The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-08

y IL ., 1917
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Mrs. De Palma will return to Ameri 4,
| and the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize
| probably will be the next competitions
in which he appears.
Last wednesday the parry OF drivers
on the way to the Tacoma races made
stopover at Milwaukee. Ralph Null
ford. Erwin Bergdoll. Hugh Hughes
| and their several mechanicians were
| piIoted over the Greenfield course.
milford said the course can be made
faster than that at Savannah.
Coleman Cutchins. local agent OF the
King Motor Car company OF De-
troit. has announced the first OF its
1913 models In the form of II thirty
six horse power roadster. This road
ster has a large enclosed rear deck
compartment for the carrying of bag
gage and extra tires.
The body was designed by Oh " leg
r. King, with the Idea of making Il ex-
ira large and roomy for two persons
and with plenty of leg room. Tho
motor is set back eight inches from
the front axle. This is to give a better
distribution OF load The road clear
ance is liberal and the body is low
hung
The special features of design and
construction In the King car are m
bodied in the new roadster. Center
control, left side steer. extra long
stroke motor and rear spring suspef,-
sion are some OF the features in this
car.
The motor of the 1918 King road
ster Is 1916 inches bore by Is
inches stroke. 1t is of the four cylin.
a Is
enclosed The valves are placed at an
angle of eight degrees i4take AMI
exhaust open directly into the "ylin
ders. This motor has spiral timing
gears and two bearing crank shaft
is inches in diameter The two
blade aeroplane type OF fan is used
with this motor with the thermo sy-
phon system or cooling
The fabrication system is one In
which the lubricaring oil is put into
the engine through the breather pipe
and this one operation provides oil TOR
the engine, the clutch, the transmits
sion and the universal joint at the
front end of the propeller shaft. Both
the engine base and the transmission
ease may be drained senarateiy by re-
moving a pipe plug. The encased fly
wheel is used TO- carry the oil TO an
elevated trough, which In turn delivers
oil to gears and bearings. Inclilad
channels carry it back 10 the reser
voir. IL Is designed to have oil de-
liyered on the steepest grade.
The spirited contest for the De-
troiter automobile, offered by the
Briggs Detroiter company. 10 the per-
son bringing In the largest number
Of memberships for Detroit's Cadilla-
qua, has been awarded 10 G. II. Brand,
of the Street Car Advertising COM
pany.
The motor car was offered 30 ielp
the good cause along and since last
April when the generous offer was
made public. has been the centre
of lively competition which has
brought il a large amount of mem
berships and money to aid the fund
for the big carnival the last Of July.
Mr.. Brand. alone, brought in $4,000
In cash. in his efforts to do his share
Of boosting and, incidentally. win this
latest type of modern motor cars
the Detroiter. He enlisted everything
conceivable to aid in the campaign.
Men worked for him: fair ladies
fought under his banner; young chill
dren carried his quest OF members to
the fresides of happy families. and
wrested the coveted ten dollars fee
from their parents,
AS the end of the contest neared
excitement grew higher and higher,
Finally. when the car was placed in
a big window on the main downtown
thorouEhfare, ttlo climax was reach
ed. Whole societies were exploited"
by the contestants. The Adcraft club.
for example. baked n Cadillaqua
membership button INTO O batch of
buns and gave Mr. Brand the mem
Der thus obtained.
a big reason for this ferceness of
the contest is the fact that the prize
carries with II the distinction OF head
ing the big 25- millicn-dollar para de
Of 10000 automobiles during the car
nval week which Is only fitting, as
the Detroiter Is the latest addition
to the big colony Of Detroit auto
mobile manufacturers and, as It's
name implies, Is the summing UP OF
what Detroit has learned in modern
motor car manufacture.