Life, 1919-06-12 · page 5 of 46
Life — June 12, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for Willys-Overland automobiles**, not satirical content. It promotes the "Sleeve-Valve Motor" as a technical innovation that "improves with use." The ad claims the motor's design—using two sleeves operating between cylinder walls and pistons in an oil film—prevents valve problems common in competing engines. It emphasizes the motor provides "more power and more flexibility with less complication." The Willys-Knight brand name appears at bottom, along with the company's location (Toledo, Ohio) and vehicle pricing/specifications for Canadian sales. There is no political cartoon or satire visible. This is straightforward early 20th-century automotive advertising emphasizing mechanical superiority over rival manufacturers' engines.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
’ and better with use. Two sleeves in each cylinder operate between the cylinder wall and the piston, one working within the other in a film of ott. Compression is maintained because there is no chance for leakage through valves that warp, become pitted, and get out of adjustment through wear. Compression is even increased through the good offices of carbon—the enemy of all other motors. This motor puts an evd to valve troubles. Fuel is taken in and burnt gas exhausted through ports that are wide and free so that the Willys-Knight sleeve- valve motor gives sore power and more flexibility with /ess sit complication. closed Dob: Sleeve-Valce Motor’ WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC., Zo/edo, Ohio Willys-Knight Touring—Four, $1725 —Kight, $2750; Seven Passenger Sedan—Four,—$2750—Eight, £3475. Prices f.o.b. Toledo. CANADIAN FACTORY WEST TORONTO, CANADA comicbooks.com