The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
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line. inclusive of the crank shaft. drive.
and rear axle shafts, in the same relative
position as they are placed in complete
car. The chassis was raised slightly
from the floor, allowing the driving men,
bers TO be placed directly below. II also
showed the exclusive feature OF the
Stevens-Duryea design. that OF connect
ing one member Of the drive line with
another by a square and taper shape.
The complete cars included a two-pas-
senger runabout, a ive-passenger tor
pedo. a seven-passenger touring car. and
| a seven-passenger limousine, each painted
a new and distinctive color.
| sToDDARD-DAYT0
The .stoddard- Dayton exhibit was fea-
tured by a silent knight six-cylinder
limousine and dissected motor Of the
sliding sleeve type. Three cars were
shown. These included Knight six
cylinder limousine, "Saybrook'' seven
passenger touring car IN white with
baby blue upholstering and top; Savoy"
compartment roadster OF entirely new
design, painted in orange and gray. and
a "Saybrook 5S-horsepower chassis,
which is cut open to show the operation
OF all moving parts. This chassis has a
valve in the head motor.
| PACKARD.
The Packard Motor Car Company ex-
hibited only one vehicle. a 1912 six
phaeton. The phaeton was set within
silver railing in the middle OF the Pack
ard space on the main floor Of the Gar
den, and the arrangement permitted
scores TO view the car at the same time
even though as was the case all during
/ the show. the arena was packed and
Jammed. During the week a special dis
play Of Packard cars with all styles OF
open and inclosed bodies was made at
the store OF the Packard Motor Car Com
pany. Of New York, at Broadway and
Sixty-first street.
FLANDERS.
At the Garden the Flanders 80 was
very much changed IN appearance and
design from the car shown there last
year. Most noteworthy is the addition
OF three-speed transmission and fore
door body for both touring car and road
ster. The brake area has been nearly
doubled.
| On the touring car and fore-door road
/ ster models, wheel diameters have been
decreased from thirty-two to thirty
inches, the Witt special speed type being
the only model to retain the larger
wheels.
Without changing the bore or stroke
OF the cylinders the power has been
| greatly incre1Eed by enlarging valves.
,lengthening pistons, ana other refine
ments. The crank case Is now cast of
aluminium This is also true OF the trans
mission case.
The changes in the Flanders 100 were
so sweeping this season as TO make It
almost new car.
EYERITT.
The Everitt exhibit excluded an ex-
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car made by this company, and a run
| about that was also much admired. Sew
eral types OF bodies present new fea-
lures. The interior Of the car has been
| the subject Of the most consideration
by the Everitt Company.
CADILLAC.
The principal models manufactured by
the Cadillac Company with new ideas
show in the company's large space at
the Garden.
OLDsMOBILE.
The olds Motor Works displayed the
oldsmobiIe Autocrat Roadster, Autocrat
tourabout. and Autocrat touring, also
the Limited touring, and a Defender FIVE
passenger which Is an entirely new type
of car, shown for the first time at the
Madison Square Garden show.
BUICK.
In the Buick space were shown all
the many styles OF Buick bodies, also
photographs showing feats Of hill climb
| ing and other views that have been re-
sponsible for the sale Of many Bucks
| during the past week. All the Buick
Improvements for 1872 were shown in the
mammoth exhibit.
MAXWELL.
Five finished models and a chassis
were shown at the Maxwell exhibit.
Featuring the exhibit is 3s-horsepower
touring car. known as the Maxwell "Spe-
cIal" 1t is painted white and upholster-
ed in cream coIored leather, having
slightly blush tint Beside II a chassis
Of the same model, with all four cylin-
ders Of the motor cut open and revolving
so slowly that it is an easy matter to
cycles Of operation and understand its
oiling system.
Two models Of the Maxwell Mascotte
"a roadster painted cream and touring
car In bIue-black-were shown side by
side. The MRscotte is the 25-horsepower
car which was introduced last year.
There Is an intermediate model, known
as the Mercury. This is a touring road
ster.
Completing the line is the Maxwell
Messenger a 16-horsepower, fore-door
roadster Sor two passengers
HUDSON.
The feature Of the Hudson exhibit was
the new seIf-starting 81" This car was
announced i've months or more ago. and
the builders declare that already one
half Of the total factory output for 1912
has been sold. The car is the latest
creation of Howard Coffin. designer OF |
the FIVE Hudson models that preceded
this car. The self-starter on the car
has but twelve parts and weights onlv
four and half pounds
PAIGE-DETROIT.
Five models are shown at the Paige |
Detroit exhibit lie Marquis, coupe, Is !
one OF the leaders. other models are |
Beverly touring cars. IN either four or |
five passenger types: the kennilworth |
roadster. and the Brookline mile-a-min-
ute racer. All bodies are mounted on a |
25-horsepower chassis.
VELIE.
seyen-passenger limousine Is the |
principal model in the Velie exhibit Five
other pleasure cars. including a sIx-pas-
senger touring car, a hye-passenger |
touring car. a runabout, and the VeIie ]
Junior. will be shown. A polished chas- |
sis completes the exhibit
HUPMOBILE.
There are two points Of especial inter-
est IN the HupmobIle exhibit. one is
polished chassis Of the new HupmohiIe