The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
PACKARD EXHIBIT At
SHOW WILL Be LARGE
Pioneer Concern Has Two
Models for 1914 Pleasure
Cars.
SERVICE is SPECIALITY
Fifteen Cars Already Sold
Out of the 1914
Allotment.
SERVICE is SPECIALITY

One OF the most interesting attrac-
tions that will be presented to the Salt
Lake public when the automobile show
opens Tuesday will be the display of
Packard pleasure cars and trucks Of
fered by the Utah Motor company, the
distributors of Packards in this terri
tory. The Packard line of pleasure cars
comprises twenty different styles of
bodies, a greater variety than is found
in any other line of cars. It is obvious
ly impossible to present to the public
All absolutely complete line, SO the main
appeal in the Utah Motor company s
display will be made on the new Salon
The Salon touring car, so.called be.
cause the tonneau is one complete com"
partment or salon, has two stationary
Individual front seats with passage.
way between, enabling passengers in
the car TO change from the rear seat to
the front seat or the drivers seat with
out getting out of the car The rear
scat accommodates two, or with slight
crowding. three people. and there are
two comfortable upholstered folding
seats. With the Salon touring car the
driver or his passengers may enter the
car at any door that may be the most
convenient.
Touring Models.
The Standard touring car has nor
NAL capacity of seven passengers, two
in the undivided front seat, two In the
folding seats and three in the rear
seats. The horsepower of this car by
A. L. A. M. rating is 3S, popular num-
Der with the Packard people this year,
judging by the number Of times it ap-
pears ia their catalogue.
There is a reason for the multiplicity
of number 3S however, for the Packard
Motor Car company, commencing with
the production of the line of cars which
will be on display. has discontinued the
practice of getting out yearly model.
Ever since the first primitive ''one
lunger' was built fifteen years ago by
James Ward Packard in the Packard
Electrical shops at Warren, Ohio. Pack
ard cars have been designated by let
Since the Detroit factory was started
in 1903, with two acres of floor space,
the yearly Packard models have been
regarded almost as the standard of mo-
tor excellence for their particular years
passing through the one, two and four
to six.cylinder stage. which marks the
Packard of today. The 1914 model of
the Packard has been out for some time
and is now being superseded by the
2.3S, which. if it had been designated
by number. would have been the 1915
car.
More R0omy.
The 2.3s's arc even larger and more
roomy than the 1914 cars. The motor
rs cast in threes and is of the L-head
instead of the T.bead type and when
the hood is raised there is no wiring
and not an oil tube in sight, an inn
portant fact in the prevention of cleo
trical and oiling troubles.
In mentioning service. Manager Jack
Gilmer of the Utah Motor company
says:
In the automobile business as
we'll as in every other line il paws
TO concentrate. We specialize on
Packard motor cars, and every man
In the establishment. from myself
TO the newest mechanic g appren-
tice has Packard and nothing else
but Packard cars on his mind, so
that by maintaining absolutely up
to'date equipment in our service de-
partment we are able to give the
utmost in service because Of that
concentration. The number Of
Packards in Salt Lake, including
the twelve which have been sold
since the FIRST of the wear lust
about touch the hundred mark. aud
ne arc looking forward TO business