Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
HUSTLERS SELL
THOMAS CARS
BIG BUSINESS PREDICTED FOR
THIS LINE
n. A. RRAssEY AND ASSOCIATES
GOOD MOTORISTS
Local Agency Soon to Occupy Hand
some Garage on Olive
Below Eighth
Street

r. A. Brassey has gathered force
around him that bids fair to make
big business for the Thomas line in this
section. At present located in tenn
porary salesroom, he is building
handsome garage on South Olive below
Eighth street.
Besides Mr.. Brassey, who devotes
goodly share of his time TO the auto
mobile business, he has w. H. Flowers,
who is his secretary and manager, nav
ing charge OF the garage and the busi-
ness office.
Elmer Huber looks after the mechani-
cal department, having come out from
the Thomas factory to give the new
agency the benefit of factory eX-
perienoe. Huber has Travelled over the
country in the interests of the 70. K.
Thomas Motor company ana mas been
on the road in many of the cars that
have been doing the stunts for the past
few years.
Six years ago he went to work for the
manufacturers of Thomas cars and has
gradually gone toward the top In MS
line until he now holds a very enviable
position.
He was one Of the crew that took
the cars to Brighton to compete in the
24-hour race there and also at the
Philadelphia 100-mile race.
His especial favorite of the cars Of
this year is the little six, which he
holds to as his pet.
A few days ago he took the little
six demonstrator and drove II over
Newhall pass. The way the car be-
haved pleased him nightly, and he
could not say enough in praise of the
way the motor pulled without laboring
when 1t took full load over the worst
hill in America"
Another car in the line that shows
UP well under trying conditions Is the
dtyIx- W Vvl
spare. 1t is capable of speed of
seventy miles an hour and has de-
veloped that speed repeatedly on good
roads.
Longest Car In Town
It is driven with the double side
chains and has the ability to negotiate
difficult places as only high powered
chain driven car can. 1t is probably
the longest car In town having wheel
base of 140 inches.
The four-cylinder car with motor
of the same type as the big SIX is the
third car in the line now on the floor
at the garage. 1t, too, has side chain
drive and an ample amount OF power.
The body lines in this years models are
especially good and the appointments
and fittings are up to that high stand
ard that have made some OF the lead
ing American makes compare favorably
with the best that the foreign market
affords.
1t is this line of three cars that D. r.
Robertson and W. C. Montgornerie
have been engaged to sell for the firm,
and that they will be able to deliver
the goods is assured by their present
activity, bright prospects and past per-
formances.
Robertson has had a varied ex-
perience in handling motor cars that
makes him formidable competitor for
al other statesmen in the city. He has
a thorough knowledge of all of the
mekes handled here, acquired through
garage experience.
Besides that he has sold various
makes and knows just how we'll one
machine compares with another and
can show the points of superiority
easily to a prospective buyer.
Already there are a number of very
live prospects lined up that will doubt
less be closed within the near future.
When Mr.. Brassey and his force get
into their new quarters and have
better opportunity to show their cars
to advantage they will be in the field
strong and enter the lists with all
Corners.