Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-19
HAYNES NEW MODEL
SHOWS NEW FEATURES
Larger Bodies, Adjustable Front
Seats, Longer Wheelbase and
New Refinements

The Haynes Automobile Company of
Kokomo, Indiana, has just announced
the new 1916 Haynes Light Six" cars
which consist of two models with
three different body styles. Model "a
is finished in g. five-passenger touring
car listing at $13S5, and a three-pas-
senger roadster listing at $14S5. The
wheelbase is 121 inches and the weight
is 1850 pounds. The Model S5 is finish
ed in a seven-passenger body and has
a wheelbase of 1877 inches with a weight
OF 3050 pounds
I'm anticipation of being unable to
states A. G. seiberling. general man
ager of the company, the new 1915
models have. been developed and are
now ready for distribution. The new
cars contain many refinements that will
give added comfort and luxury.
During the six months ending April
not only was every 1915 Haynes
period The Haynes Automobile Com
pany sold 33 per cent of the cars pro-
duced in the State of Indiana, and In
diana is second only to Michigan in its
production of cars.
Exactly the same light. high speed
motor is used in the new models. Self
lubricating springs are used in the
chassis. Helical bevel drive gears are
used in the rear axle. Individual, ad-
Unstable front seats are used In both
the FIVE and n-passenger models.
The front doors are retained so that
entrance may be had directly to the
front compartment. The two auxiliary
seats used in the seven passenger
model are unique in that they disappear
entirely into the floor when not in
use: Only two rings remain visible.
The three passenger roadster con-
! tains three individual seats with form
| fNting upholstery. The center seat is
dropped back and an aisleway is left
between the two forward seats. An un-
usual amount of carrying space is pro-
| vided. The extreme demand for a
! three passenger roadster prompted the
building of car of this type and judg-
ing from the number of orders already
Sonable to assume that 1t will prove
to be very popular type of car.
The 1915 Haynes Light Six cars are
big and roomy. The bodies are larger
than they were last year and there are
more re1nements. The upholstery is
deeper and softer. The equipment con-
Boyce Meter, a trouble lamp. an
automobile circuit breaker 70 take tho
place of fuses, Sparton electric horn,
and 6e SenSHid SoGes tires ef on a the rear
models have been so designed that an
enclosed detachable top may be later
added. and which the company will
market at nominal figure.
up until tie present season, The
Haynes Automobile Company special
lied in the building of higa priced
did tzc.ed 1900 cars in any one sea-
son. With the event of the HAYNES.
| popular-priced Light Six, however the
company has been wholly unable 10
mee the demands of the antomopile
buying public, despite the fact that the
company has been working overtime
in the factory since August of last
year. except during brief interval
| in December
Five thousands Haynes cars have
been built and marketed during the
thousands Haynes cars, Models "a and
80 Will be built during the 1915 sea-
SON.:
Significant of the Haynes prosper-
ity is the fact that the company mas
under way at the present time, elab-
crate factory extensions. consisting of
four-story building. Immediately east
Lake Erie and Pennsylvania Railroads
In the ground floor of this building
g modern power plant will be built
the latter will be an extensive con.
crete loading platform. thus facilitat-
ing shipment of cars Immediately after
'"The top floor of this new buildina
Will provide new quarters for the OK
perimental department. and prepare
stall only the best and most modern
machinery used In the manufacture OF
motor cars
Immediately south of the factory
the company has purchased land, IO0x
1872 feet, where the new paint shop
! will be erected
| 'Inmediately west OF the factory
The Haynes Automobile Company has
likewise made additional real estate
purchases, and ground is already
| broken for the erection of the most
Kokomo. The present offices OF the
company will be removed from the fac
tory, thus giving the first assembly
of nine thousand square feet. The
| Haynes management. has, since the
frst OF the year, purchased in the
neighborhood of $4,000 worth of spe-
] cial machinery and equipment for the