Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-25
CONVERTS AUTO
INTO TON TRUCK
Truckmobile Enables Owners
of Pleasure Cars to Make
Big Hauls.
HAMMER TURNS THE TRICK

OlI!tF pioneers.
Step by step and year by year each
year brings forth some radical I'M
provement, until now we have car
that seems indeed the ultimate car.
But what has become of the old
cars? Junked, you say. Perhaps
many of them have been, but with
the high-test steel of the present day
motor may be little old-fashioned,
but still good for years of active
service
Many owners of old cars with de-
livery problems on their hands
sought to utilize the old car with a
makeshift body and usually sue
ceeded in small way. They at least
demonstrated the crying need of a
practical device whereby the old cars
could be made into a real truck.
In answer to this popular appeal
came the idea of truck unit, though
in a crude mechanical form. But
following in the footsteps OF the rapid
development Of motor cars them
selves, so, too, has the truck-unit idea
been given much engineering atten-
ton with the logical mechanical de-
velopment.
One of the best examples of the per-
lection attained by engineering brains
is the Truckmobile
Built in Chicago by the CONNER
cial Truckmobie company, large
concern headed by E. F. Kirch-
berger, this truck unit is pronounced
by mechanical experts to be the last
word in engineering skill, plus the
best of materials used and admitted
points of superiority.
In general application to cars the
Truckmobile does not involve any
idea that is new, but it does without
question emphasize the old truck
unit idea with some splendid and ex-
elusive improvements.
The Truckmobile is making over a
pleasure car-particularly Ford
into one-ton truck, offering Won
derful ease of installation. 1t may
be accomplished with very little work
and in a remarkably short time by
any man who can handle hammer,
wrench and, drill.
Is Easy to Prepare
All that is required is to remove
wheels br,te arms hale rods hrste
druns 1;ft;ng tbn Eord rear ay,e INTO
niaca !, steae hractet c,arnns sscrrslv
pttachad ~ tbe s;de Th;s makss ~
the Ford rear axIe ;,ckshaft in the
trnct cb,ss;s On the end 81 The
Ford rear ax,e now serving nc n
;,ctsb.ft are n1,ned ond nas;1v At
tached +wo he,i snroctets un;n;,s i,
the;r corstrrct;on O0''' '4N
These enrockets L.v onto the ;.cl-
shaft the s.me az tbs Ford rear wbee,
doas ~ 10 nNa 81 d,;u;no "" so ~n
et 20 thrs cr r 90 areatsr s tpG
th,n IN anv otber trrct mt thst bas
cnr,a 20 oyr .tt.,t;on ~ ~
Wo+ur,1I,1 tha TrmcL,,ohue he1,
s,-ocLst Joes au,,, n;tb tho ,eces
- .,tt;r ave-" ,,,+ IT," -" H. Eord
rns- .xIs IN srU nau or taling dawn
Ed rasr honc;,m
T.. sor;nn roo oonstrrc.;o, o,,csrs,+
~ sp ms 80 t T-ppoIn,nb;i.
%nu III, a., ;dn. 49, - raua1
orn's 80. III" ~ 10 no 20 .hraa
snu ~ "0 tr ~ ., .ns u a;Jo VI s,.;nos
"a 81 of +bor, cross s,r;ng or
any onS ~ a., ,,o,.,tohIo e
a 1:T spI nie eiu. .,oi. ,;.s
Inv n nn ~ .-i,e4 No. - The
a ateau' b b ,e ma, s;de o sor,rgs
,,moh heaU;er th,, The cross snr;ng
'''I Trrct,,nb;,e nna;neers cnntend That
A., b;n h,,iii Ie a ,. N IL dnns +;
ene G,s ' i;nh4 u 1onds the side
oa ing ISL .t,o onas e. h. hrorght
:pt ing 81 CIV - ,; .h Innd ho,,,;no Truett
laed use III ns' Ia,o i tahan o,rs nj
i.on. oI, en e. ,r ri@ sn heau,, +hat
~ ,i'a M ~. ~ Ja,;, p n e.. oosss,rv re
tHey laii ~ oe'iI Iead 'i L,, mIH Thst
81 o -. ulor i ,b~u +ha Tructmoh;ie
L;ao one ,ss' a, s,,Lan "n baif or three'nnar.
. ,u ' w" wv ia has 70 Ia hauled
leIS VI '1n ioau , iaH ~ W na", 49,
Wnen I Ts'ss,andad frp,,, cross
o, o,,shs sp' d;ssNt, nnon rear ax1el Is
h llemnpI ;uto s r,,su op
o'9usn ~ my ~ pssas t, 80 Tr,oLuobAe
~. ~. Ds Co.. =, 80 oon-
eleil.eelNis DO "a, i 10 tba " sysn n
81 u'tio. H. ~ e eor;nus From, tho Iom-
s,oi a.; 1i ny ~ tbe 1 fra ms Trnckmob;le
e;ao ', Vince nv aro not s,,s,ended at the
s; ;Jo 81 frs,,e &c IN othar truct un;ts
s S.ue -, .a,as aI het,uaer tame and
o Dio ii ~ . asL NO one of the Truckmo-
a. az oan;aears ths ",ybvn for this
pl,e ens.se -. rno,,, , WY % fol1ows.
coli ne uo.io ahn nrI ~, W IT, we;ght
.h YOU 'o, .'iI Laad ;yo,,Id Won thirst
aoose ,s yn"i ho hiH t T WEIGHT d;aeo.
your am nha noiu n,, o,re d "s .heve
Many 10y aoJse x Mi The snrine susnen.-
youi nea ~ +hs Trrrtnpbile ;s eract-
Ren I1 vi ' D., Lnen;no The snr;no
y mt inc SAM, ,1ndor 10y tb n fr.ne of load
on u nf en~;nns and rest of chas-