The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27

nave been received by the Pioneer au-
tomobile company and are now on ex-
hibition at its salesroom. The company
has received five passenger Briarcliff
toy tonneau, a Lakewood torpedo and
seven passenger front door touring
car.
The cars have been refined and as
they stand on the salesroom floor are
examples of the highest art in motor
building craftsmanship and are an in
teresting display of what can be done
with metals, wood, paint and varnish
in producing a high grade modern con-
veyance of class.
E. p. Brinegar, president of the Pi-
oneer automobile company, one of the
oldest if not the Oldest of the local
dealers, in discussing these new mod
els, said:
II saw these automobiles some time
ago while in the east, but they were in
a state of construction that gave no
perfect idea of what they were to be.
/ was, therefore, interested in their ar
rival and they have proved to be be-
yond my expectations / have been
familiar with automobiles for some
years here, have been conversant with
the advancement and building of high
grade cars, always having one to offer
the public, and 1 can now honestly say
1 do not think / have ever seen or
known of a better designed or con-
structed motor car than these Loziers.
THE lines of the body and finish are
a matter of taste. and I think they
follow the trend of that department in
motor car construction a little in adj
vance of the others. They have all the
points that go to make up an easy rid
ing vehicle, and with their other good
qualities I feel more than pleased that
we have the good fortune to represent
this output.
The Briarcliff and Lakewood mod
els will seat four passengers inside and
the fifth seat is for the accommodation
of the chauffeur. In the case of the
Briarcliff 1t is placed on the running
board, as heretofore. The chauffeur's
seat~on the Lakewood model is attached
to the inner side of the rear doors and
is put into use by dropping the door
downward and outward.
The touring bodies are of the same
dimensions as last year, the principal
change being the inclosing of the front
space by door on the left side and
permanent panel on the right side. The
shiftgear lever will be inside of this
panel and the emergency brake lever
outside
THE list prices of the Lozier cars
have been reduced, the Big Six touring
car and Briarcliff and Lakewood models
by $500, while the Big Four touring car
and Briarclif and Lakewood models
have been reduced $400 in price.
THE power of both cars has been
increased. The six cylinder type 81 has
larger valves, a larger exhaust mani
fold and ports and different shaped
cams, very noticeable increase in
power resulting. although the bore and
stroke of AS by 5A remain the same
"'rhe type As four cylinder has six
inch stroke, the motor dimensions be-
ing 5ssx6 inches. The valves are In
creased to 2as inches and this. together
with the heightened stroke, results in
surprising increase in the power
Either the type 81 or the type As with
touring body and fully equipped, will
easily make so miles per hour, being
long stroke motors.
THE type 81 six cylinder motor now
resembles in appearance that of the
four cylinder car, the valve covers be-
ing screwed into the head instead of
being fastened with a yoke and strap,
and the exhaust manifold is now
clamped against the cylinders. the
same as in the case of the four cylin-
der, instead Of being bolted on, as here
tofore. The water exhaust manifold
on the cylinder heads is of cast alum
mum with rubber hose connections, the
same as In the case of the four cylin-
uCI, d SlC@t Improvement ONcI the
brazed copper pipe of last season.
"A small detail, but an important
one, is the fitting of inserted valve
guides in the cylinders so that in case
of wear around the valve stems these
inserted guides or bushings may be re-
placed with new ones.
THE front wheel bearings will be
of the cup and cone type in place of
annular ball bearings heretofore used.
1.-The emergency brake has been very
much improved, the brake band con-
sisting of floating ring instead of the
hinged ring in two sections, and the
expanding cam is very large and eff