The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-20
.CUT-OUT CHASSIS
IS ON EXHIBITION
Chalmers Car Is Being Dem
Onstrated in Show
Rooms Here.
By HARRY WARD.

An automobile exhibit which shows
I the construction Of q motor car in all
I its details Is a center OF attraction IN
/ the salesTOom OF ZeI Motor Car COM
pany, local repr sentative OF the Chal-
mers Motor Con Dauy. This exhibit IS
one Of three viii h The Chalmers Com
pany has sent or a tour Of the country
! in charge Of three Of the company's
/ famous race drivers. Lee LOrimer Is
I in charge Of the local exhibit
This Chalmers exhibit IS purely edu-
Z catfonaI- II consists OF a "cut-out
chassis which reveals all Of the inner
workings and construction OF the car
From the radiator 20 the rear axle the
various parts Of ne car have been cut
avar- One can Sc the interiors OF the
cylinders. the transmission gears, the
working Of The differential gears, the
frame and wheel construction, the
mechanism OF the steering gear and even
the interior OF the brake drums. Tie
whole chassis is Illuminated by tiny
electric lights. so that every part may
h. distinctly seen a motor operates
The c-4t-out car. so that the eject Is
that OF looking at a transparent auto
mobile in operation
There e also a crank shaft and ny
wheel. which Is propelled by the air cur
-arts from an electric fan This crank
shaft illustrates the famous Chalmers
tyxo-bearing suspension, and the SluIo+-
49, ~ the Chalmers crank shaft
In a glass case are shown All OF rs =
ba5E basriugs used in the Chalmers ov,
. .3fsnIav wonderfully interesting IN
i+seIF IN frames are shown portraits
of the famous Chalmers racing drivers
the men who in the past Two years
have made Chalmers cars the chaIT-
Mons on track. read ana NIL
rs-Tf -,a-haug the greatest popular IN
terest attaches 10 the ',Bluebirc racing
80 that won the Indian trophy, the
AIerrimaC CUP, the MaSsa peQua 'Ioplls-
the santa Monica cup, and many oLner
OF the important racing prizes OF 1919
From the number Of arrests that have
beeu made during the last few days,
the motorists are beginning TO suspect
there is a speed trap on Fourteenth street
between Florida avenue and Harvard
street Caution IN driving should be
exercised BY all who use this thorough
fare
The wilson Company. agents for the
AmpIeE. formerly known as the Amer
/ lean Simplex. has been advised that the
| 1911 models viii be equipped with a self
starting device that Is destined to be
one OF the most popular devices on the
market
O. T Ritter, the REQ agent in Win
chester Va, left this morning in a
| four-CyIinder REQ touring car for a trip
down the Shenandoah valley as far as
Stanton
| The HupunobIIe agency was placed
| with the Wilson Company in November
/ last and since then forty-four machines
have been sold and an increased aIfot-
ment Of twenty-five cars has been Sc
/ cured for April May. and June delivery
Among the more prominent owners of
Hupmobiles in this city are Prince Henri
de L.eigne. secretary Of the Belgium
/ LEGATION Ma iOr CavanauE1 Represents-
/ tive Edwin DENLY. II. COnnel Wilson.
I Sui Chi Yang. Of the Chinese embassy;
/ r Won Breuning, OF the German en-
/ bassy- Lieut. r P CamperriO, Of the
/ Italian navy: Lieut.. Charles R Train.
| Representative J c McDermott. Repre-
| sentative James :. Simmons, Henry