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THE OLDEST JEWISH NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN MICHIGAN

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928

Section Two

Chevrolet Sport Cabriolet

New Packard Eight Sedan

Nash Standard Six Landau Sedan

New Whippet Roadster

Oakland Six Sedan

New Reo Victoria

STYLE AND SAFETY FEATURE
NEW CARS AT AUTO SHOW

Packard Custom Eight Sedan

( LaSalle 5-Passenger Cabriolet Sedan

Cadillac Town Sedan

American Production Body Finest Looking in the World;
Variety of Bodies Now Much Greater

Every manufacturer, almost without exception—Whippet to Pack- Nickeling and especially chronium plating of exterior parts is almost
ard—has made changes that will imp rov e the car performance, safety being overdone.
and easy riding. There you have the four principal aims—style, per-
The variety of bodies is greater. Practirally every maker has a
formance, easy riding and safety. These are the directions toward convertible four-passenger (so-called cabriolet) with two seats under
which practically all changes have been made, and in only a minor cover and two in the ( pen. The passengers to want to see the sky in
way—economy. Bettor looking cars, larger, roomier cars with higher fair weather; that is why the holy medel of the future is a live pas-
road speeds, better braking, better steering, better equipment and at senger, quickly convertible to open (ir closed, but which will to a good
lower prices.
closed car and a good open car.
Style—New body designs with higher and narrower radiators, low-
Blind sin to have Nun studied so that we see narrower pillars made
er roof lines, wider iird more graceful fenders, lower runniii boards, of steel instead of the wider ones made of woe(' and steel. Vision for
larger window:, better body interiors, new designs in hadware, new the driver has 'been improved considerably. Seine cars have double
instrument boards with more novel arrangement of instruments, better windshield wipers as standard equipment, nearly all have one-piece
colorings and many new cs mbinations. more wire wheel models, larger windshields, larger side windows, light control n the steering wheel
tires, neater lamp equipment, more nickeling or chromium-plated parts, and much better lighting and signals,
smoothing of unsightly spots by covering with sheet metal.
The American production body today is the finest looking in the
Performance--More eight cylinder cars. Higher speeds obtained by world and it condones to a greater degree the qualities of the ideal
increasing compressions and displacements. Also by changing gear
body in so far as comfort, vision. baggage arcommodation and other
reductions and tire sizes. The general average is 65 to 75 miles per
factors are concerned. Because of the use of wider treads and wider
hour for closed cars. Engines run at slightly higher speeds, accelera- frames, some makers hive been able to get wider bodies.
tion is better dot to improved carhuretion and intake manifolding.
Abreast there is a marked trend toward fabric type bodies, if we
Braking is better.
are to take the exhibits at the last Olympia show as indicative. In
Easier Riding—Longer wheelbases with longer and wider springs. this country the so-called composition wood
and steel Is* is the leader.
Every car now comes equipped with some sort of shock-absorbing equip- The all-steel has four adherents, including Ford, but the composite t)p,
ment, the first time in the history of the industry. Larger tires and leads.
generally heavier cars with wider rear treads and wider Iwidies con.
Equipment as supplied by the car manufacturer is getting better
tribute to easier riding.
each year. What with Ford supplying gasoline gauge on slash, shock
Safety--Higher head spuds demand greater safety and so we have
absorbers and automatic windshield cleaner; with Chevrolet leaving
lower center of gravity through double drop frames, lower bodies, and hardly any important item out of standard equipment, and so on up
F mailer wheels. Better weight distribution, better brakes, better steer- to the higher priced cars where the equipment is merely of better qual-
ing with absence of shimmy at higher speeds so common last year in
ity, it will be necessary to study the needs of driver and passengers t •
nearly all cars. Ford has even gone so far as to equip his windshields
develop new things. It is a tribute to the American manufacturer that
with non-shattorable glass. Chrysler also offer the glass optionally.
he builds a better car, adds more equipment and still keeps prices be-
The varied-colored cars of today would not be passable if it were low the average of 1927.
not ter the efforts of General Motors, more particularly C. F. Ketter-
Chromium plating instead of nickel plating has made big advances.
ing. It was he who hastened the development of a suitable pyroxylin
Last year there was a suggestion of its use. Now many employ that
called dues and it was first used in production by Oakland. Today
method of pl.( ducing a shiny sal face which will not tarnish like nickel
nearly every make on the market is using a lacquer and there isn't a
and can be rubbed frequently without being rubbed off. It is so hard
paint maker en any note who has not developed a complete lacquer
that its application to moving parts is looked for, such as hearing jour.
system.'
nals. Some anti-frier'e" makers are using chorium plate to
Color alone is only one means used to dress the cars of 1928. Bodies give greater life to the bearings; a few makers of bumpers are em-
are generally squattier, though head room has not been sacrificed. ploying it.

Dodge Drotheil Victory Six

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Pontiac Sport Cabriolet

New Chevrolet Coach

New Packard Six Coupe

