Evening journal., 1916-08-21
Second Series OF
PACKARD SKIES OUT
New Standard of Values
Shown in Type OF
Motor Vehicles
Il CYLINDER
CAR POPULAR

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the delivery in the last year of nearly
5000 Twin Skies, and their successful
operation IN the hands of owners.
The company also announces that, al
though the last seasons output was
nearly three times as great as that
OF the previous year. a further sub
stantial increase in production will
be made in the next twelve months
When the first Packard was built
II 1899, il had back Of II the principle
OF building only the highest quality of
car. Persisting in this wise policy,
the Packard Company has made each
year a consistent advance in design
accompanied by corresponding in
crease in volume Of business. By re-
investing large part Of the earnings
in buildings and equipment, the com
pany has acquired one of the most
complete plants ever assembled for
the manufacture of motor vehicles.
While price has continued to be a
secondary consideration, possession Of
these facilities. coupled with the
most advanced methods. has enabled
the Packard Company 10 establish
new standards of value applied to
motor vehicles Of the highest type
The brilliant work Of the engineering
staff has been an important factor in
arriving at this result.
In reviewing the more recent de-
velopments. President Alvan Macauley
made the following statement.
ITO constantly improve our car and
10 devise new and valuable features,
we have maintained the largest en-
gineering staff in America. What has
been found to be new and. proven 10
be the best has been embodied in our
design. Coupled with the attractive
features Of advanced engineering has
been always the safeguard Of stabil-
ity and staunchness, so that the own
or might feel absolutely safe in trav-
cling over any road
Up until last year the vital con
siderations made the Packard one of
the most expensive cars On the
American market and the sale was
limited to those who could pay the
price. Our problem was to devise
facilities that would enable US, with
out the sacrifice Of quality in material
or. workmanship, 70 produce Pack
ard Of superior design at a price II
line with the times.
Packard cars today are more OK
pensive than most other cars. That
must always be true so long as Pack
ard quality is maintained. But 1t be-
came evident that large savings II
cost were possible if we could NAN
tain a large volume Of production.
Quantity production, while still
retaining Packard quality. was some
thing that had never been accom-
nlishsd before the advent Of the Twin
SIX But we saw that it could be
done. So our organization was IN
creased 10 1900 men: our buildings
were doubled: improved machinery
was designed and installed We spen'
over seven million dollars getting
ready 10 make the Twin Six In both
design and price the new car proved
q surprise and a delight to the pub
ic"
While the twelve-cylinder engine
was regarded by many as radical
change. II was in reality logical
step in Packard development It was
based on the idea Of splitting larger
principle on which rests the most I'm
portant advance in the motor art from
its crude beginning in the one-cylln'
der car. The advantages claimed fol
the Twin Six are not only greater
smoothness and less noise, but also
yreater power combined with reduced
.ost Of operation and maintenance.
The first car Of this design wa!
brought out only after a long period
Of testing, which involved continuous
running under racing conditions on
the speedway. The car has proved 81
satisfactory that the changes emhod
led in the new model are mostly of Z
minor character.
The new model cars are built con
siderably lower than any previous
Packard cars, the chassis alone belns
approximately two inches lower. This
has been made possible by using
81 bv inch tires on all four wheels
by flattening the rear springs and b.
the lowering of the spring pad OF
the front axle, thus bringing the run
ming boards to sixteen inches from
the ground. This lower construction
greatly improves the appearance @
the cars and makes them more com
pact. The bodies are roomy and com
Portable
AS has always been the case witt
the Packard Company, special atten
ton has been given to the bodies
There Is an entirely new body. a yer,
neat passenger runabout. II
this newest Packard body there ar
individual front seats, with a passage
way between, so that two person.
NAV be seated comfortably in th
cosy rear compartment.
In the touring bodies. except tn
"2-35" salon touring, and in all o
the .six-passenger enclosed bodies tn
folding seats are of the forward dis
appearing type.
Probably the most noteworthy
change from the mechanical point o
view is the unique water circulation
system. In the place of the water
being expelled from the forward end
Of the cylinder blocks, as is custo
mary with V-type motors, the gas in
take manifold has been cored out I
permit all water from the cylinde
Jackets to be circulated through thi
manifold, and thence to the radiato
through a single tube at the center
This arrangement not only eliminate
considerable tubing, but causes tn
water to surround the gas intak
header while at the highest tempera
ture and greatly assists in the vapori
cation Of the gasoline.