The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-25
NEW CHALMERS CAR
HAS REACHED HERE
1910 Model OF Popular Make
Received by the Pioneer
Automobile Company
BY r. r. L'HOMMEDIEU

| The new 80 horsepower Chalmers was
received yesterday by the Pioneer
company The 1910 model contains
but slight and minor notifications of
the 1909 product. The cars are made
with various bodies to suit every case,
from three passenger hunabout to a
five passenger touring car. Several
special productions are featured, such
| as the inside driven coupe, which can
| be instantly altered to a three passen-
| ger runabout.
| On the 80 horsepower chassis the
engine is almost identical with that
| of last year, except that it has been
made more powerful by the increase
of an eighth of an inch in the diam
! eter of the cylinder bore, making the
motor dimension 4 by Az inches. The
| oil pump has been placed in more
accessible position, and is somewhat
refined over that used last year
While the steering gear remains as
before the shifting or operating mech
an1sm has been improved by inclosing
1t in separate casing. The wheels
| have been increased to "a inches to
improve the riding qualities, while 31z
inch tires are fitted on the four wheels.
The frame which Is of pressed steel,
shows one or two minor changes, as
back of the front seat location it has
been dropped in order to lower the
rear floor boards while a lower center
| of gravity is obtained incidentally.
! This section has been increased al the
bend. the extra metal tapering grad
ually back to the very end of the
! frame.
! The upward sweep at the rear end is
retained unchanged, despite the addi-
tional forward drop at the point
where the tonneau entrance
| the wheel base allows of more COM
modious tonneau. In appearance the
| car received yesterday has more class
| than any of the former models, and
shows a close study for appearance as
well as comfort.
George E. Johnston Pacific coast
manager of the Fisk rubber company,
-.... mas returned from
Return. f it9 as ed 5na1 lG Fap-
idly to the front
in the automobile line The owners of
motor cars are becoming thoroughly
standard goods of the market and are
making their knowledge evident by de-
handing the best, goods in the market.
| He gives most glowing reports of the
| Fisk business in that locality.
w. F. Culberson. manager of the
| Pierce Arrow sales company in this
.::.- city. has received
). IN Pafi. P fas esr A a6%Dan mG ;
branch in Paris
| has been transferred and is now loca ted
at % Avenue de Ia Grande Armee,
where better accommodations could be
| had. The constantly increasing num-
Der of Pierce owners who tour abroad
/ each year made this change necessary.
| The establishment of the agency soon
able to get spare parts and supplies at
shorter notice, If necessary, than when
compelled to send to the factory for
! them, and this knowledge has given
| them the confidence to make the tour.
! The branch now acts in almost every
/ capacity for the owners, acting as a
/ bureau of information. as an agent for
them in the many formalities of enter
| ing cars, becoming a member of tour
| ing clubs, securing licenses and OBJ
| tanning correct and detailed informa-
| ton regarding routes. Complete data
can be obtained from them regarding
these important matters before sailing
from the United States.
An order for $4,000 Twitchell air
gauges has just been received from
g.. the Fisk rubber
| Big Order company. This is
| for TwitcheII. the second order,
d. o- - the first being for
1000 gauges. This
! Los Angeles invention and industry is
| thoroughly established and the factory
is compelled to work night and day in
order to fill the orders received.
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