Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-22
Henry NJ. Lela11d'S Ozvr1 Story OF
the new Leland built Lincoln Car

"Why she's hitting Is MIR. Leland" and
laughingly, "You know this isn't an airplane
with Lincoln Liberty motor"
Perhaps I should have known better had OBJ
served how swiftly the scenery was passing.
My hopes rose. There that car was running
just as sweetly and with little fuss and vibra-
ton and with as little apparent effort at Is as it
did at 30-and there was none you could notice
at 80.
Periodic vibration, which is something that
engineers have tried for years to overcome, was
at last absolutely unapparent to me, at any speed.
There seemed to be an unusual harmonizing Of
the various functions. And the car was so steady;
it seemed to hold the road twere in groove.
might add in passing that this elimination Of
the vibration period was not an accidental ac-
compishment. On the contrary it was achieved
only after much research, experimentation and
money outlay.
Elimination Of engine vibration, practically to
toward proonging the life not only Of the engine
itself but of the entire car.
AS said before, am opposed to speeding but
when a car is made to possess the many other es-
sentlals to real performer-power acceleration,
tace control, etc. speed is natural consequence.
You might call it by-product, the use Of which
is entirely at the option Of the driver.
A little further on the trip, we came to another
stretch; 1t was pretty rough; several miles Of
what you might call de-macadamized road. 1t
was stretch that ordinarily you would not want
to take faster than at about IS miles per hour;
but at Al we were not uncomfortable. The SEN
satlon was more like sailing in yacht as COM
pared to canoe on choppy surface.
There was a most agreeable absence of side
sway and violent bouncing--no tendency to
throw the passengers up and about.
From standstill, the car seemed to get away
with the grace and ease but with the swftness ofa
thrush, rather than with the hutter of partridge
believe l have ridden in or on almost every
kind OF conveyance, from the ox-cart to the air-
plane, but even with all my fond hopes and an
which comes so near to what imagine would be
the sensation Of flying through space without
mechanical means.
lhe prices are based upon the highest class Of
materials and workmanship, and upon scientific
and economical manufacturing methods. made
possible by tremendous preparation in labor-sav-
ing machinery, tools and devices-plus knowing
how to use them.
While these involve vast initial expenditure
OF time and capital, they lend themselves to mini
mum production cost in large volume There will
be legitimate margin of proft-no more There
VIII be nothing added just because we anticipate
that motordom will recognize superior car, nor
because we anticipate that the car will afford a
degree OF satisfaction and comfort heretofore
lhave tried not to be eover-enthusastic, but tho
car really Is such an innovation that it is nor
easy to exercise restraint, and feel confident that
your own observations Of the car and its perform
ance will abundantly confirm my own impressions.
&xMy~1k~<
i President Lincoln Motor Co
Dstroit Mich
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