The New York herald., 1921-01-09
LEXINGTON SHOWS
NEW 'T' MODELS
Series With Ansted Engine,
Winner of Pixies Peak
Climb, on View.

The Lexington Motor Company of
Connersville, Ind, presented yesterday
at the show the new line of Minute Man
skies. series 1T" models after keeping
their details secret for many months
These cars, the company announces, arc
new from the ground up and embody
advances in engine as well as body de-
sign and construction.
There are only three models in the
"T' line-the touring car, a seven pas
senger job" the salon sedan, also
seven passenger. and the four passen-
ger sedanette-all of which are on dis
plav at the Lexington booths in the
Automobile Show.
OF first Importance is the power plant.
The new series "rr'' models are equipped
with the new Ansted engine. announced
after two years of painstaking work
and exhaustive tests.
The new motor is of the overhead
valve type, which has been proven in
months of block tests, in thousands or
miles of gruellng trials over every KIND
OF road and in such national events as
the Pixies Peak hill climb.
In this latter event Lexington spe-
cals. equipped with the new Ansted
engines and driven by men VINO hau
never before piloted a car in race,
finished first ard second in both major
events and were more than minute
ahead of the nearest competitor. Yet
only five seconds separated the winning
Lexington specials, proving conctusiVeE
the uniformity in performance Oh ther
engines. "a
In the design Of the Ansted engine oo
ner cent more power has been MADE pos
;,, i,a
The same size, it is stated Large valve
onenings and overhead valves have al
ways meant greater power, but IL mas
meant, too, greater noise. In the new
Ansted engine this larger valve opening
and overhead valves have been made
possib!e and without the usual noise.
This has been accomplished by means OF
a newly designed rocker arm anu spe-
cially designed cam.
Another new feature of the series 1T
models is a larger body. seating five pas
sensers ordinarily, but PROVIDED with
two unusually comfortable auxiliary
seats. which disappear com pletely In the
hack Of the front seat when not in use
The wheel base is 12S inches, and all
body types are mounted on the new
chassis. Another new feature Is a null
tiple disc clutch which does not require
adjustment for wear, and which VIII
make appeal especially for city driving
This clutch designed and produced ex-
clusively for Lexington is casrried inside
of the hywheel and protected by the n.y.
wheel housing connecting the, engine and
th,. transmission. The clutch differs from
most clutches of this type because the
nodded asbestos friction rings are not
riveted TO either the driving or driven
plates, but float between them when the
clutch is disengaged. Therefore both
sides of the plates present a wearing
surface instead of one, and the life OF
the clutch should be doubled thereby.
Matching the motor under the hood
the bodies of the new models are pleas
ingIy distinctive. Because Of the strength
of the series IT" frame it has not been
necessary to use cumbersome BODY
sill The doors therefore have been car
ricd to the bottom edge of the body,
giving the appearance of unusual length
and lowness The doors have square
edges which harmonize with the general
lines Of the car
The doors have outside handles so
fhs they can conveniently be opened
VIII, II the side curtains are on. Latches
are II the anti-rattling type The doors
are OF fastened to the open edge of the
body but at the bottom along the sill.
AS TIA door is not attached to the open
euge Il ere is no opportunity for annoy
ing ran les.
In ke sping with the striking appear
snce Of the car a triangular plate set
in the ct ntre of the instrument board
pauel earn les all the gauges and instru-
n1euts VIII, re they can be conveniently
reached los the driver and perfectly IL
Eliminated at night.
Exclusive Lexington improvements
such a. the one finger emergency brake.
the Moore m lltiple exhaust system and
tho lexigasife r. the two way headlamps,
ID s.rl
thermostatic controlled cooling system
are standard equipment on the new car.
In addition to- the new series IT. line
the Lexington Motor Company is con-
tinuing because of the popular demand
for them all of the series 81 models.
which include the five passenger touring
car, the five passenger Lex sedan. the
five passenger sedan. the f1ir passenger
coupe and the ~'Thorobre1" sport model.