New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-06

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and Will begin building from the road
experience, the very first of the cars
that go to the public
Out of Cleveland
Comes the Templar
The exhibit of the new Templar Mo-
tors Corporation, of Cleveland, in
cludes three models and the Templar
engine. The cars are finished in n
variety Of bright colors, such as Tiff
fanny bronze, Allegheny blue and light
wine, with black enamclled tenders,
splash guards and chassis, and natural
wood wheels.
All Tcmplar models arc on the same
chassis, which has wheel base of 11S
inches. The tire equipment is 32x4
Goodyear cord throughout. Each model
is upholstered in leather, and the
standard equipment includes motor
meter, Warner auto-meter, spotlight
keyless auto clock. kellogg tire pump.
windshield cleaner and johnson bevel
els are equipped with full winter"
curtains, mounted to swing with the
DOORS
The Templar engine has overhead
valve action, which is inclosed by an
aluminium cover plate. The carburetor
is mounted close to the cylinder cast
ing. in which the intake manifold Is
cast integral and water acketed.
Cold weather starting is assured by
the use of primer, which injects the
correct mixture into the intake pipe.
Valves Work in Oil
A feature Of the engine is the fact
that the valve action operates in an oil
mist arising from the crank case, which
makes for silence i'll operation AS we'll
as long life. The Remy two-unit sys-
tenn, with q 100-ampere hour Columbia
battery, is used for starting, lighting
and ignition.
The clutch is of the single dry plate
type, equipped with set of multiply
ing levers to make it soft and easy in
action. The transmission is unit
with the engine. The propeller shaft
carries two universal joints. Final
drive is by spiral bevel gears
The rear springs are half elliptic, 50
inches long, and are fiat under the load
taking the drive and torque of the
rear axle. The high arch of the frame
in the rear permits ample freedom of
action of the rear springs.
The Templar exhibit is standard
four passenger Victoria Elite The
body is finished in light wine. The
wheels are natural wood; the chassis is
black; the Victoria top is black leather
lined with broadcloth and the up
holstery is black hand buffed leather.
Equipment includes vanity case and two
dome lights.
Equipment Is Elaborate
A passenger touring roadster.
The body, hood, tenders. guards and
chassis are painted rich cream, and
there is quarter-inch bright red
stripe, edged with gold, around the
body. The six Houk wire wheels, stand
ard equipment, are of red enamel.
There is q demountable top of Burbank
khaki cloth, which is stored away in an
envelope in the compartment back Of
the seat. Other equipment of this road
ster Includes:
cllnometer and compass and folding
Kodak, in suitable carrying case. The
upholstery is finished in bright red to
match the wheels, and on the side
panels of the car are large scuff pads
OF the same leather. The radiator is in
German silver.
A three passenger coupe. The BODY
- by Rubay The lower body panels,
the mood and wheels are painted pea
cock blue. The upper body panels,
moulding, chassis, Tenders and splash
/
/ holsterlng is Of a handsome shade of
gray striped Wiese cloth, with head
hnlng and carpet to match. In equip
mcnt there are: Toilet case, cigar
lighter, dome light and so on, with all
OF the interior hardware in silver, A
round silk pillow adorns the back seat.
Five Cars Adorn
Nationals Space
Five cars that bear the National
nameplate on their radiators are shown
at the automobile revue of 1918-two
seven passenger touring models of
identical body design, a convertible
sedan, a four-passenger club roadster
and a sport phaeton. This represents
the complete line Of the company for
the new year. any one of the four
bodies being fitted on either of the
chassis-the six or the twelve.
Pershlng gray, the color used for the
New York Show sedan, recalls the ser
vice like cars are performing with the
France. Two hundred Of these models
are in United States army service
abroad
The sedan, which is making its first
appearance at an automobile show, has
broad black stripe around the body
finishing touch for contrast, and is
| upholstered in gray whipcord.
Perlscope gray is another martial
color used on the four-passenger
roadster. The car also has broad
body stripe, ivory in color to match the
wheels, and black leather upholstery
The canary yellow sport phaeton
striped with black and riding on black
wheels. probably is the most striking
car in the National booth.
The seven passenger touring car, the
"ace' Of the National line, is shown on
both the six and twelve cylinder
chassis, one finished in speedway blue
with ivory stripe and ivory wheel hubs,
the other painted the standard high
way blue and equipped with white wire
wheels.
Exhaust Pipe Outside
In Velie Sport Model
The announcement of new Velie mod
els recently reveals line of nine BODY
styles, including touring cars, road
sters, closed cars and speedster type.
The new bodies exploit straight-linc
effect Following the trend toward
closed cars of convertible type, suitable
for allyear use, Velie has covered this
field