The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-29
AMONG The AUTOMODILISTS.
CHRISTIE BUILDING A NEW d.
RECT DRIVE RACER.
Says It VIII ne Good Tor q Mile In n seconds
at Ormond Bullet Proof signs In Cali
rOrnia--Lendon Has New wrinkle IN
way OF Teaching Machine''-Gossip

g0rnSa a and0n Has New wrinkle IN
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uy.,,.r chr,u,,.,o ri th,s ,,tv 4. building a new
dirac, dr,va r.csr Tor naaIn ths Ormond Beach
80. "a 4. -. vaar,s scontest for the VAN
dsrhi,t cnn The nachine will be of lao rated
horsaNnowsr Ths four 7I<x7K inch cylinders
iii ha ~rcIo.ad In \ rickel .teel case and will
he ,,nnsd A. an angIe N AZ degrees to the rear.
rht. Iii h. dor. 70 ret the weight back. The
800 iii Re narrowsd tom 30 10 "a inches
and the gsars epcssed IN a crank case. Mr..
Chr;stis Estimates that the completed car will
wa,sh bn, /, aso nonnds In taking Of his new
80 $1,000 Re .sId.
It am making over NV racing machine into
rrsc,icsI road car with the idea Of using Il
miles at a 100 mile an hour gait without heat
ing I'D. IL Ia good for 1000 revolutions, and I
am sure IL can get as low at Ormond as %
seconds for the mile. Il will be as good for q
long distance as for a sprint. and l will enter
IL in ali the races for which 1t is eligible. Stan
ley's new steamer may beat me at a mile,
but I fear no g~asolene car yet built at any dis
lance"
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90 many Of the enamelled road signs put up
BY the Automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia TO marx the highways In the vicinity Of
Los Angeles have been DESTROYED that the or
R4nlZAvlOn Ia now mHTkInR the FOA0H WlJn
signs Of one-quarter Of an inch thick boiler
plate, which will stand the shots OF the passing
hunter. The road directions are painted on
the iron. These signs have been placed along
the road 10 Santa Barbara and are now being
put up on the inland San Diego road by way
of Pomona Rincon. Elsinore and Escondido
Secretary Flint Of the Automobile Club Of
Southern California says the organisation
heartily approves the recent action of the
A.e1~.oLuu OI,h - raIsfo~l. 80 Ca Er.o-
cisco. There is no benefit to be derived from
such running" Mr.. Flint says. 1T only
arouses oppostion to the automobile. and ia
harmful in the long run"
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A teach ns machine is one Of the latest
school and one has been DEVELOPED by a
Lnn ~ ~ on'
~ Vi ~ on ",o an "a
which the pupil takes his place while the
instructor takes his place on the floor along
a stand where he has before him a act
OF levers. ON the wall facing the driver are
a couple Of dials. one Of which may be made
y "thsr ans ~ ~ ~, y .unu'u.n ~
rmn,I.s s,ss,,na Ths stssr,na 49, h.ine
pupi,s steering. Inc scoring wheels oe'ns
the TWO ba rds on The aacond djsI While tba
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other Is nhder the controi OF the instructor
By moving this one way or the other he il
ena bled to give the pupil all the variety OF a
real a1norienca in hIobway ,ray.I wi,ho,t
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any OF lts terrors being encountered. To
further aid in the Illusion the second dial is
made to indicate slow moving traffic. hills.
,roiIoy n and nadostroirs n, an iii 90
o"u ~ -"
Sne INSTRUCTOR; "h.le oy means OF a brake
he DTOdlCaG the RnaCfa nf UTQdo4
just now there is a great deal OF unrest in
Of petrol. which has gone up and up until II is at
least twice as dear as last year; and there Is.
STOP here, says the London Ft'td n con;
sequence mere nave neen many artlcles ana
maj some Qther Iuel should be brought Tor
WaIu IesI me autmoolie INDUSTRY snouId De
stIdnRleu py tne eAoroltahI charges OF q
INN N thls importanI ann vaLuaoIe com
TONED as a suitable fuel. partly because
~ 06oHene0us IueL !; e., uhhorm IN auai-
nE, ahu partly: tooi because u can De made
snlnEsl snGh as potatoes, grains &C" which
ere inuIsenous 10 tne EnRIIsn SOIL: ana so anv
ieaI aoteiEn lnIetleTehce WIN price OF
ssupppiS t ihpOsSIote; = San De SOLO A. q
cheaper sun y the Government would follow
Sne TiSno ulreeUion' ana whioa VIII prove 9i
sissSSs LmpoIssnSe ~ tne lhvusLrlai wor!o,
1.-The sale OF denatured or methylated alcohol
This spirit is used vel extensively in Ger.
many for motor cars and small internal com
oustlon engines ana immense quantities
snch 2 isrga snd ,nHn.nt;eYI Wnsn ho.nn