The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-08

f~iculties OF the others job from first
hand experience.
When it comes to fast, clean play.
this is how the combination works
When America went in" the war de-
partment put up to Nehrbas and Craw-
ford the manufacture Of 1900 three-ton
trucks to be completed in one year.
They came under h wire IS days
ahead Of their schedule. Meanwhile
they had retooled and re-equipped prac-
ucally h whole Premier factory;
schooled a passenger car organization
in a strange product; built all the big
aXles for these fouF-wheel-drive trucks.
besides spare parts enough to make an
other 500 trucks, making their whole
effort equal to the building Of 5000
three-ton trucks from scratch in Is
days less h one year.
Frederick P, Nehrbas was formerly
with the Thomas company, and de-
signed the now famous Thomas flyer
that won the historic New York to
Paris race in 1907. Later he was gen
eral production manager of the Aico
company. He has never had anything
to do with anything but strictly quail
ty design and production.
Charles S, Crawford, his colleague,
IS also a specialist in fine car produc-
ton, his first fame having been built
up on the old Lozier, back in the days
when the car came out of Plattsburg,
n. Y. Later he became chief engineer
and production manager of the Cole
Motor car company, which position he
held till going with the Premier,
The practicability Of this combina-
ton is shown In the new Premier Sc
ries which will soon be shown the
American public. This car, it is claim
ed, sets a new standard of motor car
completeness, carrying, as it does, every
known and approved luxury and con-
Venience feature, from a Pyrene fire
eXtinguisher to two spare cord tires as
regular equipment, inflated, racked and
ready to go.
Premier is, today, the only car in
America with an aluminium motor; also
the only car with the Cutler- Hammer
magnetic gear shift. The body is a
distinctive Crawford design, protected
under patents from ~infringements on its
basic features.
In commenting on the success of the
Premier organization in passing back
from heavier wal production into fine,
peacetime production, n in develop
ing this ultra quality Premier, General
Manager Nehrbas says:
1T is utterly Impossible to product a
strictly quality motor car, such as
Premier, without an absolute co-ordi-
nation of engineering and factory pro-
ductiOn. And ever with this, the best
results could not be obtained where the
factory personnel is continually shift
ing. When / was with the Thomas
company, George J. Miller was with
me-in fact, he has been with me 20
years. He is today chief OF our SER
vice department, This conference in
side the organization is what counts
it's what has made Premier, in my
opinion"
When asked why he used an alum
mum motor in preference to an iron
motor, Director of Engineering Craw-
ford replied that Premier is essential
ly a fine car"
Handling aluminium is not a simple
matter. 1t is obviously lighter than
iron, and better in an engine If your
shop is up to fine work and the design
Of your engine is right. This talk
about the development of the feather
weight car is all logical. Any place you
can decrease weight without decreasing
strength-do It,"