Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-10
APPERSON Bros
ARE PIONEERS
Silver Anniversary of Apper-
son Brothers Celebrated
With a New Model

Twenty-Five years ago the APP
person Brothers, Elmer and Edgar
built the first practical pleasure car
This model is today in the Smith
sonian Institute in Washington.
1t is a far cry from that first
model to the thing of power and
beauty that the Apperson Bros. Au-
tomobile Co. are today Offering.
Though all these years they have
been in the forefront in the evolu-
ton of all classes OF motors and
those other appointments which
have made the pleasure car of to-
day not only n thing of luxury but
a necessity as well.
1t is and ever has been in their
motor that the Apperson Brothers
have had supremacy. Other cars
have had beautiful appointments
and ultra refinements but from the
time that their first motor was CIV
en- its first official tryout over the
Indiana roads until today, the APP
person motor has had few peers.
AT various times during these
twenty-five years, from the single
cylinder type to their present pow
erful, yet silent, eight cylinder,
these two builders of automobiles
nave been pioneers in detail after
detail.
The new Apperson model, while
varying little from their imm ediat-
ely preceding model, has yet those
little refinements of line and again
those essential refinements of motor
which have always marked another
step in advance in the evolution of
Apperson cars.
The Apperson motor is simplicity
itself. 1t is different from any
other eight-cylinder engine now be-
ing manufactured. Perhaps the
| clearest way to express it would
be to say that it is the single Ap-
person four-cylinder doubled:
AS in the four cylinder, but the
single cam shaft is used in the new
Apperson Eight. To the best of our
knowledge this is the only eight-cv-
Under motor with but one cam shaft
and two cam gears. Through the
use of this single cam shaft the
old trigger board which is found in
other eight-cylinder motors, has
been eliminated. When Won
figure that this removes between
eighty to ninety moveable parts of
the engine, you can realize what n
long step the Appersons have made
toward the quiet, flexible. more
efficient motor. This is but one exe
ample of the real value found in
the Apperson car.
ln addition to this, light weight
is Il big desideratum. The light re-
clprocatng parts give quickness of
pickup, freedom from vibration
silence and long life. To the owner
OF the Apperson, one of the most
important features Of the new Eight
Is the lubricating system. This is
OF the hollow crank shaft positive
leed type. The oil is positively
pumped, being controlled by the
pressure gauge, so that the owner
is ar all times sure of whether or
not MS oil pressure is working
Ihrough the crank shaft and it's out
lets, the oil passes to the MANY
working parts as we'll as to the
supply pipes leading up to the con-
nectlhS rods to the upper pipe bear
n'Ss. Inc reverse supply of oil in
'NtOiAi VI tlle crank is reached
by the lower ends of the rods ono
IN motion, so that n fine spray is at
all times supplied throughout the in
SIDE of the engine. All of the inner
moving parts of the engine are
bathed in oil.
All moving parts, including the
roo arms and valve caps, are en-.
closed so that they are absoIuteIv
free from dust or dirt. At the same
time, these parts are accessible nc
waive shaft gear plates can he
quickly removed by simply detach-
ing couple of nuts.
Thermo-syphon cooling is used
The carburetor is located centrally
over the motor, being connected
with specially constructed water
jackets which have been carefully
designed by the Apperson Brothers
and absolutely do away with load
ing up" one of the many bug bears
in the average eight-cylinder cars.
The Apperson Brothers were the
frst to successfully work out car
buretlor for the centrally combust-
lble engines, just as they were the
first to supply the Jump spark cleo
trical ignition.
AS in their previous models, the
new Apperson is offered in seven
passenger as well as in the Chummv
Roadster bodies. This holds good
both for their eight-cylinder and
SiX-cylinder tVnes