The Huron Expositor, 1970-11-12, Page 21GET SET FOR
WINTERTIME
DRIVING
with our
SPECIAt
CAR CARE
SERVICE
BATTERY
We'll check for full
power and see that
water is at the
proper level.
LIGHTS
Welt make sure all
lights are burning -
properly and
correctly aimed.
WIPERS
Well check arm
and blade condition
and windshield'
washer tank fluid
level,
• EXHAUST SYSTEM
We'll check muffler,
tail pipe and mani-
fold for dangerous
exhaust leaks.
Don't Let This
Happen to You
This Winter!
GET YOUR CAR SERVICED NOW
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY
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Brumfield
Phone 482-9211
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ENGINE
We'll check condition
and adjustment of
ignition and carburetor
systems, and tune if
necessary.
COOLING SYSTEM
We'll check antifreeze
protection, make sure
it is at proper level
and that the cap, hoses
and connections are
tight.
TIRES
We'll check pressure,
tread and general
condition.
B. F. GOODRICH
SNOW
TIRES
LUBRICATION
We'll check engine
transmission and
power steering oil.
Lubricate chassis,
change oil and filter
it needed.
POLLUTION CONTROL
We'll check and
service your car's
carburetor, rings and
valves, filters and
emission control
devices to help
reduce the pollutants
it spews into our air.
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SERVICE
BUS DEPOT
Phone 527-9016
SEAFORTH
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If you remember when fly-
ing glass brought many in-
juries in automobile acci-
dents, when all car gips was
fiat, or when no car had
tinted glass, don't automati-
cally classify yourself as an
old fogey.
It was only 40 years ago
that safety glass started be-
coming an acceiired part of
motoring. And it has only
been since World War II that
cars started having most of
the glass styling and comfort
features taken for granted
today.
The automotive glass story
really started in 1929. This
was when laminated glass,
composed of two glass panels
separated by a plastic inter-
layer (the construction used
in windshields today) was
developed. Tempered glass,
the heat-strengthened single
glass panel now used for all
side and rear windows, was
not introduced until 1935.
It All Began in 1910
Actually the idea of a
glass-and-plastic lamination,
in which glass particles ad-
here to the plastic when the
glaks is fractured, began in
1910. That's when a French-
man named Edouard Bene-
dictus stumbled onto the idea
of using celluloid as a clear
binder for two glass panels.
He accidentally dropped a
flask containing a dried-out
cellulosic solution, and was
amazed when the flask didn't
shatter.
In the mid-30's, safety
glass became standard for
windshields• and vent win-
dows, bue-was an option on
other auto glass area. Many
motorists rejected the option
because it originally cost $50
more to equip side and back
windows with safety glass?
As manufacturing techniques
were perfected, safety glass
became, the low-cost mate-
rial it is today, and became
mandatory in all car window
areas.
Along with its now promi-
nence as a safety feature,
safety glass also became im-
portant as a styling feature.
Auto glass through the 1930's
was flat, leading to some
claims that the windows
looked like "holes punched in
the auto body." But in 1939
came the first car glass with
a curve: the back window-
contoured to help air flow
over the back of the moving
vehicle.
War Interrupted
World War II interrupted
automotive production, but
new-found ways to curve
glass for wartime airplanes
paved the way for curved
glass in peacetime cars.
Windshields started being
curved in the 1940's with sim-
ple bends in the old two-
piece windshield with divider
bar. Today virtually all auto-
motive glass has a curvature
which enhances styling while
maintaining good optical
quality.
Like curved glass, tinted
and shaded glass now seems
so much a part of motoring
that's it's taken for granted.
But it was only 23 years ago
that cars available to the
public could be equipped
with blue-green glass for re-
duction of glare and sun heat
gain. Windshields with a
band of shading at the top,
to give drivers a "sunshade"
without blocking vision, did
not come until 1951.
Does More Today .
Today automotive safety
glass can do more than ever
before, For example, there
are now heated rear windows
which keep the inside glass
surface free of fog, as well as
antenna windshields which
function as the car's 'radio
aerial. These windshields
bring in radio signals through
wires between the two glass
panels, and eliminate the
need for the regular antenna
rod.
FilterChange
Can Increase.
Life of Car
"Should I change oil filter
when I change oil?"
Typically, the $4.00 filter
doubles the cost of his oil
change, Is it worth it,? Or
should he, as some car man-
ufacturers suggest, change
oil filter with every other oil
change?
Readers Digest, in a report
to consumers,' answered the
question this way:
"To protect your engine
and your warranty, changing
- the oil filter frequently is im-
portant. The filter removes
the heavy grit and dust that
your engine has sucked in;
eventually it gets clogged and
can take no more.
If you change oil after
4,000 to 6, 0 miles; it cer-
tainly pa s install a new
filter eac time. If you
change more frequently you
may want to replace the oil
filter at each second- oil
change."
For the experienced car
buff or mechanic the answer
is simple: change -filter
whenever you change oil
without question. Why?
There are three reasons:
1. A filter holds a quart of
oil that does.not, drain wills
the five quart crankcase. An
oil change without a filter
change is thus only an 80%
change, and the new oil is
immediately contaminated.
2. Car manufacturers' rec-
omniendations are for ideal
conditions that seldom exist
—sustained turnpike driving
in dust-free regions with tem-
perate climate. Stop-and-go
short hop neighborhood driv-
ing is tough on engines since
they never get. hot enough.
Stop-and-go motorists
should not only change oil
filter at every oil change,
they should also change oil
more frequently. Warranties
spell this all out under 'ex-
ceptions" but the average
motorist is not reading the
fine print.
3. Dirty oil really beats up
an engine. Don't get careless
because you can't sole the
wear like you can a dirty
shirt. Here's how bad it is:
a car maker some time ago
tested engines over 15,000
miles, changing oil every
2,000 miles. One set of cars
had oil filters, the other iden-
tical set had no oil filters.
Results: filtered cars had
87% less main bearing wear;
93% less connecting rod
bearing wear; and 84% less
cylinder bore wear.
The responsible car owner
can increase the life of his
engine as much as 25% by
changing oil and filter to-
gether.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., NOV. 12, 1970-3a
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