The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-21


 for Gadsden.
 l If the attendance at the New York show
 can be taken as an indication of the pub
 lies interest, and it can, the interest
 in motor cars was never greater than at
 present.. It is safe to predict that the
 official figures win show that the attend ance at the show was equal to- if not
 greater, than the best previous year There was nothing spectacular or sensa-
 tional to mark this years exhibits or the
 methods of doing business. There was evidence on all sides to indicate clearly
 that the motor car has reached high
 standard of perfection, and that even tho buyers are not looking for radical changes
 The greatest interest was shown in the
 latest types of body construction. This is true not only at the garden show,
 but at the importers show, and the show
 held at the Grand Central palace at the
 same time Among the imported cars. as
 with the American cars, the models ex-
 hibited were characterized by but few if any important mechanical changes but there were to be noted a great many in
 novations in body and construction design
 This did not relate so much to general
 external appearances as efforts to add to
 the comfort and pleasure of the passen-
 gers. Many of the imported cars were | fitted with combination bodies, combining
 the ideas characterizing open and closed 1 bodies, such bodies as would give all of
 the desirable qualities of the fully inclosed
 landaulet or limousine. and are conYerti- ble into an open touring body
 It was generally conceded that the most unique and complete model of this kind was to be found in the body built by the Kimbel company of Chicago, ana fitted to six cylinder chassis This is the body which practically represents the ideas developed by the ocean 10 ocean tourists after their experience in cross ing the continent. This made very | smart, elegant appearing enclosed job. the windows dividing the front and back seats disappearing. and the metal posts
 being colapsible and so arranged as to ] cover the windows and protect them from dust.
 This body attracted an immense amount of attention, not only on the part of the individual purchasers, but the car build- CTS and body makers as we'll
 While no maker would expect to run his factory on the orders obtained at one of these shows, as most contracts are closed before the shows, yet it was the prevalent impression that more business was transacted at this show than at any other for a great many years. This not only represents orders from local patrons in and about New Y orlx, but there was also in attendance a great number of prospective purchasers who came to New
 York with their dealers to make com parisons before placing their orders I.... 1.arr g.p tl. rY-. with families and friends, completely
 filled the east room of the Waldorf As toria hotel during the Madison Square Garden show to see the moving pictures of the ocean to ocean tour of 123 attomo- piles that last summer marked new epoch in motor car touring The audi
 ence was extremely enthusiastic through
 out the performances. 4 Scores of beautiful panoramas of,scenes in the Alleghany, Rocky and Sierra Ne 1 vada mountains and incidents along the
 road in all of the 13 states crossed, held
 the rapt gaze of the spectators and in
 addition dozens of strikinely beautiful
 pictures taken with an ordinary camera
 were thrown on the screen The dipping
 of the cars at the start and finish, re-
 spectively in the Atlantic and Pacific
 oceans, and a game of baseball in the | heart Of the great American desert were l particularly pleasing scenes.
 1 In connection with the moving picture show a majority of the 40 transconti- mental tourists held a reunion at the Waldorf at which plans were laid for lanother tour this year to eclipse. if pos l sible that of 1911. These tourists are
 prominent customers who have formed an organization known as Motor Tour lists. a
 | New body designs attracted the lions share of attention at the New York au- 1 tomoble show and nothing on display was in the spotlight any more than the I new Premier touring de luxe. This car I was painted in white and green and fin- | ished in old Roman gold. It is of the six cylinder model. The new touring de luxe is the direct result of the recent ocean to ocean tour and if is of convert ibe open or closed design. The doors have upper sashes of glass that can be raised on a moments notice as can also
 a glass partition back of the front seat fl la1 1rat. 40 f4