Hudson Super Six 1916, Справочник

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No machine can be absolutely automatic. All things must wear in time. The best preventive of wear, and the
most certain thing for increasing the life of an automobile, is proper lubrication.
Familiarize yourself thoroughly with all the lubricating points of your car. The chart, sent out with your car,
will show you where each one is located. Make the lubrication of your car as regular as is the eating of your
meals. If you do this, you won't have any complaint to make of your car becoming noisy or of bearings wearing
out. If you don't do it, you will not get the satisfaction from your car that you had expected.
USE YOUR SPARK CONTROL LEVER - Few amateur drivers realize the advantages of the spark lever as a
smooth driving aid.
But you will note that the expert, who makes such wonderful demonstrations, giving the car the feelings of a
thing of life, nearly always has his hand on the spark lever, It is only when a level road stretches ahead of him that
he seems to relinquish that little lever and you naturally assume that it is because he needs both hands on the
wheel. It is because he uses his spark according to his speed that he obtains that smooth slow down in the traffic,
without seeming to need a foot-brake at all; and that easy pickup on high gear, with no signs of motor labor, that
makes a six-cylinder car so attractive.
The Law of the Spark is simple. When you have mastered it you can demonstrate to yourself all the time.
You have noticed that Your motor does not run smoothly, when idle, if the spark is advanced, but it
invariably hits on all six like a clock if the spark is retarded. "There's a reason." The advanced timing of the
ignition is a necessity when there's work to be done by the engine, as in propelling the car, but it becomes an evil
if the engine is running light. Hence, the necessity of retarding it whenever there is no work to be done, as in
coasting or idling.
The idling has been reduced to a minimum by the introduction of the self starter. The coasting has been made
more pleasant by the Six, which has the same continuous pull as a brake, as it has torque when functioning as a
motor.
The pickup is much improved if the spark is gradually advanced as the motor gains speed, bringing the lever
up to about "halfway" at the first touch of the accelerator and then advancing about half an inch for every five
miles per hour as the car gains speed. This, of course, applies to picking up from a low rate of speed, say, ten
miles per hour, and in a lesser degree at greater speeds since the car has greater momentum and the motor,
therefore, less work to do.
COASTING MOUNTAIN ROADS - Wherever you approach a long and steep grade, it is best to put your
gear speed lever into first speed and allow the car to drift down on the motor. This is better than using the brakes.
It gives you absolute control of the car at all times.
KNOW YOUR CAR-Your satisfaction will be greatly increased if you will learn the details of your
automobile. Learn to make the simple adjustments. They are all described here. Do not depend upon some one
else to do that which is so simply done and which you can get such satisfaction in doing. There is nothing
complicated nor complex about the HUDSON SUPER-SIX. There are no inaccessible parts that should interfere
with ready adjustments, Familiarize yourself with every detail of the car as it is explained in this book and You
will have greater confidence in venturing over any road at any distance from a repair station.
THE COST OF SPEED - The law is just as immutable in that it collects as great cost for speed in a motor car
as it does of any machine or of man. If you run fast, if you work hard, you require more food to sustain you. If
you drive your car at a fast speed all the time, it requires more fuel-more gasoline and more oil.
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