The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31

IT
rushed in the shortest time possible
from an urgent military standpoint. the
Kssel factory threw all thought Of com
mercial production, present and future,
to the four winds and set itself grimly
to work to help win the war.
And this in the face of months and
months of preparation and experiments
behind locked doors, perfecting and de-
veloping motor car that had been
planned years before. Practically all
work ceased at the call of the Govern
ment and only recommended shortly
after the armistice was signed. This
delay In producing the Custom Built
Six naturally delayed operations all
along the line, from the manufacturer
down to the retailer and eventually the
public. Now the Kissel Motor Car Com
pany Is striving to get back on to a
100 per cent commercial production,
a process that will reach full materiali-
zation within the next few months.
Those buyers as we'll as dealers and
distributors who have had a long and
patient wait will be rewarded.
Investigation took us into the ter
rftory we have secured outside of that
Of New York city. and without exception
We found the dealers eager to get back
into the ring and secure as many cars
as we could give them.
THE Klssel body craftmaship and
artistry. which have built an enviable
reputation for bodies In the past, have
produced an assembly of effect COM
parable only to the exclusive foreign
thoroughbreds In short the Kissel
custom built body is a tailored body
with all the modern refinements and
Inn, xxyhf n k3h tal
lied body designing and construction
technique can produce.
There are three models of the open
Jobs which we hope to display neyt
week. The four passenger Tourister in
Kissel blue and the seven passenger
touring in gun metal, handwrought
with the same skill and technique that
characterize the custom built Job.
advanced chassis construction, superior
mechanical excellence composite in
body design of those unique and dis
tinctive features which mark the custom
built motor car.
THE two-passenger Speedster, finished
in chrome yellow-an inspiration in
motor car designing-with the new
Kissel custom-built motor that develops
81 II. p. at 1890 revolutions per minute
THE new models are mounted on the
Kissel custom-built chassis, the result Of
thirteen years of brilliant engineering
achievements on which the Kissel factory
is concentrating this year, and are replete
with those features that combine eff
cheney in performance with economy Of
operation.
There are to be four models of the
new closed Kissels-four passenger
coupe. seven passenger staggered-door
sedan. four-door six passenger suburban
he
models will be mounted on the CUSTOM
built chassis and reach unexpected
heights in closed car design and COM
bination. We hope to show these win
ter jobs within the very near future.
1--WE have always considered our
selves duty bound to take care of our
customers in such a way that the motor
car purchased of us not only gives sat
isfactory service at the beginning, but
continues so through the years that fol-
low. Our service station has grown to
mammoth building of $4,000 square
Feet. and with all the late and up-to-
date mechanical labor saving appliances
that make the rendition of service a
science, where all guess and shoddy
work has not even peeked in since the
day we adopted such a service policy.
Service to us means more than the
empty phrase usually experienced by
owners. When a customer purchases a
motor car or motor truck from us he
purchases the right to call on us for any
service necessary for him to be thor
oughly satisfied as long as he owns the
car or truck. Our service men and
mechanicians are the most skilled in
New York, many of whom have proven
responsible for our reputation as an
efficient service organization for the pa st
ten or fifteen years, where first-class
work is a personal hobby with every
member and whose work during the
past and present has been supplying
service to the high priced cars of both
domestic and foreign manufacture.
''Kissel trucks are the result Of tbir-
teen years of continuous development of
both motor cars and trucks. The KisseI-
built power plant has had thirteen years
OF the most grilling tests in every part
of the world and In every climate, on
every travelled road with every kind of
driver, and 1t has proven its metal in
every case
ITO make IT possible for Kissel trucks
to prove adaptable to every line OF busI-
ness they are built in five models as
follows:
The General Delivery truck-X to l
ton capacity-built especially for quick
delivery work for city and suburban dis
tricts.
The General Utility with chassis
capacity including body of 1000 pounds.
''rhe 'Freighter-2-ton model which is
the model that comes nearest in ability
to the 2-ton United States Army A
truck than any other truck on the
market.
1.-THE Heavy Duty model with a
chassis capacity including body OF 5000
pounds.
"The Goliath model, giant In
strength and power with a chassis ca
pacity including body of 1880 pounds.
These models are equipped with the
all year cab that gives full protec-
ton to the drivers in cold and stormy
weather"
Mr. Bowman expects the first ship
ment of the new Kissel Custom Built
Skies and trucks next week They will
be placed on exhibition at his salesrooms
at 1872 Broadway, corner Fifty-second
street