The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-23
LESTER D. MOORE
IMPROVES GARAGE
Fourteenth Street Auto Sales
rooms Made More
Attractive.

The improvements recently made in
the saIesroom and garage Of Lester D.
Moore, jr., at SO Fourteenth street
northwest, make Il one Of the most at
tractive places OF the kind IN this city.
Three very popular cars, the REQ. Pal
meE-Slnger and Premier are represented
by NJ Moore
While the REQ Motor Car Company
continues the production OF its one and
tWO-Cylinder cars, its new fOur-cyIiu-
der machine will have the right of V-av
and VIII make ~ 50 per cent OF the
cOmpany's 1910 - tput The new REQ
motor has JWin-CyIinde- castings. the
cylinders having four .uCh bore and
four-and-One str Ike Other fea-
lures OF the car are the IC1t-haud steer
ing control, three-QUdTter elliptic springs
and the dropping Of the frame in front
or the rear axle, thus permitting the
use OF Lhree-quarter springs, and al
loving the motor and Urs nsmisSiOn 10
be carried sufficiently low. SHAFT drive
IS used and also multiple disc clutch.
the latter being contained In an oil
ught compartment In the dywheel The
gedrSet is three speed seleCtiVe- and in
.eInal and ezteTna- brakes ara htted on
me rear Wheels- A magnetic = part OF
the equipment, a battery also being
supplied for starting purposes.
PTemieT's Achievements.
The many notable achievements OF
the Premier car have served to give It
a great vogue The 1910 models III con
sist OF two chassis, one with a four
cylinder so-horsepower motor and The
Dtner with ElE-cyliD1sr ef-hcrSe-
power motor Each Of these chassis
VIII be ntted with four. types OF bod
ieS-roddster. baby JOnueaU am five
and eVeu-pasSCnEer touring bodies.
The tire and wheel equipment has
been increased ana there has also been
an increase ia the size Of the motor
cylinders, the 1910 models hariu1 a
+tz-lnch bore with q 81 l-iHch str-<e. A
nouylbratlng fOuT-uniu coil IS used on
the ignition system TO replace The sin
Ele-uuit coil previously employed
A battery furnishes the ignition cur
rent with the jun gSpar1- system while
an imported Bosch magnetic supplies
the current for the low tension make
dnd-break.
Chassis Models.
Two chassis models comprise the pal
mer-SinEer line for 1910 and the cars
are practically the same in almost every
mechanical detail as the 1873 models.
the ouiy change being general refine
ment Of body STYLES; an option OF a is
cylinder models. and an increase IN
the wheel base Of the fOur-CyIiuder car
from los 10 ll5 inches.
The same mechanical features are
common 70 both chassis, the siX-cyIin5er
model differing Cus- in the size OF the
motor. the wheel base and the wheel
4 few aTaCteristic fe>=tGres Of the
Palmer singer s1E-cyllnder model are
A T-head motor with tie c-Guders ca 81
IN pairs and integral wafer 1acEets- 4
multiple disc clutch contained IN the
same case With a seIecJive slIojEe gear
trans MISSION giving four -Or7vard
speeds. q propeller shaft which trans
mits the power from the transmission
10 the fun floating type rear axle.
The ignition IS IN two distinct systems
and delivers the current TO two different
sets Of spark plugs. botl Of which are
located over lne intake valve 10 insure
them from Decomiug soote5-