Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
BABY REQ WILL SOON BE SEEN
IN LOS ANGELES
Local Sales Are on Again After Wet
Weather-Blq Entry List Almost
Ready for Hill Climb
ing Contest

Energies are being directed toward
the Pasadena hill climbing contest and
as the time for the event draws near
the number Of entries indicates the
scramble which will occur up the Al
tadena roadway
The complete entry list VIII be reauy
by Tuesday or Wednesday SeVeIal
houses are yet holding off in the nope
that expected cars may arrive before
the time for final entry. -
Leon II. Shelter, the Los Angeles
agent for the REQ, has q surprise ~
store for local automobilists, when
will be shipped west, the first of March
1t is nothing less than dlmlnutlVe
REQ touring car, class "A, ana Is an
absolute duplicate of the big machine
The car created a sensation at the
New York and Chicago shows, Where
it was driven by a boy weighing TWEEN
ty-four pounds.
The exact size is perhaps fourth
the dimensions of the regular machine,
but not a feature of the CONSTRUCTION
has been overlooked In the diminutlVe
whirlwind's makeup. The carbonatlon
is perfect and the baby car toots
around with all the Importance OF the
big machines.
Mr.. Shelter intends keeping the di-
minutive in Los Angeles FOR two
months, after which it will be shipped
to San Francisco.
Seven cars, three tourists and four
runabouts, arrived at the Shelter
saesrooms Friday. A. j. Craig oil
Long Beach purchased one of the tour
ing cars, while c. H. skinner of Orange
took a 1.unabout south with him.
The Shelter entry in the hill climb
ing contest will be model A touring
REQ driven by j.. L. Shelter.
REQ passenger bus is expected
within the next week. This car has
the same horse power as the REQ tour
ing car and is a duplicate of the ma
chine which won the national economy
test that was held, recently under the
auspices of the New York Motor club,
maintaining speed of twenty miles
per hour for two hours and ten min
utes. The seating capacity is for ten
persons.
The REQ Motor Car company has
Just launched what promises to be an
other very popular model of their 1906
line, namely, the sixteen horse power
REQ coupe, weight 1900 pounds, with
a speed capacity of thirty to thirty
five miles per hour; price $500. This
car is admirably designed for theater
going, and making hurried calls to
depots and elsewhere in cold, rainy
or stormy weather, and comfortably
driver. 1t emboL.es all that is elegant,
luxurious and artistic in the carriage
making and upholstering art, as well
as combining every appointment and
convenience known to the modern
coupe. 4.
It is completely protected in winter
by glass front and windows. There
is communication with the driver by
a speaking tube from the rear seats.
grown people comfortably. In summer
the glass front may be removed, and
all the windows let down. This makes
the vehicle airy, shady and altogether
comfortable. The body is detachable
and the car itself may easily be con-
verified into the regular touring car.
r. K. Kitchens formerly with the
Shelter agency, is now associated with
the Kane-Champlin company of Buff
falo as sales manager for the REQ.
The Cadillac company is comfortably
installed at the spacious quarters, 1918
1920 South Main street, and now has
ample room for the increasing demand
both in salesroom and garage work.
A feature that will appeal to owners
is the garage which is to be open day
and night.
All the Cadillac runabouts that ar
rived recently have been sold and two
more cars are about to leave the fac
tory. The new ur-cyclinder car has
the Hess Bright ball bearings through
out An addition to the 1906 Cadillac
is a front spring suspension with a
rocker joint provided This joint dou-
bles the efficiency Of the spring and
permits one wheel to pass over obsta-
cles several inches in height or into
depressions of equal depth without
transmitting any material jar to the
occupants of the car.
A general feature characteristic of
the Cadillac, the value of which will
Immediately impress itself upon the
careful buyer, is the provision made
for adjustments of wearing surfaces,
thereby obviating the necessity for fire.
quent renewals Of parts subject to
wear.
The Cadillac single cyclinder cars en-
joy the reputation among those who
by their experience are qualified to
judge. of being economical to operate
and inexpensive to maintain. 1t is due
also largely to the fact that all parts
are made accurately to gauge and are
absolutely Interchangeable, which
means that all parts of a kind are eX-
actly alike and that when a new part
is needed it can be ordered with the
! assurance that 1t will not require al
tering to fit.
The Riverside polo tournament will
pie who plan to leave "Wednesday for
the scene of the holiday activities. A
Winton touring party, comprising -four
of the model rs, has been arranged
which will be out four or five days in
the proximity of Riverside.
]. j. Davis will be accompanied in
histcar' by Mrs. Davis, r. G. Gillen and
wife and General nj. III. Sherman.
In G. l.. Bundy's car will be Mrs
Bupdy, S. d. LOOMS and wife and Miss
Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. M. Gorham will have
as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Yelling
ton Clarke and Hal Gorham.
T. III. Dudley and wife are to ac-
company Mr., and Mrs. e. M. Hills.
III. M. Fuller, manager of the Win
ton agency in Los Angeles, win drive
a model X touring car in the Pasa-
dena hill climbing contest
The following are. the donors of the
cups Which will be awarded winning
cars in the hill climbing events
Howard b. Huntington, r. b. Silver
wood, l.. j. Christopher, the Raymond
hotel and the Maryland hotel The
cup for the best time irrespective OF
class has been donated by the Dealers
ASSOCIATION.
'1Rhe Napier Motor company OF Amer
icas was formed to sell English-made
Napier cars and to manufacture exact
duplicates Of the same in this coun-