Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-08
AUTOMOBILES
SELLING FAST
DEALERS EXPERIENCE DELAY
IN GETTING SHIPMENTS
Maxwell People Building Twelve
Cylinder Machines as an Entry
for the Vanderbilt Cup
Race


course to the phrase dull season.
times when the market is bereft of the
mum OF activity and sales are far be-
tween.
Automobile dealers are also prone to
speak OF certain portions of the year
as the off season, but lust how the
terms may Justly be applied SO far as
local dealers are concerned Is q mys-
terry. But truth to tell there has thus
tar been small complaint from Los
Angeles agents.
1here is rebellion, but the reason
arises from an inability to dispose of
countless machines that might be sold
were the factories able to make the
required shipments. Orders must be
placed far in advance to secure early
delivery and the trouble experienced in
supplying an overwhelming demand is
a dli1lcutly which remains to be solved
py more rapid manufacture. AS is well
known the majority of automobile
manufacturers are 10th to turn out any
but the best make of machines. The
industry is practically at It's infancy
and the greater the care observed in
the building of the horseless machines
the greater will be future development.
with knowledge that they are re-
ceiVing the best value that skilled
workmanship can supply, the pros
pective buyer should not chafe because
of temporary delay experienced in
securing his car.
w. *. Cowan of the Rambler COM
pany announces that he will be able
TO fill out orders for immediate delivery
as he has but recently received several
carloads and with a limited number
of holdovers is in a fair way to figure
on sales for ready delivery
Oldsmobile shipments arriving at the
White garage find a ready sale and al
though the White cars are slow in maxi
ing an appearance so far as recent
orders are concerned, Billy Reuss is
reveling in the popularity of the Merry
machine.
The big Dolson, which made such a
record in the endurance run, is rest
ing at the agency of j. F. McNaughton
awaiting the arrival of fellow Dolsons,
which have been sold as a result of the
new cars showing in the recent con-
test.
Reos on Hand
Leon T. Shelter is also one of the
fcrtunates who has cars for immediate
delivery, as several delayed shipments
have come in from the east.
r. l.. Kaiser of the local real estate
firm, ordered Stoddard-D Dayton last
week, but owing to circumstances was
unable to await the arrival of the tour
ing machine. Successfully negotiating
q deal whereby J. V. Baldwin resold
his car to the John T. Bill company
and purchased Mr.. Kaisers machine,
the former ordered another machine
which will be delivered to him at the
earliest possible moment.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Shields left for
"a Nj 10 ofI Iac OF
returned Wednesday. Mr.. Shields re-
ports that he ran the entire distance
without missing an explosion
A. c. Balch left for Yosemite, Tues
day, with the intention of stopping at
Monterey and San Francisco.
The Elmore agency delivered a three
cylinder Gilmore to Mckee & Clark
of the Mckee restaurant, during the
week.
Until further notice no more three
cylinder machines will be delivered by
the Gilmore agency.
Mr.. Smith of the Elmore agency and
president of the Automobile Dealers
association has received numerous con-
gratulations from the public upon the
result of the recent endurance run.
A carload of Maxwels was received
Monday last, another yesterday and a
third is due to arrive tomorrow morn
ing.
The following Maxwells have been
sold during the week:
Tourabouts: Kesser Machine and
Supply company, San Diego; DIR. c. C.
Smith, Riverside: Fred Latimer, Los
w e. Mercer. Ventura; E. r. Braley,
Pasadena. Touring cars: William
Hume, Palms, Cal; G. o. Walters,
Long Beach; Major ]. A. Driffill, OK
nard.
Mr.. Wilcox of the Maxwell agency
expects to leave for the east within a
short time and will bring one of the
1907 four cylinder Maxwells with him.
To Build Twelve Cylinder Car
The following is embodied in a letter
received from the factory of the Max
well automobile:
I'VE expect to have very fine car
for the Vanderbilt cup race and later
in the week we will write you complete
details concerning our Vanderbilt
racer We are making two cars, one an
eight cylinder and one twelve
cylinder, but at the present time it has
not been decided which car will be
entered.
THE twelve cylinder car we think
will be the fastest car in the world, not
excepting the Darracq, which was
driven at Ormond last year. The
twelve cylinder car will be about 1856
horse power.
1T will consist of six double opposed
motors 61sx51a, and 1t will have multiple
disc clutch, thermosiphon system Of
cooling and will probably be geared
LIZ. It's slowest speed on the high
gear will be about seventy-f1ve miles
an hour"
In an interview the early part of the
week with a reporter OF the Boston
Herald, John l.. Poole of the Aerocar
company, who perhaps was the pioneer
American to invade the foreign field for
a market for the American cars and
who probably is the best known yam
kee" motor tradesman in the world,
said:
"The air-cooled cars have a particu-
larly high standing in the market of
the world. Abroad they are recognized
as the coming machine. Three German
manufacturers are now delivering them
Ia their customers and all the leading
French manufacturers are now devel-
oping the air-cooled proposition. In
this line America is as far ahead Of
Europe as European makers We're a
year ago ahead of us on these motors.
Aerocar Popular
1.-THE Automobile Club of France,