Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-07
PALMER AND SINGER
SHOW LATEST CARS
Big Four, Little Six and New Town
Vehicle VIII Add Class to
Factory Output AL
ready Popular

Announcement was made at the Chi
cago show of the addition of three new
1910 models to the Palmer and Singer
line. One will be ready Immediately;
the other two will be introduced in
March. The first is new town car.
It will be practically the same me-
chanically as the present town car, but
with a heightened wheel base. The
former car made an exceptional rec
ord for service as Tar as mechanical
operation and low cost of upkeep was
concerned, but on the shorter wheel
base it was not possible to have as
great passenger capacity as on the
longer base contemplated. For that
reason the increase has been made.
The town cars are the first machines
to be turned out from the new Long
Island City factory. Tests have been
going on over Long Island roads for
the past six weeks and the cars have
shown the same freedom from me-
chanical difficulty, while the tests OF
the car equipped with body made in the
past fortnight have demonstrated that
it is excellently balanced and ready
for the salesroom floor.
The other new models are a Biz
Four and a Light Six. The Big Six
the Six Sixty and the Little Four-the
Four Thirty have proved themselves
splendid touring models, showing both
speed and endurance, and creditable
service vehicles during the past three
years. The need for Big Four and a
Light Six to complete the line has been
evident to the Palmer and Singer COM
pany for some time. They are now
being road tested and will be mar
keted in March.
The Four Fifty uses a motor of 515-
inch bore and 5A-inch stroke. 1t has
12S-inch wheel base and is shaft
driven. Some slight changes have been
made in the clutch and flywheel con-
struction from that employed in the
f1ywheel housing instead of in the
transmission case. The fan is now
shaft, instead of belt, driven. There is
an additional fan in the flywheel. The
cooling, oiling and ignition are identi-
cal with the old system successfully
employed, while the type of clutch,
transmission and rear axle construc-
ton, the suspension, braking and con-
troll arrangements are unchanged.
The chassis will be equipped with
each of the various styles of body, reg
ularly included in the Palmer and Sin
ger line, including the models that arc
typically Palmer and Singers. The
top tonneau will be sold for $500
which will be the basis price, Other
bodies grading up in cost.
The Little Six will have cylinders
of 4-inch bore and 4 3-4-inch stroke
cast three in block. The long stroke
has tested out splendidly, and, while
departure from Palmer and Singer
practice, promises to prove a very
happy innovation. The front crank
shaft bearing has been changed
and a ball bearing is now employed
which enables the hood to be shortened
somewhat to the advantage of the
graceful lines of the ear. The whee
base is 1875 inches, taking a seven-pas.
senger body comfortable if desired, al
though the car is intended for four and
five bodies principally. In all other re
spects the car is constructed Identical
ly the same as the Big Six and will alsC
be fitted with all the characteristic
body types. The basis toy tonnear
price is $4,000.
Both of the new motors were showr
at the Auditorium in Chicago during
the Chicago show while the regular
touring models of the Six Sixty and the
Four Thirty were also shown as wei
as the new town car. Besides all these
the Dreadnought which made the hi
of the New York show and the little
Riverside were on exhibit. The Other
typical bodies, the Larchmont and
Clinton torpedoes, the little racer anG
the standard types are continued.