New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
Motor Cars and Motorists
Edited by c. E. ]. SCHARPS
NEWS OF NEW MODELS


Standard eight has arrived, piloted by
SYDNEY G. Duffy, Of the Duffy Motors
CORPORATION. The 1917 model Standaro
eight is now in this city. The ne"
Standard Is claimed to be the only
eight-cylinder car having magnetic
equipment
The car has 127-inch wheelbase
and is finished in optional colors OF
standard green. blue or gray. Among
other Specifications are SO-horsepo"er
motor, "v" shape; bore, SA incneS'
stroke. inches; power driven tire
pump and one-man top.
The prices I. 0. b. Butler, Penn, are
Springfield Sedan, $4,000; limousine
"a 500: seven passenger touring car
81 900, and four-passenger roadstef'
81 $50.
The new Owen magnetic coupe IS
now on exhibition at Broadway ana
Fiftv-seventh Street The car was es-
pecially designed for women to drive
The coupe is for three passengers
but an extra seat for fourth passen.
Ger is provided, which folds out OF
SIGHT when not in use. The car mas
wbeelbase of 125 inches and snort
turning radius so as to make 1t easy
to handle or turn in narrow CITY
streets. There is ample room under
the rear deck to carry large amount
Of luggage for a weekend. VISIT or
fortnight's tour.
new series Of Mercer cars, known
as 22-73 models, has just been an
nounced. The streamline effect wnich
has characterized Mercer cars for the
last two years is closely adhered TO-
This company still holds to the manu-
facture Of four-cylinder motors only,
its entire effort being concentrated on
one type of chassis. m 20
series-a six-passenger touring car,
snorting model with q carrying ca
pacity of four passengers, two-pas-
eenoer runabout and the raceaDout'
The 6rst mentioned two models have
a wheelbase of 1872 inches, and ITO
inches is the wheelbase OF the run
about and the raceabout.
All tools are carried in compartments
, built into the front doors. The auxll-
iary seats of the six-passenger touring
model when not in use are neatly IN
closed in compartments built into the
hack of the front seat. These compart-
ments are covered with walnut panel
ling Doors that roll out of sight, Just
like a roll top desk cover, hide the
extra seats from view when they are
not in use. oa
Black walnut panelling is also used
back of the front seats on the tour-
passenger sporting model. There are
three separate compartments built IN
under the centre cowl The middle one
is large enough to conveniently carry
an average sized suitcase. The others
can be used to carry miscellaneous
items.
amateur sportsmen who want a car for
either general use or for speed Work:
This model has a guaranteed speed OF
I one mile in AZ seconds.
The 22-73 series chassis is fitted Win
a clean-cut L-head block type motor
! The pump and magnetic are driven from
the cross shaft in front, leaving botn
sides of the motor free OF incum-
ORANGES. fabrication is by means OF a
pump. gear driven from the centre OF
the cam shaft. Oil leads run directly
/ from the pump to all main bearings.
| Aluminium plays a part in the con-
I struction Of the Mercer motor, being
used wherever it consistently can be.
The crank case and oil pan, as well as
| the various housings, naturally are OF
aluminium, and special aluminium Pts
tons are employed. =
A compact four-speed gear set Is
used, direct drive being on fourtn
speed. A "a dry plate multiple DISK
| clutch is used, and on all the models II
/ is contained within the starting gen.
/ orator housing.
Semi-elliptic springs are used both
front and rear on all models. Inc
rear springs are underslung and are
directly underneath the side rail.
/ On the touring and runabout models
regular standard artillery type wood
wheels are used. On the sporting and
/ raceabout models Ridge Whitworth
wire wheels are used as regular equip
/ ment.
Two new Jeffery sedans have been
brought cut by the Nash Motors Com
pany, of Kenosha, Wis. One feature
/ is the extra large size of the French
plate windows. These drop five inches
/ to give ventilation in warm weather
and are designed to give good circula-
ton of air without permitting draft
on the heads of the passengers. The
rear window measures 3lx191a inches.
Divided front seats eliminate the
need of fore doors and also do away
with the panel between the front win
/ dow and the rear door
Gray whipcord upholstery and roll
curtains on the windows are other de-
tails of finish Another touch is the
large dome light in the centre Of the
top.
The Victoria top for motor cars is
coming into more general use. At
tached to the touring car or the close
coupled four-passenger roadster, 1t
gives the car certain distinctive APP
pearance which is not obtainable with
/ the standard form of top. The rear
seat passengers are completely pro-
tected at the sides and back, and If the
weather is pleasant the top can be
easily lowered. For driving in stormy
weather a storm apron may be extend
| ed TO cover the front passengers.
One attractive car with this type of
top is the new Marmon "a. The top is
not standard equipment, but great
many special jobs have been furnished
by Marmon dealers who had custom
made tops constructed to meet re-
quirements of their clients.