Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
SKIES WILL
PREDOMINANT.
MANY BIG MACHINES cARpED
FOR SHOW
Twelve Models of Automobile with
Highly Rated Horse PSSyer May
Be Seen at Coming
Exhibit

The automobile exhibitions in New York this
year will bring the six-cylinder model TO the
fore as never before. In the group of licensed
cars which will be shown at the eighth nation
al show at Madison Square garden there VIII
be twelve six-cylinder machines ranging in
price from $500 to $500. all with seating
capacitv for seven persons and having bore
of cylinder from "A to inches. They are
rated in horse power, according 10 the new
A. l.. A. M. rating. from AZ to ~. In thls
horse power rating there Will be some rather
odd figures, such As, 46.6, 43, 4o' oil, etc.
The new A. l.. A. M. rating is the first stand
ard system to be adopted in this country
In this group of licensed cars all of which
will be ready in time for the eigntn na,ionai
show in the garden on November 2, VIII be
found many interesting mechanical features,
including the self-starting devices, dust PROOF
pans and housings and rehnements IN the way
OF ball bearings and noiseless gears.
The Franklin heads the licensed list OF mode
rate priced skies" This car will sell for
$1,000 and will have a seating capacity Tor
seven persons; wheel base III inches and oi-
inch tread; three brakes. a 4h-inch bore a =
inch stroke, jump spark magnets and dry bat
teries. selective sliding gear transmission, with
ball bearings throughout. and an A. l.. A M
horse power rating of AZ. This is the only air
cooled sx-cylinder car in the licensed group.
The Olds six will be listed at 1920, and is
rated at As horse power. 1t has wheel base
OF 1870 inches, standard tread 56 inches two
sets of brakes, 4h-inch bore, jump spark lg-
milton, shaft drive, sliding selective type gear
three speeds forward and one reverse. 1t will
be made in a racy runabout as well as tour
ing car type.
The Winton ''six," which has already been
exhibited throughout the country. VIII be one
of the attractive cars of the licensed show 1t
is listed at $45O0. has a wheel base of 12O
inches, a very interesting new starting device,
three speeds and reverse, four brakes and the
horse power rating is 46.6.
III xr1I hat txrO
listed at $500 and one at S6500 They are both
seven passenger cars. with l20-inch wheei
base for the small and 135-inch wheel base for
the large. The small one is rated at 4S and
the larger one at 60 horse power. They have
four brakes, cylinders cast separately Az
inch bore on the small car and 5-inch on the
large; jump spark ignition, a shaft drive and
sliding gear transmission.
Six of the licensed 'sixes'' are listed for
$4,000. They the Apperson, Stearns, Lozier,
Thomas Peerless and Stevens Duryea. The
Apperson is said to be one of the interesting
cars of the year, with q 45-horse power engine.
The wheel base is 1874 inches with a standard
tread. three brakes jump spark ignition, Slid
ing gear transmission and a contracting band
clutch. 1t will be made in runabout and tour
ing car types.
Two Types Of Stearns
The Stearns "six'' will also be made in
runabout and touring car type. and is rated
at 70 horse power with 5as-inch bore; sliding
reverse.
The Lozier six is large car with 131-inch
wheel base and is rated at 81 horse power the
cylinders As inch bore, and the car is as
completely ball bearing as seems to be pos
sible in present day motor construction 1t
has four speeds with direct on third.
The Thomas six this year will be ex-
tremely stylish in appearance. 1t is rated at
60, the wheel base is only 127 inches. making
it a very handy car for touring on ordinary
roads 1t will also be made in runabout and
touring types
The Peerless ''six" which, like the Winton,
has been on exhibition some weeks, is a very
large car of 134-inch wheel base, 41s-inch bore.
jump spark ignition, shaft drive, four speeds
forward and one reverse
The Stevens-Duryea six will be made in
two models, one known the big Six and
one as model 'U." The big Six is listed
at $4,000 and the small one at $500. They are
10th built upon the same lines with the wheel
base on the big one 122 inches and ia inches
on the small car. The large one is rated at
so and the small one at 3d. One of the new
features about this is in the metal to
metal and camelshair to metal brakes.
In connection with this brilliant array of
American cylinder creations, 1t is interest
ing to know that sixty-fve types of this model
were exhibited at the Paris and London shows
of last year. among the number being such
well known makes as Mercedes Panhard F.
I. A. T., Itala, Hotchkiss Leon Bollee, Hum
ber, Belsize, Clement, Berliet. Napier, Rolls
Royce, Thornycroft, Darracq, Rochet-Schnei-
der, Lorraine Dietrich, Mors, Brasier Aquila
De la Buire and Argus. A brief summary of
the A. l.. A. NJ. skies to be seen at the
garden show follows: