OPEN CAR GOING

NZ Truth, Issue 1214, 7 March 1929, Page 18

OPEN CAR GOING

Sports Will Replace Tourers

In America the ordinary touring ; car seems to have just about passed.. ! out. Some, of the largest firms are I now producingonly a few open tourers for special order, totalling about three or four per cent, of their output. , THE place of the tourer has been •* .'. taken by the special sports open car, of which several examples can be seen m New Zealand. The Studebaker sports models are good examples of the type of car Amei'ica is turning to, apart from the closed cars. America's preference for Sedans and coaches is, of course, a matter of climate. I " '•.-■' . -• A '-■;• y ■ The northern States particularly suffer from all the ills that weather is heir to, ranging from blizzards and tornadoes to terrible heat waves. If America enjoyed a climate even half as good as New Zealand can boast, the production of open cars, would be at least equal to that of the closed models. TF your car steers hard and you do ■ not know whether the trouble is m the king pin or steering assembly, jack up the front end, disconnect the tie rod at the steering arm, then check the steering assembly and front wheel assembly separately. In this way you can definitely^ determine where , the j difficulty lies. " ,