The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-11
Thos. B. Jeffrey To Display New
Cars at the Coming Chicago
Automobile Exhibition
TO DISPLAY FOUR NEW MODELS
Rambler Spare Wheel Originated by
Kenosha Company to Prove One
of the Features of the
Big Chicago Show

1t will not be hard for all visitors
to the Chicago Automobile Show next
week to discover the location of the
exhibit of the new Ramblers. One
unusual feature will distinguish them
from all other cars shown. This is the
Rambler Spare Wheel which was origi-
mated by Thomas B. Jeffrey. This
feature, it is quite generally conceded,
marks the first important step toward
the real solution of the tire problem
since the invention by Mr.. Jeffrey,
many years ago, Of the famous pneunia-
tic clincher tire, the forerunner of all
practical pneumatic tires in use today.
The new Ramblers include Model
Forty-Four, a 81 horse power, four
cylinder, five passenger touring car at
$2,250; 45 horse power, four cylinder
model, seven passenger capacity, as a
touring car or as very classy close
coupled Roadster, to sell at $4,000; a
handsome Limousine and the we'll
known Rambler two-cylinder utility
cars.
The close coupled Roadster with
Brewster green body and orange
colored wheels is not surpassed by any
automobile on the market in point Of
beauty and quality Of detail.
The Rambler exhibit at the Show
proper will occupy Space b., centrally
located in the Coliseum, while dupli-
cate exhibit will be held at the Chica-
go Branch Of this concern, 1462-1464
Michigan avenue.
The decorations at the Michigan
avenue salesrooms, which represent the
work of the most expert decorator that
could be procured in Chicago, afford
beautiful background for the motor
cars and the salesroom has been trans
formed into veritable italian garden
with climbing vines and roses in the
greatest profusion.
There is ne doubt that the Rambler
Spare Wheel will be specified by prac-
tically every purchaser of one of the
new Rambler models, owing to the fact
that it can be substituted for the regu-
lar wheel in three minutes and does
away with the ordinary tire difficulties
and tire initiating so often encountered
by motorists on the road at most in
opportune times.
Demonstrations of this feature will
be given at the show. The operator who
is not an expert, jacks up the car and
removes, with special socket wrench,
the six nuts by which the regular
wheel is attached. This takes but one
minute; in one minute more the regu-
lar wheel is taken off with the wheel
puller and the Spare Wheel is ready
to go on. In another minute the. Spare
Wheel, with inflated tire, is in place,
the last nut is set and the regular
wheel is on the running board secured
to the body of the car with a. special
clasp and lock.
"For long time" said Mr., Jefery,
"we have been trying to find solu-
ton for this tire problem. We
know that this has been the bug bear
of the automobile manufacturers for
great many years. Everybody has been
trying to solve it. Tires Of all kinds
and textures have been put on the mar
ket only to prove cumbersome or use
less. Demountable rims and other de-
vices have sprung up, but the difficulty
has remained. Now that the Spare
Wheel has been originated, the objec-
tions to these old methods have been
quite overcome.