will start to ac- 3 --- . a i3-8 | Vehicles, celerate and then soon slacken The. tank 18 sii to be the most | against glaring headlights, has ask- speed. The carburetor appears - Le nded moter veBlolef nin aieriote to alt a || riding machine, giving perfect clean and all the piping has: been 4 ever built for civil use, and far more siogan, work in every respect. Eo date. | Taija Lhe Same of ©) = effegtive thay Me exrlieh war tanks: | WNT. 17. Mkieh chief of the dis : i me Answer: We believe that the vision, points out that motorists, by Automotive e onarc attery Saneiine a > Sc aburetor Js Removal of Cylinders. eliminating the glare of their lights, - - . . Fp nnie snoush | IT Tiel Answer: One thing that often Before removing a cylinder, draw | can conserye their illumination, Grinders Limited 75 ONTARIO STREET, KINGSTON, ONT. causes shimmying is the mounting off the water, remove the rubber con- | since if lights are properly adjusted | 225 Wellington Street PHONES 836-837. it Is running very fast, the result being that the gasoline level in the |of the axle on the springs and it nection between the radiator and | the full force of the rays is thrown this is such as not to give the steer- 3 fat Chamber. falls to 4 low point ing knuckles the correct inclina- cylinder head, detach the cable from | on the highway in front of the auto- through the spray-nozzle to keep |tion, steering is likely to be very the plugs and remove the cable sup- | mobile where it belongs. the Mixture up to full power pro- wobbly. A slight downward slant [ports or otherwise free the head| "We might well add to this slogan ducing quality. It may be that the |in the downward Inclination of the wirin r ts that | that by killing the glare one can filter screen in the line from the ' knuckles, causing the front wheels from the wiring. Free all nuts t ave I JP 5 ht," M h vacuum tank to the carburetor to 'caster slightly, discourages hold the head to the block and then, | save ves as well as. lent, ars needs cleaning or it may be that |shimmying tendencies. By placing with a blunt screwdriver, pry be-| said. There is a period of one or the vacuum tank itself does not|suitably formed shims between the tween head and block at intervals, | two seconds that every motorist is keep filled. You better clean the|axle and the springs, this inclina- until the parts are free. | completely blinded and driving with- gauze filter screen at the top of tion can be secured. Are you sure -- | out sense of direction when passing a the vacuum tank, tighten all pipe |that the steering arms are perfectly | . 3 Pp connections and make sure that the | secure in the knuckles? Any lack For An Easy Start [car with glaring lights. At such vent In the main tank is not ob-|of tightness there will lead to shim- T ake 5 " i ye : | times serious accidents are extremely structed. Unless the muffler has mying. Is the steering column rig- 0 make starting casier, throw out | likely to occur." become. badly choked, we believe | ldly supported on the frame and to the clutch when starting the engine. Reports received by Chief Inspec- this engine will speed up satisfac- [the dash? This is a requisite. Are Otherwise the starting motor has to! vy) Hea inl 3} torily, as soon as it gets an ade-|you certain that the front wheels turn over the clutch and counter-| (°F C- K. Harder indicate that the quate gasoline supply. As ignition | have their normal camber, that is, h YC cides - h ine | Campaign is being successfully con- ls controlled by hand on this car,|that they are closer together at [Shaft gears, Besides the engine, ;, ted in all parts of the State. We presume you advance the spark | their bottoms than at their tops? ig 1s a heavy strain on the ad These reports show that since the 1st Quéstions of gemeral interest to the motorist will de answered dy : - | ast, ronmstely 1900 Wptevists Mr, Olough in this column, space permitting. If an immediate answer is f g iction | ave been stopped dally by the offic- Rubber tape is better than friction | ers and compelled to have their lights desired, enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. i | d, ' a, P pa tape for aerial work. | adjusted, ran en. A Bad Weather Aid. One of the easiest mixtures to | make for preventing an obscured | windshield glass during stormy | weather, is equal parts of kerosene | and glycerine. Apply a thin, even layer over the glass surface with a iscft cloth. Another effective elean- { er is ordinary - plug tobacco. One | side is sliced a trifle so that a fresh leaf is exposed. This is them rub- bed up and down on the glass--and ® it the operation is repeated until the TRIPPED of detail, here are the reasons why the Miginy Speed 1 r entire surface has been thoroughly Wagon will out-perform any other commercial motor vehicle in the gone-over, the glass will be covered world, regardless of weight, size, capacity or price. FOE > : with a thin and perfectly transparent a and film of oil, --Inner-frame suspension of power units. r BRITISH Fool stunts. --More engine power than any other vehicle in or near its class, Starting the car with the brake set. --Far more braking efficiency than any other. Shifting gears without throwing table of out the clutch. --More equi distribution weight over wheels, insuring greater Looking for a "gas" leak with a safety and roadability. : : lighted match. 5 Starting from a standstill on high, --Spiral bevel axle for fleetness and ietness, oversized for tre- and racing the engine. ' mendous a . a. o Throwing gears into forward speed when the car is moving backward, or --Twelve standard bodies, providing a style for practically every business. vice versa. : More than 100,000 Speed Wagons are supplying faster, safer and ¢ Wheel Alignment. haulage in Reasly every line of business because of visible quality, Because alignment of the wheals e and known economy-factors. is an important factor in the life of {he MONE Hea. the distance or Ue Designed and Manufactured in the Big Reo rod is provided with adjustments. The front of the tires would, as a Shops--Not Assembled rule, be 5-16 closer together than the . : oar; oot ah. tie size yeigh Boyd's Garage Lid. Replacement of Rings. 129 Brock St. When replacing rings, the best- fitting rings should be used at the top, so that the oil below cannot be ' consumed by the high temperature of the exploding gas. The replacement . m . a ~ of the rings is the reverse of the re- REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, : : WINDSOR, ONTARIO moval . VR VII SV TONNOD 3

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