The Washington times., 1913-11-01
MANY NEW IDEAS
IN NEW HAYNES CAR
Three New Models For This
Season Attract Interest to
Salesroom Display.
BY HARRY WARD.

The Probey-Haynes Motor Car Com
pany has received its full line of Haynes
cars, and many motorists have visited
the salesrooms this week to inspect the
latest successors to Americas first
car" Two skies and a -four con-
stitute the HAYNES line. One important
change IS to be noted in this line for
this season. This is the incorporation
of the Vulcan electric gearshift on all
models.
The three models are known as the
&c, 81, and IS. The first two mentioned
are the siX-cylinder models, and these
two chassis do not differ from one an
other except as to wheeIbase, model e6
having 100 inches and model q having
1S6 inches. The four-cylinder model has
a wheelbase of lis inches.
The Vulcan electric gearshift system
consists of series of magnets, each
one of which serves to engage a defi-
mite gear reduction These magnets
are dead until the one desired is
brought to life by completing the cleo
trio circuit through the wire which sur
rounds Il by pressing the desired but
ton. The buttons are arranged by
means of an interlocking device, so that
il is impossible to have more than one
depressed at once. The action of shift
ing a gear consists in depressing the
button to which that gear applies, and
when the shift is to be made the clutch
is simply depressed and allowed to
come back in position.
Radical Change In Cylinders.
Another radical change in the Haynes
line is the use Of L-head cylinders. This
marks a departure from former Haynes
practice, as until the appearance of the
first six-cylinder car early in the year
the moters had all been of T-head de-
sign. Likewise there is change in the
control location, the steering wheel
now being on the left with the gear
shift control in the center of the steer
ing column and emergency brake in
the center of the forward compart-
ment. Formerly steering and control
were at the right in the conventional
way.
A complete new line of bodies has
been added, these being die-formed
type, in which the cowl curves down
and meets the head Two, four and
five-passenger open bodies and four
chassis. A feature of equipment is the
Introduction of an engine-driven tire
pump which is operated by gear from
the pump shaft. The fuel feed is pres
sure this year, instead of by gravity,
as formerly.
Designs Highly Artistic.
The bodies of the Haynes are the re-
suit of much study and are intended to
embody to the utmost comfort and
beauty. The cowl is bumped from one
sheet and comes down in a graceful
curve to meet the hood. All hinges are
concealed and the doors extra wide, and
upholstered in leather. The lines of the
new models are highly artistic. The
"fours" are replicas of the skies in |
SO far as design is concerned. One is |
simply larger than the other. The coupe |
and Limousine models are of especial |
elegance. The doors are extra wide |
while the roof curves with a graceful !
slope that enhances the impression Of |
beauty.
A mechanical tire pump is part of the
regular equipment This is located on 1
the engine and driven by gear on the
pumpshaft- The pump is of the two
cylinder type. On the cowl are located /
the speedometer. sight oil feed, ignition /
and lighting switches and. on the six
cylinder model, clock. Quick-attach-
able curtains which can be put on or
taken off on the inside OF the car also
are part of the equipment