Judge — April 26, 1924 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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The Curtain is Raised The new cars have been an- nounced and their prices and specifications are ready for the public. Whether you want a Ford or a Rolls Royce; whether you are interested in balloon tires or the standard sizes; whether you would like brakes on all four wheels or only on the two rear; whether you prefer sedan or roadster—the Motor Depart- ment of JUDGE will give you free unbiased advice as to the selec- tion, operation and maintenance of any car. Fill out the coupon given be- low and mail to the Motor De- partment of JUDGE at 627 W 43rd Street, New York City The only cost to you is a stamp for reply. Experts will give your questions careful consider- ation. COUPON Motor Department Jupce 627 West 43d St., New York City I am considering the purchase of acar to cost about $ and am especially interested in one (make) « (type) I requirements ‘for a car are as follows: Capacity Type of body Driven and cared §........self for by chauffeur Kind of roads over which car would be used . I have owned other cars of the following makes: The following cars of approxi- mately the type in which I am interested are handled by dealers in my territory: Please advise me as to the car best suited to my requirements. | rim. Wife—I should have thought you would do something to stop this awful noise. Husband—I'm doing my best, but the wretched child has got no sense of humor. MOTOR DEPARTMENT Subscribers desiring practical help or tech- nical information about motor cars, trucks, or touring routes, can obtain it by writing to the Motor Department, Juvce, 627 W, 43d Street, New York, No charge is made for this service. Please remember that 4a two-cent stamp ahould be incloaed for reply. How To SOLVE THE BALLOON Tire Puzzie HAVE just learned that a prominent professor of mathematics of one of our colleges has resigned and is 1 devoting his attention to efforts to de a new system of numbers to be used for marking the new nd types of balloon tires which are being announced daily. When the Arabs handed down to us our present system of arithmetical nota- tion they failed. to realize the serious strain that would be put upon it by the e manufacturers. The first mathema- » who computed that one million different. numbers could be expressed by the use of ten figures employing on! at a time, would doubtless be somew puzzled by reading the hieroglyphics are appearing upon the new balloon And what would he think, for . if he were told that a balloon 33x6.20; 33x6.20 21; and that the: are all the same and fit a 2Ix4!9 And yet such is the fact. Tire ma facturers mark balloon tires on one system and standard tires on another, and have given the poor consumer the pretty prob- lem to determine what size of wheel is required by a certain balloon type of | tire. I was trying to explain to one tire dealer just how he could tell what was the proper size of wheel to be used with a 26 balloon tire that was marked 3¢ “It’s easy,” I said. 5 per cent. of the diameter of cross section (6.20), take the nearest half inch to this number if the result is a small amount over or below, and multiply this by two. Subtract this product from the larger number (33, in this case) and the result will be the 21” wheel diameter which the of balloon tire in question will fit. For some sizes you will need to deduct 3 per cent., or 10 per cent.” I wasn’t “kidding” the poor tire dealer. I was giving him one of the simplest methods I know for carrying on wh to become a very vital part of his busine: for if you drive up to a tire deale shop and say, “I want to equip my car with balloon tires or the balloon type of ire. What size will my present wheels of new wheels will I ler must be able to our question without an undue amount of lat ory research. Of course, some of the tire companies may furnish their di replacement dealer’s shop isn’t v and wall space are cannot be cove You merely deduct siz answer } average tire . and window at a premium and ith sheets as big as ing this detailed in- cireus posters g formation. A‘™ Ay, my dealer friend told me the next day he had devised a simpler— and just as accurate—method for arriving at the proper size of wheel, “I took the number which is stamped on the tire,” said he, “including the serial and date number. I multiplied this by the license of my car, divided by my age, added the speedometer reading on April 1, r- moved the fusel oil and bacteria, and if there is any remainder and the day is cloudy the figures will indicate the dia- meter of the wheel in inches; if, however, the day happens to be a sunshiny Tuesday comicbooks.com